York Theatre Co & University of California at Irvine Join For 4@15 4/17

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and the University of California at Irvine are once again announcing the culminating performances of a unique partnership between a university training program and an Off-Broadway theatre: 4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS on Saturday April 17, 2010 at 2 PM and 7 PM on both days. York's Associate Artistic Director, Brian Blythe directs, Tammy Holder music directs. Reservations are recommended and can be made by visiting www.yorktheatre.org.

The event will feature the following new mini-musicals commissioned to be written specifically for the students performing in each piece:

Four-Letter Words
Music by Brian Feinstein, Book & Lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
What happens when the guy of Allie's dreams won't say the four-letter word every woman wants to hear? A bunch of other four-letter words come out. In a furniture store.
With Katherine Brady, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Hinkle, Kim Iosue, Ian Parmenter, Yael Wartens, Kaitlin Walker, Sarah Weiss

2 to Wakefield
Book, Music & Lyrics by Timothy Huang
On the uptown 2 train to Wakefield, a desperate clown takes grave measures to make an unaffected woman smile. Underneath the blur of the fastest moving city in the world, two people slow down just enough to see each other for who they really are.
With Camille Beaumont, Jordan Neil Dragutsky, Melissa Dunham, Sean Garner, Ashley Nordland, Hayley Palmer, Natalie Thornton, Annelise Threlkeld

On Teeth and Longing
Words by Sophia Chapadjiev, Music by Allison Leyton-Brown
A man decays from the inside. A woman is unable to smile. Empathy is possible, but first they'd have to meet.
With Mo Aboul-Zelof, Garrett Deagon, Katherine Gutierrez, Nancy Lam, Hallie Mayer, Kari Yancy, Anais Zuniga

Assisted Living
Book by Russ Kaplan & Sara Wordsworth, Music by Russ Kaplan, Lyrics by Sara Wordsworth
Seniors behaving badly! The residents of the Beth Shalom Assisted Living Home could use a little action to spice up their daily routines...and think they found just the thing when a captivating crooner blows into town.
With Hannah Balagot, Sydney Dever, Erin Goldman, Zach Guzik, Maggie Howell, Lauren T. Mack, Isaak Olson, Claire Perry, Kat Uyeda

The York Theatre Company's most recent production, Yank!, was recently nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding New Musical. Last season, York was nominated for five Drama Desk Awards, four Lucille Lortel Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and two Drama League Awards for its productions of Enter Laughing, The Musical and My Vaudeville Man! York Theatre Company is one of the only companies in the city committed to developing and producing new Musical Theatre Works and rediscovering musical gems from the past. Winner of a special Drama Desk Award for developing and producing new musical theatre, York's intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike for almost four decades. Under the guidance of Artistic Director James Morgan since 1997, the York has focused exclusively on new musicals in its Mainstage Series-most of them world, American or New York premieres-by some of the field's most esteemed creators and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers.

4@15: FOUR NEW FIFTEEN-MINUTE MUSICALS
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 2 PM and 7 PM
York Theatre Company, enter on 54th street, just East of Lex. (at Saint Peter's Church)
Tickets ($10; $5 with student ID) available at www.yorktheatre.org and cash only at the box office, one hour prior to show time.

York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's
Enter on 54th Street Just East of Lexington
E or V train to Lexington Avenue or 6 train to 51st Street