'A DYSFUNCTIONAL VARIETY HOUR' Cancels 3/31 Show at 13th Street Rep

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dysfunctional Theatre Company has had to cancel the March 31 performance of A Dysfunctional Variety Hour: A Treasure Trove of Transmitted Theater, an evening of short plays and songs. Remaining performances are March 24, 25, 26 and April 1 & 2, all at 9:30pm.

A Dysfunctional Variety Hour will include stories written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mim Granahan, Josh Hartung, Emily Edwards, and Patrick Storck, directed by Emily Edwards, Amy Overman, and Mim Granahan.

The show will feature Chris Cook, Mel DeLancey, Griffin DuBois Emily Edwards, Adam Files, Jennifer Gill, Mim Granahan, Rachel Grundy*, Josh Hartung, Andrea Jaderlund, Saidue Karmo, Brendan McGlynn, Amy Overman, Heather Lee Rogers and Brianna Tyson, with Musical Direction by Nicole Lee Aiossa, Sound and Lighting Design by Justin Plowman, and Choreography by Emily Edwards. *Appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association

World War II has ended, our boys are back in the factories, our girls are back in the kitchens and all is right with the world again! Go backstage as the WDYS radio variety hour is televised LIVE for the first time ever! Hear the sweet sounds of the WDYS singers - and for the first time see their pretty faces! Feel the thrills of a scifi tale of terror where plants have taken over the WORLD. Watch in wonder at the twinkling toes of WDYS's own swing dancers! Fun! Thrills! Laughs! The future is here - come and SEE it!

A Dysfunctional Variety Hour: A Treasure Trove of Transmitted Theater will play a two-week engagement at Thirteenth Street Repertory Theater (50 West 13th Street, between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas) March 24 - April 2, Thursday through Saturday at 9:30pm **NO PERFORMANCE MARCH 31**. Tickets ($18/$15 students & seniors) are available online at www.smarttix.com or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

DYSFUNCTIONAL THEATRE COMPANY is a collective dedicated to producing ensemble works that challenge the status quo without taking themselves too seriously. Its mission is to show audiences the joys of live theater, to give exposure to new playwrights and rediscover forgotten scripts of previous centuries and to provide a supportive environment for artists to grow and expand their work. Recent productions include I Shall Forget You Presently (winner - 2014 FRIGID Audience Choice Award), Final Defenders, We See Red, Unlicensed, Brew of the Dead II: Oktoberflesh, A Cavalcade of Curiosities, A Voluminous Evening of Brevity, The 8: Reindeer Monologues, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Dysfunctional Guide to Home Perfection Marital Bliss & Passionate Hot Romance (winner - FRIGID 2009 Audience Choice & Sold Out Show Awards), Brew of the Dead and Chosen (winner - 2008 FRIGID Sold Out Show Award).