Ten Grand Productions Presents 'Year In The Life' By Fotis

Ten Grand Productions, Inc. presents the New York City Premiere of A Year in the Life of Twenty-five Strangers Living in a City by the Lake by Matthew Fotis. The Chicago playwright's work arrives in New York after critically-acclaimed engagements in theater festivals around the country, including Kansas City, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Indianapolis. The New York production will be the first time the ensemble piece has used a different actor in each of the roles. The lives of 25 strangers are woven together in more ways than they might think in this smart new play.

Featuring a scene for every month, A Year in the Life...examines relationships and life with sharp wit and chilling accuracy. See if you can connect the dots between The Sound Of Music and low sperm counts, St. Patrick's Day and ducks, or gay marriage and meteorology. Full of heart & humor, this original work from Chicago playwright Matthew Fotis is sure to entertain in its New York debut.     

Performances begin: Wednesday May 2 - Opening Night
Closes:Sunday May 18
Performance schedule: Wednesdays-Saturdays: 8:00pm
Sundays:4:00pm
Closing Night Sunday May 18 performance will start at 5:30pm 
Tickets:$15.00 - Advance tickets can be purchased through www.Smarttix.com, or by phone: 212-868-4444
Discounts: Seniors & Students, $12.00
This production is an Equity approved showcase.

Cast: Taylor Baugh, Jennifer Bishop, Stephanie Bush, Chloe Cahill, Edward Chin-Lyn, Amy Lynne Darling, Dan Faraguna, Adam Ferguson, Gus Ferrari, Sabrina Gibbar, Walker Hare, Justin Hoch, Josh Hurley, Myles Jordan, Matthew Murumba, Eric Orive, Michele Rafic, Ben Rosenblatt, Cory Shoemake, David Stadler, Jessica Vera, Brian Waters, and Natalie Whatley 

Matthew Fotis, Playwright: Matt is the founder and current Artistic & Managing Director of Shantz Theatre. Matt received his BA in Theatre Arts from Monmouth College and his MA in Theatre Arts from Illinois State University. He is an award winning playwright whose plays have seen stages from coast to coast. In 2002, his play The Zebra Baby won the Sonoma County Repertory Theatre's New Drama Works SCRipts Festival, and in 2003 The Mystery of Simon Levene received Second Place in the same contest. His play The Candid Biography of a Single Chess Table Chosen at Random on an Ambiguous Spring Day in Central Park was produced in 2002 Pittsburgh New Works Festival where it won a Donna Award, and was a PlayLabs selection in the 2005 Last Frontier Theatre Conference. He also was named a finalist for the Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwrighting Excellence ( Lincoln's Lagoon- 2002); a finalist in the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Annual New Play Festival ( The Van Gogh Exhibit- 2004, A Year in the Life-2005); was a featured selection of The Chameleon Theatre Circle's New Play Festival ( The Marriage of Marcus Taylor-2003) and was a finalist and honorable mention recipient in the 2005 Theatre Publicus Award for Dramatic Literature (A Year in the Life). His plays have been produced by the Minnesota Fringe Festival, The Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Shantz Theatre, The Bryant Lake Bowl Theatre, Anvilhead Theatre, Monmouth College, The Pegasus Theater Co., The Indianapolis Fringe Festival, The Chameleon Theatre Circle, Blackbox Theatre Productions, the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Illinois State University and the Sonoma County Repertory Theatre.

Ten Grand Productions, Inc., is a company of theater professionals driven by the creation and development of new work and innovative interpretations of classic texts. We share an investment in the community's social consciousness by promoting charitable work that stands side by side with our artistic endeavors. 2008 is Ten Grand's fifth anniversary as a producing organization in New York. A Year in the Life will mark the company's first production in the newly renovated Algonquin Theater, where the organization maintains its home as a company in residence.
 
Press reservations or interview inquiries with Jason Hewitt, Managing Director of Ten Grand Productions, Inc.: Please call Michael Martinez, 212-712-7362

Location:
The Parker Theater at The Algonquin Theater
123  East 24th Street
(between Park & Lexington Avenues)  
 

 

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