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Midwinter Madness
Is On The Way!
26 shows & 78
Performances in 18 Days
Beginning February
10th at the Times
Square Arts Center
What shows are YOU
going to see??
In less than three
weeks the first annual Midwinter Madness
Festival is set to take
New York
City by storm, with a cornucopia of
one-acts by up-and-coming artists and theatre companies all looking to make
their mark on the Big Apple. With a line-up that includes such subjects as the
Iraq War, mother and child relationships, and attempted suicide -- not to
mention open marriages, answering machines, and a magic donkey -- there is
certainly something for everyone. Presented by John Chatterton and
beginning
February 10th, Midwinter Madness will take place at the Payan Theatre in
the Roy Arias Studios, located on the 5th floor of the Times
Square Arts Center, at 300 West 43rd
Street. Reviewers are welcome at all
performances.
"I'm very excited about
Midwinter Madness," Chatterton
noted. "There are some very interesting works that I'm looking forward to seeing
and I would not be at all surprised to see a good number of them go on to the
next level, whether that means becoming full-length pieces or finding life in
other places on the Festival circuit. Of course we need bodies in seats to tell
the playwrights what works and what doesn't. So take a good look at our fantastic
lineup and start picking the shows you definitely want to check
out."
Here are some of the
plays to be found in Midwinter Madness:
Blue: On her 40th birthday
Helen, an avid art-lover, finds her husband in bed with a 20 year-old
blue-haired girl, sending the older woman on a very personal journey of
self-discovery.
Goons on the
Loose: This NYC
comedy troupe tries to answer the question on everyone's mind: what do answering
machines, Catholicism and baseball -- not to mention the frugality of man --
have in common?
Call Us
Cowboys: A
marine corporal is accused of killing innocent civilians in
Iraq and it turns out his interrogator
has his own secret, from another conflict -- in a place called
Viet
Nam.
The Magic Table, The Gold Donkey and
The Cudgel in the Sack: Based on the Grimm's fairy tale
about three children, the magic objects they find and the landlord who tries to
steal them.
Mothers and
Daughters: The
relationship between a not-so-favorite daughter and her aging and ill mother is
explored though humor, drama, story and song.
One
Drop: Based on a true story, this tale (with
appropriate blues music) details the experiences of a mulatto attempting to pass
for white in 1800s Louisiana.
The Value of
Empty Boxes: A struggling young artist moves in with a
real estate developer. When his
career stays stagnant, should she start over with him somewhere else or stay and
watch her own star continue to rise?
Within the Skins
of Saints: A young woman about to commit suicide in
front of an oncoming subway train is stopped by a man on his way to work. Can he prevent her from taking that
final, fatal leap? Or will she convince him to join her?
John
Chatterton has been active in New
York theatre for close to two
decades. He founded
oobr (the off-off-broadway
review), and began presenting the annual Midtown International Theatre Festival
(now in its 12th year) in 2000. His other projects have included Beyond The Veil (which he wrote and produced), the
children's show Captain Marbles
And His Acting Squad, The Midtown Cabaret Festival and the ongoing Short
Play Lab.
Running February 10th
thru February 27th at the Roy Arias Studio in the Times Square Arts Center at
300 West 43rd Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) in the fifth floor Payan
Theatre, each of the shows in Midwinter Madness will play a total of 3 performances
over a single week during the Festival's approximately three-week run.
Performances begin at 6pm Monday to Friday and run from 12
noon till approximately 11pm on Saturday and Sunday. Individual
shows run 30-60 minutes. Tickets for specific shows will be $12.00 or $15.00 and
can be purchased by calling 212-868-4444 or going to www.smarttix.com and searching for MIDWINTER
MADNESS.
A complete schedule of
shows and show times is available on www.smarttix.com (search for Midwinter Madness). A Midwinter Madness master schedule is
available upon request.
All performances are
open for review.
* * *
Information for Listing
Editors
WHAT:
Midwinter Madness
Festival
25 one-act plays
in an 18-day period, with a line-up that includes musical revues, one-person
performance pieces, comedies, dramas and everything in between -- including a
Marine corporal accused of killing civilians in Iraq; a woman who finds her
husband "doing the nasty" with a 20-year-old, blue-haired girl; and the New York
comedy troupe "Goons On The Loose!"
WHERE
Roy Arias Studio
Times
Square Arts Center
300 West 43rd
Street
(between 8th & 9th
Avenues)
5th Floor (Payan
Theatre)
WHEN
February 10th-February
27th
Each show will play 3
performances over the space of a week during the Festival's
approximate three-week
run
Shows run from 6-11pm Monday to Friday
and 12 Noon to
11pm Saturday and Sunday
A complete schedule of
shows and show times is available on www.smarttix.com (search for Midwinter Madness).
A Midwinter Madness master schedule is available upon
request.
INDIVIDUAL
SHOW RUNNING TIMES:
30-60 Minutes
TICKETS:
$12.00-$15.00
RESERVATION:
212-886-44444 or www.smarttix.com
SUBWAY
INFO:
Take the A, C, E, 1, 2,
3 train to 42nd
Street
All performances are
open for review.
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