“Judge, just hear my act once. You convicted me on what someone said my act is. I know you are all good men and want to do right. Just let me show you my act. I know you’ll help because this is justice and you don’t want to do wrong. Please, please just let me show you my act. It’s not dirty.”
Lenny Bruce, to the judge at his New York Trail
“UNLUCKY GAL/The Jane Doe Story”
WRITTEN BY: Susan Charlotte
DIRECTED BY: Antony Marsellis
The show was performed on May 30th, 2023 as Part Two of “ALL THE COURT’S A STAGE.”
DRAMATIC ADAPTATIONS OF TWO CONTROVERSIAL STORIES:
Revolving around Penguin Books and “The Satanic Verses” by Salmon Rushdie and “THE LAST CHANCE CAFE,” about a black woman who dared to register to vote in 1965!
Marty Garbus, described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s finest lawyers,” was involved in both stories.
ADAPTED BY: Susan Charlotte
DIRECTED BY: Antony Marsellis
This production has been presented twice:
It opened on January 23rd, 2023 at Theatre 80
A recorded zoom of the production was presented on January 29th, 2023
Starring: LARRY PINE, ZACH GRENIER, DARLENE HOPE & MICHAEL CITRINITI
Also: Legendary singer JUDY COLLINS was part of show (via Zoom)
Due to the Coronavirus FFTP had been dark.
But that changed during the summer of 2020
We presented five live SAFE shows
from July through December in 2020.
On March 8th, 2021 we began our second season
with a new theme–WE PERSIST!
And a fabulous show–
See what the New York Times had to say:
“Two Playwrights Go Camping”
FFTP has…a double bill that should be catpnip for connoisseurs of theatrical camp. The program includes the Tennessee Williams one-act comedy “Lifeboat Drill” set on the Queen ELizabeth II, and Christopher Durang’s “For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls,” a wicked parody of “The Glass Menagerie” in which Laura becomes Lawrence, who collects swizzle sticks. Durang and the actress Carroll Baker are supposed to turn up for a post Q & A. (Elizabeth VIncentelli)
April 19th, 2021
“I Can’t Remember Anything”
by Arthur Miller
directed by Antony Marsellis
Starring: Bob Dishy and Penny Fuller
and
Tony Roberts will read from his book, “Do You Know Me?”
and
James Naughton, who directed Bob Dishy in Miller’s “The Price”, will be zoomed in to discuss their collaboration.
JUNE 28, 2021
“Something Unspoken” by Tennessee Williams
“The Hairdresser” by Susan Charlotte
Directed by Antony Marsellis
Starring Penny Fuller and Stephen Schnetzer
Louise Lasser will join the post show discussion via Zoom.
DECEMBER 6, 2021
“I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING”
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Antony Marsellis
Starring Blythe Danner and Bob Dishy
AN AFTERNOON OF COMEDIC GEMS WITH BLYTHE DANNER & BOB DISHY
“AMICABLE PARTING” by GEORGE KAUFMAN
“COMMERCIAL BREAK” by PETER STONE
“TALLULAH FINDS HER KITCHEN” by NEIL & DANNY SIMON & JOSEPH STEIN
