Jerry Chapa

On Sunday, October 6th, Frances Rae Key's Aussie Song, directed by Ellie Handel, played its last performance at Hudson Guild Theatre. The production ran four performances as a part of New York Theatre Festival's NY Summerfest at Hudson Guild Theatre (441 West 26th Street, Between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Frances Rae Key and NY Summerfest are pleased to announce the New York premiere production of Aussie Song! The production will be directed by Ellie Handel (The Wives of Henry the Eighth) and will play three performances only at the Hudson Guild Theatre (441 West 26th St, New York, NY 10001) as a part of the New York Theatre Festival/Summerfest.

'Fall in Love with the Moon' is a short musical telling a story of a young woman's conflict between love and success.

A male plumber and a female woodworker take the the art world by storm in 'Catapult!' by Matthew James Fitzgerald, to be presented by Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave.,  February 21 to March 10.  The piece is a subversive commentary on the pretensions and 'artspeak' of the gallery scene. Fitzgerald is an actor, author, union carpenter, furniture designer and sometime history/english teacher.

After a banner year for their summer festivity and Playwrights for a Cause, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity will be hosting its annual awards ceremony honoring the finest of an outstanding season.

Award-winning playwright Lynda Crawford's new play Familiar Strangers will have a staged reading at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity on Wednesday, July 6th at 1:30 pm followed by a talk-back. The play was inspired by the book Stranger to the System: Life Portraits of a NYC Homeless Community (Curbside Press) by Jim Flynn. The reading is directed by Terry Greiss, who is the co-founder of Irondale Ensemble Project.