New York New Works Theatre Festival Semifinals Kick Off Next Week

The third annual New York New Work Theatre Festival at the Times Square Arts Centre (300 West 43rd Street) kicks off the Semifinals on Monday, September 19 with Starmites, the Six-Time Tony-Nominated Musical and continues with shows featuring some of the cast members of Wicked, Finding Neverland and Jersey Boys.

A seasoned panel of Broadway producers and Emmy Award winners who have mentored the participants, narrowed down the 30 semifinalists from 47 shows in the preliminary round that took place in August through early September. Each evening features a lineup of several diverse productions each 23 minutes in length, presented by top aspiring writers in their quest for the Broadway spotlight and seasoned Broadway and Off-Broadway performers who are exploring new creative outlets.

The schedule is as follows and the summary of each show is at www.nynwtheatrefestival.com/book-tickets. All shows start at 7 p.m.

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Monday, September 19th

Pageant Princess

Most Likely To

Starmites - Six Time Tony-nominated musical

Trashman's Dilemma

World Without End

Wicked Clone

Tuesday, September 20th

Gutless and Grateful

Blindsided Date

Siren's Den

In a Vision or in None

Reserved Seating

Home Sweet Home

Wednesday, September 21st

Oh Loves a Girl

Palin Live

Protect the Children

A Night With Mr. Wonderful

Imaginary

in the Love With the Arrow Collar Man

Thursday, September 22nd

It Aint Pretty

Instaurito

Shoulda Swallowed

Queen Me

From 1 to 10

Deployed

Monday, September 26th

EnTech

Transgression

The Curse of the Christanello

Flesh and Spirit - Features Wicked Stars Jenny DiNoia (Elphaba) and Betsy Werbel, Jonathan Ritter (Finding Neverland) and Richard H. Blake (Jersey Boys)

The Love Junkie

Wings of Friendship

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In addition, throughout the Festival, casting agents, investors, and producers are in attendance. In the past two years, many of the Festival winners and participants were able to garner investment or representation. The winner is selected by a panel as well as audience feedback on October 5, 2016.

The festival is presented in association with Bear in Mind Creative www.bearinmindcreative.com.

The New York New Works Theatre Festival Semifinals run from September 19-22 & 26 and the finals gala is on October 5, 2016. Tickets are available online at www.nynwtheatrefestival.com/book-tickets.

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Founded by Gene Fisch Jr., The New York New Works Theatre Festival has created a self-funded environment that allows talented writers of any financial means to present their work to the Broadway and television communities with resources that parallel most any Off-Broadway production. Each panelist donates their time to provide notes, support, and a valuable learning experience to our participants.

Panelists for NYNW 2016: Larry Freitag (Broadway Producer), Lucia Kaiser (Emmy Award Winner), Sjon Dowell (Disney Empire Disciple), Brette Goldstein (Brette Goldstein CSA), Hinton Battle (Tony Award Winner), Larry Kaye (Broadway Producer), Paul Sladkus (Emmy Award Winner), Vincent Morano (Emmy Winning TV Series), Lauren Class Schneider (Broadway Producer), Jana Robbins (Broadway Producer), Douglas Denoff (Broadway Producer), Lizabeth Zindel (Broadway Producer), Christian Caserez (Emmy Award Winner), R. Erin Craig (Broadway Producer), Paula Levine (Emmy Award Winner), Stu Sternbach (Agent / Broadway Producer), Michael Barra (Theatre Executive), Carol Ostrow (Broadway Producer), Ben Cameron (Broadway Veteran), Craig "muMs" Grant (Emmy Winning TV show), Matthew Lombardo (Broadway Playwright), Ben Simpson (Broadway Producer), Joe Longthorne (Broadway Producer), and Gene Fisch, Jr. (Broadway Producer).