Gina Femia And Additional Writers Announced For Final NY Madness Of Season

The final Madness of the season will be a (mostly!) All-Company Madness and will take place on Sunday, July 28th at 8pm at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). NYM Company member Gina Femia will be the featured guest and pick the theme. The lineup will also include founding NY Madness Artistic Director Cecilia Copeland (The Copeland Kids, Taltrix), Chima Chikazunga (3 the Hard Way, The Accidental Kiss), Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy (Shadow Walkers, Lies, Kore), Ben Ferber (I'm Very Online, For the Lulz), Penny Jackson (I Know What Boys Want, Safe, Bitten), Mark Loewenstern (Near Nellie Bly, Carnality), and Duncan Pflaster (Cockeye(D), The Underpants Godot). Directors will include NYM Company members Joan Kane, Ali Ayala, Katie Gilmartin, Illana Stein and Nate Netzley. Newcomer Martavius Parris will be directing for the first time.

NY Madness is thrilled that longtime company member Gina Femia is the Featured Guest for this final Madness. Gina has written 32 full-length plays which have been developed/produced by Page 73, Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Center Theatre Group, New Georges, Powerhouse, Theatre of NOTE, Great Plains Theatre Conference and Project Y, among others. She is a 2019-2022 Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, 2019 Writer-in-Residence with Spicy Witch Productions, and a current member of Page 73's Interstate 73. She's an alum of EST Youngblood, Pipeline Theatre's PlayLab and New Georges' Audrey Residency. Her play, ALLOND(R)A is included on the 2019 Kilroys List. Winner: Leah Ryan Prize and Doric Wilson Award. Find out more: www.femiagina.com.

New York Madness is a raw and unpredictable show of short plays by an ensemble of playwrights presented fully staged with scripts in hand. They write a short play and cast it, rehearse it, and bring it in on its feet. The collected works create a kaleidoscope of cultural moments reflecting this moment in time, framed by a theme that is chosen just one week in advance of the show. The primary goal of Madness is the exploration of modern American Playwriting through the use of theatrical storytelling.

New York Madness takes place every last Sunday of the month at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). Tickets ($10) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. Visit the New York Madness Facebook page for discount codes!

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group. www.horseTRADE.info

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