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Theater: Inverse Theater
Chad Gracia founded Inverse Theater with playwright Kirk Wood Bromley in 1998. Under his leadership as Executive Director, Inverse produced ten critically acclaimed plays, licensed productions from Los Angeles to London, and became one of the most respected Downtown theaters in New York. He left the company -- which continues to produce ground-breaking work -- in 2004.
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Selected Press
“It rants and raves. It sparkles and shines. It’s language is sublime.” - The New York Times, 2003
“Inventive drama…sparkling score…perfect!”
- The The New Yorker, 2003
“A cult classic.” - Time Out NY, 2002
“A wonderful blend of wordsmithing and wackiness." - LA Times, 1999
“A bona fide modern classic.” - LA Weekly, 1999
“Extraordinary, brilliant…breathtaking…exhilarating."
- New York Theater Experience, 1998
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| Lost - Written by Jessica Grace Wing and Kirk Wood Bromley and dramaturged and produced by Chad Gracia, this fantastical operatic musical won the Best Music award in the New York Fringe Festival and garnered rave reviews and sold-out crowds. The New Yorker called it "perfect." |
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| The Burnt Woman of Harvard - Written by Kirk Wood Bromley and produced by Chad Gracia. A tragedy. |
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| The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto - Written by Kirk Wood Bromley and published and produced by Chad Gracia. Flagrante tells the tale of a Civil War era plantation owner and his attempt to stage a play with his slaves. |
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| The American Revolution - Written by Kirk Wood Bromley and dramaturged, published, and produced by Chad Gracia. A dramatic and historically accurate retelling of the birth of America. |
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| Faust - Written by Kirk Wood Bromley with music and lyrics by Chris Sanderson and the Emmy nominated Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors. Chad Gracia produced a studio recording of the musical with Mr. Barron. |
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| Twelfth Night - Produced in 1999, in repertory with Midnight Brainwash Revival. |
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| Midnight Brainwash Revival - Written by Kirk Wood Bromley and dramaturged, published, and produced by Chad Gracia, this apocalyptic comedy draws on Twelfth Night as much as American millenarianism. Of Gracia's production, The New York Times raved "it sparkles and shines!" |
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| The Death of Griffin Hunter. Written by Kirk Wood Bromley and dramaturged, published, and produced by Chad Gracia. Inaugural performance in New York called "extraordinary... brilliant...breathtaking...exhilarating" by reviewer Martin Denton. |
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| Icarus & Aria - This reimagining of Romeo & Juliet was written by Kirk Wood Bromley and published, produced, and made into a short film by Chad Gracia. |
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| Want's Unwisht Work - A house of feminist study infiltrated by sex-starved rambling fanatics! Cross-dressers chasing nymphomaniacs through peach orchards! Perverted psychotherapists hypnotizing young students! |
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