Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck is a writer, editor, dramaturg, and recovering Off-Off-Broadway producer, who was for many years the literary manager of Six Figures Theatre Company. She has written for The Brooklyn Rail, The Brooklyn Paper nytheatre.com, and NYTheater now, and currently writes occasionally for HowlRound and WIT Online. In her non-theatrical life, she works in book publishing.

Articles by Loren Noveck

13 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Caroline at MCC

MCC Theater ⋄ September 12-November 16, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Playwright Preston Max Allen, director David Cromer, and three rich performances show us a complex portrait of a family trying to find its way forward. Loren Noveck reviews.

10 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Slaughter City at ART/NY

ART/New York ⋄ October 4-18, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Naomi Wallace’s play about labor activism remains timely in its themes, but this muddy production doesn’t showcase them. Loren Noveck reviews.

25 September 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Last Call: A Play with Cocktails (site-specific)

Apartments across the city ⋄ September 19-October 13, 2025

By Loren Noveck

It’s post-apocalyptic, but on the plus side, there are cocktails. Loren Noveck reviews a new site-specific piece by Hansol Jung.

23 September 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Iranian Girlfriend at MITU580

MITU580 ⋄ September 18-October 4, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A work of auto(meta)fiction that offers much to enjoy without entirely coming together. Loren Noveck reviews.

22 September 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Bull at JACK

JACK ⋄ September 19-October 4

By Loren Noveck

A tensely and intensely intimate exercise in cruelty. Loren Noveck reviews.

16 September 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: The Essentialisn’t at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ September 10-28, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Eisa Davis’s new piece is as much ceremony as performance art. Loren Noveck reviews.

15 September 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Matriarchs at TheaterLab

Theaterlab ⋄ September 10-28, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A nuanced ensemble portrait of Orthodox life that feels just a little out of balance. Loren Noveck reviews.

27 August 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Royal Pyrate at the Waterfront Museum

Waterfront Museum ⋄ August 16-31, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A pirate musical that can’t quite find its sea legs. Loren Noveck reviews.

17 August 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Road Kills at Paradise Factory

Paradise Factory ⋄ August 15–September 6, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Its subjects are grim, but the new piece from the writer-director team of Sophie McIntosh and Nina Goodheart depicts them with nuance and dark humor. Loren Noveck reviews.

7 August 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Well, I’ll Let You Go at Irondale Center

Irondale Center ⋄ July 29-August 29, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Playwright Bubba Weiler, director Jack Serio, and an excellent cast explore the mysteries of grief and the battle to stave off despair. Loren Noveck reviews.