FullStop Collective Presents UNVILLE BRAZIL June 1-11

FullStop Collective in association with The Drilling Company will present the World Premiere of a new musical by Patrick Shaw (Hamlettes; A Miracle Study), UNVILLE BRAZIL, June 1-11 at The Drilling Company Theatre (236 West 78th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway). The production will be directed by FullStop Co-Managing Director Brian Hashimoto (Porn.edu; Clean Sheets) and will feature Pedar Bate, Becca Landis, Meredith Lark, Christopher Norwood*, Diana Oh, Elizabeth Seldin, Charity Schubert, Andrew Squire, and Lauren Weinberg. The creative team will include Music Director Alexandra Bassett, Lighting Designer Lois Catanzaro, Costume Designer Abbie Chase, Set Designer Jacquelyn D. Marolt, and Assistant Director Megan Weaver. *Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association.

A Stranger from Unville Brazil, the sustainable city of the future, sings the tale of how his nation was founded. It begins in an America where a greedy mega-corporation bought the land to create the world's largest landfill. Three lost souls; Jack, Jill and Churchill sift through piles of trash for recyclables, poetry, and true love. Aided by Mil the Seagull and her Chicklettes, these three carry the seed of a dream on a quest to heal the world.

The World Premiere new musical, presented by FullStop Collective in association with The Drilling Company will play a limited engagement at The Drilling Company Theatre (236 West 78th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway), June 1-11; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm with an additional performance on Monday, June 6 at 8pm. Tickets ($18) may be purchased online at www.fullstopcollective.org or by calling 212-868-4444.

PATRICK SHAW (Playwright) lives in Brooklyn where he writes, acts, dances, and makes music. His plays have been produced at Galapagos Art Space, Hudson Guild, the New York International Fringe Festival, Flushnik Art Space, and Gorilla Tango (Chicago), and his play, HAMLETTES, was a finalist for the Lark Workshop and was recently published by Playscripts, Inc. In the past few years, he has performed in a number of plays includingUnder Milk Wood, Romeo and Juliet, Negative Space, Gone Eatin, Parallel Play (dance film), and Kitchen Hamlet (film). A graduate of Kenyon College and the National Theater Institute, Pat regularly performs with Spessard Dance, Bakerloo Theater Project (Troy/Pittsburgh/NY), and is a founding member of FullStop Collective.

BRIAN HASHIMOTO (Director) is a director, actor, photographer and producer based in New York. Directing credits include: Rank Jumping, Foreplay or Redplay and Porn.edu (part of FullStop's FOREPLAYS at Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn), Clean Sheets (with FullStop at the Vintage Loft, NYC), Driving: A Lesson (Strawberry One-Act Festival, NYC), La Boheme (Connecticut Lyric Opera, New London, CT); 4 Directions and The Flying Machine (The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center); Brian received his B.A. in Drama from Ithaca College and is an alumnus of the National Theater Institute. Additionally, he has trained at the St. Petersburg Theater Academy in Russia as well as Balinese Mask at Studio 5 in Brooklyn, NY.www.brianhashimoto.com

FULLSTOP COLLECTIVE is a company of emerging artists dedicated to invigorating the theatrical experience through bold, intimate, original interpretations of new and existing work. Members of FullStop originally worked together at the Eugene O'Neill National Theater Institute in Waterford, CT. While at NTI, they came together as an ensemble to explore all facets of theater, with special intensives collaborating with The Wooster Group and training with Anne Bogart's Siti Company. FullStop has since expanded into a New York-based production organization, providing year-round financial and artistic support for member projects. Recent productions in the New York area include HAMLETTES at the New York Fringe Festival (2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Directing), Hangman School for Girls performed at Manhattan Theatre Source, FOREPLAYS and FOREPLAYS 2011 performed at Galapagos Art Space, Clean Sheets performed at The Vintage Loft, and Negative Space performed at The Looking Glass Theatre.

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