Cosmic Orchid
       curating integrative theatre

Some fabulous audience reactions to #∞ (Hashtag Infinity)


"...Gives voice to the blamed, shamed, no-named, dissed, dismissed, violated, betrayed, overworked and undervalued....

The song of unity at the end points the way forward!"

     - Nancy Herman, artist & patron


"...A serious and playful review of our still-too-misogynistic society."

     - Christina Britton Conroy, actor, writer & patron


"Impassioned, wide-ranging and thoughtful, Hashtag Infinity hits home on the problems

 and issues women are forced to confront everyday.”

     - Joe Borini, playwright & patron

 

News and Events
Liz Amadio, our Artistic Director, has a photograph featured in: Hindsight: 2020 - Artists and Poets Respond to the past year (Hudson Guild Arts)
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This project was spearheaded by Jim Furlong, Director of Arts, Hudson Guild
The Hoodie Play was chosen for publication in The Best American Short Plays of 2015-2016!  HERE

We are stoked to announce that 
The Hoodie Play 
was chosen for inclusion in 
The Best American Short Plays 2015-2016

Congratulations to our entire creative team!  

Eternal gratitude to our supportive audience
and generous donors!
The Voire Dire Project 1.5 was a fabulous success!  
Thanks to all who supported us & to a wonderful team of artists!
Click on the Play title to read:  "The Science Reviews":
We are in pre-production for The Voire Dire Project. Announcements of the artists in the project are here.
We have a RocketHub campaign to fund the project here. 
We have production shots of The Hoodie Play here.
We were hoping to be part of The New York Innovative Theatre Awards with The Hoodie Play.  The IT Awards were organized to bring
recognition to the great work being done in Off-Off-Broadway and help create a community base for the estimated 40,000 artists
working in the Off-Off-Broadway venue.  Click on the link above to learn more and to vote for us!  Click 'Vote' on the left and register,
if you have not yet done so.

October 20, 2015 - Sadly, art imitates life - The Hoodie Play

October 20, 2015 - Sadly, art imitates life - The Hoodie Play Arrested for being a black man wearing a hoodie...Arrested for being a black man wearing a hoodie...




The Voire Dire Project is the inaugural production of Cosmic Orchid.  It is an integrative project 

where four theatrical teams (playwright, actors and director) each develop a one-act play inspired

by a separate work of visual art.  It culminates in a production of the performances of those plays

with a corresponding exhibition of the art that influenced them.  

We hope to be in the process in early 2016!


Our ultimate community outreach goal is to provide support to women in the shelter system by

using improvisational theatre to guide them through their personal story, promoting healing and empowering themselves toward new beginnings.  As we move forward with our art, we hope to 

engage Theatre Artists committed to this service.

 
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Cosmic Orchid is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Donations for the purposes of

Cosmic Orchid must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Cosmic Orchid is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Donations for the purposes
of Cosmic Orchid must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.