Sunday, June 27, 2010

MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY

John Chatterton presents

The Eleventh Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival

Midtown International Theatre Festival
Eleventh Anniversary Season

LAUNCH PARTY!

Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm




PLEASE JOIN US:
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm


The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presents their Eleventh Anniversary Season LAUNCH PARTY on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at Sweet Caroline's, 322 W. 45th Street, NYC. Tickets are $10 and are available at http://www.midtownfestival.org/. or by phone at 866-811-4111.

MITF's LAUNCH PARTY will feature previews of upcoming shows in the MITF, including three musicals and one international show. There will be food and full bar. The jazz band Ham & Eggs will perform live. The evening will include raffles for show and event tickets, theatre memorabilia, goods and services, and more. Scenes and musical numbers from the following shows will be performed:


Alice and Elizabeth's One Woman Show, By Alice Barden

Can two forty-something BFFs finally "have it all," without succumbing to the evil forces of plastic surgery, married people, or even their own bodies turning on them?

Scene: "Loving Susan Sarandon"


Asian 'Belle, By Michelle Glick, Directed by Christine Renee Miller

The daughter of a Vietnamese war bride spends her youth aspiring to be a Southern Belle....a funny, touching and true solo show.


Civil War Voices, By James R. Harris & Mark Hayes

Produced by Jim Harris - Rough & Ready LLC

Songs and memoirs of five extraordinary lives.


Conspiracy: A Love Story, Book and Lyrics by Victor Lesniewski, Music by Ronnie Reshef, Directed by Elizabeth Carlson, Produced by TrackTwelve Productions

July 14 - 21, The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC

Paranoia At First Sight!

Musical Number: "Just Not Lucky"


Etty, By Susan Stein, Directed by Austin Pendleton, Produced by ettyplay inc. / Susan Stein

A portrayal of one woman's struggle to sustain humanity in the face of Nazis' brutality.

Wrestling Scene.


The Gospel According to Josh

By Joshua Rivedal, Directed by Joshua Gaboian, Produced by Joshua Rivedal/Small Pond Entertainment

A thirty character, twelve song, comedic tour de force of a one man show.

The Maury Povich scene.


Gray Matters, By Jacques Lamarre, Directed by Joshua Lee Ramos, Produced by Emerson Theater Collaborative/Camilla Ross

No memory. No insurance. No opportunities. What's an actor to do?

The Audition Scene: Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance"


The King of Bohemia: The Life and Times of Franz Kafka,

Written and Produced by Jeffrey Boles

An inside account of the deception that led to an icon.


Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Musical

Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael Tester, Directed by Abbe Gail Cross, Produced by Broadway Clubhouse.com

It's the Glee Club vs. The Jocks in a Senior Superlative Showdown.

Musical Number: "Most Likely to Survive"


Never Norman Rockwell, By Kyle Baxter, Directed by Anthony Gargano, Produced by The Collective Objective, With Elizabeth Allerton, Sarah Barry, Paul Bellantoni, Dan Belmont, DR Mann Hanson, Austin Mitchell, & Michael Selkirk

July 16 - 31, The Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC

It's the day before the wedding and the best man is coming out!

Song: "The Morning Haze"


Peking Roulette, By Ben Thompson, Directed by Anna Grace, Produced by Anna Grace, With Jim Williams, Kristen Hung

A quirky look at the life (and love) for an aging expat in Beijing.


ResurGENTS: The Reappearance of Hope, By Damion Sanders & Lawrence Floyd, Produced by Obsidian Media Group

A new millennium choreopoem from the male perspective.

Scene: "Myself"


The Tragedie of Cardenio, By Ben Bartolone

Produced by Brain Trust Productions/Ben Bartolone

The lost play of William Shakespeare has turned up...in the hands of an idiot.



Raffles will include the following prizes:
Show tickets to The 39 Steps and others; discount offers from our friends at The Commercial Theatre Institute and neighborhood restaurants; and more!

The MITF's 2010 Season runs from
July 12 - August 1, 2010 at

the Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC;
the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor;
the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor;
the Main Stage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor; and
the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival, now in its eleventh year, celebrates the diversity of theatre. The MITF welcomes theatrical storytelling across a broad spectrum of genres, forms, identities, cultures, and appetites. The MITF seeks to nurture these new ideas, perspectives, and stories on its stages, with an eye set on guiding these productions toward future success and longevity. The festival, traditionally held in summer, represents a fantastic, often paradoxical, adventurous and intriguing cross-section of the forefront of the theatre world. The MITF proudly hosts production companies from across the country and around the globe, uniting talent in one of the biggest theatre capitals in the world.

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF, a Midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, in 2000 as a way to present the finest off-off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. In 2008, the Festival added two 99-seat theatres and inaugurated the Commercial Division for upwardly mobile shows with commercial ambitions. The MITF's artistic emphasis is on the script itself and therefore the Festival requests minimal production values.

For more information, visit http://www.midtownfestival.org/.

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