'Sixth Midtown International Theatre Festival'
The Midtown International Theatre Festival returns for its sixth incarnation of presenting works of every shape and size, from solo shows to a full-scale rock musical - with dramas, comedies, staged readings, and everything else in between.
Presenting over 50 shows, the Sixth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF6) will run from the 18 July to the 7 Aug 2005 and be held in five separate spaces, all located on 36th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues.
As with last year's Fest, the MITF will be housed at the WorkShop Theater, located at 312 West 36th Street on the fourth floor. The MITF will be using both the WorkShop's 65-seat Mainstage theatre and their smaller 40-seat Jewel Box space.
The third and fourth venues for the MITF will be at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre at 347 West 36th Street, on the ground floor (where it also took place last year) and at Where Eagles Dare's new Studio Theatre on the 12th floor of the same building.
The final location for the MITF will be Smash Studios, located at 307 West 36th Street, where the Festival will be presenting Penny 4 Eyes - a rock n' roll show about an ambitious 14 year-old determined to break out of the dysfunctional cycles of her abusive home life.
All shows are $15, unless otherwise indicated.
All shows offer students and senior discount rates of $12, unless otherwise indicated.
PLEASE NOTE: The Festival Schedule is subject to change. Please confirm details when ordering tickets. To purchase tickets call: 212-868-4444
Following is a complete program schedule, arranged by theatre, of all productions performing in the Midtown International Theatre Festival
At the WorkShop Theater, MainStage Space
4th Floor
312 West 36th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
- Apathy - The Gen X Musical: Follow the wacky adventures of a drug-dealing vamp and her friends as they do acid, undermine authority and treat anything "PC" with insane irreverence.
Words & Music: Mickey Zetts
Director: Paul D'Alessandria
Featuring: Fiona Choi,Ethan Gomez, Samantha Leigh Josephs, Ryan G. Metzger, Matt Miniea, Duncan Pflaster & Sami Rudnick.
Length: 120 MinutesMon 18 Jul 5pm, Fri 22 & Sun 24 Jul 9:30pm
Tue 26 & Fri 29 Jul 9:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 10pm
Thu 4 & Fri 5 Aug 9:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 1pm
- Charles and Diana: Princess Di meets her Guardian Angel and gets a second chance to live her life over again in this musical fantasy drama recounting her tumultuous reign as both the world's goodwill ambassador and spurned wife plagued by her inner demons.
Music and Book: Lewis Papier
Lyrics: Mary Sullivan Struzi
Director: Clyde Baldo Cast: �Michael Digioia, Amanda Ladd, Rob Resnick, Kate Greer, Tracy Rosten, Kenneth Garner, Natalie Delena, Kiirsten Kuhi, Amy Russ, Monica Russell, Alan Ostroff
Length: 120 MinutesMon 18 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 8pm
Fri 29 Jul 5pm, Sat 30 Jul 1pm
Wed 3 Aug 7pm, Sat 6 Aug 11am
- Dreamhouse: Songs and searches based on the poetry of Barbara DeCesare Five actresses give voice to a contemporary Everywoman as she grapples with love, sex, motherhood, Mom, insanity, death -- and love.
Thu 21 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 11am
Thu 28 Jul 5pm, Sun 31 Jul 1pm
Mon 1 Aug 7pm, Fri 5 Aug 5pm
- Feasting On Cardigans: A Comedic Sci-Fi Parable About Love, Family, Exterminators And Moths - Moths are wreaking havoc on the closets of New York, and affable exterminator Haff finds himself questioning his life priorities.
Writer: Mark Eisman
Director: Amy Henault Cast: �Ian Pfister, Kate Sandberg, Katie Barrett, Andrea Gallo and Tyler Samuel Lee.
Length: 90 MinutesFri 22 Jul 5:30pm, Sun 24 Jul 1:30pm
Mon 25 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 8pm
Thu 4 Aug 5:30pm, Sat 6 Aug 1:30pm
- Glory Road: Inspired by Moliere's "Tartuff", Glory Road examines the rise of a television ministry and the loss of spiritual values along the way.
Book and Lyrics: Greg Senf, Music by Gregory Max, from an idea by Jamie Heck
Director: George Wolf Reily
Musical director: Jeremy Rosen
Cast: �Chet Carlin,� Beth Chiarelli, Michael Finkelstein, Kristen Hammer, Barbara Litt, Jeannine Otis, Eric Petersen and Jessie Thatcher
Length: 120 MinutesThu 21 Jul 5pm, Sat 23 Jul 1:30pm
Wed 27 Jul 5pm, Sat 30 Jul 10pm
Tue 2 Aug 9:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 7:30pm
- Invisible Child: Invisible Child is the story of Ginger, a woman who wants to please everyone else and loses herself in the process. In a moment of epiphany, she realizes she must listen to her inner voice.
Writer & Performer: Lisa Barri
Director & Choreographer: Don Johanson
Original Score: William Catanzaro With Dancers: Tabitha Boulding, Robera Mathes, and Karlen Schreiber
Length: 90 MinutesWed 20 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 6pm
Mon 25 Jul 7:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 3:30pm
Mon 1 Aug 9:30pm, Fri 5 Aug 7:30pm
- It's Only a Play: It's the opening night party for The Golden Egg on Broadway and waiting for the reviews are the excitable young author, the brilliant but unstable director, the pill-popping leading lady, and the playwright's best friend, an egotistical stage actor who has "gone Hollywood" to star in a mediocre television series.
Writer: Terrence McNally
Director: John Capo
Cast: Yuval David, Frederick Hamilton, Cynthia Henderson, Betty Hudson, Sheila Mart, Charles Marti, Glenn Peters and John Squire
Length: 90 MinutesTue 19 Jul 9:30pm, Wed 20 Jul 3pm, Sat 23 Jul 4pm
Mon 25 Jul 4pm, Wed 27 Jul 7:30pm
Wed 3 Aug 3pm, Sat 6 Aug 10pm, Sun 7 Aug 5:30pm
- On The Couch With Nora Armani: Egyptian-Armenian-American Artist Nora Armani's Acclaimed One-Woman Show About Ethnicity and the Struggle To Belong.
Writer & Performer: Nora Armani
Director: Fran�ois Kergourlay
Length: 90 Minutes
Cost $20Fri 22 Jul 7:30pm
Sat 30 Jul 3:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 7:30pm
- Peace Now: Based on actual events. In May of 1970, students at a Northeastern University take over their administration building to protest the Vietnam War. They argue, flirt, debate, chant, plot and sing for three days until it all boils to a surprising conclusion.
Writer & Director: Tom Peterson
Cast: Michael C. Maronna, Frank Harts, Carter Jackson, Genia Michaela, Cameron Blair, Cameron Peterson, Matthew Decapua, Christian Pedersen, Adrianne Rae-Rodgers and Kim Shaw
Length: 90 MinutesTue 19 Jul 5pm, Sun 24 Jul 3:30pm
Thu 28 Jul 7:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 11am
Sat 6 Aug 5:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 11am
- Shooting Yourself in the Foot: Upon returning from a year long tour of duty in Iraq, Private Rusty Rottirur finds himself lost in the murkiness of his own memories.� Rusty is haunted by his imagination and the stories he has heard and told.
Writer: Marci Adilman & Jessica Jill Turner
Director: Melissa Boswell & Jane Steinberg
Conceived: The Kiva Theater Company
Length: 90 MinutesThu 21 Jul 10pm, Sun 24 Jul 7:30pm
Tue 26 Jul 7:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 5:30pm
Wed 3 Aug 5pm, Sun 7 Aug 3:30pm
- Spit It Out!: A comical and endearing look at�the�transformational power of an�unlikely friendship�between two women, nine songs, one boyfriend, two husbands, a bartender, six sets, three musicians, seven network executives, impending middle-age, burgeoning success, threatened fame and a whole lot of blues goin' on.
Writer: Amy Coleman & Valerie Smaldone
Director: Sarah Gurfield
Musical Director: Donna Kelly
Cast: Amy Coleman, Valerie Smaldone, Stephen Bienskie and The Spit it Out! Blues Band: Andy Bassford, Donna Kelly.
Length: 90 MinutesSun 18 Jul 7:30pm, Wed 20 Jul 9:30pm
Sun 24 Jul 5:30pm, Tue 26 Jul 5:30pm, Fri 29 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 11am
Mon 1 Aug 5pm, Wed 3 Aug 9:30pm, Sun 6 Aug 3:30pm
- 21 Stories: A Broadway Tale: A youthful soccer player from Northern England and a woman from Tyler, Texas chase their dreams in New York City. It's about hope, friendship and love - not to mention that it's a musical! Writer: G.W. Stevens
Length: 120 MinutesTue 19 Jul 7pm, Wed 20 Jul 5pm, Sun 24 Jul 11am
Wed 27 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 5:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 7:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 5pm, Sat 6 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 10pm
At the WorkShop Theater, Jewel Box Space
4th Floor
312 West 36th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
- The Baby is Blue: Steve is haunted by the distant memory of his little sister. Angel can't escape the song he wishes he'd never written.� How far will they go to deny their shared pasts?
Writer: Matt Schatz
Director: S. Caden Hethorn
Length: 90 MinutesWed 20 Jul 9:30pm, Sun 24 Jul 11:30am
Mon 25 Jul 7:30pm, Fri 29 Jul 7:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 6 Aug 1.30pm
- Black Panther Women: Details to be announced
Wed 20 Jul 7:30pm
Sun 31 Jul 3:30pm
Wed 6 Aug 7:30am
- Cervix With A Smile:
Elisa DeCarlo - who had an hit at the MITF last year with her show "Toasted", portrays a man found naked at the zoo, a dominatrix demonstrating how to torture your mate with kitchen utensils and more - with original songs.Performer: Elisa DeCarlo
Book & Lurics: Elisa DeCarlo
Music: Elisa DeCarlo & Ellen Mandel
Director: Rod Cassavalle
Length: 70 MinutesThu 21 Jul 7:30pm, Sun 24 Jul 9:30pm
Mon 25 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 9:30pm
Thu 4 Aug 5:30pm, Sat 6 Aug 3:30pm
- Cex in the Sity: A parody of that popular HBO series, "Cex" deals with fashion, femininity, relationships and the mishaps that come with each.
Creator and Producer: Robin Ackerman and Marjorie Suvalle
Writter: Rick Suvalle
Director: Michael Ormond
Original Music: Joshua Rosali
Cast: Elizabeth Bowden, Sam Dingman, Chris Flynn, Theresa Fowle Jim Longo, Jay Spece and Marjorie Suvall
Length: 90 MinutesMon 18 Jul 7:30pm, Fri 22 Jul 7:30pm
Wed 27 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 5:30pm
Thu 4 Aug 9:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 3:30pm
- End Caligula: This satirical dramedy details the final days of the Emperor Caligula, and the efforts of the two senators who seek to end his life - because sleeping with horses is just plain wrong.
Writter: Sean Michael Welch
director: Stacee Mandeville
Producer: Caroline Murray and Unartistically Frustrated.
Length: 90 MinutesThu 21 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 7:30pm
Tue 26 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 1:30pm
Wed 3 Aug 9:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 3:30pm
- Flyers and Other Tales: They shove flyers in your hand, entertain you on subways, and help you go to heaven ... whether you want to or not. Told with a vaudeville wit, these darkly comic one-acts lay bare the everyday mania of the folks that live in your peripheral vision.
Writer: Kate Marks
Director: Heidi Handelsman
Length: 90 MinutesThu 21 Jul 5:30pm, Sun 24 Jul 7:30pm
Fri 29 Jul 9:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 1:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 9:30pm, Fri 5 Aug 5:30pm
- The Girls Who Wore Black: The women of the Beat Generation are the epitome of cool. They were black-stocking hipsters, renegade artists, intellectual muses and gypsy poets who changed our culture forever. Step inside their world in this fusion of drama and poetry.
Length: 90 Minutes
Mon 18 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 1:30pm
Tue 26 Jul 9:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 9:30pm
FRi 5 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 11:30am
- Good Opinions: A comedy about a coat-check girl who works in a restaurant in New York's theater district and is somehow able to discern the reviews of a New York Times theatre critic before they see print. A top Broadway director learns of this and starts romancing the lady, hoping to land some inside info.
Writer: Anne Fizzard
Director: Katrin Hilbe
Cast: Nicole Taylor, Marc Geller, Stephen Morfesis, Andrew Dawson, Oliver Conant, and others TBA
Length: 90 MinutesSat 23 Jul 11:30am, Sun 24 Jul 3:30pm
Thu 28 Jul 3:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 5:30pm
Mon 1 Aug 9:30pm, Sat 6 Aug 9:30pm
- Grieving For Geneiveve: The Peck sisters and their mother gather for middle sister Delilah's wedding. It's her third try but it may not be the charm. Oldest sister, Danni, the one who lives in New York (and doesn't talk about her personal life) arrives unexpectedly. She's not in the wedding, but youngest sister Angel, a nun, is. Their mother Genevieve, retired nurse, full-time guilt merchant, wants all her girls to pull together and help each other out. Suddenly they have to�for a completely different reason.
Writer: Kathleen Warnock
Director: Peter Bloch
Cast: Karen Stanion, Susan Barnes Walker, Jo Anne Bonn
Length: 90 MinutesFri 22 Jul 5:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 3:30pm
Thu 28 Jul 5:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 7:30pm
Fri 5 Aug 9:30pm, Sat 6 Aug 5:30pm
- Savior: In contemporary downtown Manhattan, Patrick is in a bind: his wife Katie wants kids, and his alcoholic movie star brother Kevin wants the truth about their childhood.
Writer: Daniel R. O'Brien
Director: Christopher Carter Sanderson
Producer: Tragicomic Theatre
Cast: Jy Murphy, Hilary Howard, Jeff Barry
Length: 90 MinutesTue 19 Jul 9:30pm, Sun 24 Jul 5:30pm
Thu 28 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 7:30pm
Wed 3 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 1:30pm
- Shakespeare Is Dead: A man and a woman, together for seven years, share the ups and downs of life as struggling artists in Hell's Kitchen. About two people trying to overcome their demons as they desperately try to rediscover the love that was shattered by a terrible tragedy.
Writer: Orran Farmer
Director: Chris Chaberski
Presenter: Eastcheap Rep
Cast: Chelsea Lagos and Luke Rosen
Length: 65 MinutesTue 19 Jul 7:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 9:30pm
Sat 30 Jul 3:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 11:30am
Thu 4 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 9:30pm
- Under My Apron: A slice of life about waiters and the people they wait on.
Writer & Director: Debbie Williams
Producer: RealArts
Cast: Ron Williams, Kristen Egan, Jessa Watson, Corey Greenan, Debbie Williams, Kevin Starzynski, Maria Couch
Length: 90 MinutesFri 22 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 23 Jul 5:30pm
Wed 27 Jul 9:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 11:30am
Mon 1 Aug 7:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 7:30pm
At Where Eagles Dare Theatre
Ground Floor
347 West 36th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
- Ethics/Cosmic: Two solo shows, both of which make playful, philosophical inquiries into the representation of truth in art and the meaning of living.
The Ethics of Rav Hymie Goldfarb
writer and performer by Robin Goldfin
A Cosmic Mishap in an Accidental Universe in America
writer and performer by Aaron Petrovich
Length: 90 MinutesSun 24 Jul 1pm
Sat 30 Jul 8:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 6pm
- The Criminal Perspective/No Parole: About a son and his relationship with his estranged mother.
Writer, performer & director: Carlo D'Amore
Director: Chris Chaberski
Presenter: Eastcheap Rep
Cast: Chelsea Lagos and Luke Rosen
Length: 90 MinutesFRi 22 Jul 6pm
Sat 30 Jul 3:30pm
Tue 2 Aug 8:30pm
- How to Ride Roller Coasters: Life takes the Lee family for a ride as Tina learns to navigate the ups and downs of roller coasters and her father's cancer. When Tina's father recommends a collection of "short sleeves" by Graham Greene, Tina thinks nothing of it. After all, word fumbles are part of the norm when you're raised by immigrants. Only when a medical check-up reveals cancer, does Tina realize she's in for a big ride. An exploration of memory, love and the US health care system.
Performer: Tina Lee
Director: David Godbey
Music: Darryl Gregory
Length: 60 MinutesSat 23 Jul 8:30pm
Tue 26 Jul 8:30pm
Thu 4 Aug 6pm - Inside Cherry Pitz: A plucky heroine who escapes her home town of Nowheresville USA to become a mega-wattage star in Tinseltown. But are the magazine covers, action figures, pink Cadillacs, a diamond-encrusted swimming pool and the 43 pool boys enough?
Writer & Performer: Cyndi Freeman
Co-Writer & Co-Creater: Zack Stratis
Director: Cheryl King
Music Director: Hector Coris
Length: 70 MinutesThu 21 Jul 6pm
Fri 29 Jul 8:30pm
Sun 7 Aug 1pm
- Guns, Shackles and Winter Coats: A story of Iraqi War veteran Sgt. John Brown's struggles with Post-traumatic stress disorder and homelessness.
Writer: M. Stefan Strozier
Director: Alan Kanevsky
Producer: La Muse Venale, Inc.
Cast: Chris Sorensen, Anita Anthonj, Penny Bittone, JohnpauL, Damian Ladd, Yza Shady, Joe Wissler.
Length: 80 MinutesSun 24 Jul 3:30pm
Mon 25 Jul 8:30pm
Fri 5 Aug 8:30pm
- Jackie Undressed: 1961. Jackie Kennedy prepares for the Inaugural Ball � but is she prepared for the toxic cocktail of sex, lies and betrayal that await her in the White House?
Writer & Performer: Andree Stolte
Director: Michael Schiralli
Bouffant wig and make up design: Jason Hayes.
Length: 70 MinutesTue 19 Jul 8:30pm
Sun 31 Jul 6pm
Fri 5 Aug 6pm
- Leftovers: Three gay men, Eric, Michael, and Joseph, meet up in a New York City bar for an evening of adventure.� Michael and Joseph secretly know each other.� The evening turns into a sexual escapade that changes the destiny of the three characters forever.
Writer: Vincent Caruso
Director: James Martinelli
Length: 90 MinutesWed 20 Jul 8pm, Sun 24 Jul 8:30pm
Thu 28 Jul 6pm
Mon 1 Aug 6pm, Fri 5 Aug 10:30pm, Sun 7 Aug 6pm
- A Musical Journey with the Songs of Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill and Charles Aznavour : In this musical roller-coaster of humor, inspiration and dark emotion, one woman discovers the world, her Jewish roots and her very soul through the European songbook.
Performed: Vickie Phillips
Script & Director: Bob Ost
Musical Director & Accompanist: Gerry Dieffenbach
Length: 100 Minutes
Cost: $20Sat 23 Jul 3:30pm
Sun 31 Jul 3:30pm
Thu 4 Aug 8pm
- Not A Nice Girl/The Rights of Man (solo shows): In not a nice girl, a stand-up philosopher rises as Aphrodite through the patriarchal forces that constrain her, delivering an always warm, often hilarious manifesto on sex, marriage, and the pursuit of passion. Aaron Petrovich then provides a chilling challenge to the male-dominant forces that constrain us, in his arresting epilogue, The Rights of Man.
Not A Nice Girl - Writer & Performer: Cheryl King
The Rights of Man - Writer & Performer: Aaron Petrovich
Length: 90 MinutesSat 23 Jul 1pm
Wed 3 Aug 8:30pm
Sat 6 Aug 8:30pm
- Passin' Time & Just Short of A Beauty Queen (solo shows):
Passin' Time looks at the cycles and journeys of Blue, Joy, Boogie and Z and asks the question�what's next and how do they Pass The Time?In Just Short of A Beauty Queen, Diane entered a scholarship pageant on a dare. "You'll never win," they said, "you're too short," "you don't have the pageant looks," etc. "She entered and � well, you'll just have to come and see what happened.��
Passin' Time - Writer & Performer: Khemali Murray
Director: Chuck Patterson
Just Short of A Beauty Queen - Writer & Performer: Diane Gioseffi
Director:Cheryl King
Length: 60 MinutesWed 20 Jul 6pm, Fri 22 Jul 8pm
Wed 27 Jul 8:30pm
- Revolutionary Chickens (solo show): Rob Lok seeks to recreate the story of his family's escape from the Chinese Cultural Revolution in this new multimedia piece, which combines puppetry, masks, and circus arts to turn his tale of familial persecution and exodus into an experiment in physical comedy.
Creator & Performer: Rob Lok
Visual and Sounds: Kris Anton
Design Consultant: Spencer Moy
Length: 70 MinutesMon 18 Jul 8:30pm
Wed 27 Jul 6pm
Sun 7 Aug 3:30pm
- Sex & Sealing Wax (solo show): a one-woman show about sex roles and the role sex plays in our lives. Seven characters from the past to the present get down and dirty with the way they see themselves in the media mirror � and confront archetypes that just won't go away. In a climate of rising "moral values" and shrinking "freedoms" � what you get is ever more strictly delineated sex roles. Have things changed all that much since the sexual revolution? Is that it?
Performer: Romy Nordlinger
Writer: Adam Burns and Romy Nordlinger
Director: Julie Troost
Length: 80 MinutesThu 21 Jul 8:30pm
Sat 30 Jul 6pm
Wed 3 Aug 6pm
- Sex, Cellulite & Large Farm Equipment - one girl's guide to living & dying: River Huston's solo show about her experiences as a sex columnist and educator, as well as situations involving dating, marriage, living with HIV and as her arrest for obscenity.
Writer & Perfromer: River Huston
Length: 90 MinutesSun 24 Jul 6pm
Thu 26 Jul 6pm
Sat 6 Aug 3:30pm
- The Soldier's Fiddle (solo show): Based on the ballet "The Soldier's Tale," by Igor Stravinsky, is a farce. Ribeau plays all the characters, including a producer desperately trying to launch a performance in the face of a string of hilarious obstacles.
Perfromer: Ribeau
Writer: Stephen Rosenfield & Ribeau
Length: 90 MinutesTue 19 Jul 6pm
Mon 25 Jul 6pm
Sun 31 Jul 1pm
- Soul To Keep: Old Cal, the soul keeper, has run up against the biggest challenge in all of his lifetimes. With interference from Moses (keeper of the higher ground railroad in the sky), Lucifer (along with his backup bitches), and a cast of characters who call themselves "The Soultations," he is fighting for the first time for a soul of his own.
Writer: Joyia D. Bradley
co-producers: Joyia D. Bradley & Joan Liman
Director: Alexandra Lopez
Cast: Joyia D. Bradley & B J Wheeler
Length: 70 MinutesMon 18 Jul 6pm
Thu 28 Jul 8:30pm
Sat 6 Aug 6pm
- When Silence Explodes: Fetus: Can you hear them? Two girls who're just out of high school talk about�their biggest dreams. One wants to be the first white Hip-Hop female artist to earn the respect of the biggies. The other�she just wants to be American.
Writer & Performer: Rada Angelova
Creative consultant: Cheryl King
Length: 90 MinutesSat 23 Jul 6pm
Fri 29 Jul 6pm
Sat 6 Aug 1pm
At Where Eagles Dare Studio Theatre
Ground Floor
347 West 36th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
Please Note: Performances at this venue are still being arranged.
- Actor. Comedian. Negro.: Baron Vaughn delivers an autobiographical examination of the everyday life of a black man as seen through the lens of blackness - racial politics, absurdism, and how black is back.
Writer, director & Performer: Baron Vaughn
Length: 90 Minutes
Cost: $20Wed 27 Jul 8:30pm, Thu 28 Jul 8:30pm, Sat 30 Jul 8:30pm, Sun 31 Jul 8:30pm
Wed 3 Aug 8:30pm, Thu 4 Aug 8:30pm, Sat 6 Aug 6pm, Sun 7 Aug 6pm
Sat 6 Aug 1pm
- Fell in Love with a Girl: Forget war, in today's day and age, dating is hell. Looks at love, friendship, and other landmines of dating in the 21st century. Boy meets girl is never as simple as you think...
Writer: Samara Siskind
Director: Ryan Brown
Producer: The WAIT Company
Cast: Amanda Clayton, Meagan Gordon, Mike Kulbieda, Anthony Saracino.
Length: 90 MinutesFri 22 Jul 8:30pm
Sun 7 Aug 3:30pm
- The Goat Song: The Goat Song is a loose adaptation of Euripides' Medea. While mourning her husband's betrayal, Medea meets a handsome psychiatrist and Zelda Fitzgerald. A scholar observes the drama, offering the audience useful trivia about ancient Greece and the Roaring Twenties.
Writer: Kimberly Patterson
Director: Jill Jichetti
Producer: Lifeblood Theater Company
Cast: Sarah Doudna, Megan Hutten, Ingrid Nu�ez, Bryan Ponemon.
Length: 60 MinutesSat 23 Jul 8:30pm
Sat 30 Jul 3:30pm
Sun 7 Aug 8:30pm
- MentalPause: A one woman show of dance, theatre and song that pokes fun at the trials and tribulations of losing control of body and mind. Not for women only!
Writer, Choreographer & Performer: Margaret Liston
Director: Merri Milwe
Producer: Margaret Liston and Jane Dubin
Length: 60 MinutesWed 20 Jul 8:30pm
Thu 21 Jul 8:30pm
- Old Words, New Words.: In the year 2030, law student Alice struggles with her constitutional law professor and her family, and with whether to�live in the US in this dramatic story of patriotism, duty, love, estranged marriages and the quality of life.
Writer: Mary E. Goulet
Director: Jesse L. Kearney, Jr.
Cast: Sarah M. Wilson, Jesse L. Kearney, Jr.,�Danielle Fisk, Laura Heidinger and Corey Jay.
Length: 60 MinutesFri 29 Jul 8:30pm
Thu 4 Aug 6pm, Fri 5 Aug 8:30pm
- Santa Claus Is Coming Out...or How the Gay Agenda Came Down My Chimney: A mock-u-mentary about the worldwide scandal surrounding the outing of Santa Claus. With the help of puppets, multimedia and music, Writer-Performer Jeffrey Solomon traces the intensely personal struggle of the great holiday icon, as he tries to reconcile his love relationship with Italian toy maker Giovanni Geppedo with his passion for giving to the world's children. But word of Santa's secret leaks out and the "Light A Fire For Family Values" campaign marshals its forces against him.
Writer & Performer: Jeffrey Solomon
Director: Emily Weiner .
Original music by Andrew Kngavet and Jason Webb
Length: 1 hr 15 MinutesSun 31 Jul 8:30pm
Sun 7 Aug 8:30pm
At Smash Studios
18th Floor
307 West 36th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY
- Penny-4-Eyes Rock N'Roll Show.: This is the story of Penny, an ambitious 14-year-old girl determined to break the dysfunctional cycles of her abusive parents, and let it all go.
Cast: Christiana Anbri, Vachelle Gil, Sasha Toro, Lady Altovise, Chris Reed and Lucia Giannetta
The Band: Jimmy Bones: guitar, Andy Galore: bass, Ricky Velente: guitar, Aaron Brooks, drums, Andrew Shantz: keys, Brenden Peck: DJ.
Length: 90 MinutesFri 22 Jul 8pm, Sat 23 Jul 8pm, Sun 24 Jul 8pm
Mon 25 Jul 8pm, Fri 29 Aug 8pm, Sat 30 Jul 8pm
Mon 1 Aug 8pm, Fri 5 Aug 8pm, Sat 6 Aug 8pm
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