Freestyle Repertory Theatre (aka New York TheatreSports)

06/25/2026

Our collaborator, dear friend, and former company member, Kenn Adams, developed the Story Spine way back when - early 90s? - we were working on improvising full length plays. Back then, most improvs were only a few minutes long. This really shined a light for us on what we were trying to do. Now, loads of improvisors and writers (like, at Pixar) are guided by it, but many don't realize where it came from. So great to hear credit being given where it's due!

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to playwright Kenn Adams about his formula for creating or analyzing stories called the Story Spine.

04/23/2026

We're making what we think is a small change in the Write Away! presentation. We're not live-streaming any more. All live participants will be in the zoom room, either on camera or off, as they choose. As always, we'll post the video on YouTube, but now it will be on Freestyle Rep's channel rather than Synergy Theater's - which is a long-winded way of saying, here's the latest video! Lisa Gaye Thompson leads a rockin' jam. Enjoy!

Write Away! April 20, 2026

03/31/2026

That exciting moment when the audience beings arriving! Last week, our six first grade classes did their performances of Macbeth, and our four fifth grades did their improv shows. In all, one thrilling week!

03/23/2026

We had a bunch of fearless playwrights for this month's Write Away. Here's what we came up with: https://www.youtube.com/live/Uqh75xlIxpI?si=sFEGoQjvJnyT8FFS Many thanks to Chris Marcil, Clara Rodriguez, Karen Adams, Lisa Gaye Thompson and Laura Valpey Rodriguez.

It's a jam, it's a show, it's the best of both worlds!

03/20/2026

The history of the costumes in these trunks goes deep. If you've ever done shows with us - Theatresports, Spontaneous Broadway, Play by Play, Spontaneous Shakespeare, Williams, Brecht, etc. - there's probably something you wore at the Materials for the Arts right now.