Beckwith Directs 'Three Wishes' at Underground Festival

Charles Beckwith directs Three Wishes, part of The Curan Repertory Company's Notes From The Underground Festival. The tight one-act written by Robert Caisley will be performed along with other selections March 11, 12, 14 & 15 at the Payan Theater at Roy Arias Theatre Center.

The play features actors Shawthel Stephenson, Hugo Salazar, Jr, and Robert Keiley. In Three Wishes, a young writer strung out to wit's end is cursed with strange visitors in the middle of the night. Showtimes are at 8pm, tickets: $15, call (212) 479-0821

Charles Beckwith (www.charlesbeckwith.com) is a commercial artist with experience across radio, television, dramatic feature filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, fashion photography, and fiction writing. His documentaries have featured a wide variety of subjects, including everything from womens' surfing on the East Coast (East Coast Wahine Surf Championships), following multinational corporations into India (Re:Solve Mumbai), to a film about the lifespan of a film festival (Cucalorus at 10)

The Notes From The Underground Festival is the annual festival devoted to original one-act plays. The festival showcases new short works by emerging writers and directors. For more information please go to: www.curan.org

The Plays:

Boston by Charles Evered
Dog and Human by Ellen Kouisto
famous - small "f" by Robert Mattson
The Greatest in the Whole Wide World by David Kosh
MEL (and God) by Ted Williams
Sleep Baby Sleep by Scott Saffer
Three Wishes by Robert Caisley 

The Payan Theater at Roy Arias Theatre Center (300 West 43rd St. Suite 506 between 8th and 9th Ave). Phone: 212-957-8358