MOST LIKELY TO: The Senior Superlative Musical Runs 8/6-8/9 At The Players Theatre

Shortened Attention Span and BroadwayClubhouse.com are proud to present the premiere of MOST LIKELY TO: The Senior Superlative Musical at The Players Theatre. With schools and regional theatres looking for alternatives to staging yet another production of "Grease" or "High School Musical" compounded by the daunting challenge in finding suitable comic monologues for auditions, New York playwright, composer and drama mentor Michael Tester (The Awesome 80's Prom) has created his own solution in MOST LIKELY TO: The Senior Superlative Musical.

Inspired by the passion, joy and random humor of his theatre students at LIHSA: Nassau Boces Long Island High School for the Arts, MOST LIKELY TO uses a senior superlative ceremony as its unifying arc to showcase the seriocomic musings of students labeled Most Popular and Class Rebel, Best Hair and Biggest Flirt, Most Likely to Become America's Next Idol and of course, Class Clown -- a title Tester was crowned in high school.

"With many theatre programs requiring prospective students to prepare age-appropriate pieces, and most public school administrations wary of the very material their pupils have a passion for, young artists are often caught between the First Amendment and The Drama Police, MOST LIKELY TO seeks to bridge that gap with a playful musical for the teenager in all of us." - Michael Tester
MOST LIKELY TO: The Senior Superlative Musical will showcase at The Players Theater, 115 MacDougal Street, NYC on August 6, 7, and 8 @ 8pm. Matinees on August 8 and 9 at 3pm. Tickets are available at www.TheaterMania.com , or call 212-352-3101. Tickets are $25.00. Student discount: $15.00 at the door with student I.D.

Cast featuring original Dramatist Guild workshop cast members:
Andrew J. Beck, Alex Greif, Katie Hoffmann, Lyle Colby Mackston, Melissa Rapelje, Lauren Renner, Sarah Sixt, Joe Wegmann and Jesse Zeidman.
Joined by Gina Marie Bilardi, Samantha Chastain and Christopher Hlinka.
Directed by Abbe Gail Gross
Original Casting by Daryl Eisenberg
Lighting Designer: Debra Dumas
Stage Manager: Laura Jane Collins

Michael Tester is the creator of The Pirate Musical! (Baker's Plays), The Mummy Musical (Dramatic Publishing), and Hollywood Exposed! (Actors Playhouse, Miami). He served as an original co-author of the long running Off-Broadway show The Awesome 80's Prom (winner National Interactive Show of the Year). HBO Films has praised his "original comic voice," and The New York Times, his development as a "major humorist."

Shortened Attention Span was founded in 2007 by Carlo Rivieccio and Christy Benanti to give up-and-coming writers an opportunity to see their plays produced in a professional and affordable setting. Shortened Attention Span produces three yearly festivals: A One-Act Festival, A Horror Festival, and a themed festival. To date, Shortened Attention Span has produced over a hundred short plays in its festivals.

Press Reservations or interview inquiries with Michael Tester : Please call Michael Martinez, 212-712-7362
For more information, please go to: www.ShortenedAttentionSpan.com

Location: The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
at Minetta Lane
212-475-1449
Subway: A,C,E,B,D,F,V to West 4th Street

 

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