GHOSTLIGHT 9 Set for Series of Performances at The Cherry Lane Theatre

ALL FOR ONE THEATER and GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT will offer a special presentation of GHOSTLIGHT 9: A MUSICAL GHOST STORY for three performances only, April 22, 28 and May 3. GHOSTLIGHT 9 is performed by All For One's Artistic Director Michael Wolk - who also provides book, music and lyrics - and directed by Aaron Mark. Mr. Wolk accompanies himself on guitar. GHOSTLIGHT 9, a charmingly spooky tale inspired by the ghost that famously haunts the New Amsterdam Theater, will take place at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street in Manhattan) to coincide with ALL FOR ONE THEATER production of the New York premieres of 8 STOPS and MAJOR TOM. The show was developed in All For One's SoloLab in 2014, and it received a workshop presentation in January 2015 at The Wild Project.

In the world of GHOSTLIGHT 9, forty years have passed since young Olivia Haven fell to her death below the stage of Broadway's soon-to-be-demolished Bijou Theatre. Tonight, four romantically entangled actors from the current revival of Angel Street will hold a séance to contact her in this solo musical ghost story. "I feel all Broadway theaters are haunted," says Wolk. "Each has survived the death of countless shows, and something clings to the space from all the passions that have played out there over the years, onstage and off. I'm not alone in feeling this - every Broadway stage has a ghostlight that burns all night. My story takes place in a theater with a ghost so notorious there are nine ghostlights blazing in its scary corners and corridors. It's the kind of spooky tale you might lean into around a campfire, except our campfire is a ghostlight. And I sing and play guitar, so...it's the kind of story Arlo Guthrie might have told if Alice's Restaurant was haunted."

8 STOPS, the latest show from Obie Award winner Deb Margolin, is a comedy concerning the grief of endless compassion originally produced by The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA. MAJOR TOM by Victoria Melody - also featuring her Basset Hound of the show's title - is a true story which garnered rave reviews throughout the UK and Toronto exploring our culture's fascination with celebrity, beauty and winning. These two solo shows will run in rep at The Cherry Lane Theatre from April 16 to May 2. For the full schedule, please visit www.allforonetheater.org.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

MICHAEL WOLK is the CEO of Gorgeous Entertainment and a producer, writer, composer and director. He has produced on Broadway (Pacific Overtures); at Lincoln Center (Musashi, Temple of the Golden Pavilion); at BAM (Macbeth); Kennedy Center (Up In The Air); and in Central Park (Japan Day @ Central Park since its inception in 2007). As founding Artistic Director of the All For One Theater, he has been presenting critically acclaimed solo plays since 11/11/11. His writing credits include screenplays (Innocent Blood, Warner Bros., directed by John Landis), mystery novels (The Beast On Broadway, New American Library); and plays (Femme Fatale, Broadway Play Publishing). He also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Deep Cover, which premiered at the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. He has directed plays and films including the award-winning documentary You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story, which screened at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and is available on Plexifilm DVD. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild. His portfolio of plays, films, novels and songs can be found at www.GorgeousArtists.com.

AARON MARK is most recently the writer-director of Another Medea, starring Tom Hewitt (AFO/Wild Project). Other directing credits include The Mystery of Irma Vep (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Ben Rimalower's Patti Issues and Bad With Money (Duplex and tours), Paul Iacono's Where's the f-ing Kid? (54 Below) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (BC/EFA at New World Stages). As a writer, his plays have been developed by New York Theatre Workshop, Labyrinth Theater Company, the Cherry Lane Theatre, Theater for the New City, the Blank Theatre, and American Theater Group. His independent feature films (as writer-director) are Commentary, Random Unrelated Projects, and Zbornik Developing . Upcoming: Deathtrap (Berkshire Theatre Festival) and a film called Do Not Duplicate. He is a NYTW Usual Suspect and he does not have aaronmark.com because it belongs to a German gay porn star with the same name, so his website is www.AaronMark.info.

ALL FOR ONE (Artistic Director, Michael Wolk; Managing Director, Corinne Woods) develops and supports the art and craft of solo theater through education, performance, community, and advocacy. Through year-round community events, professional development classes and panels, play development programs, and a year-round production series, All for One offers both amateur and professional solo artists the opportunity to develop and present vital, new work in New York City. Past highlights include Another Medea, Devil in a Box and the world premiere of Deb Margolin's previous solo work Good Morning Anita Hill... in the inaugural All For One Theater Festival in 2011. All for One also hosts a monthly informal networking and performance salons at the Celebration of Whimsy Theatre, the next of which will take place on March 30. For more information please visit www.allforonetheater.org.

GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT INC. is a New York-based theater, film and special events production company, founded in 1997 by Kumiko Yoshii and Michael Wolk. Gorgeous theatre credits include the 2005 Tony-nominated Pacific Overtures (also presented at Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center), Up in the Air (commissioned by and performed at the Kennedy Center in 2008, featuring a score by Henry Krieger), with book and lyrics by Bill Russell (Side Show), and direction by Amon Miyamoto (Pacific Overtures); A Class Act (Broadway, Tokyo), Big River (U.S. national tour, Tokyo), Summer of '42 (Off-Broadway), Macbeth (BAM) and A Collection of Modern Noh Plays (Lincoln Center). Gorgeous film credits include the award-winners You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story (Plexifilm), and Yukie and Oriume (both released theatrically in Japan). Special events include Japan Day @ Central Park and The Festival of Japanese Food and Culture, and the Anime Masterpieces series which presents the best in Japanese animated feature films at universities and museums. Gorgeous also acts as the production liaison for the presentation of Broadway musicals such as The Producers, Urinetown and The Sound of Music in Japan.

ALL FOR ONE THEATER and GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT will present GHOSTLIGHT 9: A MUSICAL GHOST STORY at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street, New York City 10014) for three performances only: Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 PM, Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, May 3 at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at www.allforonetheater.org/tickets or by phoning OvationTix at (866)811-4111.

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