Reg E. Gaines News

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce the honored plays from its 2011 season that ran from April 13 to 23, 2011 at the MMAC Theater in NYC.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) opened on Wednesday, April 13 at the MMAC Theater with a star-studded night honoring Nilo Cruz, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, with the first-ever DUTF Playwright Master's Award.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for a much-anticipated ninth season April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce its much-anticipated ninth season will run from April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for a much-anticipated ninth season April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.

On Wednesday, April 13, Nilo Cruz, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, will be the recipient of the first-ever DUTF Playwright Master's Award on Opening Night at the 9th Annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF.) This award, to be presented at the MMAC Theater in Manhattan, comes on the 15th Anniversary of his off-Broadway debut with Dancing on Her Knees at The Public Theater in 1996.

On Wednesday, April 13, Nilo Cruz, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, will be the recipient of the first-ever DUTF Playwright Master's Award on Opening Night at the 9th Annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF.)

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce its much-anticipated ninth season will run from April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.

The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is currently accepting submissions for its 9th annual season to be held at the new MMAC Theater in NYC April 13 through April 23, 2011.

On Friday, May 28, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) will feature two of its 2010 plays, Lessons on the A Train and Piñero Resurrected, at the 15th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.

On Friday, May 28, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) will feature two of its 2010 plays, Lessons on the A Train and Piñero Resurrected, at the 15th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.

The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returned for its 8th Annual season at the Theater for the New City in East Village and featured 12 theatrical works written by Lawrence Dial (Promise Tomorrow Today), William Fowkes (Museum Piece), Dina Laura (Making Moves), Michele Cuomo and Ian Gonzalez Phillips (Piñero Resurrected), James Earl Hardy (Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star), Kash Goins (VII Deadly Sins), Riccardo Costa (The Choice), Mel Nieves (After-Loss), Lina Sarrello ( Waiting for the D), Imran Javaid (Glass), Cesi Davidson (Chakalaka) and Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Breathless).

On, Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for an 8th season, presenting 12 new theatrical works, for the first time at the historic Theater For The New City in East Village, Manhattan. A highlight of the festival will be a theatrical preview of Lessons on the A Train, a new off-Broadway musical under development by DUTF and directed by Reg E. Gaines, the Tony and Grammy-nominated writer of Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk.

On, Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for an 8th season, presenting 12 new theatrical works, for the first time at the historic Theater For The New City in East Village, Manhattan. A highlight of the festival will be a theatrical preview of Lessons on the A Train, a new off-Broadway musical under development by DUTF and directed by Reg E. Gaines, the Tony and Grammy-nominated writer of Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk.

On, Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for an 8th season, presenting 12 new theatrical works, for the first time at the historic Theater For The New City in East Village, Manhattan. A highlight of the festival will be a theatrical preview of Lessons on the A Train, a new off-Broadway musical under development by DUTF and directed by Reg E. Gaines, the Tony and Grammy-nominated writer of Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk.

The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) makes a much-anticipated return to the HERE Arts Center, May 6 thru 16, celebrating its 7th Season with twelve new works by playwrights from across the U.S. Over two weeks, this multicultural, cross section of artists based in Chicago, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and San Francisco will present original works of urban life on topics such as the imperfections of our leaders, stereotypes, hate crime, living on the 'down low' and self-immolation.

The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) makes a much-anticipated return to the HERE Arts Center, May 6 thru 16, celebrating its 7th Season with twelve new works by playwrights from across the U.S. Over two weeks, this multicultural, cross section of artists based in Chicago, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and San Francisco will present original works of urban life on topics such as the imperfections of our leaders, stereotypes, hate crime, living on the 'down low' and self-immolation.

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, is pleased to present Nuyorican Poets Café Third Millennium Celebration: Aloud and Alive at 35!

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, is pleased to present Nuyorican Poets Café Third Millennium Celebration: Aloud and Alive at 35! This special evening of spoken word and music hosted by Rosie Perez and Flaco Navaja features more than a dozen poets and musicians in a celebration from the iconic institution and many of its illustrious and luminary alumni

For its 5th Anniversary season, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) will return to the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, June 14 to June 24, with two weeks of new theatrical works by a cross section of urban playwright