NYMF and Hypokrit Theatre to Present Solo Musical EH DAH? QUESTIONS FOR MY FATHER

The New York Musical Festival and Hypokrit Theatre Company present Eh Dah? Questions for my Father, a new solo musical by Egyptian-American performing artist Aya Aziz.

Eh Dah? - Questions for my Father will play a limited engagement at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018) as part of The New York Musical Theatre Festival. Performances are Tuesday, July 19th at 8:00 pm, Wednesday, July 20th at 1:00 pm, Saturday, July 23rd at 9:00 pm, Sunday, July 24th at 9:00 pm, and Thursday, July 28th at 9:00 pm.

"Ghetto-Hippie-Arab-Commie-China Doll" Aya was shaped by the eclectic community of New York City. But Aya's father, an Egyptian-American world-traveler, remained a mystery, as did her Muslim family. In this solo musical, Aya enacts the world she came from and the family she went in search of. With a range of accents, voices, and zany characters, Aya's story deals with contemporary conflicts - identity, the culture war, Islamophobia, all while asking Eh Dah - what is this?!

Sameer Garg is the general manager, and Kyle Rosenberg (Broadway's upcoming Monsoon Wedding) is the technical director and production stage manager. Produced by Arpita Mukherjee (Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Hypokrit Theatre Company) and Shubhra Prakash (co-founder of Hypokrit Theatre Company). Brinda Dixit is the artistic associate. Press representation by Kampfire PR.

Individual tickets are $29.50 (includes $2.00 facility fee), NYMF Passes are also available. For more information, visit www.nymf.org or go to nymf.org/ehdah. The June Havoc Theatre is located at 312 W 36th Suite 1, NY, NY 10018.

BIOGRAPHIES:

AYA AZIZ (Performer, Book, Music and Lyrics) is a performance artist and songwriter based between New York and Beirut, Lebanon. She is a graduate of the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics and a longtime member of and current teaching artist for the feminist theater ensemble Girl Be Heard. Sitting Regal by the Window is her first full production and has been featured in the Fringe and Planet Connections Theater Festival in New York as well as at the Metro Al-Madina cabaret theater in Beirut, Lebanon where the show was first produced. When Aya isn't preparing for a show, studying, or guiding middle-schoolers in the writing and performing of their stories she is probably playing her music at a local restaurant or coffee shop in the city. You can follow her work on soundcloud.com/aya-aziz-music-nyc and www.facebook.com/AyaAzizMusic

CORINNE PROCTOR (Director) has been an actress in NYC, Ohio, Maryland, and San Francisco. She has worked at places such as 42nd Street Moon, SF Playhouse, and Playwrights Center of San Francisco. https://www.backstage.com/CorinneProctor/

HYPOKRIT THEATRE COMPANY Congressional Award Honoree Hypokrit Theatre Company's mission is to encourage artistic inquiry by providing artists from minority communities a platform to showcase their talents while assisting them in marketing their work. The company's inaugural production Romeo and Juliet celebrated a sold-out run and in 2015, the company started the first and only South Asian performing arts festival in Manhattan. Hypokrit Theatre Company has also been involved in readings for the Broadway-bound Monsoon Wedding. www.hypokritnyc.org

ABOUT THE NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL (NYMF) The New York Musical Festival nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theater.

Now in its thirteenth year, the Festival is the premier musical theater event in the world. The preeminent site for launching new musicals and discovering new talent, the Festival provides an affordable platform for artists to mount professional productions that reach their peers, industry leaders, and musical theater fans. More than 90 Festival shows have gone on to productions on and Off-Broadway, in regional theaters in all 50 states, and in more than 24 countries worldwide. Festival alumni have received a wide array of awards including the Tony Award® and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2013, NYMF received a special Drama Desk Award in recognition of its work "creating and nurturing new musical theatre, ensuring the future of this essential art form."

NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2015 is sponsored by The City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Fuzzrocket, PRG, TheaterMania, and Clear Channel Spectacolor, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The NYMF PASS is a great way to experience The New York Musical Festival. With a NYMF PASS, you can get into the theater before individual ticket holders. Passes also offer the exclusive ability to book tickets before they go on sale to the public. NYMF Passholder ticket booking begins June 6. Individual tickets go on sale June 20.

The 2016 New York Musical Festival will take place July 11 - August 7.