NY Madness Announces Cast For BORN ON FREEDOM'S ROAD By Julienne Hairston

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade/New York Madness present the second play in their MadLab Reading Series on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 8pm: Born on Freedom's Road by Julienne Hairston (Project Y, The Fire This Time) at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), directed by Illana Stein (A Midsummer Night's Dream/Queens Players, or what she will, FringeNYC'12/directing award).

NY Madness is thrilled to announce the cast for Julienne Hairston's play, which includes Richarda Abrams (Last Days of Judas Iscariot/LaMaMa, Vagina Monologues/HERE), Temesgen Tocruray (Unpacking/HERE, Mourning Sun/Kampala (Uganda) International Theater Festival), Imran Sheikh (Disgraced/Milwaukee Rep, The Invisible Hand/Artistis Rep), Marjorie Johnson (Having Our Say/The Jubilee Theatre Co, DOT/Vineyard Theatre), Romy Nordlinger (Places/59E59/Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Shakespeare's Slave/Clurman Theatre Row), Chris Raglin (Sweet Thang), Tonia E. Anderson (Trick of the Light/Pipeline, Rizing/Flux Theatre Ensemble) and Eternanda Fudge (Line/13th St Rep Theatre, The Henry Dumas Project and Summer Bricolage/National Black Theatre).

In Born on Freedom's Road, it's the anniversary of the death of nationally known activist Charles Dandridge. His daughter Pauley is forced to face the past and her fears in order to become the woman she was meant to be.

New plays by NYM Company writers were eligible for the MadLab series. The three full-length plays chosen all began as short plays written for NY Madness. The last play in the series will Judith Leora's Painting with Lulu on July 29th.

New York Madness takes place every last Sunday of the month at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). Tickets ($10) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info.

New York Madness is a raw and unpredictable show of short plays by an ensemble of playwrights presented fully staged with scripts in hand. They write a short play and cast it, rehearse it, and bring it in on its feet. The collected works create a kaleidoscope of cultural moments reflecting this moment in time, framed by a theme that is chosen by the Featured Guest Playwright. The primary goal of Madness is the exploration of modern American Playwriting through the use of theatrical storytelling. https://nymadness.com/

FRIGID NEW YORK @ HORSE TRADE is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group. www.horseTRADE.info