Christopher Borg News

Recently nominated for two New York Innovative Theatre Awards*, NEW YORK NEO-FUTURISTS are pleased to present their 2nd Annual Half-Nekkid special edition of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE will present a return engagement of their wildly popular and critically acclaimed production of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, is produced on Off-Broadway contract. Performances of this limited engagement will begin September 8 at TADA Theatre.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE will present a return engagement of their wildly popular and critically acclaimed production of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, is produced on Off-Broadway contract. Performances of this limited engagement will begin September 8 at TADA Theatre.

Due to popular and critical demand, EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE has announced a 1-week extension of the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, has added performances through November 8th at TADA Theatre. It is produced on Off-Broadway contract.

Due to popular and critical demand, EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE has announced a 1-week extension of the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, has added performances through November 8th at TADA Theatre. It is produced on Off-Broadway contract.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

On Monday September 21, 2009, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, and host Julie Halston, announced the 2009 recipients at the Fifth Annual IT Awards Ceremony at New World Stages. Those unable to attend joined the OOB theatre community's biggest night of the year online, and also followed theatre critic Aaron Riccio's (Theater Talk's New Theater Corps, That Sounds Cool) live-blogging at www.nyitawards.com/live.

Comedic actress Julie Halston hosts the 2009 IT Awards, which honor the best of Off-Off Broadway, tonight at New World Stages at 7:00pm.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

On July 20, 2009, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, celebrated it?s fifth birthday and announced the 2009 nominees at its annual sold-out event at the Carmine Street Recreation Center located at 25 Carmine Street.

On Monday September 22, 2008, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, and host Lisa Kron, announced the 2008 recipients at the Fourth Annual IT Awards Ceremony at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

On July 21, 2008, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2008 nominees at a standing-room only event at 'Our Lady of Pompeii' located at 25 Carmine Street. The 2008 Nominees were selected from an adjudication pool of over 3,000 artists. Nominees include 127 individual artists, 47 different productions and 40 theatre companies.

Emerging Artists Theatre presents 'The Play About the Naked Guy'- an hilarious theatrical farce by David Bell, as part of their Triple Threat Series.

Emerging Artists Theatre presents The Play About the Naked Guy, directed by Tom Wojtunik to play a four-week off-Broadway engagement at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Performances begin Monday, February 4, and continue through Sunday, March 2. Opening Night Performance is Saturday, February 9 at 8PM.

The New York Neo-Futurists welcome six new members to the ensemble: actor/director/stand-up comedian Christopher Borg (most recently seen at La MaMa Etc.), actor/writer Claudia Alick (HBO's Def Poetry Jam), Eevin Hartsough (The Roundabout Theater's The Miracle Worker), Erica Livingston, actor/playwright Jeffrey Cranor (Pushing Mambo, Everything's Fine) and actor/director/writer Joe Basile (The Griffin Theater (Chicago), Ensemble Studio Theater, Harvey Finklestein Productions) and expand their extensive body of Neo-Futurist plays-fast approaching 800 plays.

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, will devote March 18th and 19th to two evenings celebrating performance art

Chris Weikel's Charles Dickens-flavored comedy Penny Pennyworth will return to New York to play the Century Center Ballroom from October 19th through 21st

The New York 'IT' Awards (sponsored by Backstage) takes place September 19th at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.