Horse Trade & Rising Sun Present Cravings July 7-23

Horse Trade Theater Group presents RISING SUN PERFORMANCE COMPANY'S 5TH ANNUAL ONE ACT SERIES CRAVINGS SIX PLAYS THAT EXPLORE HUMAN DESIRE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

FEATURING PLAYS BY Greg Abbott, John Patrick BRAY, LEN CUTHBERT, MRINALINI KAMATH, & DAVID L. Williams

JULY 7-23 @ THE RED ROOM
PRESS OPENING JULY 7

Selected through a collaborative and intense vetting process, these plays were chosen out of over 450 submitted to Rising Sun Performance Company. Each piece was reviewed and approved by at least two company members and then moved on to our three month long reading series for audience feedback. The final plays presented in RSP's 5th Annual One Act Series were the top scorers from Audience & Ensemble Ballots- only 14 plays from 450 moved onto the reading series.

Sit Still
Written by Jae Kramisen
Directed by Tim Errickson
Featuring Jason Vinoles & Ashley Bloom
Memory and truth collide as a man tries to get to the bottom of a woman's missing husband.

Delilah
Written by Len Cuthbert
Directed by Mia Y. Anderson
Featuring Andrea Cordaro & Tedra Millan
A girl asks her best friend to cheer her on one last time, the hardest yet. A compassionate, witty way to tell a story about one of the most difficult choices we will ever have to make in our lives.

Some of All Parts
Written By Mrinalini Kamath
Directed By Derek Shore
Featuring: Lindsay Beecher, Jarrod Luke & EJ Assi
If he seems too good to be true... he probably is. Dating in this city just got a whole lot weirder.

Vultures
Written By Greg Abbott
Directed By Ted Gorodetzky
Featuring Rick Benson, Joe Beaudin & TBA
1994 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Kevin Carter's photo of a dying child with a vulture in wait brings him fame, but also controversy on when a journalist also has a duty to help a fellow human being.

The Craving
Written By David L. Williams
Directed by Mia Y. Anderson
Featuring Ashley Miller & EJ Assi
Sometimes a carrot isn't just a carrot. And sometimes what you think you're agreeing to in a relationship takes you to a place you never thought you'd go.

On Top
Written By John Patrick Bray
Directed by Jeffrey Woodbridge
Featuring Lindsay Beecher & Joe Beaudin
Does it count as cheating if you're on top? A couple redefines their relationship, and infidelity, in a grocery store.

CRAVINGS presented by Rising Sun Performance Company as residents of Horse Trade Theater Group, will play a three week engagement at The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery), July 7-23, Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($15/$12 students & seniors) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

Founded in September of 2001, RISING SUN PERFORAMNCE COMPANY (RSP) is a downtown Off-Off Broadway theatre company dedicated to producing ensemble-based work. It is run by artists for artists to allow them to create their own opportunities instead of their opportunities creating them. RSP is the full time artistic home for a wide range of theatre artists, including actors, writers, directors, designers, singers, and dancers. 2011 marks the beginning of RSP's Tenth producing season and its sixth year of residency at Horse Trade Theater Group, culminating in 35 plus productions and events. This includes the development of twelve world debut plays, over 30 One Act Plays as part our annual series, the launch of an on-going musical cabaret series, free outdoor performances, children's theatre, immersive themed theatrical experiences and its trademark revivals, including sold out critically acclaimed hits: The Shape of Things, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, Hellcab and most recently The Last Supper.

"Rising Sun Performance Company is a youthful, enthusiastic company and I look forward to seeing more from them." William Coyle, Off Off Online

"It's worth the price of admission to see the Rising Sun Performance Company's aspiring talent." Jennifer Rathbone, Theater Online

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.