EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE, Paul Adams, Artistic Director, and Derek Jamison, Associate Artistic Director, present the 2009 Spring EATFest, for a two-week limited engagement at TADA Theatre. Performances begin Monday, February 23, 2009, and run through Sunday, March 8, 2009.
Spring EATFest 2009
TADA Theatre 15 West 28th St, 2nd Floor Mon Feb 23rd - Sun Mar 8th
SERIES A - Mon & Thu at 7 pm, Sun at 4:30 pm
BETTER DRESSES by Eugenia Woods
Re-imagiNe Your wardrobe, re-invent your life.
Directed by Ryan Hilliard With Sarah Miriam Aziz, Jerry Marsini, Jacquelyn Poplar, and Chelsea Rodriguez
GIFT OF THE GUN by Alex Broun
A rent boy performs a unique trick for a stranger.
Directed by Molly Marinik With Peter Levine and Tim Seib
BURYING MOM by Matt Fotis
One man's journey to finally put his mother to rest or just bury her in the backyard. Directed by Deb Guston With Jane Altman, Deb Armelino, Kelly Dynan, Janelle Lannan, Hershey Miller, Scott Raker, Jacqueline Sydney, Laura Beth Wells, Alexandra Zabriskie
SERIES B - Tue & Fri at 7pm, Sun at 7:30 pm
MRS. JANSEN ISN'T HERE NOW by Steven Korbar
Some fantasies are strictly forbidden for a reason.
Directed by Vivian Meisner With Elizabeth Bell and Dan Barnhill
MOON NIGHT by Ted LoRusso
Twenty years later, two men's competitive nature gets the best of them. Directed by Ian Streicher
With Bernard Burlew and Chuck Saculla (of Broadway's AIDA)
THE FIVE WORST WORDS by Jason Matthews
The scariest sentence in the English language - "Honey, we need to talk..." Directed by Dan Dinero With Matt Boethin and Tommy Day Carey
FAMILY COMES FIRST by Jon Spano
The family that lays together stays together.
Directed by Dan Dinero With Dusty Alvarado, J. Stephen Brantley, Lawrence M. Bullock, Vinnie Costa, Adam Schneider and Blake Walton
MEMORY RIVER - Wed & Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 1 pm
MEMORY RIVER by Vanda
Inspired by the true story of Patient HM who had a ground breaking surgery to cure his epilepsy with unexpected results. Directed by TRoy Miller With Paul Caiola, Gary Cowling, Michele Fulves, Matt Hussong, Lian Marie Holmes, Janelle Mims and Diane Tyler
THE CHISELERS: Thu - Sat at 9:30 pm
THE CHISELERS by Mark Finley
Famous ice sculptress Margo Carstairs's husband has been stabbed to death in a meat locker and everyone wants to be the star witness. Directed by Melissa Attebery With Andrea Alton, Nick Mathews, Thomas Poarch, Karen Stanion and Marie Wallace
EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE provides a dynamic home for playwrights and artists to develop their work from an idea to fully realized production. In the past 16 years, Emerging Artists has premiered over 275 new works and also: garnered a Drama desk nomination; received the American Theatre Wing award for Commitment to Excellence in Theatre; and named Best Off Off Broadway Theatre Company in NYC for Actors To Work With by Backstage Magazine. In the last 5 years alone, Emerging Artists has provided opportunities for over 1500 diverse artists (who did not have the resources themselves) to see their work developed and premiered.
Spring EATFest 2009 runs February 23, 2009 - March 8, 2009; TADA Theatre is located at 15 West 28th St, 2nd Floor, between Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Closest subway: N, R to 28th Street. Tickets are $18, available at 866-811-4111 or www.eatheatre.org.
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