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What do you get when you mix 14 playwrights, 50 performers doing 30 plays in 18 days? This year's 7th Annual Left Out Festival, a tasty, spiked punch full of plays about Cowboy Bars, OraQuick, Homophobia, Tap-Dancing Lesbians, Cartoons, Plastic Bags, Bullying, Showbiz, Racism, Murder, Lesbian Camp Counselors and (gasp!) Narcissism all stirred with a Big Gay Swizzle Stick. The fun begins on April 14th and continues through May 5th at Stage Left Studio, 214 West 30th St. 6th floor. As always, The Left Out Festival proceeds will benefit Bailey House.

LEFT OUT FESTIVAL 2015 will present MARGARITA AND MAX by Manuel Igrejas, directed By Robert Teague and starring Cheryl King as Margarita and John Fico as Max on Sunday, April 19th and Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30pm at Stage Left Studio, 214 West 30th Street, 6th Floor. Also on the bill is Igrejas' PITTSBURGH! A Short Play. These and all Left Out performances benefit Bailey House.

What do you get when you mix 14 playwrights, 50 performers doing 30 plays in 18 days? This year's 7th Annual Left Out Festival, a tasty, spiked punch full of plays about Cowboy Bars, OraQuick, Homophobia, Tap-Dancing Lesbians, Cartoons, Plastic Bags, Bullying, Showbiz, Racism, Murder, Lesbian Camp Counselors and (gasp!) Narcissism all stirred with a Big Gay Swizzle Stick. The fun begins on April 14th and continues through May 5th at Stage Left Studio, 214 West 30th St. 6th floor. As always, The Left Out Festival proceeds will benefit Bailey House.

Theatre pianist Brandon Sturiale will be giving a free concert of his own compositions, with guest singers Jonathan Rayson (Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors and A Year With Frog and Toad), John Fico (Made For Each Other and Off-Broadway's Iron Curtain), Yassmin Alers (Broadway's Rent and The Capeman), and Dave Resultan (The Nomad, by Tony nominee Liz Swados).

Theatre pianist Brandon Sturiale will be giving a free concert of his own compositions, with guest singers Jonathan Rayson (Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors and A Year With Frog and Toad), John Fico (Made For Each Other and Off-Broadway's Iron Curtain), Yassmin Alers (Broadway's Rent and The Capeman), and Dave Resultan (The Nomad, by Tony nominee Liz Swados).

Stage Left Studio presents Miss Mary Dugan and Margarita and Max, a staged reading of two award-winning plays by Manuel Igrejas. Directed by Robert Teague, the reading will feature Alex Beck, John Fico, Cheryl King & KC Weakley. It's all set for Sunday, February 1st at 7pm at Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th St. 6th floor.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio announce The Gifted Series extends to April 4th, 2014 and offers a special discount to celebrate the critical success of these two riveting and unique solo-shows by Monica Bauer. The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio, will present a special Talkback with Martin Denton, editor of Indie Theater Now, following tonight's February 7th performance of The Gifted Series, two riveting and unique solo-shows written by Monica Bauer. The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio, are excited to announce The Gifted Series, two riveting and unique solo-shows written by acclaimed award-winning playwright Monica Bauer (Emerging Playwright Award, Urban Stages). The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio, are proud to present a special Talkback with Martin Denton, editor of Indie Theater Now, following the February 7th performance of The Gifted Series, two riveting and unique solo-shows written by Monica Bauer. The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio, are excited to announce The Gifted Series, two riveting and unique solo-shows written by acclaimed award-winning playwright Monica Bauer (Emerging Playwright Award, Urban Stages). The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

The United Solo Festival will feature Monica Bauer's play 'Made for Each Other' for one performance only, on Theatre Row, Wednesday, October 16, at 7:30. Bauer wrote the play specifically for New York actor John Fico, as a tour de force for one actor playing four parts, in a play about an unlikely gay marriage and the power of memory.

Made For Each Other is a novel and touching approach to Alzheimer's. Gerry has just proposed to Vincent and Vincent is faced with the decision whether to tell his groom-to-be about his illness.

Award-winning Off Broadway playwright Monica Bauer's new solo show makes its American premiere at the East to Edinburgh Festival, at 59E59 Theaters.

Award-winning Off Broadway playwright Monica Bauer's new solo show makes its American premiere at the East to Edinburgh Festival, at 59E59 Theaters.

59E59 Theaters has announced the 2012 line up for the 8th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning tonight, July 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 29. Each July, 59E59 Theaters hosts a plethora of innovative US productions en route to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland, EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Festival, while giving them a clean, comfortable and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This whirlwind three-week festival, featuring 16 productions, reflects some of the most adventurous theater from NY and across the US.

59E59 Theaters has announced the 2012 line up for the 8th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning on Tuesday, July 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 29. Each July, 59E59 Theaters hosts a plethora of innovative US productions en route to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland, EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Festival, while giving them a clean, comfortable and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This whirlwind three-week festival, featuring 16 productions, reflects some of the most adventurous theater from NY and across the US.

Prospect Theater Company's critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Iron Curtain, originally scheduled to run through November 27, 2011, will instead play through December 4. A post-performance talkback with members of the creative team and cast will be held at the theater following the Wednesday, November 30 matinee.