DUTF Announces 9th Season At MMAC Theater 4/13-4/23

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce its much-anticipated ninth season will run from April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan. Reg E. Gaines, the Tony and Grammy-nominated writer of Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, is returning as the Artistic Director and Nilo Cruz, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, will be the recipient of the first-ever DUTF Playwright Masters Award.

DUTF 2011 will feature 12 theatrical works by a cross-section of playwrights. This year's works include:

FULL LENGTHS -
The XX Chromosome Genome Project
by S. Ann Johnson (Baltimore MD)
In this all-female multicultural choreopoem, S. Ann Johnson dramatizes The Commonalities among all American women.

Stretch Marks
by Angela Kariotis (Fords NJ)
Angela Kariotis shares in a one-woman show the infinite possibilities of birth ranging from having a baby to the legacies we inherit.

What Happened to the Brother on the Block? (NY Horror Vol. 2)
by Dennis Leroy Kangalee (New York City)
Dennis Leroy Kangalee, also known as The Nomad Junkie, presents a primal scream with his band, The Children of Warhol, from the gentrified sidewalks of the Big Apple.

Gloves for Guns
by David Lawson (New York City)
David Lawson tells a story of two teenagers who find themselves in a mysterious afterlife after a violent incident at their high school.

Indiosyncrasy
by Indio Melendez (New York City)
In this solo work, Indio Melendez presents a testimony about the strange habits and beliefs we acquire during our unique paths in this idiosyncratic world.

Resurrection
by Subrina Moorley (New York City)
Subrina Moorley unveils a story of two sisters who were abandoned by their father and must now come to his aid after his wife has died unexpectedly.

SHORTS -
Steps
by Alexandria "Brinae Ali" Bradley (Philadelphia PA)
Through tap dance and song, Alexandria "Brinae Ali" Bradley celebrates the process of motherhood and survival as an artist.

Counselor
by Stephen Cedars (New York City)
Stephan Cedars unfolds a tale on the value and danger of anonymity, set in a guidance counselor's office at a high school near the Mexican border.

Crush
by Dominic Colon (New York City)
Hilarity, horror and hope collide in Dominic Colon's comedy set at a high school senior prom.

I Scream Out Loud
by Andre' Ford (New York City)
Grounded in poetry and prose, Andre' Ford presents an ode to love and loss from the loss of someone to violence to the loss of self-love and . . . love found again.

And Then It Rained
by Kerri-Ann McCalla (Los Angeles CA)
Jerry is locked out his apartment. Meets his neighbor two doors down. A romance sparks. What happens on one unforgettable night in Kerri-Ann McCalla's comedy where more is revealed than intended?

Lost and Found
by Marsha Sheiness (New York City)
Marsha Sheiness presents a comedy-drama based on interviews with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning teenagers.

ALTERNATES -
Local Nobody by Nicole Pandolfo (New York City), The Nigga Files by Donja R. Love (Philadelphia PA), Bazookas by Sharon Goldner (Baltimore MD), Re Move All by Poetry Circle NOWHERE (Netherlands)

DUTF is made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.

Tickets for DUTF 2011 will go on sale early March at www.dutfnyc.com (new web site to be launched March 1) or OvationTix.com/(866) 811-4111. The festival will run from April 13 to April 23, 2011 at MMAC (Manhattan Movement & Arts Center), 248 West 60th Street, Manhattan (www.manhattanmovement.com).

Visit DUTF online at www.facebook.com/pages/Downtown-Urban-Theater-Festival/152194641470752, www.twitter.com/DUTFNYC and https://www.youtube.com/user/dutfnyc.