Attractive Nuisance
Ambitious, ensemble-based new comedies
About
Attractive Nuisance is a production company focused on ambitious, ensemble-based new comedies. We experiment with form, music, movement, and puppetry to make surreal, genre-bending works for the stage.
Company History
In the Spring of 2021, Attractive Nuisance founded and produced the inaugural PRIMETIME THEATER FESTIVAL, a six-week theatrical event which culminated in a series of funny, fast-paced new plays in the style of classic multi-cam sitcoms, complete with commissioned commercial parodies and theme music. PRIMETIME THEATER helped to support over 30 early-career playwrights, directors, actors, and comedians in the creation of two original sitcom series.
In December 2022, we debuted Robert's surrealist ensemble comedy MEAT with a two-weekend workshop production at The Tank. In the summer of 2023, the company workshopped TRACY TRICERATOPS AND THE END OF HISTORY, a child-detective neo-noir musical, through a week-long residency at Vox Lab in Hanover, NH. In 2024, we were awarded a four month residency at Prototype 237 in Paterson, NJ. This residency culminated in a workshop production of new promenade-style comedy KATIE LAID AN EGGY in November of 2024.
Our production of the absurdist one-act We Do the Same Thing Every Week will be presented at A.R.T./NY’s Gural Theater in May 2025.
Our production of the absurdist one-act We Do the Same Thing Every Week will be presented at A.R.T./NY’s Gural Theater in May 2025.
About the artists
Liza Couser (she/her) is a director of new plays and musicals based in New York City. Select recent credits: Katie Laid an Eggy (Director, Prototype 237), Depresh Mode (Director & Composer, Evolution Festival), MEAT (Director, The Tank), Tracy Triceratops and the End of History (Director, Vox Lab), Primetime Theater Festival (Co-Founder & Producer), Polylogues (Producer, HERE Arts Center). Liza is an alum of the Roundabout Directors Group, SDCF Observership, Ars Nova Artistic Fellowship, Prototype 237 artistic residency, and 24 Hour Plays Nationals. lizacouser.com
Robert Leverett (he/him) is a playwright and actor based in New York City. He just completed an artist residency at Prototype 237. Select recent credits: Katie Laid an Eggy (Actor/Writer, Prototype 237), Depresh Mode (Actor, Evolution Festival), MEAT (Actor/Writer, The Tank), Tracy Triceratops and the End of History (Writer/Actor, VoxLab), and [cowboy face] (Actor/Producer, Dixon Place).
