Planet Connections Gala on June 16 Will Feature New Plays by Neil LaBute, John Patrick Shanley and Winter Miller

On Sunday, June 16 at 7:30pm at the Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre in the Pershing Square Signature Center, the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Gala 'One Acts for a Cause' will showcase three new one-act plays by acclaimed playwrights Neil LaBute, John Patrick Shanley and Winter Miller (Neil LaBute and Winter Miller's pieces will be world premieres). The evening, which will start with a VIP reception with the playwrights at 6:30pm followed by the performance at 7:30pm, will raise funds for the non-profit Safe Horizon, the leading victim services agency in the United States. VIP tickets are $300 (orchestra ticket & reception ticket); show-only tickets are $200 (orchestra) and $150 (mezzanine) and tickets can currently be purchased online at www.PlanetConnections.org.

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York's premiere eco-friendly/socially-conscious theatre, music and film festival and will run from May 30-June 23 at the Robert Moss Theatre (440 Lafayette Street) and the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street). The festivity lineup will be announced shortly.

Neil LaBute's one-act Over the River and Through the Woods will feature direction from Glory Kadigan (Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Planet Connections); John Patrick Shanley's one-act Tennessee will feature direction from Lori Kee and was originally produced in 2012 by the Nylon Fusion Company; Winter Miller's one-act This Is How We Do It will feature direction from Gaye Taylor Upchurch.

Casting will be announced shortly. The creative team will include Jenna Lazar (Stage Manager), Isabelle Fields (Costume Design), Christopher Weston (Lighting Designer) and Jacob Subotnick (Sound Designer).

'One Acts for a Cause' the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Gala will take place on Sunday, June 16 at 7pm at the Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre in the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street). VIP tickets are $300 (orchestra ticket and reception ticket); show-only tickets are $200 (orchestra) and $150 (mezzanine). Tickets can be purchased online at www.PlanetConnections.org.

Fostering a diverse cross-section of performances and events, the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity seeks to inspire artists and audiences both creatively and fundamentally, in a festive atmosphere. At the heart of the Festivity are like-minded individuals striving to create professional, meaningful theatre, music and film, while supporting organizations which give back to the community at large. During the Festivity, each show and event partners with a charity and some of the ways they offer support are soliciting donations at shows, holding special benefit performances, fundraisers and/or talkbacks after performances with charity representatives. For more information on the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, visit www.PlanetConnections.org.