Playwriting
Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky is a playwright, visual artist, arts writer and award-winning author. A member of The Playwright and Directors Unit at the Actors Studio in New York, as well as Writers@LargeNYC in NYC and Write On in Boston, she also attends HB Studio's playwriting practice in the West Village. Her work explores art, love, loss, boundaries, and obsession.
Among her plays are:
Numbers, (full-length) staged reading with talkback at the Actors Studio, directed by Lori Kee, NYC, 2019
Women in Flux, five short plays, staged reading at the Lambs Club, directed by Albert Insinia, NYC, 2018
Angela, staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2018
Painting Circles, staged reading at Boston Playwrights Theater, Boston, MA 2018
Fractals, (one-act) staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2018; staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2017
Numbers (full-length), staged reading with talkback included in Transgressions, HB Studio Staged Readings of New Works, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Eric Rasmussen, NYC, 2018; staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2017; staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2016
Variations (full-length), staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2016
Flying, included in The Central Park Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Eli Thacker Taylor, staged reading at Guild Hall, NYC 2015
Perfectly Safe, included in The Office Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Peter Zinn, NYC 2014
Numbers, (ten-minute), included in The Kitchen Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Peter Zinn 2013, finalist for Estrogenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC 2011
Last Night, included in The Bedroom Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Jessica Shotwell, NYC 2012, Bank Street Project, and staged reading at HB Studio's first-floor performance space, directed by David O'Connor, NYC 2011
Movie Date and One Night Stand, included in Woman as Mother, Roy Arias Theater, directed respectively by Mary Fassimo, and Mark Forlenza, NYC 2010
For Art, included in The Restaurant Plays, HB Playwrights Theatre, directed by Karen Ludwig, NYC 2010
Taxi Dreams, included in The Ingenious Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC 2010 and The Living Room Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, both directed by Marcia Sheiness, NYC 2009
In 2015 Boriss-Krimsky co-wrote, with Ben Clossey, Little Mr. Wonderful, included that year in Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids 7-15, published by Applause Theater and Cinema Books, Milwaukee, WI, and edited by Lawrence Harbison.
Among her plays are:
Numbers, (full-length) staged reading with talkback at the Actors Studio, directed by Lori Kee, NYC, 2019
Women in Flux, five short plays, staged reading at the Lambs Club, directed by Albert Insinia, NYC, 2018
Angela, staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2018
Painting Circles, staged reading at Boston Playwrights Theater, Boston, MA 2018
Fractals, (one-act) staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2018; staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2017
Numbers (full-length), staged reading with talkback included in Transgressions, HB Studio Staged Readings of New Works, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Eric Rasmussen, NYC, 2018; staged reading at the Lambs Club, NYC 2017; staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2016
Variations (full-length), staged reading at the Players Club, NYC 2016
Flying, included in The Central Park Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Eli Thacker Taylor, staged reading at Guild Hall, NYC 2015
Perfectly Safe, included in The Office Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Peter Zinn, NYC 2014
Numbers, (ten-minute), included in The Kitchen Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Peter Zinn 2013, finalist for Estrogenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC 2011
Last Night, included in The Bedroom Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, directed by Jessica Shotwell, NYC 2012, Bank Street Project, and staged reading at HB Studio's first-floor performance space, directed by David O'Connor, NYC 2011
Movie Date and One Night Stand, included in Woman as Mother, Roy Arias Theater, directed respectively by Mary Fassimo, and Mark Forlenza, NYC 2010
For Art, included in The Restaurant Plays, HB Playwrights Theatre, directed by Karen Ludwig, NYC 2010
Taxi Dreams, included in The Ingenious Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC 2010 and The Living Room Plays, HB Playwrights Theater, both directed by Marcia Sheiness, NYC 2009
In 2015 Boriss-Krimsky co-wrote, with Ben Clossey, Little Mr. Wonderful, included that year in Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids 7-15, published by Applause Theater and Cinema Books, Milwaukee, WI, and edited by Lawrence Harbison.
