John Chatterton News

Australia's Oldest Man by award-winning, Melbourne-based playwright, Kieran Carroll, is a black comedy about a hilariously grotesque 148 year-old man obsessed with Swedish pornography and annoying the Australian government. His long-suffering wife, 97 year old Katya, wants change, and tonight will be the night!

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Letters to Zoey, a play with music, written and performed by Garrett Buhl Robinson, uses lyrical letters and foot stomping songs, as Garrett Buhl Robinson portrays a young man on a desperate search for liberation and love. This one-man musical was a highlight in last season's MITF and returns for another engagement. Mr. Robinson has been the subject of numerous articles, interviews and an indie video-documentary. After moving to New York City from San Francisco in 2011, he has been marketing his novels and poetry in the streets of Manhattan. Practically every day, in all types of weather, he can be found singing in the streets. After adapting his second novel for the stage in 2014, he has performed the show for audiences in the city parks, at homes and in art galleries. In 2015, he made his Off-Broadway debut performing the musical at Theatre Row. Now the producers are knocking at his door. The public loves his play with music - Letters to Zoey!

WOMAN SEEKS GOD by Laure Porche, directed by Kate Szekely; starring Laure Porche. Struggling with being human, a young woman sets out on a quest for meaning, where her ancestor's search for a home blends with her own sense of being exiled on Earth. An exploration through time, movement and words.

The Rev. 'Boy' Boykin, Jr. is in trouble. His megachurch and his television ministry are losing money. His wife Althea is fed up and wants out. Death arrives one day to claim Boy--but Althea ends up paying the price instead. John Barrow's comedy updates the Greek drama, Alcestis, into a modern parable that addresses issues of faith, love, greed and hypocrisy.

The 17th Annual MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, running July 16 - August 7, 2016 at The WORKSHOP'S MAIN STAGE & JEWEL BOX, 312 W 36TH STREET.

Join MITF for John Chatterton's final series of new 10-minute works in the May Short Play Lab before he begins his super summer season. MITF's year-round festivals provide New York theatre-goers with a constant supply of new and thought-provoking live theater.

Join MITF for John Chatterton's final series of new 10-minute works in the May Short Play Lab before he begins his super summer season. MITF's year-round festivals provide New York theatre-goers with a constant supply of new and thought-provoking live theater.

Village Playwrights presents STRUTS AND FRETS: short plays by the Village Playwrights at the Producers Club, 358 W. 44th St., NYC today, April 15, tomorrow, April 16 at 8 pm and April 17 at 2 pm. Tickets $18, $15 for seniors and students. For reservations call 614-285-2515 or email villageplaywrights@gmail.com

Village Playwrights  present STRUTS AND FRETS: short plays by the Village Playwrights at the Producers Club, 358 W. 44th St., NYC on April 15 and 16 at 8 pm and April 17 at 2 pm. Tickets $18, $15 for seniors and students. For reservations call 614-285-2515 or email villageplaywrights@gmail.com

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the April panel, Festivals: How to Get in 'em, What to Get out of 'em, on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7:30pm at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036. Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments; roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm.  For more details visit http://truonline.org/events/festivals/

Village Playwrights announces its upcoming events for this spring.

A charming, beautifully realized look at the life and works of Stephen Sondheim.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival - in its tradition of pushing the envelope - presents a parable of the teenaged psyche. Michael K. White's 'Graham's Law of Diffusion!' is a play that takes a brutally honest look at two teenagers dealing with their assumptions in what they perceive is a life or death situation. Which of course, it's not (?)

FRIGID New York presents THE GOLDEN SMILE, written by Yaakov Bressler and directed by Joey Stamp, with music by Zach Stamp, running February 18th to March 5th, 2016.

John Chatterton and the staff of the MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL invite you to their annual HOLIDAY SYMPOSIUM from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, December 16, 2015 at the Davenport Theatre, 354 W 45th Street, New York City

MITF is holding a symposium at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, 354 W. 45th St, December 16 at 7pm. The symposium is an opportunity to mingle with fellow artists and producers over wine and cheese to discuss our upcoming season.

John Chatterton and the staff of the MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL invite you to their annual HOLIDAY SYMPOSIUM from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the Davenport Theatre, 354 W 45th Street, New York City

Lone Star Theatre Company is proud to announce the creation of the Robert Askins Playwright Fellowship. The Robert Askins Playwright Fellowship is a program created by award-winning playwright Robert Askins and Artistic Director David Davila, to give Texas playwrights living in New York City a home base to develop their new work. Each playwright will receive creative support from Lone Star Theatre Company through a tiered level of staged readings and developmental workshops in New York City, and will receive professional guidance from Askins and the Lone Star Theatre Co staff.