IN THE SHADOW OF A DREAM Set for MITF

John A. Adam's drama, IN THE SHADOW OF A DREAM, is a cathartic dark night of the soul as two unlikely individuals go on a road trip.

Join the road to salvation. In John A. Adam's drama, IN THE SHADOW OF A DREAM, it's 1985, and Joey, a college basketball player, is sentenced to community service for brutally beating a homosexual. So where is he assigned ... an AIDS hospice. His charge is Buck, a foul-mouthed, gay ex-cop, dying of AIDS. The two somehow end-up on a road trip from Chicago to LA. to see the Lakers and the Celtics face off in the NBA finals. Two opposing teams; two opposing viewpoints ... someone must win. Buck Farrell is played by veteran Broadway actor John Fennessey, who appeared in productions including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and in the original company of Grease. The cast includes Nick Ryan, John Fennessy,* Elizabeth Bove,* Robert Vincent Smith,* Laura E. Johnston,* Matthew Porter* (*Member, Actors Equity Association)

Playwright John a. Adams is a founding member of the Writer's Studio in San Diego and is an instructor at the University of California, San Diego. Director Alexander Harrington has worked at New York Theaters including La MaMa, the Culture Project, The Actors Studio, and the Metropolitan Playhouse.

In the Shadow of a Dream performs in The Midtown International Theatre Festival at The Workshop Theater's Mainstage Theater, 312 West 36th St, 4th fl, Monday, July 18th at 7:30 PM, Thursday, July 21st at 6:00 PM, and Saturday, July 23rd at 12:00 PM. www.midtownfestival.org

While the skyline currently glitters with theatre festivals, there was a time when the Midtown International Theatre Festival was one of only two! John Chatterton has helped set the gold standard for presenting new and exciting independent theatrical works in New York. This year - with a booming variety section, a prominently-placed Short Play Lab, a burgeoning Short Film Lab, nearly 60 productions - with a record number of musical presentations (including an opera) - as well as an astounding number of international works, the 17th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival once again proves itself to be one of the best reasons to stay in New York in July!