THE GOLDEN SMILE to Play Paradise Factory Theatre

When five mental patients get in trouble for misusing their rec room, they decide making a play will save them from getting kicked out. Set in the 1950's, The Golden Smile delves into absurdism, vulgarity, music, and mental health.

Starring: Andy McCain, Amanda Mason, JeVon Todd Blackwell, Flynn Harne, Jody Doo, Robert DiDomenico Featuring: Jody Hinkley, Yasmin Schancer Design: Rivkah Spolin, Conor Moore, Carrie Pieper

The Golden Smile will play June 16th @ 6:45pm, June 19th @ 2:15pm, June 21st @ 7:00pm, June 26nd @ 6:15pm, June 28th @ 5:45pm, and July 3 @ 7:05pm at Paradise Factory Theatre (64 East 4th, New York, NY 10003) Tickets ($18) are available at http://planetconnections.org/2016-full-productions/

Show run time: 85 minutes.

Suggested for adults only: strong language and some physical violence.

After a sold out performance at the FRIGID New York festival, The Golden Smile returns to the NYC's East Village for the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The show will also be making its way to Washington DC in July for the Capital Fringe Festival and Edmonton, AB, Canada in August for the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.

The script is an absurdist musical musing the creative process of theatre. Joey Stamp and Zach Stamp ("The Stamp Brothers") developed the musical comedy to depict mental health in the 1950s. Set accordingly to health standards at that time, many occurrences in this show could not (thankfully) happen today. The aim is for audiences to question the stigmas, standards, and continuum of mental health.