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Midwinter
Madness Starts
February 9th!
Offering
a Blizzard of 25 Shows & 75 Performances in 19 Days
At
the Times
Square Arts Center
The
clock is ticking, the hour is drawing near…Midwinter Madness is about to
arrive! In just a few short
days, New
York City will
be treated to a stupendously sensational smorgasbord of one-act plays, running
from February 9-27 at 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 (and encouraged to
attend!).
Presented by John Chatterton, Midwinter Madness features a line-up
of productions offering everything from the serious to the silly and the sublime
to the satirical (just what is the definition of "legal infidelity"?), and is
determined to leave no one disappointed.
"I think we have come up with a good crop of shows for Midwinter Madness," Chatterton
noted. "We chose those selected with an extreme level of care and we're very
happy with the quality of works we're presenting. Hopefully the audiences
will be satisfied as well, and want to come back for
more."
The following plays are among the lineup of Midwinter Madness:
Act
II: What happens when an audience cares more
about what's going on off-stage than on? Where the best kind of drama comes from
those surrounding what's actually happening.
Heart
Beat: A controversial two-character drama
about a dying man and a nurse who finds great meaning in the final heartbeats of
a life. But is she taking too much
comfort in this final act?
Legal
Infidelity: A couple married for 22 years decide to
try an "open" relationship, but their attempt at swinging only serves to
highlight issues they'd rather not face.
Life
Recital:
Four aspiring artists struggle with
success, failure, life in the real world and their dependence on each
other.
Prison
Song:
Best friends find themselves in a
conundrum. One is trying to adjust to a radical lifestyle change while the other
is trying to let him forget the past.
Told from the immense confines of a jail cell.
Standing
on the Verge:
A husband and wife spend their days
wandering in and out of other people's homes and lives. But what happens when one of them wants
to stay-for good?
Swish:
Maria in the Mourning: A play examining the unbreakable bonds
between a mother and daughter, where the American Dream goes continually off the
rails.
The
Forest: Each year, thousands of people come to
the same spot to end their lives. This time, a government representative is sent
to dissuade them, but a mysterious thief forces him to look at what's really
going on, before it's too late.
The
Twisted Cross: After a horrific accident, a husband
leaves his wife behind for the world of the unknown, but can he adjust to his
new existence or will he be forever bound by something that no longer
exists?
With A
Shrug: Cleaning out the home of her recently
deceased father, a young woman meets the man who knew him best in his final
days.
A complete lineup of shows & showtimes for Midwinter Madness is available at
www.SmartTix.com.
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 9th thru February 27th at the Roy Arias Studio in the Times Square Arts
Center at 300 West 43rd Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) on 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 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. All performances
are open for review.
* * *
Information
for Listing Editors
WHAT:
Midwinter
Madness Festival
25 one-act plays in a 19-day period, with a line-up that includes musical
revues, one-person performance pieces, comedies, dramas and everything in
between-including a lesson on Internet dating and a real estate deal which leads
to murder!
WHERE
Roy Arias
Studio
Times
Square Arts Center
300
West 43rd Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
5th Floor (Payan
Theatre)
WHEN
February 9th-February 27th
Each show will play 3 performances over the space of a week during the
Festival's three-week run.
Showtimes
run from 6-11pm Monday
to Friday
and 12 Noon
to 11pm Saturday
and Sunday
A complete schedule for Midwinter Madness can be found on
www.smarttix.com
RUNNING TIME:
30-60
Minutes
TICKETS:
$12.00-$15.00
RESERVATION:
212-886-4444 or www.smarttix.com
SUBWAY INFO:
Take
the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 train to 42nd
Street
Reviewers are welcome at all performances.
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