The Collective NY to Premiere December C:10 with Three New Plays

On the heels of the fourth annual sold-out production of the Collective:10 short play festival, The Collective NY is back for one more week in December and proud to present three new plays plus two encores from past Collective:10 productions.

To celebrate the launch of Volume 4 of The Collective:10 Play Anthology, the company is premiering three short plays: CHECK OUT by Erin Mallon, LUCUS & MOLLY by Greg DePaul and WHACK JOB by Thomas C. Dunn and reboots of two favorite short plays from past Collective:10 productions: MORNING IS BROKEN by Craig Nobbs (published in Volume 1) and CASEY 229 by Elin Hampton (published in Volume 2).

Each night after the show, there will be an after party to meet and mingle with members of the cast and creative teams.

Dates: Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30pm with talkback to follow; Thursday, December 8 at 7:30pm; Friday, December 9 at 7:30pm; and Saturday, December 10 at 5pm and 7:30pm. Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2715499

The selected C:10 plays in this program cast and crew are as follows:

CHECK OUT by Erin Mallon
directed by Malindi Fickle
featuring Kevin Kane* and Khalil Muhammad*

LUCUS & MOLLY by Greg DePaul
directed by Richard Masur
featuring Mike Houston and Nina Mehta

WHACK JOB by Thomas C. Dunn
directed by Gabe Fazio
featuring Salvatore Inzerillo*, Joe B. McCarthy and JB Roté

MORNING IS BROKEN by Craig Nobbs
directed by Margaret Champagne
featuring Booker Garrett and Marki Michelle

CASEY 229 by Elin Hampton
directed by Katharine Wallach
featuring Sayra Player* and Casey Webb

*These actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association.

Earlier this month, the company under their Collective: Next Stage (C:NXT) banner presented staged readings of new plays as part of their WE THE PEOPLE program which we free and open to the public and supporting the following organizations Art Start, Planned Parenthood, and The Trevor Project.

As with every Collective production, C:10.4 is part of our NO EMPTY SEATS initiative, where up to half the seats for every performance are made available on a FREE and pay-what-you-can basis. NO EMPTY SEATS expands access to professional theatre, eliminating financial barriers to create a wider community and increase dialogue.

NO EMPTY SEATS is made possible through generous support and donations from people like you. Every $10 makes a seat available to someone who may not be able to afford it. Patrons can support the program in three ways: BUY tickets, make a DONATION, or FILL a seat. A donation of any size moves us closer to our mission of making theatre and the Arts Accessible for all.

Founded in 2007, THE COLLECTIVE NY unites professional artists who share a responsibility to create work in the contemporary American Theatre that is emotionally truthful, socially relevant, and defiantly accessible. Founding Members include Mike Houston, Kevin Kane, Amy Schumer, Robert Z. Grant and Victoria Dicce . Company credits include revivals of Ionesco's The Lesson, McGuinness's Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, and original productions 360, Me Equals This, Happy Girl and the television show Inside Amy Schumer.