Cave Theatre Co. to Bring Toni Press-Coffman's TOUCH to UNDER St. Marks

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present Cave Theatre Company's production of Toni Press-Coffman's Touch, directed by James Masciovecchio. The show will run January 14-24 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) with performances Thursday through Sunday at 8pm. Tickets ($17)may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. The show runs approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, with intermission.

Cave Theatre Company will also host a fundraiser for their production of Touch on Saturday, December 19th at 8pm at Kaffe 1668 (401 Greenwich Street in TriBeCa) - tickets are $25 at the door. There will be food by Blossom Restaurants, wine from City Winery, and prizes to win!

After experiencing an intense personal and violent loss, Kyle must regroup. When even the comfort he usually finds staring into the cosmos proves inadequate, Kyle discovers solace in an unusual place. How do you move on? How do you re-connect when you've lost half of yourself; when you've lost your spirit?

The show will feature Kiley Caughey as Kathleen, Alex Etling as Bennie, Josh Triplett as Kyle, and Cassie Wood as Serena. The production Stage Manager is Hanako Rodriguez.

Touch has been produced at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the Theatre of N.O.T.E. in Los Angeles, as well as other theatres throughout the United States and Europe.

JAMES MASCIOVECCHIO (Director) is a Brooklyn Based Director/Actor. A 2011 Graduate of Point Park University's Conservatory of the Arts. He has spent his time traveling the country with an educational theatre company, production managing a downtown festival, and creating and producing work whenever he can. Directing credits include Twelfth Night (Hudson Shakespeare Co.), Another Moon Called Earth (Point Park University), The Red Coat (Point Park University) among others. Acting credits include Cymbeline, Shining City, Macbeth, Room Service, and more. James most recently directed Cave Theatre Co.'s inaugural production of Row After Row by Jessica Dickey.

CAVE THEATRE CO. It is within caves that the first art appeared - tales of humanity carved or painted on the rock walls. Our ancestors walked deep into the earth away from all light and created stories with paint, with fire, with song. We now venture into the dark as our ancestors did and strive to do the same. The lines and shadows flicker and dance in our torchlight. The flickers on the walls create visions of worlds unknown. In this dark, raw, and fertile space - in this cave - anything is possible.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.