MITF Announces Nine International Productions Running Through 8/2

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival (MITF) announces the inclusion of nine international productions as part of the MITF's 2009 Season, running through August 2, 2009. Tickets are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.

"FringeNYC showed everyone in New York how to run a theatre festival, but the MITF has now caught up to them in the number of international shows participating, with nine involved this year, curated by international artistic director Susan Rankus," said John Chatterton, Executive Producer of the MITF.

The Broken Jug, By Heinrich Von Kleist, Produced by Stephen Wisker
July 18 - August 1
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Judge and witnesses know more than they dare say in this riot of an antique roadshow.

Connect / Disconnect, Music by Swedish composer Jan-Erik Sääf, Book and Lyrics by Owen Robertson, Based in part on a Swedish version by Jan-Erik Sääf and Ola Hörling, Directed by Rick Jacobs, who has directed in London's West End and across the United Kingdom, Produced by UK-based producers Teater Omen
July 21 - August 2
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
One man. One Woman. Four Stories.

Las Escenas de la Cruz (Scenes of the Cross), By iDo Theater! and Daniel Carlton, Produced by iDo Theater!, with performers from Bolivia, China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico
July 17 - August 1
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
At the border between the United States and Mexico, a line is crossed between dreams and reality.

Lunch, By Steven Berkoff, Directed by Alan Kinsella, Produced by Siobhan Feeney from Dublin, Ireland
July 17 - July 19
The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC
Can you fall in love over lunch on a park bench?

A Night in the Kremlin, By Paris-based playwrights Bernard Besserglik and Bob Barton, Produced by AFK Productions
July 13 - August 2
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
America's greatest clown takes on the ogre in the Kremlin.

Pound: The Poet on Trial, Written and directed by William Roetzheim, Produced by American InterNational Theatre, INC., Performed by Canadian actor Jeff Berg
July 20 - July 26
The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC
Poet Ezra Pound stands trial for high treason, with the audience as the jury.

Prison Theatre, By Gabor Harsanyi, Produced by Újpest Theatre / Gabor Harsanyi from Hungary
July 28 - August 2
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
Power or talent; which matters in human prison.

Seal Songs, By American-based British playwright Jennifer Fell Hayes, Produced by Thisbe Productions
July 13 - July 31
The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC
Two tales of love lost and found by the sea.

"That's Showbiz!", Music by Colin Chaston & Tony Clout, Book & Lyrics by Colin Chaston, Directed by Colin Chaston, Produced by UK-based company Janski Productions Limited
July 14 - July 30
The June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, NYC
If only ALL celebrity talk shows were like this!

The MITF's 2009 Season runs through August 2, 2009 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the MainStage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor; the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor; and Where Eagles Dare Studio Blackbird, 347 W. 36th Street, 13th floor, NYC.

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival, now in its tenth year, celebrates the diversity of theatre. The MITF welcomes theatrical storytelling across a broad spectrum of genres, forms, identities, cultures, and appetites. The MITF seeks to nurture these new ideas, perspectives, and stories on its stages, with an eye set on guiding these productions toward future success and longevity. The festival, traditionally held in summer, represents a fantastic, often paradoxical, adventurous and intriguing cross-section of the forefront of the Theatre World. The MITF proudly hosts production companies from across the country and around the globe, uniting talent in one of the biggest theatre capitals in the world.

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF in 2000, a Midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, as a way to present the finest off-off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. All theatres are located near the MITF offices at 347 W. 36th Street (home of Mr. Chatterton's Where Eagles Dare rehearsal studios and theatre).

For more information, visit www.midtownfestival.org.