Players Theatre Presents 2nd Annual Shortened Attention Span Festival, Opens 4/8

Look out NYMF! Watch out Fringe! There is a new festival on the block. This April, Shortened Attention Span premieres 11 Original, Short Musicals. The performances will take place over three weekends. Each weekend will host a unique group of performances.

Check out www.ShortenedAttentionSpan.com for a detailed listing of the festival performances.

The Shortened Attention Span Musical Festival will have its first performance on April 8th at 8:00p.m, and the last will be on April 25th at 3:00 p.m. All performances will take place at the Players Theatre, located at 115 Macdougal Street in NY, NY 10012. Performances are scheduled for Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 9pm, and Sundays at 3pm.

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at www.ShortenedAttentionSpan.com. 

The Shortened Attention Span Festival was founded by Carlo Rivieccio and Christy Benanti in 2007 as a means for writers to develop their works in an affordable and professional setting.

Shortened Attention Span provides up and coming writers with Four guaranteed performances, postcards for mailings, professional press represenation, a Lighting Designer to provide a rep plot and one hour of Technical rehearsal. In addition if writers rehearse at The Players Theatre, Shortened Attention Span provides a discount on Rentals.

Shortened Attention Span produces Three Festivals Per Year, Our Annual One Act Festival, our Horror Festival and our third Festival (Baseball Festival 08).