MITF to Present ALTHEA: SHE WENT TO HELL

At the Midtown International Theatre festival in July:
ALTHEA: SHE WENT TO HELL.

Would Jesus Wear a Rolex On His Television Show?
The Rev. "Boy" Boykin, Jr. is in trouble. His megachurch and his television ministry are losing money. His wife Althea is fed up and wants out. Death arrives one day to claim Boy--but Althea ends up paying the price instead. John Barrow's comedy updates the Greek drama, Alcestis, into a modern parable that addresses issues of faith, love, greed and hypocrisy.

Featured in the cast are Deborah Mahaney, Craig Myers, Kelly Taylor, Thomas Miller, Maryam Benganga, JoAnn Cunningham, Mark Speyer, Sean C. Turner. Directed by Cecelia Riddett.

DID YOU KNOW...
Deborah Mahaney, who plays Althea, is, herself, an ordained Presbyterian minister.
The Morningside Players, the show's producing organization, won two successive Audelco award for best revival of a play, 2014 and 2015.

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!

ALTHEA: SHE WENT TO HELL
July 25 @ 6pm; July 28 @ 6pm; July 30 @ 2:45pm
www.midtownfestival.org