RLTP Will Stage 2015-16 Season Productions at Forbes Theatre

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP), a professional, non-profit theatre company, today announced it has secured a home for its 2015-2016 Season in The Forbes Theatre, located at 500 Pearl Street, in Downtown Buffalo, NY. The agreement was reached via building owner, Ellicott DevelopmentCompany.

RLTP has operated in the City of Buffalo's Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre (MAFAC) since 2006. In September 2014, the City optioned a sale of MAFAC that requires RLTP to move its operations. The agreement with Ellicott Development Company assures continued, uninterrupted, quality RLTP educational and theatrical programming at the 500 Pearl Street location, while the organization continues to finalize plans for a permanent home.

Expressing enthusiasm and gratitude, RLTP Executive & Artistic Director Scott Behrend stated, "RLTP is excited to work with Ellicott Development and to continue our operations in the Theatre District. After of season of uncertainty we are thrilled to call the Forbes home next season." Ellicott Development Company Chief Executive Officer William A. Paladino said, "Ellicott Development is looking forward to a sustained relationship with RLTP, we are excited that they will remain in the Theatre District under our roof."

RLTP 2015-2016 educational programs begin in July 2015 and run through August 2015. The RLTP 2015-2016 theatre season opens in September 2015 and runs through May 2016. For more about RLTP programming and plays, visit www.roadlesstraveledproductions.org.

Founded in 2003, Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) is a professional, non-profit theatre company dedicated to the development and production of new theatrical works by Western New York playwrights, as well as presentations of esteemed modern dramas of outstanding literary merit. We are dedicated to telling stories that reflect our lives, and reveal our common relationships and diverse humanity. We are committed to engaging a new, more youthful, more diverse audience. We embrace a mission of fiscal responsibility, community inclusion, and artistic collaboration. We manage a live theatre season as well as a set of strategically linked educational programs. A member of the National New Play Network, RLTP operates in Downtown Buffalo's Historic Theatre District-to May 30th in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre and after June 1st in the Forbes Theatre. For more information about RLTP, please visit www.RoadLessTraveledProductions.org or call (716) 629-3069. RLTP's work is made possible through public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.