HT Encores 2011


Since 1998 Horse Trade has presented the shows that give a voice to the next generation of American playwrights. Our showcases this season Include Drama Desk Nominees, IT Award winners, multiple Fringe Favorites and hand-picked performances from up and coming New York luminaries. These are the shows that will peak the interest of the collegiate and young professional community and bring fresh, new, high quality work to your existing audience. This Season’s Showcases Include Drama Desk Nominees, IT Award winners, multiple Fringe Favorites and hand-picked performances from up and coming New York luminaries. These are the shows that will peak the interest of the collegiate and young professional community and bring fresh, new, high quality work to your existing audience.


Rampaging about the stage in a frothy white hooped tutu and sparkly heels, throwing plates of cold spaghetti around and trying desperately to make an impression on -- and be impressed by -- the opposite sex, In the Boudoir tells a deceptively simple story about a young female comedienne's love life. Matters of the heart can be messy and In The Boudoir delights in making a mess. Veering erratically and erotically between the cliches of the helpless, ditzy female and the aggressive femme fatale, Shapiro both explodes stereotypes while making us recognize the universal desires for romantic passion within us all.


A man in an attic meets a woman in a box. As they lure one another into their worlds, their curiosity unfolds and exposes a hilarious, mind-bending, innovative allegory for the classic man-meets-woman story. Rooted in physical comedy and drenched in imaginative stage illusion, Legs and All is an inventive exploration of human loneliness set to an evocative tango-meets-bluegrass score.


A 90 minute presentation of William Shakespeare's the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark with all the roles portrayed by Michael Birch. This is Hamlet for a modern audience. Our goal is to bring the classic to life in an accessible way with out losing the beauty of the language that makes Shakespeare great.

Company: Tanya O'Debra

Radio Star is a 1940's radio detective spoof written and performed by Tanya O'Debra with original music by Andrew Mauriello. Watch but mainly listen as Nick McKittrick: Private Dick hilariously solves a murder in The Case of the Long-Distance Lover. Fresh off a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Radio Star marks Tanya O’Debra’s re-emergence into the theatre after her 8-year collaboration as one half of The O'Debra Twins. She is armed and dangerous with the bawdy sense of humor you’ve come to love and expect from her.

Company: RadioTheatre

A man stands in a pool of light and attempts the ultimate magic trick: disappearing while remaining in full sight. A thought-provoking, comic journey beyond the 4th wall into the dangerous slippery territory that lies beneath the written word.