TWEED THEATERWORKS PRODUCTIONS provides a platform for multidisciplinary works that are at once subversive, thoughtful and entertaining. we allow artists to stretch (figuratively and literally) and take us inside their heads, their hearts, or their loins.
This is an incomplete list of past productions.
1983
Why I Live at The PO
Adapted from Eudora Welty by Thomas Farrington at KHDT Studios
Action
by Sam Shepard at 32nd Street Theater
The Lesson
by Ionesco at 32nd Street Theater
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
by Tennessee Williams at Dramatis Personae
The Gas Heart
by Tristan Tzara at Pyramid/SNAFU/8BC
1985
Lady With A Lamp
Adapted from Dorothy Parker by Stephen Pell at LIMBO
Diary of A New York Lady
Adapted from Dorothy Parker by Stephen Pell at Solebury School Theater/New Hope
Manhattan Diary
Adapted from Dorothy Parker by Stephen Pell at 42nd Street Theater
Sacred Styles
by Russ Clower at Pyramid
Ballet of The Dolls
by John Epperson at Pyramid
1986/87
Dial 'M' for Model
by John Epperson at Pyramid/LaMama
The Curls For Christ Crusade
by Russ Clower at SNAFU
Frankenstein
at Solebury Theater/New Hope
1987
The Last Donohue Show
by Walker Percy at El Bohio
1988
Hotel Martinique
by Kevin Malony, Music by Frank Jump at Ohio Theater/Irish Arts Center/Westbeth
Ballet of The Dolls In Concert
by John Epperson at LaMama
1989
The Many Moods of Lypsinka! (AKA As I Lay Lypsincing)
by John Epperson at Ohio Theater
Jack Ruby Slippers
by Kestutis Nakas at Ohio Theater
1990
Pornschatz
by Kevin Malony at Ohio Theater
PornSongSpiel
by Kevin Malony, Music by Carol Lipnik at Ohio Theater
elegies for angels punks and raging queens
by Bill Russell, Music by Janet Hood
The History of Pornography
by Kevin Malony, Music by Carol Lipnik at Ohio Theater
1991
Atomic Opera
by Kevin Malony, John O'Malley, Michele Elliman
Music by Douglas J. Cuomo at Ohio Theater
1992
Drag King: Spoken Word
Shelly Mars & others at Crowbar
Jilta
by Michael McQuary at Ohio Theater
Nervous Splendor
by Perry Souchuk at Ohio Theater
TWEED At Crowbar
Various Artists at Crowbar
1993
DykeBar The Musical
by Lisa Kron, Music by Tom Judson at Crazy Nannies
1994
Endangered Species: The Brenda Bergman Story
by Brenda Bergman, musical director Gabriel Rotello
Jingle Belles
Lady Bunny, Sherry Vine & Varla Jean Merman at WestBeth & LaMama
Back to Peaches County
by Ken Bullock at Flamingo East
Brenda Bergman: Her Reality
by Brenda Bergman & Kevin Malony at WestBeth & Ohio Theater
The Art of Hanging Fire
by Perry Souchuk, Music by Douglas J. Cuomo at Ohio Theater
The Gas Heart
by Tristan Tzara at Nahan Gallery
Julia Wonder: Make My Dreams Your Reality
by Kevin Malony, Stephen Pell, Grady Hendrix & Colleen O'Neill at Here Arts/Westbeth
1996
SHABANG
at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Paved Paradise: The Music of Joni Mitchell
John Kelly at WestBeth, Fez
1998
TWEED @ Flamingo East
2000
Brenda Bergman & The Bodacias Tatas
at BarD'o
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set
Off Broadway/National Tour/Westbeth
2001
Jackie's Kosher Khristmas (I, II, III)
Jackie Hoffman at Westbeth / 45 Bleecker
2002
Julia Wonder: Points of Power
by The Wonder Team at Bumble and Bumble
2003
As I Lay Lip-Synching
by John Epperson at SHOW Nightclub / The Minetta
2005
Lit-Lite
A Weekly Reading Series Curated by Grady Hendrix at Elmo Restaurant
2006
The Passion of The Crawford
by John Epperson at The Zipper Theater
2007
LOL @ Comix
Variety of artists at COMIX
2009
FOLLY at Abrons Arts Center
Paved Paradise Redux
by John Kelly at Abrons Arts Center
John Kelly Sings Court & Spark
at River to River/Castle Clinton
2010
The Closing of Florent
at Restaurant Florent
Julia Wonder
at Dixon Place
Tired Old Queen at The Movies
at Dixon Place
Canned Ham
by Tom Judson at Dixon Place
2014
Saloon Salon
at COWGIRL
Unitard
at Stonewall
Lypsinka! The Trilogy
at the Connelly Theater
Manhattan Diaries
at HOWL! Happening An Arturo Vega Project
TWEED At The Pyramid Club
an evening at HOWL! Happening An Arturo Vega Project
Give Them Hell, They Deserve It
by Joseph Keckler at The Connelly Theater
2015
Happy Cry Pretty
at Pangea
Sundays at Seven
begins at Pangea (ongoing)
2017
MARAT/SADE
at Dixon Place
When Lithuania Ruled the World
by Kestutis Nakas at HOWL! Happening An Arturo Vega Project