American Renaissance Theater Company Presents The Site-Specific FAST FOOD VOICES

American Renaissance Theater Company (ARTC) will present the World Premiere of Mark Levine's new play Fast Food Voices. The site-specific immersive production will take place at Ryan's Daughter on the Upper East Side. The limited engagement runs April 4 - 12 and is directed by John D. McNally. The evening features a dynamic series of vignettes that highlight an eclectic mix of New Yorkers that are often ignored, forgotten, and marginalized. Fast Food Voices showcases a diverse, multi-generational cast that includes emerging talent and Broadway veterans.

ARTC will follow up Fast Food Voices with the new play To She Who Waits written by Robert Clyman who previously won ARTC's Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting. The production runs May 22 - June 9 at Shetler Studios and is directed by Maria Aladren. To She Who Waits deals with a mother's struggle to regain custody of her daughter, who spent years in a religious cult with her father.

Fast Food Voices -- As you enjoy yourself in a cozy neighborhood tavern's upstairs room, expect to encounter some "real characters," each with a unique voice and story. Some are hilarious, some heart-breaking, some profound and some profane -- but nothing will stop the men and women of Fast Food Voices from having their voices heard.

Playwright Mark Levine discussed what inspired him to write Fast Food Voices, "I sat down in a coffee shop in Union Square and smiled at a woman who seemed a little "off." She said, "Most people don't smile at me," and then she started to talk, and I listened, and tried to absorb as much as I could. When I got home, I recreated our encounter and re-imaged everything as best as I could. She is most likely dead now. I wanted to honor her existence. That is the basis for the whole show. Folks who disappear from the face of the earth are honored theatrically. Their voices matter."

The cast features Nick Garr (Jerome Robbin's Broadway/Broadway), Frank Hankey (End of the World directed by Hal Prince/Broadway), Will Lipmann (Cymbeline/Harlequin Productions), Anne Newhall (Innaurato's Gemini/Broadway), Bernard Rachelle (Inside Man co-star opposite Denzel Washington), Caryn Osofsky (The Fantasticks/Sullivan Street Playhouse), Nancy Redman (Awarded Best Comedian at United Solo Festival), Suzanne Toren (Goodbye Fidel starring Jane Alexander/Broadway), and Frank Vohs (This Was Burlesque/Broadway).

Tickets are $20 and are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4193973 - or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Performances take place at Ryan's Daughter, 350 E 85th Street (between 1st and 2nd avenue), 2nd floor, New York, NY 10028.

Performance dates:
Thursday, April 4 @ 8:00 pm
Friday, April 5 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 6 @ 3:00 pm
Wednesday, April 10 @ 8:00 pm
Thursday, April 11 @ 8:00 pm
Friday, April 12 @ 8:00 pm

Due to the nature of the project, there is no "formal curtain." Performances will begin at approximately 8 pm and at 3 pm on Saturday. Audience members are encouraged to come early and/or stay late to have a drink and mingle.

More info available at www.americanrenaissancetheater.com

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