Romeo & Juliet, Beauty & The Beast, Trayvon Martin and More Set for MITF's SHORT PLAY LAB, 4/25-26

MITF: Year Sweet 16 continues with another installment of John Chatterton's SHORT PLAY LAB on Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26, 2015. Join us for another New Works Weekend at Roy Arias Theaters, 300 W. 43rd Street, Fourth Floor, NYC.

The SPL is a series of short works that shine a light on topical and current issues as well as a few taboos and touchy subjects. The Short Play Lab is two programs of 10-minute plays - some are preambles to larger works while others are Serling-esque parables subject for our approval.

Look for glimpses into love and the church in the 21st century; what's past the dark in the darkness of the soul; and some powerful images of Romeo & Juliet, Beauty & The Beast... and Trayvon Martin.

Reservations thru OvationTix: 866-811-4111 or www.ovationtix.com.

Each program is performed on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, as follows:

PROGRAM A: SATURDAY, 7pm, SUNDAY 4pm

The Presence of Absence: Can a middle-aged man find true love with a robot?

Watch The Gap: Gaps can be dark, deep and mysterious places.

Match Play: A simple date made on-line takes a very surprising turn.

Chosen: John awakens from an overdose and is held at the Vatican against his will.

Title: 91! : The spirit of death haunts its killer.

Love Me, Love Me Not: Romeo and Juliet are living together--how can that be?

Bless me Father: Can a priest who lives in sin receive absolution?

A Nice Card from Wendell: A card to Mom & Dad stretches the truth too far.

PROGRAM B: SATURDAY 9pm, SUNDAY 2pm

The Game Beneath: Vic has it all: matinee idol looks, genius IQ, superstar fame...but does he also have larceny in his heart?

In the Scheme of Things: A meeting of good & evil between the homeless & the affluent.

Standing for Trayvon: Sabrina finds herself an overnight celebrity when all she wants to do is mourn the death of her son, Trayvon Martin.

Books That Did Not Help Me Pick Up Women: A man searches for love in all the wrong pages.

Spooning: Finally her big break is here - Judith is the Spoon in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway!

Tourniquet: Two young women are confronted with loss in the wake of 9/11.

Peanuts: A large GMO sends the new boss in to tell a long-time research scientist that her project is going to be ended, ignoring the human aspect of the work.