Alley Rep Blog
Theater: A dive into storefront possibilities
John Wicks, performer, writer, and Alley Repertory Theater staff member, recently returned from seeing a handful of productions in Chicago. Here, John writes a little of that experience. During my trip to Chicago in February I was able to see six shows that all stood out for a multitude of reasons. The one binding factor […]
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Meet the cast and director for Hot Asian Doctor Husband
To kick off their 2022-23 series “Powered by the Times in Which We Live“, Alley Repertory Theater selected Leah Nanako Winkler’s Hot Asian Doctor Husband. This play had its world premiere in 2019 as performed by Theatre Mu at the Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Half romantic comedy and half modern day Japanese folk […]
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Alley Rep 2022-23: Powered by the times in which we live
Intimate and electrifying, Alley Repertory Theater’s 2022-23 season mixes exciting new works that explore current issues with classics that remind us how today’s headlines came to be. Political and provocative, joyful and heartfelt, hilarious and challenging; in a time when the world is changing forever, these are stories not often told – or that cannot […]
Read ArticleAlley Repertory Theater: A brief history
Located in Garden City’s Live-Work-Create District, Alley Repertory Theater is a professional theater company and cultural leader. The company, since the start, has performed out of Visual Arts Collective, a performance venue, contemporary fine art gallery, and cultural center. From day one, there has been a concerted effort by Alley Rep to create high-quality productions […]
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The Royale at Alley Repertory Theater: Take 2
Co-director of The Royale, John Wicks, talks about Alley Repertory Theater’s postponement of the production, moving it from October ’21 to March of 2022. The pandemic has affected theater for nearly two years now. It affected Alley Repertory Theater firsthand back in October of 2021. Due to COVID-19, we needed to initially postpone our production […]
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Alley Palooza – Broadway Smackdown: An Alley Repertory Theater fundraiser
“They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway.” – From the song “On Broadway”. The lights will indeed be bright on September 27 at Visual Arts Collective in Garden City. This is when Alley Repertory Theater and the songs of Broadway clash with Alley Palooza – Broadway Smackdown. And yes, this will be the […]
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Boulevard of Bold Dreams closes out ‘Banned for Being Bold’ season
“Though you grow weary, you got the strength to keep going. You keep fighting, and you keep on dreaming!” – Hattie, Boulevard of Bold Dreams. On February 29, 1940, the 12th Academy Awards ceremony took place in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel. This celebration of films from 1939 made history when Hattie McDaniel […]
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Alley Repertory Theater welcomes the musical ‘Hair’ to the VAC stage
“I believe in love, I believe in love, I believe in love.” – Sheila, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical The 1960s were a hotspot for change in the United States. Civil rights and feminism. Assassinations of great leaders. The Vietnam War, space exploration, and the summer of love in 1967. All these were but a few […]
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Alley Repertory Theater: Meet the cast of The Normal Heart
This October at Visual Arts Collective, Alley Repertory Theater presents The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer. Exploring the early days of an epidemic, and homophobia and prejudice around infectious disease, The Normal Heart premiered at the Public Theater in 1985. Pulitzer-nominated, The Normal Heart is set in 1980s New York and explores the impact of the AIDS endemic in […]
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Alley Repertory Theater ’23-24 season announcement
Iconic, revolutionary, groundbreaking, and banned. In 2023-24, Alley Repertory Theater takes the stage with stories of being banned in the past, and plays at risk of being banned today. Banned for being in love and for contagious curiosity. Banned for courage and for being the wrong race. This season is about lovers and dreamers, activists […]
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In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play at Alley Repertory Theater
Climax, paroxysm, excitement, gratification, orgasm; also known as female hysteria. This March, Alley Repertory Theater presents In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl. The play, written in 2009 (and produced before by Alley Rep, in February of 2012), is set in the waning years of the 19th century. In the play, […]
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Enter the world of “Cabaret” at Alley Repertory Theater
“Leave your troubles outside. So – life is disappointing? Forget it! In here life is beautiful.” – Emcee, Cabaret This December, Alley Repertory Theater brings to the stage Cabaret, the 12-time Tony Award winning musical. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, with music by John Kander, lyrics by […]
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