EndTimes Productions Presents SMART 9/19-10/24

EndTimes Productions will present the World Premiere of SMART, a true-crime drama based on the notorious Dartmouth Murders of 2001. Written by Robert Fieldsteel and directed by Russell Dobular, SMART was originally presented as part of VIGNETTES FOR THE APOCALYPSE, New York's oldest and largest Sci-fi/Horror-themed theater festival, in June. This revised, re-worked production will run September 19 - October 24 at The Kraine Theater.

SMART centers around Doug, a college student who is writing his dissertation on a pair of high school classmates who brutally murder a college professor and his wife. Posing as students doing research for a school survey, the teens hatch a plan to take the couple by surprise, threaten them into revealing their bank PIN numbers, rob and kill them -- all to get money for a trip to Australia. The chilling scenes play out as Doug interviews one of the murders from jail, delving deep into the mind of a cold-blooded killer.

SMART stars Alessandro Colla, Kiersten Armstrong, Kelly Riley, Matthew Glogowski, Anthony Mead and Becky Sterling with costumes by Christopher Johnston, special effects by Leah Dashe and sound design by Stefan Bensaid.

Robert Fieldsteel's plays have been produced in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. For Crazy Drunk, he received the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best World Premiere Play and the BackStage West Garland Award for Playwriting. He's a proud member of L.A.'s Dog Ear Playwrights' Collective. www.dogear.org. Also an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award-winning actor, he has guest starred frequently on television and acted in films for such directors as John Cassavetes, Sidney Lumet, and Joe Dante.

Russell Dobular is a New York native, born and raised in Flushing, Queens. His plays have been presented in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, including the hits Manson: The Musical, Backseats and Bathroom Stalls, Angel Shit, and Everybody Dies and The Godling (which earned him Best Director at the 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival). Currently the Artistic Director of EndTimes, Dobular also served as the founding Artistic Director of Horse Trade Theater Group from 1997-2000.

EndTimes Productions is an independent Theater/Film Production Company founded in New York City in 2006. Its mission is to foster emerging artists and provide them with new creative outlets. EndTimes provides its artists with free rehearsal space, staff support, complete coverage of production expenses, and, for young directors, a mentoring program in which they assist more experienced directors on full productions. Past productions include Knuckleball (NYC and Edinburgh), Naked Holiday, Easy Outs, and Dead Lawyers. EndTimes' production of The Godling won Best Ensemble, the Sold Out Award, and Best Director at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. They are also the producers of "Vignettes for the Apocalypse", New York's longest running sci-fi/horror theater festival where SMART was originally presented.

SMART runs September 19 - October 24, Mondays at 7:30pm. The Kraine Theater is located at 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Aves -- accessible from the F train at 2nd Ave). Tickets are $20 ($15 for students), available at 212-352-3101 or www.EndTimesProductions.org

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