John Chatterton News

Starting with our Autumn Arts, MITF will also serve as a place for artists emerging from colleges and special programs to enter into the professional world with abundant support from an experienced artistic and academic advisory. Now, established professionals and the next generation can join in.

Four women explore life, love and art and re-define the archetypal bohemian modern woman and the artistic feminist revolution in this experimental musical theatre piece written in 1984 by Bronwyn Rucker, now under the direction of Jason Ellis, and featuring Evelyn Sullivan, Tatiana Gomberg*, Rachel Murdy*, Kate Ruby Klenfner, and Anna Foss Wilson.* (*AEA)

Following her father's death, Elaine reflects on their time together. As a result, she confronts his - and her - deepest, darkest secrets through words that have stuck in her head since her Sweet 16... 'Life isn't about living. Life is about what you do before you die.' Guilt and grief now fill this once happy home, opening Elaine's eyes to an unforeseen realm of temptation.

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 NOSE, a new musical by Kit Goldstein Grant, will premiere this August at the Midtown International Theatre Festival. The production runs July 16 through August 7, 2016 at The Workshop's Main Stage Theater, 312 West 36TH STREET, New York, New York 10018.

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.

When an ambivalent mother visits her parents' cabin in the Maine woods, bringing along her mute daughter and her new teenage ward, an already tense reunion is interrupted by the arrival of two eerie strangers. As a storm rages outside, the group's anxieties flare, tensions erupt, and chaos encroaches, until the most vulnerable among them must choose between their responsibilities and the temptations of the unknown.

Physical therapist Adrian Miranda brings us A CHRONIC LINE: A NEW MUSICAL ABOUT CHRONIC PAIN as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, August 3 & 6 at the Workshop's Main Stage and Jewel Box, 312 West 36th Street, NYC.

The Midtown International Theater Festival (MITF) presents Insomnia with music and lyrics by Charles Bloom and book by Theo Wolf. Ovi Vargas directs a cast of seven, including Philip Skinner, Jesse Manocherian*, Anette Michelle Sanders*, Lauren Lukacek*, Chris Brick*, Tyler Milliron*, and Dennis Holland* (Bway: The Music Man, Peter Pan). Insomnia is being staged at the Main Stage, 312 West 36th Street in New York City from August 2-7, 2016.

IRTE: The Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble invites you to a major archaeological discovery that is about to be unearthed. Will it be something amazing or something that should have remained hidden forever? Join us at the dig site to find out in this improvised adventure as we discover what lies buried below.

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.

Following the advice of the White Queen in 'Through The Looking Glass,' who always tried to believe six impossible things before breakfast, magician James Warren takes the audience on a quest for the impossible - and finds it, most amazingly, in the ordinary things around us.

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!

MATT & MADDIE Tradegy is often the greatest catylsist for change and when Matt and Maddie's parents start to notice them acting differently, a door is opend and a secret is uncovered that threatens to tear the family apart. Equal parts family drama and cutting-edge theatre, Matt & Maddie asks some bold questions about social mores … and then supply some strong answers. Matt & Maddie is part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival performing August 2 @ 6:00pm; August 6 @8:30pm; and August 7 @ 4:45pm.