OUR AWARD-WINNING HIT ON BROADWAY: "THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT"

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Written by Gordon Farrell

Directed by Kelly Barrett-Gibson, Kurt Roediger, and Chelsea LeSage

Conceived, developed, and additional writing by Tatiana Gelfand

Developed at the Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo

True stories given to Farrell and Gelfand and adapted to the stage. Presented in multiple rooms and corridors for multiple audiences simultaneously.

“An amazing new play... authentic and from the heart! Original! You haven’t seen or heard the last of GIRLS WHO WALKED ON GLASS!” - Lauren Conlin, Pop Style TV (Apr 17, 2022)

“‘Girls Who Walked on Glass’ is phenomenal... incredible... very relevant and very poignant. Gordon Farrell is an amazing playwright.” - Alan Taylor, Art of Fashion, MNN TV

"A work of art... immersive, intense, and in your face, and it’s a play that will stay with you." - Peter Hall, Buffalo Rising Magazine (June 12, 2019)

"A rare, immersive theater event! An intriguing theatrical treat! Serious theatergoers will not want to miss this exceptional event." - Anthony Chase, Buffalo News 

Written by Gordon Farrell

Directed by Chelsea LeSage

Developed at Stag & Lion Theatre, NY and the Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo

The girl who inspired "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is now an adult. And she is returning to confront Lewis Carroll -- triggering a series of nightmarish encounters between Carroll and the characters he created.

"Alice Again uncovers the man behind Alice in Wonderland. The Off-Broadway production investigates the real story of Lewis Carroll, a controversial figure in literary circles. This is the third iteration of the piece for [playwright Gordon] Farrell, following a two-person version that played San Francisco in 1981, and an expanded Buffalo version in 1992. The play follows [Lewis Carroll] on the day he reunites with the woman who inspired Alice in Wonderland... years after he was forbidden from making contact with her."

- Margaret Hall, Playbill

“Well conceived, charmingly written and moving… ‘Alice Again’ by Gordon Farrell offers an evening that will set you drifting in childhood's streams and make your heart dance a little. 4.5 out of 5 stars!” – Patricia Donovan, Buffalo News

“’Alice Again’ is color and whimsy and silly music, wrapped up and collated… from chalkboard, to piano, to the never ending arranging and re-arranging of words, even as he tells a simple tale, [‘Alice Again’] remains true to the overall lunacy that Carroll seemed to live with on a daily basis.” – Peter Runfola, Nightlife.

Conceived and directed by 

Tatiana Gelfand

Written by 

Tatiana Gelfand & Paul Jenson

On Christmas Eve, a help line telephone counselor suffers his own hilarious and terrifying breakdown as as mysterious phone call sucks him into his past. 

 “Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking… Scotch and Madness is an entertaining foray into one ordinary man’s complex and tormented mind… that will make you wonder what’s going on in the mind of the person sitting next to you in the theater or at the next table in the restaurant…” - Ann Marie Cusella, Buffalo Voice

“In the story’s graceful movement through space and time, or its fluctuations between consciousness and unconsciousness… the play’s freewheeling game of association is not immediately apparent to the audience. The layers of communication and thwarted communication in the play are intriguing… Fred learns that it is not the individual events of his life that are most important. It is not the stops along the way that matter most.  What matters is the journey itself as we travel to the top of life’s metaphoric hill. 3 out of 4 stars!” - Anthony Chase, Buffalo News

 Written by Gordon Farrell

Directed by Tatiana Gelfand and Tawny Fawsket

An evening of monologues adapted from true stories given to the playwright by the women he has known who wanted them put on stage - stories that need to heard. 

“[The Red Anthology], written by Gordon Farrell, tells the true stories of eight women whom he has known throughout his life. Each story’s speaker commands full attention as she shares her secrets. Stories of heartbreak, helplessness and crises of faith intertwine to form a cycle of self-discovery and reinvention. The stage is bare except for two movable boxes and eight chairs. As each character speaks, the rest of the characters sit and watch attentively, at times even laughing and reacting along with the audience. Together, they create an atmosphere of vulnerability and honesty, a space of healing for all to see.”

– Julia Pugachevsky, Washington Square News

"Gordon Farrell has taken the phrase 'everyone has a story tell' literally in his new play "The Red Room/Every Woman Dances for Someone." The most shocking thing about the play is not, as one might think, the chosen setting of a strip club, but the slow realization that the character's tales of rape, abuse, and neglect were not the author's fictional creation, but true stories from real women; this is where the show finds its real power.  I was moved.” 

– Tricia Couture, Cheap Chick in the City Reviews