coMedy & draMa a success … so let’s do it again!

UPDATE: Christopher Sirota’s new drama CODE RED joins the SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL on March 21 & 22 at Roy Arias Theatres in Times Square. The play – about what a recall of a defective car meant to one family – features Cliff Hesse. Joining the Playwright’s Workshop is author/reviewer SANDER GUSINOW , whose dark comedy, DESCENT, is…

Two Plays to Praise!

Congratulations to Mohammed Saad Ali and Christopher Sirota on their success and another for the M Center’s Award-Winning Play-and-Screenwriters Workshop. STALLED BY CHRISTOPHER SIROTA CANAAN BY MOHAMMED SAAD ALI

Spellcraft 101 at the M Center

SpellCraft 101 class beginning on March 7th. 530-730 You will learn how to blend oils, make incense, Carve and create candles, powders, perfumes and much more. IF you are interested get in touch: mcenterbrooklyn@gmail.com or call 347-492-0534 Class is given at The M Center for Art and Wellness in Bay Ridge Brooklyn

Hitting the Ground Running

New Spiritual Classes … New Performing Arts Classes… Two new plays accepted into John Chatterton’s Festivals… New students… A New MUSICAL MASTER CLASS … this one’s dedicated to BROADWAY SHOWTUNES A Screenplay and Film program featuring the works of our Poet Laureate, Mohammed Saad Ali … A SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP in the Spring … Mary’s a…

December Doings!!!!!!!!!!!

We hope this December is a good one for you and yours. Its COLD in NYC but its always warm in the M Center. We have redecorated based on new studies Mary has been doing. Now there is a massage table, soft lighting and a more calm and resting atmosphere. Classes continue on Saturdays including…

Remember Us… under light.

There is an expression: if there were only good days then there would be no good days. I get that. There were many good days over the last 15 years of Genesis. Not all of them though. We had many “artistic differences” over the years. They necessitated the departure of colleagues and friends alike. Those…

Dragons and Elephants: All You Can Eat

Now we were drunk… art drunk. We presented new plays and classics; won awards for our Shakespeare and gain incredible notoriety as a legit opera company. What’s next? Everything!! On The Spot Improv – For over a year Genesis had a traveling improv company. Performances were at the main space and at other venues. It became…

Our Opera House: in bocca al lupo

Genesis Opera Genesis brings art to the people – all art. To that end, Mary – assisted by her teachers and colleagues, Marko Lampas – a famed opera singer and director who worked with Maria Callas and Barbara Iona Miller, his wife and fellow operatic co-star, set out to do just that … with opera….

Hamlet: Tragical, Comical, Historical, Pastorial

THE BOOK OF GENESIS: Hamlet at the Educational Alliance and at the Jan Hus In our 15 years, we’ve had some adventures. Some amazing, even inspiring. Until the end of our campaign (October 24), we’ll remember moments in our history. Laugh, cry, whatever works. Our first production, Hamlet, was set in Washington 1963 and affectionately…