Since the first show in the back room of Sunny’s Bar in July, 2023 to the final performances at Green Lung Studios in October, 2026, Quick & Dirty Theatre Company made a name for itself in Red Hook and beyond with 19 new plays presented in community-oriented productions, including “The Iguana Becomes Marco,” "Clown in Waiting," "Before the Lobotomy," "Full Frontal," "The Generals," and "Blue Moment" by artistic director Booth McGowan, as well as world premieres of "Picture Day" by Levon Thurman-Hawke, "Vestal Virgins" by Talia Frank-Stempel, "myTHICC" by NYT Critic’s Pick Ming Peiffer, and "Las Cruces" by Pulitzer shortlisted and Tony nominated playwright Lee Blessing.

 

Through connecting dozens of local artists and craftspeople in many of the neighborhood’s favorite venues - including Sunny’s Bar, Coffey Street Studio, Green Lung Studio, Luo’s Events, Andrew Logan Projects, Lars Fisk Studio, and 360 Record Shop - Quick & Dirty Theatre Company continuously offered free and affordable theater productions that captivated audiences with new, heartfelt and off-kilter work.

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“Theater has a future, and it’s in Red Hook … artists like McGowan are making sure of that.” - Joe Paladino, Washington Square News, 2023

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Production History (in chronological order): 

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• Dog Eat Dog by Kyle Mazer (one act, first look, Green Lung Studio, 2025)

• Scene Study by Dante Billups (one act, first look, Green Lung Studio, 2025) 

• The Iguana Becomes Marco by Booth McGowan (one act, world premiere, IRT Theatre and Green Lung Studio, 2025)

• Picture Day by Levon Thurman-Hawke, (full length, world premiere, Coffey Street Studio, 2024)

• Vestal Virgins by Talia Frank-Stempel (one act, first look, Green Lung Studio, 2025)

• Clown In Waiting by Booth McGowan (one act, world premiere, Luo's Events, 2024)

• An Eve at McTavish’s by Andrew Burden Swanson (one act, East Coast premiere, Luo’s Events, 2024)

• The Boy King by Nick Bisa (one act reading, Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024) 

• Yesterday’s News Today by Olivia Mermagen (one act reading, Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024)

• The Generals by Booth McGowan (one act reading, Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024)

• Blue Moment by Booth McGowan (one act reading, Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024)

• The Committee Meeting by Abby Royle (one act reading,  Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024)

• Free as a Bird by Patrick Alwyn (one act reading, Sunny’s Bar & Andrew Logan Projects, 2024)

• Before the Lobotomy by Booth McGowan (one act, world premiere, Lars Fisk Studio, 2023)​

• Las Cruces by Lee Blessing (one act, world premiere, Lars Fisk Studio, 2023) 

• MyTHICC by Ming Peiffer, (one act, world premiere, Sunny’s Bar, 2023)

• Full Frontal by Booth McGowan (one act, world premiere, Sunny’s Bar, 2023)

• The Pink Bedroom by Tennessee Williams (one act, Sunny’s Bar, 2023), 

• Ichor by Sean Pfautsch (one act, East Coast premiere, Sunny’s Bar, 2023)