York Theatre Company Presnts 4@15 - Four 15 Minute New Musicals

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and The University of California, Irvine are once again announcing the culminating performances of a unique collaboration between a university training program and an Off-Broadway theatre: 4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at both 3 PM and 7:30 PM.

The event will feature the following new musicals:

Our Lady of the Viaduct
Book & Lyrics by Dan Collins
Music by Julianne Wick Davis
When the image of The Virgin Mary is recognized on a stained wall beneath a Chicago underpass, the site becomes an overnight circus. Revelers gather, traffic crawls, and peddlers hock souvenirs as a representative of the Chicago Archdiocese arrives with the divine task of either verifying or discrediting the miracle.
With Marisa Baram, Johnna Driscoll, Courtney Evans, Natalie Makardish, Danny Miller, Danny Moreno and Annie Nelson

The Train to Chicago
Book & Lyrics Tom Paitson Kelly
Music & Lyrics by Tom Kenaston
In the winter of 1944, two mothers, a bride, her squabbling sisters and a hard-working station agent all meet at the train station in Terre Haute, Indiana. Having come to welcome two soldiers home from the war, each brings to the platform a lifetime of hopes, longing and expectations that may or may not be fulfilled.
With Lital Abrahams, Elisa Furie, Megan Gonzalez, Blair Hollingsworth, Courtenay Krieger, Kensie Sanchez and Ian Stuart

Electra X
Music, Lyrics & Book by Miriam Daly
In a time of Chaos and War, Pollution and Disease, One will arise. She Who Will Save the World-Electra X. She also wants her Mother dead and wishes to rule with her Father by her side, but who are we to judge what fate has decreed?
With Skye Bronfenbrenner, Cami Jackson, Whitney Koblin, Kevin T. Ling, Justine Meza, Amy Perkins and Samantha Stumman

Sally Peaches
Music, Lyrics & Book by Andy Monroe
Enter the comically skewed and somewhat quirky world of Sally Peaches, where there are maniacs at Match.com, stalkers at Starbucks, and budding romances in the most unlikely places.
With David Borden, Peter Crisafulli, Sean Cruz, Francine Espiritu, Libby MacKenzie, Stefanie Miller and Diana Osborn

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is one of few companies in the country-in fact, in the world-committed to developing and producing new musical theatre works and rediscovering musical gems from the past. York's intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and rarely seen classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike. Since 1997, the York has focused exclusively on new musicals in its mainstage series-most of them world, American, or New York premieres-by some of the field's most esteemed creators, and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers. Almost 30 cast recordings from York Theatre Company productions are now available on CD, and commercial transfers of such York productions as The Musical of Musicals - (The Musical!), Souvenir, Jolson & Company, and acclaimed revivals of Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures have all showcased the importance of the York and its programs.

4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 3 PM and 7:30 PM
The York Theatre Company, enter on 54th street, just East of Lex. (in St. Peter's Church)
Tickets ($10; $5 with student ID) reserved at 212.935.5824 ext. 21; cash only at the box office one hour prior to show time.

THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY in Saint Peter's Theatre
54th Street Just East of Lexington
E or V train to Lexington Avenue or 6 train to 51st Street