Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc.

18/05/2018

Boz and the Bard, in association with Adelaide Raleigh Productions, and the TRU Voices 2018 Play Reading Series, is proud to present the one-night Equity staged reading of Grant MacDermott's new play, JASPER.

JASPER is about a married couple with a severely disabled 8-year-old child whose time is running out. Indeed, the original prognosis was that Jasper wouldn't live to be a toddler, but due to the care and dedication of his parents, he's survived. As the boy's condition worsens, parents Drew and Andrea must begin to consider the fact that Jasper may soon die. On a subway ride home from work, Drew meets Shayla, a successful, attractive, single mother of an adorable, healthy 4-year old boy named Tyler, and Drew begins to see in Tyler the father-and-son relationship he craves but has never had, nor can ever have, with Jasper. This unique, heart-melting story about family, loss, betrayal, and redemption, asks the question: how far will a parent go to feel the love of a child, even if it's not his own?

Monday June 11th at 7pm
At the Soho Playhouse
15 Vandam St, New York, NY 10013

Running time: 90 minutes
(with a panel discussion following including industry professionals, which I will lead)

To reserve your seats please just send a quick email with your name and the amount of seats you'd like to: [email protected] or visit https://truonline.org/events/jasper-reading/

Hope to see you there! As always, thanks for your support!

05/03/2016

            Paul Watson, Canadian photojournalist, is in Mogodishu in 1993, covering the Somalia uprising. He takes a photo of an American soldier’s body being dragged through the streets by boys. As he lifts the camera, he hears a voice both in and outside of his head; he knows it isn’t his. It say…

04/03/2016

BOTTOM LINE: A timely story of police brutality against persons of color, captured in a riveting and perfectly cast drama.

03/03/2016

A couple of black kids invade an abandoned building in a bad New York neighborhood. Two cops go after them. While one cop is on the roof, in futile pursuit of one of the boys, the other boy, aged 13, ...

03/03/2016

Back by strong performances from this ensemble based cast, this culturally relevant think-piece inspires empathy and has much to say about the time at hand.

03/03/2016

Sometimes theater should make you uncomfortable. And it’s usually those uncomfortable plays that have the deepest impact and make you think most seriously the issues at hand. Barry Malawer’s Dead Dog Park, playing through this weekend at 59E59 Theaters is one such production. It’s the story of a Rob…

03/03/2016

Last FIVE chances to catch DEAD DOG PARK! As NY Theatre Guide says: All involved with this production should feel pride for having brought forth an important artistic statement on one of the most urgent issues affecting America today with integrity and dignity. For these reasons, if one play deserves to makes the jump from Off-Broadway to Broadway this year, it should be Dead Dog Park.
Come help make that happen. Come join the conversation!!

01/03/2016

'Dead Dog Park' is on stage at 59E59 now through Sunday, March 6th. This is one to see, an excellent, pointed play that deals with racial tensions as a white officer is accused of pushing an African-American youth out of a four-story window.

28/02/2016

The controversial issue of police brutality against minorities is, unfortunately, not a new one in this country. Several events in recent history, from Rodney King to Eric Garner, have ignited passionately vocal debates on both sides of the issue. The outstanding play Dead Dog Park boldly takes this…

27/02/2016

A former parks commissioner explains how a site in Upper Manhattan site received a ghoulish moniker.

27/02/2016

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26/02/2016

Dead Dog Park directed by Eric Tucker, currently at 59E59 Theaters until March 6, begins and end...

26/02/2016

THE BLOG Aisle View: A Long Night's Journey and a Police Story 02/25/2016 08:50 pm ET Steven Suskin Drama critic Frank Wood and Forest Whitaker in Eugene O'Neill's Hughie. Photo: Marc Brenner The Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker has offered a series of diverse and astounding star performa…

16/02/2016

14/02/2016

In this tautly written and riveting drama, a white police officer is accused of pushing an African-American teenage boy out of a window during a police chase.

10/02/2016

Tomorrow is our first preview!

15/01/2016

After Equity Auditions on Monday at the great Pearl Studios (photo below), we had callbacks tonight. Such difficult decisions to be made! Such great actors to choose from. Thanks to all who came to read.

06/12/2015

The effects of a tragic incident can, in a moment, forever redefine the lives of all those intimately connected to it. This relevant tale explores the malleability of guilt and innocence when pitted against prejudice and presumption, truth and sensationalism. As the former officer stands at the prec…

12/10/2015

We're very excited to announce our collaboration with the critically acclaimed, amazing BEDLAM Theater. “No troupe in New York these days rides the storytelling momentum of theater more resourcefully or enthusiastically than Bedlam.” says Ben Brantley, The New York Times. BEDLAM will coproduce the developmental launch of dEAD dOG pARK by Barry Malawer with us (Boz and the Bard Productions) coming in February 2016 to an Off Broadway theater to be announced soon. Pictured: Andrus Nichols and Eric Tucker, founders of BEDLAM, in a scene from their Off Broadway hit, SAINT JOAN (photo © BEDLAM).

20/06/2012

Some excellent production photos of TRIASSIC PARQ, now running at the Soho Playhouse! For tickets, visit www.triassicparq.com and use discount code TPFRANK for 30% off!

Sexy dinos take over the SoHo Playhouse

12/06/2012

HOLY COW!!! Or should I say "goat?" Just got home from seeing TRIASSIC PARQ!! I don't know what to say - deliciously (no pun intended, humans) raucus; irreverently hilarious, intelligently raunchy, endearingly offensive!! I could've wet my pants. GO!! NOW!! PLEASE!! Use code TPFRANK for 30% off. And sit on stage!!!

24/05/2012

A tip from TRIASSIC PARQ: Object in the (bathroom) mirror is closer than you think. Another reason why you should always check what's lurking behind the shower curtain - who knows what may have crawled up out of the drain!

Surprise! It's Dino-Psycho, the never-released-in-theaters better version of Psycho.

13/05/2012

Boz and the Bard is PSYCHED to be part of the TRIASSIC PARQ team, the raucous new Off B'way musical. And we can get you into the Parq for just $39.50 - 30% OFF! Go to https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/912723 and use TPFRANK as your discount code. "...one of the most intelligent parodies of a musical since Urinetown."
- Broadwayworld

A raucous new musical that combines singing, s*x, and Velociraptors in ways hitherto unimagined, TRIASSIC PARQ follows a group of cloned dinosaurs as they un...