Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) announced its 14th Annual Season today which will feature 19 productions from March 8 to April 2, 2016. The season includes 17 new theatrical works to be presented at Here's Dorothy B. Williams Theatre and two solo works,
Joe Gulla's The Bronx Queen and Ella Turenne's Love, Locs & Liberation, at Joe's Pub at The Public. The festival kicks off with a special performance by
Corey Glover, acclaimed actor and two-time Grammy award-winning lead singer of the band Living Colour, on March 4 at Joe's Pub.
The accepted plays include:
Canned Laughter by Dean Preston
Cost of Exposure by
Mel Nieves
Dine & Dash by Anghus Houvouras
Ferry Limbo by Chip Bolcik
Flip-in by
John Foster
In the Library by Clyve Lagerquist
Love, Locs & Liberation by Ella Turenne
No Cowards In Our Band by Anthony B. Knight, Jr.
One Size Fits All by Irene Hernandez
Radical by Nelson Diaz-Marcano
Rags To Bitches by Tommy Jamerson
Recess by Una Aya Osato
Stop and Frisk by Matthew Widman
Strange Fruit Redux by Afrika Brown
The Bronx Queen by
Joe Gulla
trash by Alyssa Krompier and Justice Hehir
Twist & A Bridge by Jennifer Cendana Armas
When the Bell Rings You Shut the Fuck Up by Jim Bulluck
Alternates:
Broken by
George Cameron Grant
Failure to Thrive by Wade Savitt
IndianapolisAlyssa1985 Is Getti by Beth Hyland & Gracie Gardner
Letters to Zoey by Garrett Buhl Robinson
Veronica Bunny Read Her Text Messages by Cesi Davidson
In 2001, DUTF was founded with the purpose to build a repertoire of new American theatre that echoes the true spirit of urban life and speaks to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines. That purpose has been realized many times over, as more than 100 writers have created and refined their work for the stage and thousands of inspired
Audience members have applauded their performances. DUTF inaugurated the festival in 2002 at HERE in SoHo to help revitalize the NYC downtown arts scene, which, at the time, was experiencing a severe downturn due to the WTC disaster. It has been recognized as "one of the world's best festivals for new works" and described as "not only prestigious, but a slice of heaven for playwrights who want the chance to freely express themselves." (Lisa Mulcahy, Theater Festivals, Allworth Press, 2005)
For more information about DUTF visit
www.dutfnyc.com and
www.facebook.com/dutfnyc.
