In the seedy and seditious demimonde of Weimar Berlin, five lost souls find each other (and sold-out audiences) when they create a scandalous club where adults play like children…and customers pay to watch!

Kinderspiel tells the story of how a burnt-out expressionist dancer, a wealthy jaded Jew, a trendsetting lesbian journalist, a conservative widow, and a utopian communist joined together to create this bizarre hotspot and how this curious fetish turned into a revolutionary movement.

Think No Exit decked out in fishnets and art deco decay...The overall effect is haunting.

While I’m all for there being many new American plays as challenging and original as this one, I doubt we will be that lucky...Required viewing.

Awfully clever...they’re dramatic Robin Hoods, stealing from a rich theatrical past and producing for a poorly educated present.

A delectable frolic. Brilliantly developed and performed.

2011

Written by Kiran Rikhye
Directed by Jon Stancato
Dramaturgy and Music by Emily Otto
Sets by David Bengali
Costumes by Julie B. Schworm
Lighting Design by Daniel Winters
Tech Direction by Adele Rylands
Props & Graphic Design by Aviva Meyer

Kinderspiel Featuring David Berent*, Liz Eckert, Liza Wade Green, Laura Heidinger*, David Skeist*
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Presented at Wings Theatre


2009

Written by Kiran Rikhye
Directed by Jon Stancato
Dramaturgy & Sound by Emily Otto
Set by David Bengali
Costumes by Emily Taradash
Stage Management & Props by Aviva Meyer

Featuring: Liz Eckert, Dave Gochfeld, Liza Wade Green, Timothy Reynolds

Presented at Artfulness of Play, An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.


2007

Written by Kiran Rikhye
Directed by Jon Stancato
Dramaturgy & Sound by Emily Otto
Lights & Set by David Bengali
Costumes by May Elbaz
Stage Management & Props by Aviva Meyer

Featuring: Sam Dingman, Layna Fisher, Cameron J. Oro, Alexia Vernon, & Liza Wade White

Presented at
Soho Think Tank as part of The Ohio Theatre 6th Floor Series