.: Musical Festival :. by Alyssa Williams Two Thousand Miles tells the story of illness, strength, and life altering experiences. Set in New York City, the musical follows four estranged friends from California as …
PRODUCTIONS 2018 SPRING/SUMMER FESTIVAL
Featuring all shows at the New York Theater Festival in New York 2018. Listing of all plays, musicals and other productions on stage during the 2018 festival season.
A WOUND IN TIME
by Stephanie Lynn Wilson Negra, pressured by a suspicious mother, a strange bedfellow, and an amorous co-worker struggles to keep a childhood secret while a restless spirit and the African gods of Santeria …
THAT BOOK AIN’T BEEN WRITTEN
by Franklin L. West A hundred year old story of fathers and sons. Portraying the life and times of four African American men and their struggle against the riptides of systemic racism, poverty and …
PLAYGROUND THE MUSICAL
.: Musical Festival :. by Jessica Ann Carp This musical examines the changing relationship of lifelong best friends, Pad & Pen, as they struggle to figure out what went wrong with their friendship. As other …
LOYALTY
by Rob Ackerman A political fixer picks an honest man to protect the President, and all hell breaks loose. Agent James Sloan must manage a power-hungry Attorney General, a doting assistant, a suspicious First …
DUMPSTER DIVER THE MUSICAL
.: Musical Festival :. by Kris Kemp Dumpster Diver the Musical Musical: Confronted by the truth about his company, a well-paid software engineer has to make the ultimate decision- -continue working at the company and living a …
GIFTED
by Pamela L. Robbins In 1968 Amanda Kimble, a new teacher stuck with a difficult class, "motivates" them by fabricating their I.Q. scores. The students, believing they are exceptionally smart, go on to accomplish …
EL SUENO (THE DREAM)
by John McCaffrey & Mark Singer Columbian cocaine king Pablo Escobar is struggling with a recurring dream: he is a cat on a high red roof, reading a letter from his lover before falling to his death. To help …
WORDS CREATE REALITY
by Don Stitt A writer creates a humorous biblical allegory for a satirical magazine. He is attempting to complete it before the publication’s 5 o’clock deadline. But one of his literary creations comes to life …
AL
by Nicole Murray How ludicrous -- The Feminine Mystique is still being explored in the 21st century, as Betty Friedan defined in 1963: “the problem that has no name.” You will meet Al, a millennial woman with “Al” …
TARRARE
by Emilio Minichiello This play tells the story of a young man during the first few years of the French Revolution, who, for reasons unknown, has an unnatural hunger that cannot be satisfied. He eats anything that …
IMMIGRANT SON
by PG Pillitteri This is the story of three generations of an immigrant family coming to America to build a new life in the new world. Starting at the turn of the 20th century through the 1960's, …
WHAT WE ARE
by Oliver Lehne Three 30 year olds who've been friends since college meet for a weekend in New York City. Their lives have been inextricably bound up in each other for over a decade, and although they all love each …
COW’S NUTTY CHRISTMAS
.: Musical Festival :. by Michael MacKenzie Wills The music of Tchaikovsky, a talking cow, a milk-hating villain, a morning talk show host, a pop psychologist, and Santa all come together to expose last year’s …
THE LAKE
by Kelsey Marshall To interview secretive actor August, Jude agrees to take a weekend away at his new lake house. However, the motivations behind both Jude and August's need to escape their realities reveal …
ONE NIGHT STANDING
by Ashley Hutchinson Girl and Guy meet at a bar. Girl and Guy go back to Guy's apartment to have a one night stand. Girl and Guy fail. Miserably. One Night Standing is a new play about expectations, insecurity, …
A WATCH
by Youlim Nam On a beautiful, but brutally hot day, Shannon summons April to a small park along the Brooklyn waterfront. The two girls, more sisters than friends, gnaw, clamor, and cry their way …
PAPER DOLLS
by Kati Schwartz Barry and Jane, two teenagers of the 1960s who have been friends for their whole lives, take refuge from a rain storm in Barrys room. While waiting out the weather, costumes, old …
THE JEW WHO HATES CHINESE FOOD
by Liv Glassman The Kleinbergs partake in the Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas, which happens to fall on Hanukkah this year. Zack doesn't like Chinese food--or Christmas or winter …
RUN-ON SENTENCE
by Cathy Tempelsman A woman visits her aging father in prison and finds that, despite his penchant for telling jokes, coming home is no laughing matter. Sept. 20, 2018 …
ROLL THE DICE
by Danny Shot and Lawrence Kelly Over a game of Strat-O-Matic baseball, two lifelong friends explore the vagaries of life, death, memory, and the split fingered fastball. In the process, old and new …
INSANITY IN THE CITY
.: Musical Festival :. by Harper Craven Connor Van Holden, lives in New York City and wants to write musicals but his parents want him to act on stage, for that's what he has a degree in. After singing an …
A SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES
by Thomas Blumenfeld Hamburg 1962 - The new drummer for Liverpool’s Blizzards, has been murdered. His bandmates accuse a club owner, since they broke their contract. The old drummer’s …
WOMEN AND GUNS
by Steve Gold A war drama from a woman's point of view: A female Marine serves in Iraq during the recent conflict while her civilian boyfriend is safely home in California. The psychological effect of this …