Shakina Nayfack's POST-OP to Receive Encore Engagment at Musical Theatre Factory

After a sold-out premiere at Joe's Pub, Musical Theatre Factory will present a limited encore engagement of Shakina Nayfack in POST-OP on Tuesday October 13 & 20 at 8pm at the Musical Theatre Factory (250 w 40th St, 4th floor), Tickets are $20 at the door, $17 in advance and can be purchased at mtf.nyc.

Featuring original music, POST-OP is written by and stars Shakina Nayfack as she shares her pilgrimage to Thailand to undergo gender confirmation surgery, which was crowd-funded by her groundbreaking "KickStartHer" campaign. An exploration of faith, sexuality, and gender identity, her stories are woven together with no-holds-barred monologues, slam poetry, and music written by founding members of Musical Theatre Factory including: Joel Waggoner, Zoe Sarnak, Michael R. Jackson, Julianne Wick Davis, Shaina Taub, Sam Salmond, Teresa Lotz, Lauren Marcus, Ty Defoe and Tidtaya Sinutoke. POST-OP will be directed by Sarna Lapine and music directed by Jacob Yates with Mike Rosengarten, Ashley Baier, and Lizzie Hagstedt in the band. POST-OP was developed through the Musical Theatre Factory Writers' Group, which Nayfack has been facilitating since the organization's inception.

POST-OP is a companion piece to Nayfack's autobiographical ONE WOMAN SHOW, which premiered at Joe's Pub in 2013, and subsequently played 54 Below, Sophie's @ Broadway, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Barrington Stage Company, and Musical Theatre Factory (MTF).

Shakina was last seen as Lady Liberty in NYMF's "Manuel Versus the Statue of Liberty" this past summer. In addition to her work as a performer and transgender spokesperson, she is also the founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of new musical theatre. She was presented with a Lilly Award earlier this year for her contributions to the American Theatre, the first transgender woman to be recognized with the award.

Musical Theatre Factory is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping musical theatre artists develop and present new work in a collaborative environment free from the pressures of critical or commercial success. For more information visit www.MTF.nyc.