Cagey Productions




	Cagey Productions was founded in 1996 for the sole purpose of creating opportunities for emerging theatre artists.



"Cagey Productions proves themselves worth watching!" -Martin Denton nytheatre.com Please don't eat the pictures. Check out some nice work in color by photographer Joseph Sbarro who shot The Blue Puppies Cycle in December 2007. See a sample below. We'll rotate the pictures over the next few weeks. Christina Nicosia as Pamela Andrew Hurley as Tom -------------------------------- Look out for Zombies. Cagey Productions has been awarded a Space Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange to develop THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES, a six part avant-garde project exploring theatrical devices with zombies. Art and zombies. Sends shivers of delight up our spines. In January 2008 Cagey presented a twenty minute excerpt of THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES at BAX. THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES created by Karen Grenke, Andrew Hurley & David Vining an excerpt Jan 18 & 19 8pm Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Ave (at 8th St) part of BAX's Space Grant Showcase -------------------------------- Winter 2007 with Cagey - Got Puppies? "A genuinely inventive theatrical adventure!" -Martin Denton nytheatre.com "THE BLUE PUPPIES CYCLE" written and directed by David Vining nytheatre.com says BLUE PUPPIES is "richly entertaining, deliciously imaginative, and often very funny.... The collision of dark absurdist satire and passive consumerist complacency makes for a hilarious and pungent combination." Time Out NY calls BLUE PUPPIES a "trippy, episodic riff on the Electra myth." A big blue furry thanks to our cast, staff and audiences for THE BLUE PUPPIES CYCLE. What a wonderful way to spend a New York winter. Cagey's mini epic concluded its five year adventure at The Chocolate Factory and we had a blast. THE BLUE PUPPIES CYCLE the 1950s sitcom that Ionesco and Sophocles would have written if Ionesco and Sophocles had been writing sitcoms in the 1950s Nov 29-Dec 8, 2007 The Chocolate Factory -------------------------------- June 2007 with Cagey - Are You Smart? Much thanks to our friends at HERE for sponsoring THE CURSE OF THE SMART KID. And an extra thanks to our audiences and artists for a terrific workshop. THE CURSE OF THE SMART KID written & directed by David Vining starring Ben Beckley as The Smart Kid June 23-25 HERE Arts Center, NYC May 2007 with Cagey - Did You Get Scared? One closet. Two people. Ten minutes. Lots of zombies. Thanks to all for a great series of sold-out shows! From May 3rd - 5th, Cagey was presenting a play about one of our favorite things - zombies! Cagey was a part of Tiny Theater! sponsored by The Brick and The Ontological. The festival challenges artists to make a short play in a 6'x6'x6' space. We complied by coming up with "End", a (literally) dark tale of friendship, a closet and zombies. Featuring live sound effects! Thanks to The Brick for being a super host. END created and performed by Karen Grenke & Andrew Hurley with live sound effects by Matt Lambert & Paul Busetti directed by David Vining May 3-5 TINY THEATER! AT THE BRICK April 2007 with Cagey - Did You Get Angry? Thanks to all who came to see our reprise of "Angry Rants of the Disenchanted Foreigners" at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange. This provocative short play explores the notion of the good ol' American Dream from an unexpected perspective. Special thanks to our friends at BAX for inviting Cagey to their terrific space. ANGRY RANTS OF THE DISENCHANTED FOREIGNERS compiled by Christina Nicosia & David Vining directed by David Vining April 20 & 21 BAX Part of the BAX First Weekends Series. -------------------------------- Making stuff. Works in development at Cagey: "THE CURSE OF THE SMART KID" Writer David Vining works with performer Ben Beckley on a reprise of the one-man show with donuts, "The Curse of the Smart Kid". Join our mailing list to get info on upcoming readings and workshops. "TROJAN HOUSECOATS - THE MOVIE" (a working title) Cagey adapts our short play "Trojan Housecoats" into a short film! Author David Vining co-directs with Andrew Hurley. -------------------------------- Earlier... "The Zombie Chronicles" a workshop at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange part of BAX's Space Grant January 2008 "The Blue Puppies Cycle" at The Chocolate Factory November/December 2007 "The Curse of the Smart Kid" at HERE June 2007 "End" at Tiny Theater! at The Brick May 2007 "Angry Rants of the Disenchanted Foreigners" at BAX April 2007 "Wuthering High" at The 14th Street Y February 2005 produced with 4Panel Productions "Angry Rants of the Disenchanted Foreigners" at The American Living Room HERE Arts Center August 2004 "Blue Puppies in Hell" at the Hell Festival August 2004 "Wuthering High" workshop at chashama January 2004 "Trojan Housecoats" at the Counterpoint Festival, Brooklyn December 2003 "The Curse of the Smart Kid" in the Ontological Theater's Downstairs Series July 2003 The Golden Age in "Is There a Doctor in the House?" at The Metropolitan Playhouse May 2003 The Golden Age at The Palace of Variety at chashama's Palace of Variety November/December 2002 The Golden Age in "Frivolity" at The American Living Room August 2002 "Blue Puppies" in the Ontological Theater's 7 Minute Series May 2002 "Cracked" at HERE Arts Center November/December 2001 "The Last Menagerie" at HERE Arts Center January/February 2001		Give a gift to Cagey -- Now with online options! Make your tax-deductible donation now! Cagey supporters can give online via credit card. Donate securely and easily online or by mail - just make out a check to our 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, and mail it to: Cagey Productions, 364 Saint Marks Ave Suite 3C, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Be sure to write "In Behalf of Cagey Productions" on the memo line of your check. Think Small, Act Big! If you can't make a large donation at any one time, please consider making a small monthly donation. Donate via credit card online and click "AMPLIFY your support!" on the right, and we'll automatically charge your credit card the amount you choose every month. A small gift every month can make a big impact. When you support Cagey, you help our artists do great theatre and our audiences get great prices. Many companies offer Matching Gift Programs that can double or even triple the amount of your contribution. Please enquire at your place of business. -------------------------------- Cagey pals. What is it about the phrase "Cagey pals" that makes us giggle with glee? Whatever it is, check out the work of Cagey founders and cohorts this summer. Cagey founder David Vining appears in the Toy Theater Festival at St. Ann's Warehouse. See him in LAIKA'S COFFIN written and directed by Frank Maugeri and Seth Bockley. See www.stannswarehouse.org for details. See Nasty Canasta (a certain Cagey cohort's burlesque alter ego) in action at NYC hotspots. www.nastycanasta.com for schedule. -------------------------------- Addiction (to shopping) is good. Blue Puppies shirts and more are available at the Cagey Store (click here to go shopping now). You can also get merchandise featuring the Cagey logo and The Golden Age logo. Designed by the hip geniuses at alrdesign.com. All proceeds assist our artists and programs. Don't forget to get a Blue Puppies dog T-shirt for the puppy in your life. Your dog will thank you. -------------------------------- Women's Project. Cagey producer Karen Grenke has been selected as a member of the 2006-2008 Women's Project Producers Lab. Founded in 1978, Women's Project is the nation's flagship women's theatre. -------------------------------- Joining stuff is good. Cagey is a member of A.R.T./New York, the service organization for the nation's largest, most artistically influential, and most culturally diverse theatre community: Off Broadway. We've been attending lots of lectures, workshops and seminars -- all to make Cagey better than ever. -------------------------------- Cagey's Frequently Asked Questions. What is Cagey? Cagey is a New York theatre company founded to empower emerging theatre artists. Cagey is a home for artists and producers to develop their work, themselves and their craft. Cagey doesn’t only produce shows - we teach artists how to produce. Good shows, good company and you learn something to boot. Pretty cool, eh? Who designs your logos? ALR Design does all of Cagey's graphics. We think they rock, and judging from the feedback, so do you. Who hosts your site? Why the fine folks at FictCo, of course! And they do a spiffy job too. Why are the Cagey eyes so shifty? Okay, perhaps my mother is the only one who asks this. They're not shifty Mom! They're "cagey"... "cagey". Have a Cagey question? Email us at cagey at cageyproductions.com. -------------------------------- Interns-a-go-go. Make a real impact as a Cagey intern. Tell us what your interests are and we can help steer your internship in that direction (e.g. production, development, stage management.) Be a part of a fun company that's always up to something. All you need is one day a week and a dream. Contact us at cagey at cageyproductions.com.	If you are reading this text, your browser does not support iframes. As it is now 2002, we will not be supporting browsers that do not support iframes.