Amios Presents a Musical SHOTZ!

Amios Presents - SHOTZ! Live and in Concert II: A Shotz of Many Colors
Monday, February 6th, 7:00pm and 8:30pm
$12 ADVANCE TICKET INCLUDES A BEER / $15 AT THE DOOR

6 short plays featuring original music by:

Elizabeth Ziman (Elizabeth and the Catapult), Catherine Brookman (sullivann, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), Erik Saxvik (The Hollows), Richard Thieriot, Lauren Hart, and Joy Donze

A SHOTZ OF MANY COLORS

A Shotz of Many Colors will feature the work of Claire Brownell (Broadway: 39 Steps), Suzy Jane Hunt (Viola in Twelfth Night, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, rogerandtom at HERE) , Mirirai Sithole (The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World aka The Negro Book of the Dead, Signature Theater), and Richard Thieriot (Broadway: Clybourne Park, rogerandtom at HERE), among others.

SHOTZ! is a theatrical pressure cooker that every month pairs 6 groups of actors, writers, and directors together to create brand new 10 minute plays and perform them the first Monday of the month at The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St., NY. Unified by three common criteria, each collection of plays captures a variety of perspectives around the month's theme.

In Shotz: Live and in Concert II: A Shotz of Many Colors, each play must meet the following conditions:

1. Each character must mention at least one unique color. 2. Someone must wear a bright, multicolored article of clothing. 3. The line: "Well, color me surprised!"

Founded in 2009, Amios is a collective of theatre artists with a singular purpose: to build community through art. Amios' processes and programs test the limits of collaboration, proposing engaging challenges under accelerated timelines within a framework of trust and empowering artists to produce work that is spontaneous, present-tense, and reflective of our loyal audience. Amios attracts a diverse and engaged artistic community, with an annual attendance of nearly 2,300 theatre-lovers from all backgrounds and boroughs.

Now approaching its 8th year, SHOTZ! has produced 475 short plays, 18 one-acts, and 7 full-length plays from over 100 contemporary playwrights featuring some of the finest literary and performing talent in New York City. One pArt Theatre, one pArt Party, SHOTZ! actively cultivates a lively social atmosphere-audiences and artists alike enthusiastically attend our performances and the after-party.

Originally conceived as a fundraiser for alumni of the National Theater Conservatory, SHOTZ! has evolved into a mainstay of the Amios season, and the most exciting forum for emerging talent on New York City stages today. The inclusive community and creative atmosphere make SHOTZ! an unforgettable and unique audience experience. It represents the best of theater nightlife-bite-sized theater at its finest!

Amios will engage in talents of approximately 150 artists, and will commission and present 60 original short plays and 4 premiere full-length plays in in 2016-17 season. The company is comprised of dozens of actors, playwrights, directors, devisers, and movement artists-artistic comrades who dare themselves to tackle a multitude of disciplines.

SHOTZ Live and in Concert II: A Shotz of Many Colors

February 6th, 2016 / The Kraine Theater / 85 E. 4th St.., NYC / $12 in Advance/$15 at the Door

Get tickets HERE

Featuring plays by: Claire Brownell, Arika Larson and David H Rosen, Andrew Rincón, Richard Thieriot, Leigh Williams, and Justin Robert Yorio