Susanna is delighted to be directing the upcoming play at Morningside Theater Co.- Its Only a Play!

Press Release:

Morningside Theater Co.  presents It’s Only a Play

It’s Only a Play – Tony Award winner Terrence McNally’s beloved, hilarious, wacky ode to theater folk – in all their joy, madness, heartbreak, and resilience.

Our production features: William Franke (Law & Order: SVU, Hunters, Our Town), Luke Hofmaier (Orson’s Shadow, FBI Most Wanted),  Alyssa Simon (Lincoln Center, The Public Theater),  Mathew Sirju (Stranger Things, Netflix, Black Spectrum Theatre), Thomas Vorsteg (The Blacklist, Gone Missing), Veronique Jeanmarie (A.C.T.), Jennifer Kim (Little Women, The Laramie Project). It is directed by Susanna Frazer (SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, The Dramatists Guild, Zwick award, NYIT nom)

Story: Imagine the opening night of a new Broadway play. The stakes couldn’t be higher. The playwright, the director, the leading lady, and others await the reviews that will celebrate or doom the production. Is the play and the performances a triumph or a turkey? A delightful spectacle of paranoia, full-blown hysteria, and more narcissism than a room full of Instagram influencers. “…You really must laugh at McNally’s unquenchable wit—but those sloppy-kiss tributes to the theater…are deeply felt and honestly moving,”  writes Variety, In its review, the New York Times proclaimed, “It’s Only a Play deserves only a rave.”

The show will open on Thursday, October 30, and run through Sunday, November 16. Thursday, Friday, and Monday at 7:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 pm. On Sunday, November 16, performances at 2:00 and 7:00 pm.

Morningside Theatre Co. (formerly Morningside Players) is a professional, AUDELCO award-winning theater company in Morningside Heights, receiving repeat grants from WHDC, LMCC, Columbia Community Service and UMEZ.  For its Spring 2025 production of Now Circa Then, critics wrote, “There is a little gem of a theater in upper Manhattan named the MORNINGSIDE THEATER COMPANY. They have been presenting excellent revivals and offering new works for several years now.” — Charles E. Gerber, Splash Magazines. And, [Actors] “Daniel Yaiulloand Anna Lei Negrin’s passionate and utterly convincing teamwork bring Carly Mensch’shumane characters to life. In addition to successfully shepherding these illustrious turns, director Luke Hofmaier’s physical staging is exemplary.” — Darryl Reilly, Theaterscene.org.

Morningside Theater Company  – 100 La Salle St., NYC – (approx. 124th St and Broadway)   fully ADA accessible.

Tickets via www.morningsideplayers.org