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Phare Play Productions presents
Blake Bradford’s
Dance at Bataan
June 28th - July 26, 2008 (Mon @8pm; Thu-Sat
Wings Theatre

Sarah Hankins as Claire
photo credit: Brooklyn Scalzo

While researching Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for her graduate thesis, Hannah Swindon comes across suspicious files regarding a WWII survivor of the Bataan Death March. Slowly becoming friends with Mr. Edwards, she becomes engrossed in the incredible story of three friends that created a ‘university’ while POWs in order to survive brutal Japanese treatment. When Hannah finds out the incredible truth to Mr. Edwards’ time at Bataan, she is forced to decide whether to protect a friend or use his story to graduate.

Starring: Jim Heaphy, Christine Vinh, Sarah Hankins, Christopher Simon, Tamara Cacchione, Jade Rothman, Michael Weems, Annie Pesch, Patrick McGhee.

Tickets: $20; Reservations: (212)627-2961; Tickets online at www.wingstheatre.com; For more information, please go to www.myspace.com/danceatbataan

The Wings Theatre | 154 Christopher Street | Manhattan.

Chris Widney (book and lyrics) and David Christian Azarow (music)
No More Waiting
Directed by Samantha Saltzman
May 30 - June 29th, 2008
Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre

No More Waiting, a new musical comedy, follows five actors at their day jobs–waiting tables at a sleazy cabaret. Tired of waiting for someone else to discover their talent, they throw down their aprons and take over the stage, creating a world of romance, laughter, and dreams fulfilled!

The No More Waiting cast features Brian C. Curl, Dustin J. Harder, Jeni Incontro, Benj Mirman and Jenny Paul. Additional production staff includes: Charles Czarnecki (Musical Supervisor); Michael James Roy (Musical Director); Lynn Spector (Choreographer); Brittany Erlich (Costume Designer); and Shannon O’Neil (Stage Manager).

The show runs Friday & Saturday @ 7pm; Sunday @ 3:30pm
Tickets are Adults $18; Seniors $15; Students $15. Tickets may be purchased at www.TheaterMania.com or call 212 352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in person one hour prior to the show at the theatre.

Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre | 50 West 13th Street, NYC (between 5th & 6th Avenue)

Retro Productions presents
Sally Nemeth’s
Mill Fire
directed by Angela Astle
May 7th-May 24th, 2008
The Spoon Theatre

Retro Productions presents the first New York revival of Sally Nemeth’s 1989 drama MILL FIRE. After a tragedy at a local steel mill a young woman refuses to accept the company’s settlement offer and scandalizes her friends and neighbors by behaving “inappropriately” for a grieving widow. Mixing past and present in a poignant mosaic, MILL FIRE shows how mourning and healing go hand in hand with this story about moving on, letting go and facing responsibility.

Schedule: Monday, Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.
Tickets: $25.00, $18.00 for students and seniors; 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or www.retroproductions.org.

The Spoon Theatre | 38 West 38th Street , 5th Floor | Manhattan.

Phare Play Productions presents
Henrik Ibsen’s
Ghosts
directed by Kymm Zuckert
March 26-April 6
Wed-Sat @ 8pm; Sun @ 3pm (no show March 29)
American Theatre of Actors

Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play is startlingly modern even today, with its frank defense of free love and condemnation of the power of the church, there is nothing quaint or old-fashioned about it. Directed by Kymm Zuckert, Phare Play’s new production stars Jean Walker as Mrs. Alving, Yury Lomakin as Oswald Alving, Alan Altschuler as Pastor Manders, Sarah Schmidt as Regina Engstrom and Laurence Waltman as Jacob Engstrom.

Tickets $ 20.00; Call (646)241-0823; online purchase direct link: http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/37831

American Theatre of Actors | Beckmann Theatre | 314 West 54th St | Manhattan.

Phare Play Productions presents
Norm Foster’s
Office Hours
directed by Christine Vinh
March 30-April 6, 2008
American Theatre of Actors

During the course of one day in the city, in six different offices, the lives of a chaotic group of characters unfold like a spider’s web. You might need a shiny new, leather bound, week-at-a-glance to keep it all straight. Starring: Beth Adler, Blake Bradford, Christopher James Cramer, Nicholas Masson, Katie McConaghy, Edward Monterosso, Nora Vetter, and Michael Weems.

Schedule: Sun, March 30 – Tue, April 1 @ 8pm; Sat, April 5 @ 3pm; Sun, April 6 @ 8pm

Tickets: $20.00; Reservations: (646)241-0823, online purchase www.theatremania.com

American Theatre of Actors | Beckmann Theatre | 314 West 54th St | Manhattan.

PlaidBird Productions presents
Katherine Williams’
My Dead Mother is Funnier than You
April 3-April 13th, 2008
Thursday-Saturday @ 8pm
Sunday @ 3pm
The Arclight Theatre

PlaidBird Productions presents Katherine Williams’ My Dead Mother is Funnier than You, directed by Clyde Baldo, premiering at The Arclight Theatre (152 W. 71st St between Broadway and Columbus), from April 3rd through April 13th.

First date criers, pants-crapping setter-uppers and online dating horror stories abound as a single woman in NYC struggles to break out of bad habits dealing with men, including her widower father. Soon enough, she traces both back to her mother’s passing.

My Dead Mother is Funnier Than You stars Franklin Abrams, Dan Almekinder, Makenzie Caine*, Joseph Callari*, Todd Conner, Michael Scott King, Jaye Maynard*, Gabriel Silva, Jeff Stevens*, and Katherine Williams. Production crew includes Stage Manager Rome Brown, Set Designer Sarah Phykitt, Lighting Designer Timothy Walsh, Costume Designer Jaye Maynard and Sound Designers Mark Sutton and Rob Carpenter.

Tickets: $18.00; , available online at www.Theatermania.com or by phone at 212-352-3101. For more information visit www.myspace.com/myfunnydeadmom.

The Arclight Theatre | 152 W. 71st St between Broadway and Columbus | Manhattan

James Magruder’s
TRIUMPH OF LOVE
Friday, April 25th- Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Broccoli Theatre

ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER is pleased to announce the production of TRIUMPH OF LOVE, a musical directed by Brian Swasey. TRIUMPH OF LOVE will play a 3-week limited engagement at the Broccoli Theatre (Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Road, Astoria). Performances begin Friday, April 25th and continue through Sunday, May 11th.

Love can make a woman do strange things–like lie about her past or give up her career for the man she loves. Or throw off her princess raiment and disguise herself as a young man in order to infiltrate the guarded “men-only” palace compound of an exiled prince she’s admired from afar. Such is the state of things in James Magruder, Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead’s hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic adaptation of the classic Marivaux comedy TRIUMPH OF LOVE.

Tickets are $15 in advanced and $18 at the door. Available online at www.apacny.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to showtime. TDF vouchers accepted.

The Broccoli Theatre | Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Road | Astoria

The Gallery Players presents
The Anti-War Comedy
by Aristophanes
translation by Drue Robinson
Lysistrata
March 15-30, 2008
Thursdays through Saturdays@8pm
Sundays @3pm
(Sat, March 22 & 29, extra 2pm perf.)
The Gallery Players

The Gallery Players, Brooklyn’s premier Off-Off Broadway Theater, is proud to present the classic and sexy Lysistrata, by Aristophanes and in a new translation by Drue Robinson. Directed by Alexa Polmer, Lysistrata runs March 15-30, 2008. “A bawdy and audacious antiwar classic, is filled to the brim with hilarious innuendo and exposes the shared humanity between two feuding peoples. The women of the warring factions wage a psychological battle of their own when they take over the Acropolis and withhold their sexual favors from the savage local men until such time as the insane conflict is ended.”

Tickets: $18.00 adults, $14.00 seniors & children 12 and under. www.galleryplayers.com / www.theatermania.com

The Gallery Players | 199 14th St, between 4th and 5th Aves | Park Slope, Brooklyn

Howling Moon Cab Company presents
Jonathan Wallace’s
ShapeShifter
March 9-29th, 2008
Monday, March 10th @7pm
Fridays & Saturdays @8pm
Sundays @ 3pm & 7pm
The Studio Theatre at The Barrow Group

“Deirdre Molloy, disregarded younger sister, is a software genius. Liam Molloy, the eldest, is a brutal entrepreneur. When Deirdre gets rich, and Liam stands on the edge of a business decision which will make or break him, their battle for respect and dominance draws in their middle sibling, Aidan, and all of their spouses and loved ones.”

SHAPESHIFTER

Howling Moon Cab Company presents ShapeShifter by Jonathan Wallace, directed by Glory Bowen. Starring: Jennifer Boehm, V. Orion Delwaterman, Shane Jerome, Yvonne Roen and Shelley Virginia. ShapeShifter will be playing a 3-Week limited engagement from March9th through March 29th, 2008, at The Studio Theatre (The Barrow Group, 312 West 36th St. 4th floor).

Scenic Design by Stephanie Tucci; Lighting Design by Ryan Metzler; Costume Design by David Thompson; Fight Choreography by Ian Marshal; Assistant Direction and Stage Management by Amanda Adili and Amber Gallery.

Tickets: $ 18.00; www.smarttix.com

The Studio Theatre (at The Barrow Group) | The Barrow Group, 312 West 36th St. 3rd floor