Christopher McCann – MRQE

Macbeth in Manhattan

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When the lead (David Lansbury) in “Macbeth” is given a lesser role so another actor (Nick Gregory) can have his part, their lives begin to mirror the play.

Fiona

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Fiona is abandoned at six months of age, raised in foster and adoptive homes, abused, and, still a teen, hustles on the streets of New York. We watch her use heroine, fall in love with other women, be pursued by men, engage in murderous violence, hide out in a crack house, and decide to leave the city. We see her mother, also a streetwalker and drug user, occasionally talk about her lost daughter. Fiona has a necklace she was clutching when a foundling. Will mother and daughter meet? Is there a silver lining?

Minyan

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather’s senior housing complex.

All That I Am

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On the eve of an annual sibling reunion, a troubled young writer is sent reeling with the arrival of an unexpected guest.

Buy It Now

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Told in two parts- the first in the style of a documentary and the next in narrative form- “Buy It Now” tells the story of 16 year old Chelsea leading up to the sale of her virginity online and then the self destructive aftermath of this event.