Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival Announces 2012 Season

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival (MITF) is pleased to announce the lineup of full-length plays and musicals for its thirteenthseason, running from July 16 to August 5, 2012 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; and the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor. Tickets are $15-18. Readings are free. Tickets are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111. The Festival also offers various group discounts and package passes, good for full-length and short plays.

The lineup represents submissions in all genres. Nonmusical plays run 60-90 minutes; musicals may go as long as two hours.

"Every year is a thrill, if you like roller-coasters," says MITF founder and executive producer John Chatterton. "This year most of my staff is different, from top to bottom, so I'm reacquainting myself with the nuts and bolts of the business. At the same time, I've found ways to make the Festival more patron-friendly, as well as to offer some fantastic deals to fight the recession!"

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF in 2000, a midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, as a way to present the finest Off-Off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. In 2003, the MITF moved its activities to their current location, the Theatre Building on W. 36th St., where it has been successfully ensconced since. The MITF's artistic emphasis is on the script itself, and therefore the Festival focuses on minimal production values.

This year's lineup (except for Short Subjects) is as follows - listing (in order) title, author, times, venue, and a brief description:

Braced, by Rebecca Steele
Thursday, July 19th at 7:30pm; Friday, July 20th at 7:30pm; Monday, July 23rd at 9pm; Thursday, July 26th at 7:30pm; Saturday, August 4th at 6:30pm; Sunday, August 5th at 7pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Life becomes twisted for a teenage girl entering the social hierarchy of high school with scoliosis.

Cocktales by Tjasa Ferme
Sunday, July 22nd at 6:30pm; Friday, July 27th at 5:45pm; Sunday, July 29th at 7:30pm; Thursday, August 2nd at 5:45pm; Saturday, August 4th at 9:30pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Farcical confessions of a nymphomaniac.

Falling Awake, by Matthew Ethan Davis
Saturday, July 21st at 8pm; Saturday, July 28th at 6:30pm; Sunday, July 29th at 3pm; Wednesday, August 1st at 4pm; Saturday, August 4th at 4:30pm; Sunday, August 5th at 5pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
The wacky encounters of two women with the reincarnations of the men they loved.

Final Analysis, by Otho Eskin
Tuesday, July 17th at 9:15pm; Thursday, July 19th at 6:45pm; Friday, July 20th at 6:45pm; Saturday, July 21st at 9pm; Sunday, July 22nd at 5pm; Tuesday, July 24th at 9:15pm; Thursday, July 26th at 9:15pm; Saturday, July 28th at 2pm; Monday, July 30th at 6:45pm; Tuesday, July 31st at 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 1st at 6:45pm; Saturday, August 4th at 2:30pm
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Vienna, 1910 - unintended consequences: In a gesture of compassion, Sigmund Freud almost destroys the world.

Head over Heels in Saudi Arabia, by Maisah Sobaihi
Monday, July 16th at 5:45pm; Wednesday, July 18th at 5:45pm; Thursday, July 19th at 5:45pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Enrich your understanding and prepare to laugh as you slide into Saudi Arabia and see what's really going on for most women.

Keep On Truckin' - It's War, by Walter Brandes
Monday, July 16th at 7:30pm; Saturday, July 21st at 6:15pm; Monday, July 23rd at 7:15pm; Saturday, July 28th at 4:45pm; Thursday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Beckett meets Stoppard in this fish-out-of-water trucker tale.

Left & Right, by Jay Pension
Saturday, July 21st at 4:45pm; Sunday, July 22nd at 3:45pm; Saturday, July 28th at 3:15pm; Sunday, July 29th at 1:30pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Conjoined twins on a search for love: a double-sided comedy.

Love. Guts. High School., by Jeanette Bonner
Tuesday, July 17th at 7:30pm; Wednesday, July 25th at 7:30pm; Friday, July 27th at 7:30pm; Thursday, August 2nd at 9:15pm
When you wear your heart on your sleeve and have his hands on your mind, things can get messy.

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