CYCLOPS: A ROCK OPERA at to be Presented at NYMF, Opens 9/29

Psittacus Productions, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit theater and multimedia company, is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed "CYCLOPS: A ROCK OPERA," will be presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival this fall, starting September 29th at the 47th Street Theatre in midtown Manhattan. Featuring an original score of 24 genre-bending songs written by LA-based musicians Jayson Landon Marcus and Benjamin Sherman, "CYCLOPS" is a fast-paced, rock n' roll musical re-imagining of the only surviving Greek Satyr Play, the story of Odysseus' encounter with the monstrous Cyclops, and his adventures with the loud and crude rock band The Satyrs.

The show premiered in January at the Son of Semele Theater in Echo Park, before moving to the upstairs, experimental Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse, where it received critical praise and consistently sold out houses. "We're excited to be presenting this musical on a new coast, at a new venue and to a new audience," Executive Director Louis Butelli said. "People always seem to leave the show smiling and singing the songs, and some even make the humbling comparison to ‘Hedwig' and ‘Rocky Horror.'"

Comprised of Artistic Director Robert Richmond and Managing Director Chas LiBretto, along with Butelli, Psittacus Productions exists to create innovative theater art to share with its community, investigating the ways in which modern life and new media affect the act of storytelling.

Tickets are $25 and are now on-sale at www.nymf.org/cyclops.

Further information about Psittacus Productions can be found on their website, their Facebook page, on Twitter, on Youtube, on Soundcloud, and on Blogspot. Psittacus Productions is incorporated in the state of California as a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

Now in its eighth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and ensuring their creators the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.

NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2011 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Broadway League, The BWF Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Ariel Phinney, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and 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.

NYMF Memberships, which combine charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages and perks like early seating, and tickets to individual events are currently available for purchase at (212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org. Single tickets for Festival events will go on sale September 1.

 

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