Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2010 Announces Their Show Lineup 6/3-27

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, New York's premiere eco-friendly/socially-conscious theatre festival, is proud to announce this years line-up which include new works, musicals, adaptations, one-acts, solo shows and more. Each show will partner with a not-for profit organization and will implement green-theater sensibility into their productions. This year's festivity, including over 50 productions, will run June 3 - June 27, 2010 at Robert Moss Theater (440 Lafayette Street), The Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street) and Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (Bleecker Street Theatre and Green Room Theatre).

"Each year we urge our artists to "make a difference" by creating great art while reducing their carbon foot print and benefiting others thru partnerships with not-for-profits," said Glory Bowen, Executive Director. "The strides our artists have made in this area thus far are thrilling. The most creative, inventive people work in theater and together we can educate ourselves and create solutions maintaining gorgeous designs, fabulous reviews, and packed houses. I'm excited for the 2010 season, with a great group of artists in our line-up, I'm pleased to announce that in addition to their efforts in creating eco-friendly theater, all 50 of them, have already selected a charitable organization for which to raise money and awareness."

Organizations that will benefit from the productions at the festivity include Alzheimer's Foundation of America, Amnesty International, The Appalachian Community Fund, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Catholic Charities, Children's Aid Society, Citymeals-on- Wheels, Coalition for the Homeless, Democracy Now!, Doctors Without Borders, Early Stages, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Girls, Inc., GrowNYC, The Hudson Guild, inMotion, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's, The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, National Eating Disorder Association, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PFLAG, Organic Consumers Organization, The Resource Foundation, Sanctuary for Families, SHARE, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Women In Need.

FULLPRODUCTIONS

11 SECONDS OF ECSTASY
An ETdC Projects' Lab Production benefiting Children's Aid Society
Created, Written and Directed by Rol "Bubi" Escudero

A provocative eco-musical embodied in a performance-art piece. It is based in realismo magico, transformation art, the theatre of cruelty's awareness, and the irreverent humor of the absurd. It combines a live performance with multimedia that recycles cinéma-vérité, silent melodrama, horror movies, radio, TV shows, and old musical hits.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor

Performance dates:
Tues 6/8 @ 4:30pm | Wed 6/ 9 @ 9pm | Sat 6/19 @@ 7pm | Sun 6/20 @ 3:15pm | Mon 6/21 @ 9pm | Tues 6/22 @ 7pm

4 1/2 HOURS: ACROSS THE STONES OF FIRE
Produced by Coal Free Future Project benefiting The Appalachian Community Fund Written by Jeff Biggers
Directed by Stephanie Pistello

When Marie and Hovie's 150-year-old family homestead is threatened by a planned mountaintop removal operation they must come to grips with their conflicting fates. Will their love for each other and the land survive an epic journey "Across the Stones of Fire"?

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Fri 6/4 @ 9pm | Sat 6/5 @ 5pm | Tues 6/8 @ 5:30pm | Wed 6/9 @ 7:30pm | Sat 6/12 @ 12pm | Sun 6/13 @ 7pm

A BROWN MONKEY GOES TO MCDONALD'S
A Sahil Farooqi production benefiting Democracy Now!
Written and Performed by Sahil Farooqi
Directed by Regie Cabico

"Listen to me, these monkeys are not afraid, they will snatch your McDonald's burger and eat it in the corner and Starbucks will be their new water."

Sahil Farooqi performs the New York premiere of his powerful and funny solo show based on his semi-autobiographical journey of an immigrant. A Brown Monkey Goes To McDonald's reveals the stories and dreams of a boy moving to America and his continuous search for cultural identity and acceptance in western society. But, in the post 9/11 world, his dreams of America are changed forever.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Fri 6/11 @ 7:30pm | Sat 6/12 @ 6:30pm | Mon 6/14 @ 9:30pm | Sat 6/19 @ 11:30am | Wed 6/23 @ 7:30pm

A DREAM ABOUT SUNFLOWERS
A Howling Moon Cab Company production benefiting Doctors Without Borders
Written by Jonathan Wallace
Directed by Amber Gallery

Tom, the unwilling CEO of an international organization, Geeks Without Borders, struggles with his feelings for a badly wounded ex-employee, while coming to terms with the death of his brother. A drama about the tragic effects of good intentions and whether love is possible without compassion.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/10 @ 9pm | Sun 6/13 @ 1:30pm | Fri 6/18 @ 9pm | Sat 6/19 @ 5pm | Sat 6/26 @ 11:30am

ARE YOU THERE, ZEUS? IT'S ME, ELECTRA.
A new tragicomedy based on Sophocles' Electra
Written and directed by Aliza Shane

Electra is angry, ruthless, and hell-bent on revenge. Too bad she's only 16...

Electra's determined to avenge her father's death. Unfortunately, she's a powerless hormonal teenager, with just a Greek chorus that won't go away. She'll need to lead a motley crew to set her plot in motion. But will vengeance lead to happiness? And why does puberty have to be so tragic?

Performance location: Bleecker Street Theatre, Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (upstairs), 45 Bleecker Street

Performance dates TBA

BJ: A MUSICAL ROMP
Produced by Peter and Matt's Production Company benefiting Organic Consumers Organization
Book & Lyrics by Peter Dagger
Music by Eric Leboe
Directed by Matt Britten

It's the first day of college! For Benyamin Jeremiah, that means leaving his over-protective mother, attending school outside his home, and - gulp - talking to girls. Join BJ, his beer-guzzling roommate, an innocent mathlete, an orally-fixated seductress, and a gay RA, as they learn to go down...a different road.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates;
Tues 6/15 @ 9pm | Thurs 6/17 @ 5:30pm | Sat 6/19 @ 9pm | Sun 6/20 @ 6:45pm | Mon 6/21 @ 9pm | Fri 6/25 @ 9pm

CAKE
A Felipe Ossa production benefiting The Resource Foundation

Written by Felipe Ossa
Directed by Leah Bonvissuto

Dana Dunnigan's provocations as a right-wing economist are in the past, but not everyone's forgotten. After a band of extremists abducts the personal-finance guru to launch their revolutionary agenda, Dana soon discovers that when the political turns personal, people can get hurt.

Performance location: Green Room Theatre, Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs), 45 Bleecker Street

Performance dates TBA

CLANDESTINE
Produced by NewGround Theatre Company benefiting Women In Need (WIN)

It's a secret.
PLAYWRIGHTS: Glory Bowen, Ann Gillespie, Alex Goldberg, Duncan Pflaster, Nandita Shenoy and Jonathan Wallace
DIRECTORS: Luke Harlan, Cindy N. Kawasaki, Rachel Klein and Michael Schwartz
ACTORS: Teisha Bader, Rosebud Baker, Luciana Faulhaber and Mariel Matero

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 6:45pm | Sat 6/5 @ 6:30pm | Thurs 6/10 @ 5:15pm | Mon 6/14 @ 5:45pm | Wed 6/16 @ 8:30pm | Sun 6/20 @ 2:30pm

DANNY
Produced by White Rabbit Theatre and Kim M. Jones benefiting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

A comedy with drama buried six feet under.
written and directed by Andrew Rothkin

Every April 26th, this motley group of old college friends gathers for food, laughter, stories and songs, and to honor their gifted Danny...all by the side of his grave. This year, their sweet celebration will be rocked to its core-and so will each of them.

Performance location: Green Room Theatre, Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs), 45 Bleecker Street

Performance dates TBA

DECADENT ACTS
Produced by Co-op Theatre East benefiting Democracy Now!
Written and directed by Ashley Marinaccio

Decadent Acts, set in late 1980s New York City, examines the effects of discriminatory laws against same-sex partners, plunging emotional as well as political depths with grace and searing honesty. At a time when the push for full equality is building momentum across the country, this play couldn't be timelier.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor

Performance dates:
Tues 6/15 @ 4pm | Fri 6/18 @ 4pm | Sat 6/19 @ 1:30pm | Sun 6/20 @ 8:30pm | Wed 6/23 @ 8:30pm | Thurs 6/24 @ 6:30

DIG & BE DUG: THE GOSPEL OF LORD BUCKLEY
Produced by INTERPROD Theatre benefiting Citymeals-on- Wheels
Written and Performed by Ryan Knowles
Directed by David Kraft

A Hipster/Stoner holds a religious ceremony in his apartment to praise the gospel of genre-defying comedian & spoken-word icon: Lord Buckley. Part British royalty, part Southern preacher, His Lordship was a Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat. 2009 Planet Award winner Ryan Knowles performs the world premiere of his high-energy comedic solo show.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 5pm | Sun 6/6 @ 1:30pm | Mon 6/7 @ 7:15pm | Sat 6/12 @ 9:30pm | Tues 6/15 @ 7pm

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
An EJ Rocks/Erin Jividen production benefiting National Eating Disorder Association
Written and Performed by Erin Jividen
Directed by Angela Astle

Written in Def Jam Poetry, spoken word and music, this courageous one-woman musical redefines our favorite fairy tale heroines and asks the question, Does Happily Ever After Really Exist? It's Shocking yet Whimsical. Familiar yet totally Unexpected. Heart Wrenching yet Life Affirming.

These are the REAL stories behind the Fairy Tales.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 4:30pm | Sat 6/5 @ 9:15pm | Sun 6/6 @ 5:30pm | Tues 6/8 @ 8:30pm | Mon 6/14 @ 4:15pm

FOX TALES
A Gabrielle Fox production benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
An Evening of One-Acts Written by Gabrielle Fox
Winfluence, The Graveyard Shift and Good Friday
Directed by Tony Howarth

Three premiere one-act plays exploring relationships between opposites. Two office assistants in a shared space, a drag queen and a red neck in a cemetery, a down and out woman and a biblical theme park character all struggle to overcome their differences, whether they want to or not.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 9pm | Sat 6/5 @ 12pm | Sun 6/6 @3:30pm | Thurs 6/10 @ 7:30pm | Mon 6/14 @ 8pm | Sun 6/20 @ 1pm

GIVE TILL IT HURTS
Produced by Dr. Dorothy Productions benefiting Amnesty International
A musical with heart-and other body parts
Book, Music & Lyrics by Dorothy Marcic
Directed by Hinton Battle

A desperate mother must choose between rummaging through garbage cans and selling her daughter's eggs-and then kidney and womb. Rather than crying, "Sing out, Louise," she takes a more Sweeney Todd approach when a Tony Soprano guy threatens to break their legs. A dark comedy about the cost of love.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Fri 6/4 @ 5pm | Sun 6/6 @ 9pm | Mon 6/7 @ 8:30pm | Sun 6/13 @ 9pm | Mon 6/21 @ 4:30pm | Sat 6/26 @ 1pm

GOOD LONELY PEOPLE
Produced by MTWorks benefiting PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Written by Carol Carpenter
Directed by Diánna Martin

On election night, while the only white democratic family in Bush oil country holds an Obama party, they discover they are split on a California issue that hits close to the core, raising questions about their own sense of "family." Winner Audience Favorite Award at The 2010 National NewBorn Festival.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Fri 6/4 @ 9pm | Sat 6/5 @ 3:30pm | Sun 6/6 @ 11am | Sun 6/13 @ 7pm | Wed 6/16 @ 4:45pm | Sat 6/26 @ 7pm

GREEN!
Produced by The Mistake and The Icky House Club benefiting Early Stages

In the spirit of Monty Python, The Monkees, and the Paterson administration, the award-winning sketch comedy troupe The Mistake, and harmony vocal group The Icky House Club (featuring award-winning songwriter Mickey Zetts), combine to give you Green! Watch them skewer faux-environmentalists, musical trends, and themselves! Mayhem ensues!

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Tues 6/8 @ 7pm | Fri 6/11 @ 9pm | Sun 6/13 @ 8:30pm | Wed 6/16 @ 6:30pm | Tues 6/22 @ 5pm | Sat 6/26 @ 9pm

HIS BEAUTY
Produced by Ashley Jacobson benefiting Sanctuary for Families
Written by Ashley Jacobson
Directed by Nadine Friedman

Interweaving text from Marilyn Frye, Beat poetry, and Nabokov's "Lolita," His Beauty is a dark comedy that centers on physical beauty as a source of obsession, oppression and seduction. Follow four people as they intersect one night - and use each other to satisfy their own desires at any cost.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Sat 6/5 @ 9pm | Mon 6/7 @ 5:15pm | Sat 6/12 @ 3pm | Mon 6/21 @ 7pm | Fri 6/25 @ 7pm | Sat 6/26 @ 3:30pm

HOURGLASS & ONE HAND CLAPPING

Hourglass
Produced by Richard L. Gaw benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Written by Richard L. Gaw
Directed by Rose Ginsberg

For the past 40 years, writer Myra Goldman has been a leading activist and intellectual voice on the American landscape. Her memoirs, typed by Nell Finch, a young graduate student, reveal both her accomplished life and, eventually, the truest portrait of the artist behind her words.

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One Hand Clapping
Written and Directed by Adam Samtur

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, can it hatch a scheme to put an end to the human race? Find out in this uproarious absurdist comedy, which will "leaf" you "pine-ing" for more.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Fri 6/4 @ 5:30pm | Sun 6/6 @ 11:30am | Wed 6/9 @ 9pm | Sun 6/13 @ 5pm | Tues 6/15 @ 5pm | Thurs 6/17 @ 9pm

I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS
Produced by Emma Koenig benefiting Girls, Inc.
Written and Directed by Emma Koenig

The story of "boy meets girl" gets redefined when a couple is directed to perform a series of humorous exercises. Moderators provide insightful commentary on neuroscience, pop culture, and those moments when laughing and crying coexist.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Sat 6/5 @ 5:30pm | Sun 6/6 @ 7:30pm | Fri 6/11 @ 4:30pm | Sun 6/13 @ 1:30pm

LINER NOTES
Produced by (re:) Directions Theatre Company benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Written by John Patrick Bray
Directed by Erin Smiley

A Rock and Roll legend's suicide leads his daughter, Alice, to the door of the man who knew him best and hated him most: his first guitarist. Can Alice bring George back to his Rock-and-Roll roots? Can George's memories of Alice's father bring her peace?

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 6:30pm | Sat 6/5 @ 1:30pm | Mon 6/7 @ 4:30pm | Sun 6/13 @ 5pm | Wed 6/23 @ 4:30pm | Fri 6/25 @ 6:30pm

LOVE ME
Produced by Funny....Sheesh Productions benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters
Written by Jason Grossman
Directed by Daryl Boling

Underachieving writer/motivational speaker Charlie Styptic is mired in a lifelong love life slump. Forever lovesick yet chronically self-effacing, he's haplessly counseled by a simpleminded sidekick and a newly befriended womanizer. Will he ever find love or be eternally controlled by the incessantly critical voice in his head?

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/10 @ 4pm | Sat 6/12 @ 6pm | Wed 6/1 6 @ 8:30pm | Tues 6/22 @ 8:30pm | Thurs 6/24 @ 4pm | Fri 6/25 @ 8:30pm

MADE FOR EACH OTHER
Benefiting Alzheimer's Foundation of America
Written by Monica Bauer
Directed by John Fitzgibbon

What kind of man proposes marriage on the first date, and what kind of man says "yes"? "Made for Each Other" is drama with comedy about sex, love, and the power of memory. One actor plays a pair of lovers, each with a memory that guides him.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Sun 6/13 @ 11:30am | Wed 6/16 @ 6:45pm | Fri 6/18 @ 9pm | Sun 6/20 @ 4:45pm | Sat 6/26 @ 11:15am

MANHATTAN PROJECT
A Mush-room Theatre Design production benefiting Coalition for the Homeless
Written by Ricardo Garcia
Translated by Adolfo Perez Alvarez
Directed and Designed by Oscar A. Mendoza
Musical Direction: Xavier Paez Haubold

The scientific community from Los Alamos is preparing for the first testing of the atomic bomb in New Mexico. One of the main protagonists, a mature WOMAN who is invited to a TV show for an interview, pretends to be more personal than professional in an attempt to reveal the intimate side of scientific people. During this interview the WOMAN discovers that the INTERVIEWER is really a writer and both (WOMAN and INTERVIEWER) end up weaving a story of love and treachery as explosive as the historic preamble that launches the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is the result, not exactly of the relationship between the two characters of that story: MARGARET and CHARLES, two successful scientist that despite their intense scientific careers, reveal their intimate limitations where their treachery conjugates with, perhaps, that visage of dirty dealing painted on the face of J. Robert Oppenheimer when he said, at the end of his life, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This all excludes with a secret lover of which we don't know whether or not is welcome, who makes the relationship between CHARLES and MARGARET explode and represents the majestic events of the biggest discovery for the destruction of our species. As Ricardo Garcia said about his play, "At its depths, perhaps "Manhattan Project" would be no more than a melodrama that the author and the interviewer disguise as a scientific dissertation due to matters of modesty."

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Sun 6/6 @ 1pm | Mon 6/7 @ 6:30pm | Fri 6/11 @ 9pm | Sun 6/13 @ 3pm | Sun 6/20 @ 1:15pm | Wed 6/23 @ 6:30pm

RECOVERY
A Mark J. Williams production benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Written by Mark J. Williams

Follow the story of a man given a conditional second chance, a woman looking for something for which to live, a doctor returning to work in the wake of a personal tragedy, and the good-hearted nurse trying to save them all. Welcome to Recovery, a modern love story of discovery, adventure and redemption.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/17 @ 7:30pm | Mon 6/21 @ 4pm | Wed 6/23 @ 9pm | Thurs 6/24 @ 7pm | Sat 6/26 @ 5:30pm

SCHERZO
Produced by Blueprint Theatre Project benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Text by David Alex Andrejko
Directed by Ellen Orenstein

/Skert-soh/
- a movement or passage of light or playful character, esp. as the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.

Three women. Two men. Coffee. Dancing. Collisions ensue. Scherzo uncovers those moments when human beings are right next to each other and still deeply alone. The characters share intimacy and closeness, while their small, seemingly innocuous, everyday interactions become more and more exposed, revealing who they are and what they obsess about.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/3 @ 8:30pm | Fri 6/4 @ 7pm | Mon 6/14 @ 6:15pm | Sat 6/19 @ 11:30am | Fri 6/25 @ 4:30pm | Sat 6/26 @ 9pm

SMALL BITES: A SMORGASBORD OF ONE-ACT COMEDIES
Produced by Tribe Productions benefiting The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
Written and Directed by J.C. Svec

The pressures of the decision making process, the disappearance of a favorite food or the details of planning a perfect dinner are just the appetizers for Small Bites, a collection of stories that explore how food affects the human condition in cultural, social and, yes, even historical situations.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Wed 6/16 @ 4:30pm | Sat 6/19 @ 3pm | Sun 6/20 @ 4:45pm | Tues 6/22 @ 7pm | Thurs 6/24@ 9pm | Sat 6/26 @ 1:30pm

SUNRISE, SUNSET OR BREAKFAST WITH JULIA
A Diva Duo production benefiting the Alzheimer's Association, NYC Chapter
Written and Performed by Julia Sandra Rand
Directed by Nicole Potter

A powerful and poignant one-character play written during the last year of Julia's ten-year journey with her mother, Eva, and Alzheimer's. It is a glimpse into the isolated world of the caregiver. It is about hope and survival, tears and laughter, the circle of life-sunrise to sunset.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Sat 6/12 @ 1:30pm | Mon 6/21 @ 5:30pm

TESS, A NEW ROCK OPERA
Presented by Big Lady Productions, LLC benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Music, Lyrics and Libretto by Annie Pasqua
Additional Music and Lyrics by Jenna Pasqua

She was a maiden first. Thomas Hardy's dark heroine is resurrected in this edgy new rock opera based on Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Desired by two men, forsaken by society, and cursed by her family's name, Tess struggles to remain pure in a stained world as she is pulled towards her ultimate fate.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Wed 6/9 @4pm | Fri 6/11 @ 6pm | Mon 6/14 @ 8:15pm | Thurs 6/17 @ 8:15pm | Sat 6/19 @ 4pm | Tues 6/22 @ 4:15pm

THE GREEN KNIGHT
A Jeremy Bloom and Brian Rady production benefiting The Hudson Guild
Written by Brian Rady
Directed by Jeremy Bloom

He came to Camelot on Christmas Eve, the green knight, his green horse, his great green axe. A beautiful being, and terrifying, but he knew what justice was and perhaps justice is greater than the grail. A story of man and beast, and man and woman, newly adapted for the stage.

Performance location: Green Room Theatre, Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs), 45 Bleecker Street

Performance dates TBA

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Produced by G-Money Productions benefiting The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Written by Oscar Wilde
Adapted for the Stage and Directed by Glory Bowen

A painter, Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of his muse, the handsome young man named Dorian Gray. Upon the completion of the portrait, Dorian's wish that the painting would grow old, and not he, is mysteriously granted. Set in the late 1800's, Oscar Wilde's tale explores the superficial nature of society, and the value of youth and beauty.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Sat 6/5 @ 11am | Sun 6/6 @ 3pm | Tues 6/8 @ 6pm | Thurs 6/10 @ 6:30pm | Sat 6/ 12 @ 8:30pm | Tues 6/15 @ 8:30pm | Fri 6/18 @ 6:30pm | Mon 6/21 @ 6:30pm

THE RIVERSIDE SYMPHONY
Produced by Ignited States Production Company benefiting Children's Aid Society
Written by Michael Niederman

The Riverside Symphony charts the progression of love, creativity, and rebirth in New York City. From teenagers afraid of the future, to a couple salvaging their marriage, to a bohemian anachronism pining for past glories, everyone in Riverside are struggling to change their lives before it is too late.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Sat 6/5 @ 7pm | Wed 6/9 @ 6:45pm | Sat 6/12 @ 1:45pm | Thurs 6/17 @ 4pm | Sun 6/20 @ 11am | Sat 6/26 @ 3pm

THE SIX MONTH CURE
Produced by Daydream Theatre Company benefiting Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research
Written by Lenny Schwartz
Directed by Norah Turnham

In this all-female comedic drama Kate, a middle-aged lesbian meets Mandy, a lost soul. Together they share a cross-country journey to California for the biggest comic book convention in the world. The road they take is filled with memory, bad food, heartbreak and hope.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Fri 6/18 @ 7pm | Sat 6/19 @1:30pm | Sun 6/20 @ 11am | Sun 6/20 @ 8:45pm

THE THYME OF THE SEASON
Produced by Cross-Eyed Bear Productions benefiting The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Written and Directed by Duncan Pflaster

A new sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream! Titania and Oberon need to pay their Hallowe'en tithe to hell, they need to find a human soul. Helena is pregnant, Demetrius thinks she's cheating, and Bottom has become famous. Everyone goes into the forest again, but will they come back out?

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Sat 6/5 @ 1:30pm | Sun 6/6 @ 7pm | Tues 6/8 @ 9pm | Fri 6/11 @ 5:30pm | Sun 6/13 @ 11:30am | Fri 6/18 @ 5pm | Sat 6/19@ 7pm | Wed 6/23 @5:30pm

THE UNTITLED PROJECT
Produced by Calla Videt and Company benefiting inMotion
Conceived by Calla Videt, Devised by the Company

A group of people are in a theater. An idea takes hold. Someone stops sleeping. Someone stops eating. Someone stops speaking. Someone tries to say something important. For what? For art. For whom? For you. At whose expense? The silent one's.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Fri 6/4 @ 7:30pm | Sat 6/5 @ 3:30pm | Sun 6/6 @ 5pm | Fri 6/11 @ 4pm | Sat 6/12 @ 8pm | Sun @ 6/13 @ 3:30pm

UNCLE SHELBY'S WUNDERPANTRY OF POSSIBILITIES
Produced by Shelby Company benefitting Democracy Now!

A cabal of talented emerging writers create a plethora of material. Through alchemy and editing they summon up a cohesive evening of mischievous merriment that zigs, zags and finds a straight path to the brain, heart and lungs. This inspired collection of music, scenes, jokes, theatrical burps and dramatic hiccups will make you laugh, gasp and think.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance dates:
Sun 6/6 @ 9pm | Wed 6/9 @ 5:30pm | Sat 6/12 @ 5pm | Tues 6/22 @ 9pm | Fri 6/25 @ 5pm | Sat 6/26 @ 7pm

WAR CRIMES
Produced by Conflict of Interest theater company benefiting Amnesty International
Written by Sergei Burbank
Directed by Sara Wolkowitz

John Warder's secret: he worked at a prison camp for Arab-Americans. When a trial for crimes committed there begins at The Hague, John resolves to present evidence -- an effort that could cost him everything. Meanwhile, he can't avoid a 17th century merchant's ghost -- or his son's fate.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Performance dates:
Thurs 6/10 @ 9pm | Sat 6/12 @ 4pm | Tues 6/15 @ 6:30pm | Thurs 6/17 @ 6:15pm | Sat 6/19 @ 9pm | Sun 6/20 @ 6:30pm

WOMEN ON LOVE
Benefiting SHARE
A Song Cycle by Katya Stanislavskaya
Directed by Marlo Hunter
Musical Direction by Katya Stanislavskaya

Surviving a blind date, a one-night stand, or a marriage.
Surviving Thanksgiving dinner, sibling rivalry, or writer's block.
Surviving homesickness, inevitable aging, and terrible timing.
Surviving each day using the only weapon-love.
Five women share dozens of love stories that are sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious, and always deeply personal.

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Performance date: Mon 6/7 @ 9pm - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

STAGED READINGS

AMERICAN COW GIRL
A Lauren Marie Albert Production benefiting Girls, Inc.
Written and Performed by Lauren Marie Albert

Brooklyn-based performance artist is in search of satisfaction and a cow in the story of a girl who was caught masturbating on her dog by her father at the age of four. As a result, she believes she may never org*sm again. She asks the question, am I normal?

Performance location: The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street

Tues 6/8 @ 3pm

ANOTHER PLACE
Produced by The Anthropologists benefiting GrowNYC
Written and Directed by Melissa F. Moschitto

Another Place follows Cassandra, a scientist making groundbreaking discoveries about climate change yet incapable of communication. Isolated, she sees the opportunity to create a new universe where she can start over, unencumbered by her failings. Ultimately, Cassandra must choose between abandoning her fellow humans or finding a way to reach them.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Thurs 6/24 @ 2pm

CAT GETS CREDIT CARD!
A Mark William Butler production benefiting Citymeals-on-Wheels
Written by Mark William Butler
Directed Richard Butler

Cat Gets Credit Card! is a surreal, screwball, musical comedy satire; the ultimate unreality in a reality show universe. Inspired by a true story, the show chronicles the crazy adventures of an actual cat who has received an actual credit card. It is a ridiculous roller coaster ride in the amusement park that we call American pop culture.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Mon 6/21 @ 2pm

IN THE WILDERNESS
Produced by Boann Books & Media, LLC benefiting Catholic Charities (Bronx, NY)
Written by John Kearns

In The Wilderness depicts the struggle of teachers and students in an all-girls high school in the South Bronx in the late 1980's, when the neighborhood was rife with crime, crack addictiion and AIDS. Dispirited from the stress of the school year, dedicated young teacher Paul Logan decides trhat if he can get just one student to be successful, then all of the frustrations would be worthwhile. Cynthia Marquez, a smart, sexy sophomore who writes poetry and succeeds in school despite pressures from home and from her neighborhood, seems to be the one Paul is hoping for.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Tues 6/15 @ 2pm

LAURIE DEACON AND THE NIGHT CALLER
Produced by Junta Juliel Productions benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Written and Directed by Sean Gill

Four years after Laurie Deacon vanishes without a trace, a couple is plagued by persistent, unanswered questions, which may implicate them in her disappearance. Forced to defend themselves against a roommate's prying, a truth is revealed that becomes far more overwhelming and complex than their accuser could have possibly imagined.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Thurs 6/17 @ 2pm

MARRIED PLUS ONE
Written by Dorothy Marcic
Directed by Michelle Best

What happens when you interrupt a couple's romantic/reconciling mountain get-away with a grown child turning up in a crisis of his own, along with his mentally-challenged, rageful, teenage daughter? Cracks in the marriage surface as loyalties shift back and forth, while anger and resentment build, leading to a shocking conclusion.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Tues 6/22 @ 2pm

PROSTATE DREAMS
A Sal Atlantis Phoenix production benefiting Coalition for the Homeless
A comedy of medical errors by Sal Phoenix Atlantis

Healthcare problems! Economic recession! Political scenarios! Well, George can predict! GEORGE, a gentleman in his early forties, a successful businessman and the chief executive officer of the Green Buck Oil Corporation , lady charmer and sexually super active machismo, diagnosed with prostate cancer, his medical treatment is complicated by politics and socio/economic disarray. Play reflects reality.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Wed 6/16 @ 2pm

REVOLUTION!
A Krazy Kat Production benefiting Washington Crossing Historic Park
Book and Lyrics by Anne Berlin
Music by Andy Cohen
Directed by Valentina Fratti

Revolution! is a new musical comprised of three one-acts, loosely tied together. The musicals deconstruct the American, French, and Russian revolution with whimsy and charm, as told through matryoshka dolls, chess pieces, and toy soldiers. The stories trace the pivotal moments of a revolution: the beginning, middle, and end.

Performance location: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor

Thurs 6/10 @ 2pm

Tickets to the performances are $18 at the door. Available online at http://www.planetconnectionsfestivity.com or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to showtime.

Tickets to the readings are suggested donations.

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival. Fostering a diverse cross-section of performances, the festival seeks to inspire artists and audiences both creatively and fundamentally, in a festive atmosphere. At the heart of the festivity are like-minded individuals striving to create professional, meaningful theatre, while supporting organizations, which give back to the community at large.