Gina Femia

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Pam comes home to Brooklyn to attend her father’s funeral. When she arrives, she is greeted by an angry sister, a dilapidated house and a past that she can’t escape. Despite all of her best intentions, the conversation quickly turns tense and the two sisters are forced to deal with all that they have let slip away, all the words that have been left unsaid for years. A two-person, one set, real time play, The Violet Sisters is a play about forgiving when you cannot bring yourself to forget.

Kevin owns a Romance Depot. Beth needs a vibrator. The two of them form an unlikely relationship that straddles the line between friendship and romance. What happens when two lonely people find one another?

The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows, is an exploration of teenage revolution in the face of petty authoritarianism. Set in a Catholic girls’ school, the play recounts the ripple effects caused by one student's decision to produce M4M2, a controversial sequel to Measure for Measure.

Ellie and Britt have been lifelong friends, lifelong haters of cheerleaders and lifelong drama geeks so when their All Girls Catholic School's drama club does Romeo and Juliet, obviously they'll be a part of it. But when Amber, a cheerleader with an injury unexpectedly gets the lead across from Britt, Ellie's heart is turned upside down. Actually, all their hearts are. A new queer kinda adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

an "Adaptation" of Little Women =)

Gina Femia is a playwright. William Shakespeare is a playwright, too - maybe you've heard of him? Through the lens of different Shakespeare plays, and juxtaposing him with the abusive relationships that defined her coming of age, Gina discusses how experience with the Bard has shaped their origin story as a playwright.

Dell and Micki are sisters who work in a bakery. Been working there their whole lives, their mom owns the place. Even though they’re only four years apart, it may as well be 40, they’re that different. Dell is sixteen going on sixty, an old soul struggling to understand why their father died – he definitely didn’t kill himself, even if that’s what they all say. Micki is twenty going on sixteen, excited to be embarking on a new relationship – even if she ain’t supposed to. No matter, at least Dell’s got Eden, her new friend opening her up to new experiences like blow jobs and alcohol. When Micki leaves her family, the girls’ lives are twisted into a turmoil neither could’ve ever predicted.

Bill is in Alaska and AG is in NY. They're old High School pals who have nearly forgotten about one another. When they reconnect over AIM after not speaking for 20 years, they find that looking back might help them remember who they are.

October 2001, Brooklyn. Uncertainty lingers in the air, but nothing stops Halloween - not even the fact storeowner Rocky hasn't heard from her new boyfriend or ex-husband for the last few weeks. Not even for her daughter Bernie's period or blossoming friendship with the much older Josh, not even for her daughter JJ's blossoming feelings for her new friend Lav. A play about how we move on in the face of the unimaginable and how we come to term with what we lost.

Dan is married to Jan and Stan is married to Ann. They're all good friends, living in a retirement community in Florida. The four of them have gathered for a hurricane party at Dan and Jan's house where the men watch football and the women gab in the kitchen to talk about their daughters, their sons, and the neighbors. As the storm grows stronger outside, their conversations become more and more revealing as secrets are uncovered and normalcy is called into question.

The local supermarket is going out of business and the community is upset — no one more than longtime employee Mo, not that she’d ever let anyone know. When her long-lost daughter comes home for something more than a visit, Mo will have to ask herself if she’s worth saving, too.

A staff at a non-profit goes on a retreat to do some team building amidst a scandal nobody seems to want to talk about.

ALOND(R)A tells the story of Alonda and her friends as they wrestle their way through the summer - sometimes it's on the playgrounds in the projects of Coney Island, sometimes it's with their feelings and often it's at home. A coming of age story about friendship and heartache, ALOND(R)A asks how much is too much to fight for?

Biron has been deployed to Iraq and Islande is stuck in Coney Island. A fable of a mermaid connects them both as they are forced to confront their personal horrors in order to try to find one another and themselves during a time of war.

WE ARE A MASTERPIECE takes place at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, when the disease was still a mystery. In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Joan, a no-nonsense nurse, becomes a sort of fairy godmother to the town’s gay community when no one else will step up to care for them as they die one by one. She becomes their friend, their mother, their sister, as they navigate life and death with this new plague. Out of the ashes of their collective lives, lifelong bonds are forged and beauty is found even at the darkest of moments.

Come, take a journey with Gina as she goes on an epic adventure to save a trapped princess from the inner most depths of her mind! Along the way, she encounters sketchy men on the subway, is forced to confront past loves and remembers things she wishes she can forget. A solo show that explores how past encounters with relationships and sex shape sexuality, Things I Don’t Want to Talk About breaks down how stories, sexuality, and sexual assault shape a woman's life.

**Trigger warning, sexual assault and rape**

When Joy gets on the Brooklyn Scallywags and meets the star, Lizzie Lightning, she and her long term partner Michelle find their lives turned upside down. For The Love Of asks how much you’re willing to sacrifice – or lose – in order to follow your heart.

SUPER, OR, HOW CLARK GRAVES LEARNED TO FLY is about the shrinking of the middle class as seen through the eyes of a typical American Family –The Graves. Father Samuel has lost his once thriving construction business, forcing the family to downsize significantly. Each member is coping with their personal loss of power differently; Mother Mary is addicted to scratch-off lotto tickets, sister Dot cannot stop picking her skin, Father Samuel has gotten mean and Clark –well, Clark is trying to be everyone’s hero, including his new girlfriend, Laney.

When Laney’s dreams of running away begin to seem like they’ll become a reality, Clark must choose between his family and his chance at happiness. Intercut with scenes from Clark’s comic book world, Super, or, How Clark Graves Learned to Fly explores the increasing hunger crisis as it spreads across America, asking the questions How do we learn to Fly? and What does it really mean to be Super?

It was a day like any other, except different. It was different. The air was a little bit too still and the trees were a bit too tall. That day. The day Jimmy Jones' little boy disappeared. Follow Private Eye Mahogany Brown as she searches for the child supposedly taken by “The Nameless”. As the case progresses, clues appear to reveal more about Mahogany Brown than she is ready to handle.

Accidental Burlesque is a burlesque incorporated theatre piece. It intertwines dance and burlesque within the story of a play. These moments of movement push forward the story and parallel the inner action of the characters’ journeys as they explore love, romance, sexuality and lust.

Accidental Burlesque was developed during New Georges' 2014/2015 Audrey Residency

Azul and Sweetie are lifelong friends and long time rebels, living in the projects in Coney Island. When they start keeping secrets from one another and Sweetie starts to uncover buried secrets from his past, will their world fall apart?

Heather has died and her friends are fulfilling her last request - to dress like pirates and drink at a bar in her honor. But when an estranged friend joins the tight friend group, tensions run high. Good thing they're pirates.

It's New Year's Eve and Ariel wants to watch the fireworks on her rooftop in Brooklyn. When her friend Miranda joins her, conversations about resolutions turns serious. Can Santa and the Toothfairy help?

After Father Anthony calls her into his office to discuss the nuns' concerns, Imogenene talks to God.

When two sisters lose a paddle in the East Siberian sea after promising to spread their sister's ashes, the presence of a mermaid forces them to choose between each other or life.

A mother and daughter discover they have more in common than they realized.

Two friends come together at Coney Island to remember their friend who passed away.
Both characters are non-white; they may be played by any race that is not white.

In the midst of a fight at midnight, Joan and Jessi find an angel who needs a little help.

A monologue that shifts between 2 moments of time - 1. from October through the presidential election 2. from a moment of sexual assault in 2010. Trigger warning for sexual assault. A work in progress!

Lily and Rosie play a game of truth or dare - high on the truth, higher on the dare.

When Hilary and her daughter clean out the garage, they unearth some memories that are better left forgotten.

Odysseus fought a war and got lost on an adventure; Penelope waited. Owen is fighting a war; Penny waits. Men have been going off to have adventures since the beginning of time; and the women have often been the ones who are left behind. What makes the wait- and the fight - worthwhile? Pieces of Penelope is the story of how four women’s stories are intertwined throughout the course of history.

**A work in progress

Worlds collide when Richard, a pedologist, comes to Jeni's rural shack to study her dirt. When an unexpected storm hits, trapping Richard on her porch, secrets and ghosts are revealed. Bones Like Dust is a 2-person, real time piece that explores art, faith and science and wonders what happens when home disappears.

Welcome to Undead Anonymous, a place for those struggling to find life among the living.
Whether you are a vampire, ghost, zombie, mummy or just cursed with eternal life, this is a
supportive environment to vent your frustrations, find new connections and discover you are not
truly alone.

At least, that's Sarah's dream - to create a group for people like her. But will it work?

Two girls practice softball and also kissing. A play that slips through time, about a first time and the next.