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Current Events
We celebrated the final performance of our successful off-Broadway production of The People vs. Lenny Bruce at Theatre Row on June 28. See our upcoming productions below and check back for updates on The People vs. Lenny Bruce.
This deeply compelling play is part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte and directed by Antony Marsellis. It is based on landmark cases argued by legendary First Amendment and civil rights lawyer Martin Garbus.
One of the questions posed by this series is, do the characters have any control over their lives?
Set in 1964, The People vs. Lenny Bruce explores the prosecution of groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce at a moment when free speech itself was on trial. By turns devastating and darkly funny, the play follows Bruce and his attorney, Martin Garbus, as they confront a legal system intent on policing language, dissent, and cultural change.
Upcoming Events
In the near future, Cause Célèbre Productions will proudly present Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe and Last Chance Café.
Both plays are part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis, and inspired by the landmark cases of renowned civil rights attorney Martin Garbus.
Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe - Truth on Trial
Three Articles. Three Lies. Three Decades Later.
“I’ve had the misfortune of being raped twice—once in the park, and once by the press.”
These were the words spoken by a young Black woman, a Yale graduate, in April 1994.
After she was assaulted, Mike McAlary of the Daily News wrote three articles claiming she had fabricated the attack. Jane Doe and her lawyer, Marty Garbus, sued McAlary and the Daily News—but lost.
Twenty-three years later, Mike Osgood, former Deputy Chief of the NYPD Special Victims Unit, read an op-ed by Garbus, reopened the case, and ultimately found the rapist.
That op-ed ended with a question: “Who will tell Jane Doe’s story?”
We will.
Don’t miss this extraordinary drama.
Last Chance Café - Justice in the Jim Crow South
1965 — The end of Jim Crow. But not for everyone.
Mississippi, 1965.
Henrietta Wright, a young Black woman, registers to vote—and is arrested within moments. The charge: running a stop sign. Or so they claimed.
After serving time, she filed a complaint with the ACLU. Marty Garbus represented her. Her defiance—and Garbus’s defense—became a moral stand that still resonates today.
Two true stories.
Two unforgettable women.
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