'2009 Summer Play Festival at the Public' Tickets Now Available, All Seats $10

The Summer Play Festival announced today that tickets are now on-sale for the annual theater festival. For the second year, SPF will be held at The Public Theater on Lafayette Street in New York City. The festival runs from Tuesday, July 7th - Sunday, August 2nd 2009.

The 2009 Festival will feature seven new plays and one new musical. The productions include:

The Chimes by Kevin Christopher Snipes, directed by Adam Immerwahr

Departure Lounge by Dougal Irivine, directed by Christopher Gattelli

The Happy Sad by Ken Urban, directed by Trip Cullman

Reborning by Zayd Dohrn, directed by Kip Fagan

The Sacrifices by ALena Smith, directed by Sam Gold

Tender by Nicki Bloom, directed by Daniella Topol

We Declare You A Terrorist by Tim J. Lord, directed by Niegel Smith

Whore by Rick Viede, directed by Stephen Brackett

Tickets are available at The Public Theater box office, 425 Lafayette Street in Manhattan, on Sunday and Monday from 1PM-6PM and Tuesday through Saturday from 1PM-7:30PM (212-967-7555). Tickets also are available for purchase online at the Summer Play Festival website (www.spfnyc.com).

Founded by Arielle Tepper Madover (producer of such shows as Broadway's Mary Stuart, Frost Nixon, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, The Pillowman, A Raisin in the Sun, and Freak), the non-profit organization The Living Room for Artists, Inc provides emerging writers, directors, designers and producers an opportunity to work on their craft in a protected environment, guided by established professionals at no cost to them.

About the Plays:

The Chimes by Kevin Christopher Snipes; Nick returns to his New England boarding school still haunted by choices he made 40 years ago. The past overwhelms the present as this thrilling drama flashes back to four young pranksters drawn together by their knack for Shakespeare and ripped apart by the onset of World War II.

Departure Lounge by Dougal Irvine; It's the end of vacation as four guys wait for their flight home in this testosterone-driven new musical. With time to kill they recount the hilarious antics of the week, and as secrets tumble out we learn more about the lads than they know about themselves.

The Happy Sad by Ken Urban; Finding love is easy. Defining love is not. New York City provides the backdrop to a contemporary comedy of sex, love and dating in a city where there are too many options and not enough time.

Reborning by Zayd Dohrn; Art and life become disturbingly interchangeable when a sculptor of baby dolls meets a woman desperate to recreate the past. This dark comedy takes an unsettling look at work, latex, and the power of creation.

The Sacrifices by ALena Smith; At first glance the family has everything. But once they leave on a Caribbean cruise, the winds change, privilege becomes a prison, and their vacation will be anything but smooth sailing in this touching comedy drama.

Tender by Nicki Bloom; A random act of violence leaves a family shattered and searching for a way to be whole again. Amid the ramifications, mystery, memory and potential murder set the stage for this haunting and suspenseful drama.

We Declare You A Terrorist by Tim J. Lord; Eight hundred civilians are taken hostage during the performance of a hit Moscow musical. In the aftermath, the playwright is plagued by the story of his captor-a young woman willing to die for her cause-in an intense drama where one person's patriotism is another's act of terrorism.

Whore by Rick Viede; Sara just wants to be interesting, and an unexpected one-night stand propels her into a high stakes relationship with worldly Tim. As they are drawn into the fringes this thriller exposes a world of greed, lies and fear which threatens to break the rules that hold them together.

For more information visit spfnyc.com

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