Coni Koepfinger's new play The Unusual Chauncey Faust opens on Off-Off-Broadway's Gene Frankel Theatre in Greenwich Village this March 19, 2026. Koepfinger's outstanding new play has already garnered some rave reviews. " When I first read Coni Koepfinger’s The Unusual Chauncey Faust , I felt an immediate recognition. Beneath its surreal humor and theatrical absurdity lives a profound question about our time: who authors the dream we are living? Chauncey stands at the edge of

Carolyn Clark's poem "Blood Coming Out of Her Betsy Ross" will be the featured poem as "Best in Show" in the forthcoming issue of the Altadena Poetry Review 2026 . Clark's poem was created in ekphrastic response to artist Marcie Brozyna's painting Pro Patria Mori , on exhibit in the Schweinfurth Art Center's "Made in New York" exhibition in Auburn, New York. Carolyn read her new work at a special event of NLAPW CNY Branch poets and "Made in New York" exhibitors at the Schwein