Coming Soon: Leni’s Last Lament

Obie Award-winning actress Jodie Markell resurrects Leni Riefenstahl 

in Gil Kofman’s smart, insightful, hilarious wild ride of a play where the notorious filmmaker attempts to re-edit her Nazi past. 

Directed by (“legendary downtown theater-maker” — Village Voice)  Richard Caliban.  

Top Awards Winner at United Solo Fest

Best Script, Best Actor, and Best Director

  • What Happened Was... Screening and Party

  • Karen Sillas (What Happened Was...) back at Paradise Factory

  • Jim Gaffigan (The Skinny), Tal Shamir (The Vermeers), Ken Forman (New Moon)

  • “What Happened Was, which began in this very theater, shows us that a great film can and should be incubated within the beautiful constraints of the stage.” – Artistic Director Joan Mathieu

  • Jay O. Sanders (Girl from the North Country, Apple Family Plays) and Joan Mathieu

  • Playwright Risa Mickenberg (Egg) and director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Sopranos)

“Whether you encounter Tom Noonan through his writing, his performance or his direction, the result is the same – you will look at the performing arts in a way that’s more honest and intense than it was before.”

– Jim Parsons