Playhouse Creatures Present Page2Stage Festival of New Works

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Presents the First Annual From Page 2 Stage Festival of New Works
featuring 16 actors, 9 playwrights, 5 directors & 6 performances.

Page 2 Stage Festival of new worksis set to run November 16-20th, 2011 in repertory.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is proud to announce its first annual From Page to Stage Festival of Original Work. After receiving over an impressive 250 submissions in its open call for short plays this past summer, the company selected 9 plays to feature in this year's festival; comprised of seven 10 minute shorts and two one Act plays. The minimally staged festival will run one exclusive week during November 16 - 20, 2011 and feature a company of actors working in repertory and off book in staged interpretations of the pieces. The End Result is an exciting and entertaining week filled with diverse selections sure to entertain and bring these new writers into the spotlight!

"We were originally going to do a reading of the plays, but we realized that these pieces were in need of staging and being seen on their feet," explains Patricia Duran, Director of New Play Development. "From Page to Stage is a ‘step-up' from a staged reading. The actors will be memorized and rehearsed, but the festival will be bare bones with minimal to no sets, lighting, or costumes. The festival is about focusing and celebrating the playwright, the written text, and the actor bringing it to life. It is the step before full production elements are implemented."

The selected playwrights represent various parts of the country, further adding to the spectrum of style and content. The two one act plays include "Un-Hinged: A Silent Opera" by Krista Knight (NY) and "True Blue" by K. Alexa Mavromatis (Rhode Island). The ten minute selections include "The Law of Passionate Attraction or The Sex Life of the Stars" by Andrew Karp (NY), "Oly the Doorman" by Matthew Hanf (CA), "The Sum of Your Experiences" by Trace Crawford (Ohio), "Long, Long Distance" by Francis Alix (MA), "Legacy" by Chris Shaw Swanson (Ohio), "Organized, Literate, Musical, Fire-resistant, Passionate" by Paul Cohen (NY), and "Spanish Women" by Britain Valenti (Louisiana).

"The new works we will be presenting, gives PCTC a great opportunity to give voice to nine wonderful playwrights- and provide employment for over twenty theatre artists," states Artistic Director Joseph W. Rodriguez. "..All of which tie in with our mission to develop new works and nurture our community."

The Ensemble of actors features veteran performers:
* Natalie Arneson, * Bernardo Cubria, Emily Dahlke, Nic Davies, * Meghan Duffy, * Patricia Duran, * Benny Elledge, Allan Greenberg, Tom Lacey, Genevieve Morritt, Megan O'Leary, Emma Ramos, * Joseph W. Rodriguez, Stephen Speights, Shaka Omari Smith and Timmy Wood.

The Directors involved include: Jeff Mousseau, Jonna McElrath, Kenny Wade Marshall, Patricia Duran and Eric Doss.

* Actors appearing courtesy of Actors Equity

The bare bones festival will run one exclusive week November 16 - 20, 2011 in two alternating parts, Series 1 and Series 2.. with a double matinee on Sunday November 20th featuring both parts.

Dates & Times:
November 16 - 20, 2011
Series 1
Wednesday November 16th , Friday November 18th @ 8pm
Series 2
Thursday November 17th @ 8pm , Saturday November 19th @ 8pm
Sunday Both Series Presented: (with a 2 hour break between )
Sunday November 20th @ 2pm (Series 1) and 6pm (Series 2)

Ticket Prices:
$15 in advance (purchase online at playhousecreatures.org)
$18 @ the door
$25 Package Series 1 and 2. (Wednesday/Thursday, Friday/Saturday or Sunday)
$10 Students w'ID at the door- space permitting

Venue Location:
145 West 28th Street, 3 Fl., New York, NY 10001 (between 6/7 ave)

For More Information and Tickets:
www.PlayhouseCreatures.org | email: info@playhousecreatures.org |

The Plays
Series 1
November 16th (Wednesday), Friday 18th, and Sunday 20th and includes:

"Oly the Doorman" by Matthew Hanf
Directed by Kenny Wade Marshall
When a senator brings his girlfriend to the same hotel that his wife is bringing her boyfriend, the only person to help cover this up is the doorman...and his clothes.
Cast: Bernardo Cubria*, Meghan Duffy*, Allan Greenberg, Emma Ramos and Nic Davies.

"Spanish Women" by Britain Valenti
Directed by Jeff Mousseau
"Spanish Women" explores a man's passion for women, all women, all played by the same woman. --a love story about the lost loves of our past.
Cast: Joseph W. Rodriguez* and Genevieve Morritt

"Legacy" by Chris Shaw Swanson
Directed by Patricia Duran
A woman on death row struggles to compose her final words.
Cast: Megan O'Leary*, Emma Ramos and Tom Lacey.

"Un-Hinged: A Silent Opera" by Krista Knight
Directed by Jonna McElrath

Series 2
November-17th Thursday, Saturday 19th, and Sunday 20th and includes:
"The Law of Passionate Attraction or The Sex Life of the Stars"
by Andrew Karp
Directed by Kenny Wade Marshall
In 1799 Paris, the brilliant but impractical socialist utopian Charles Fourier struggles to reconcile his radical social ideas, which preclude marriage and commercial work, with his need for money, the demands of his mother, and his passion for a beautiful, rich girl who desperately wants to be his wife.
Cast: Benny Elledge*, Meghan Duffy* , Natalie Arneson*, Allan Greenberg and Tom Lacey.

"The Sum of Your Experience" by Trace Crawford
Directed by Eric Doss
Your money or your life? You may not be able to keep both. While trying to get home one night, a man is robbed at gunpoint by an eerie stranger who demands not money, but instead, his memories .
Cast Bernardo Cubria* and Shaka Omari Smith

"Organized, Literate, Musical, Fire-resistant, Passionate" by Paul Cohen
Directed by Patricia Duran
A first date turns competitive.
Cast Megan O'Leary* and Timmy Wood

"Long, Long Distance" by Francis Alix
Directed by Eric Doss
David calls his sister after being separated from her for twenty years. Lisa is excited to hear from him and they talk about their lives and crazy parents, but David has vengeance on his mind. She discovers that silence is a double-edged sword.
Cast: Patricia Duran*

"True Blue" by K. Alexa Mavromatis
Directed by Eric Doss
[Almost] forty-year-old Dave has just dyed his hair bright blue. WTF?
Cast: Emily Dahlke and Joseph W. Rodriguez*

About The Company:
The Playhouse Creatures Theare Co. are a Non-Profit 501c3 organization.
Playhouse Creatures mission is to pursue and explore themes of love and passion, in all its myriad forms through classical, contemporary, and new dramatic works. We are committed to working as an ensemble based company, producing affordable and relevant theatre. Furthermore, we are dedicated to giving back to the community we produce in.

Last year The Creatures successfully produced The Libertine (Theatre Row) and the short Tennessee Williams Festival: SixbyTenn: 6 rare plays by Tennessee Williams fully staged.
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