We are a little more than halfway through the season and we are breaking theatre records! Our first 5 Main Stage shows did phenomenal with ticket sales and great reviews. We only have 1 more Main Stage show this season, 'Exit Laughing' and you do not want to miss out on it. Get your tickets today before they are gone.

We are now fundraising to replace the theatre roof. This is the first of several repairs on our list. If you would like to help, you can donate to the link below.

"I've lived through many uncertainties in my three decades on Earth.

Entertainment and journalism have been comforting and reaffirming to me in equal measure. I've loved filmmaking since I was a kid in the pre-Y2K era. The music of Peter Gabriel and David Bowie helped me move past 9/11 and the grave injustices felt in its wake. More than anything, I consider myself a man of peace but there needs to be resonant conflict on stage for a show to work. 

I studied filmmaking and mock trial in Xaverian High School during the Occupy Wall Street protests. I translated those experiences, societal and technical, to the stage in my downtime while studying Chemistry at St. Francis College. I got by after I graduated, taking the odd gig playing in bands and acting even through the ravages of COVID when I was still in New York City. Even then, I always felt astray from the large schools of fish you'd think of when swimming in that big of a pond.

I believe everything from the lightest comedies to the bleakest black-box fare requires an adept touch to connect with its audience. You get used to how they and the cast/crew can react: from guffaws of admiration to retorts of hatred. The only thing that marks failure is indifference. That shaped my performances and backstage work since, and I'm grateful to have brought that to the Pineapple Playhouse since the start of 2023. 

Taking the directorship for this year's One-Acts festival made me feel young again, even if that exuberance has to be tempered with knowing the questions posed in the two shorts I'm helming, Rescue Mission and The Strand that Beads You, are still very real and current.

I dedicate Strand to the memory of Nex Benedict, who died February 2, as well as my fellow schoolmate Enrique L. Rios, Jr. Rios is among the 49 slain at the Pulse Nightclub on June 12, 2016. These and many other unwarranted deaths in the LGBTQ+ community pushed me into the director's chair wholeheartedly."

-Charles

"The Jury Room" at the Pineapple Playhouse in 2001

Twelve jurors gather to decide the innocence or guilt of a young girl. Did she stab her uncle in cold blood? Eleven jurors say yes; one, a student actress, says no. The jurors agree to her request to re-enact the crime right there. Props are brought in - including the actual murder weapon...