PRELUDE Festival to Feature Works by Eno, Mee, Etc.

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and The Graduate Center, CUNY, with The Lucille Lortel Foundation, will present "PRELUDE '06: At the Forefront of Contemporary NYC Theatre." The four-day event runs Wednesday, September 27 through Saturday, September 30, 2006.

The 4th annual PRELUDE festival and symposium is designed for "celebrating and discussing the very best of new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatre artists and companies," according to press notes.

Participants include: Mallory Catlett, Cynthia Hopkins, Collapsible Giraffe, Will Eno, Charles Mee, Jason Grote, BAiT at P.S. 122 with Theatre of the Two-Headed Calf, Jay Scheib, and Juan Carlos Souki, Dean Moss, TENT, Nick Flynn, Target Margin, Thomas Bradshaw, Joyce Cho, Taylor Mac, Carl Hancock Rux, Mabou Mines, Jenny Schwartz, and 13P.

"Some of New York's most distinctive contemporary theatre artists and companies are set to participate in PRELUDE '06: At the Forefront of Contemporary NYC Theatre. The fourth annual PRELUDE festival and symposium featuring performances, readings, studio presentations and open rehearsals with a focus on works in progress for the 2006-2007 season and beyond. PRELUDE '06 gives audiences the rare chance to see the upcoming work of New York's most exciting theatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of the city's best contemporary theatre artists and companies. All performances and presentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the artists."

The four-day event begins on Wednesday, September 27th with the panel discussion "Theatre and the City," looking at how NYC reflects and refracts the work made here. The festival concludes Saturday, September 30th with a benefit Saturday Night Club Concert at a location to be announced.

All events are free on a first-come, first-served basis at the Martin E. Segal Theatre at The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 5th Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets). $5 per performance guarantees you a seat. For a complete schedule and ticketing information visit www.smarttix.com. The schedule of events follows: