Playwriting
Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky is a playwright, visual artist, arts writer and award-winning co-author. She’s a member of the Playwright/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio, NYC, HB Studio Playwrights Forum, NYC, and Write On in Boston. Her plays explore art, love, loss, obsession, and the search for wholeness.
Among her plays are:
Selected Productions
Call Me, Gallery Players, directed by Whitney Stone, NYC, 2022
Fractals, Smartphone Theatre, directed by Todd Felderstein, dramaturg, Peter Flood, CA, 2020
Flying, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Central Park Plays, directed by Eli Thacker Taylor, NYC, 2015
Perfectly Safe, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Office Plays, directed by Peter Zinn, NYC, 2014
Numbers, (ten-minute) HB Playwrights Theatre, The Kitchen Plays, directed by Peter Zinn, 2013. Manhattan Theatre Source finalist for The Estrogenius Festival, NYC, 2011
Last Night, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Bedroom Plays, directed by Jessica Shotwell, NYC, 2012 and HB Studio's first-floor performance space, Bank Street Project, directed by David O'Connor, NYC, 2011
One Night Stand, Roy Arias Theatre, Woman as Mother, directed by Mark Forlenza, NYC, 2010
For Art, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Restaurant Plays, directed by Karen Ludwig, NYC, 2010
Taxi Dreams, Manhattan Theatre Source, The Ingenious Festival, NYC, 2010 and HB Playwrights Theatre, The Living Room Plays, both directed by Marcia Sheiness, NYC, 2009
Selected Staged Readings
Women in Flux, (new version of five interwoven short plays) HB Studio Playwrights Forum, part one, NYC, 2021
Taxi Dreams, (new version) Write On, Boston, 2021
Numbers, (full-length) The Actors Studio, directed by Lori Kee, NYC, 2019
Women in Flux, The Lambs Club, directed by Albert Insinnia, NYC, 2018
Angela, The Lambs Club, NYC, 2018
Painting Circles, Boston Playwrights Theater, Boston, 2018
Fractals (one-act), The Lambs Club, NYC 2018; and The Players Club, NYC, 2017
Variations (full-length), The Players Club, NYC, 2016
In 2015 Boriss-Krimsky co-wrote Little Mr. Wonderful, included that year in Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15, published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, Milwaukee, WI, and edited by Lawrence Harbison
Among her plays are:
Selected Productions
Call Me, Gallery Players, directed by Whitney Stone, NYC, 2022
Fractals, Smartphone Theatre, directed by Todd Felderstein, dramaturg, Peter Flood, CA, 2020
Flying, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Central Park Plays, directed by Eli Thacker Taylor, NYC, 2015
Perfectly Safe, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Office Plays, directed by Peter Zinn, NYC, 2014
Numbers, (ten-minute) HB Playwrights Theatre, The Kitchen Plays, directed by Peter Zinn, 2013. Manhattan Theatre Source finalist for The Estrogenius Festival, NYC, 2011
Last Night, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Bedroom Plays, directed by Jessica Shotwell, NYC, 2012 and HB Studio's first-floor performance space, Bank Street Project, directed by David O'Connor, NYC, 2011
One Night Stand, Roy Arias Theatre, Woman as Mother, directed by Mark Forlenza, NYC, 2010
For Art, HB Playwrights Theatre, The Restaurant Plays, directed by Karen Ludwig, NYC, 2010
Taxi Dreams, Manhattan Theatre Source, The Ingenious Festival, NYC, 2010 and HB Playwrights Theatre, The Living Room Plays, both directed by Marcia Sheiness, NYC, 2009
Selected Staged Readings
Women in Flux, (new version of five interwoven short plays) HB Studio Playwrights Forum, part one, NYC, 2021
Taxi Dreams, (new version) Write On, Boston, 2021
Numbers, (full-length) The Actors Studio, directed by Lori Kee, NYC, 2019
Women in Flux, The Lambs Club, directed by Albert Insinnia, NYC, 2018
Angela, The Lambs Club, NYC, 2018
Painting Circles, Boston Playwrights Theater, Boston, 2018
Fractals (one-act), The Lambs Club, NYC 2018; and The Players Club, NYC, 2017
Variations (full-length), The Players Club, NYC, 2016
In 2015 Boriss-Krimsky co-wrote Little Mr. Wonderful, included that year in Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15, published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, Milwaukee, WI, and edited by Lawrence Harbison
