Dread Awakening will feature a quartet of sping-tingling plays at the 45th Street Theatre (354 W. 45th St., btwn. 8th and 9th Ave.) beginning April 6th.
The evening will bring together four young playwrights –
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (
Based on a Totally True Story, The Mystery Plays), Clay McLeod Chapman (
The Pumpkin Pie Show), Eric Sanders (
It's a Dry Heat), and Justin Swain (
Bump) – and pair them up with th directors Arin Arbus (
Third Floor, Second Door on the Right), Amanda Charlton (
The Witching Hour), Jessica Davis-Irons (
Superpowers), and Pat Diamond (
The Mystery Plays).
"Bound by their shared love of the macabre and the supernatural, these up-and-coming artists came together to present their unique styles and approaches towards conveying onstage the horror of the known… and the unknown. In these four new plays, you will meet a boyfriend who refuses to reveal his true face, a dead best friend who won't stay dead, a professional who grows unnaturally obsessed with his client, and a young couple experiencing horrific events in a car on a deserted highway," state press notes.
Dread Awakening will be presented by The Thursday Problem (Michelle Bossy, Alana Karpoff, Eric Sanders). The sets will be designed by Wilson Chin (Christine Jourgenson Revealed) and the costumes will be designed by Candice Thompson.
The performance schedule is Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Saturday nights at 8pm and Sunday nights at 7pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at
www.smarttix.com, by calling (212) 868-4444, and at
www.dreadawakening.com. The running time is 90 minutes without an intermission.
