The Fifth Annual Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival to Run February 9 – March 1, 2015

John Chatterton's series of theatre festivals are rapidly becoming the preeminent location for quality stage works in New York. His monthly short play labs create unlimited opportunities for young artists as well as theatergoers; the venerable Midtown International Theatre Festival is a New York tradition; and the now-five-year-old MIDWINTER MADNESS SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL welcomes the new year with a gaggle of brilliant bits under an hour.

This year's line-up has an even blend of familiar names and newcomers to the scene. Plots and players forthcoming:

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS written by Jake Rose and Jamie Thomson

AMELIA AND HER PAPER TIGERS written by Heddy Lahmann-Rosen and Ilanna Saltzman

AMTRAK 284 EMPIRE SERVICE written by Paloma D'Auria

BETRAYED BY THE MIND written by S. Karlan

CANAAN written by Mohammed Saad Ali

COPSE written by Emily Dinova

CRABAPPLE NIGHT written by Amy Drake

DEATH OF A SHOE SALESMAN written by Stephen Spurling

THE DIVVY written by Jeanne Chenault Porter

THE GATE written by Len Goodisman

GHOST LIGHT written by Stacy Karyn

HEAVY LIFTING written by Boris Timanovsky

HIGH STAKES SODA MACHINE written by Joshua Young

IN SITU written by Susan Jackson

THE LEGACY written by Victoria I.V. King

LIGHTS written by Ashley Nicole Audette

LOOK ALIVE, STARSHINE written by Sean Jenny

ME YOU written by Barbara Blatner

MASKS written by Trevor Durham

MINISKIRT THEORY written by Arthur W. French

MISS BROWN written by Anne W. Manyara

ONE PERCENT written by Lanner Tremont

NEEDLE ANNA AND ADAM: A CHARRED CHARITY TALE IN ONE ACT written by Douglas DuBrin

NELLY written by William Holland

PARADISE GAINED written by Renee McNeil

STALLED written by Christopher Sirota

THEY DRINK written by Ian Campbell

WHAT GHOSTS AROUND written by Larry Hassman

For more information - or to order tickets - log on to www.midtownfestival.org.