Midtown International Theatre Festival Expands to Theatre Row for 2010 Season

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival (MITF) announced two pieces of news today. The MITF expands to The Beckett and The Clurman Theatres at Theatre Row, in addition to its current theatres for its eleventh season. The festival will run from July 12 - August 1, 2010. In addition, an Early Bird Special for script submissions received by November 13, 2009 for the 2010 festival is available.

Shows submitted to the festival for summer 2010 by November 13, 2009 will be guaranteed adjudication before December 31, 2009. Accepted shows will be assigned a theatre upon notification of acceptance, will be able to pay fees before prices go up in January 2010, and will have the opportunity to perform at an MITF event in December 2009. Applications received before November 13 will also receive priority for assignment to Theatre Row theatres.

"Theatre Row is the prime destination Off-Off-Broadway - indeed, many Off-Broadway shows open there. It is also the historic home of the Beckett and Clurman Theatres, which hosted much Off-Off-Broadway in days gone by. It is an honor to add Theatre Row to our lineup of venues, without in any way slighting the current venues, which we will continue to use to their maximum capacity," said John Chatterton, executive producer of the MITF.

The Festival accepts submissions in all genres - any sort of stage play, musical or otherwise, new or classic, mainstream or specifically focused on an ethnic or cultural niche. To be eligible, each show must have a producer and production team attached to the project.

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF in 2000, a Midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, as a way to present the finest off-off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. Last year, the Festival added two 99-seat theatres and inaugurated the Commercial Division for upwardly mobile shows with commercial ambitions. The MITF's artistic emphasis is on the script itself and therefore the Festival requests minimal production values.

Application forms for the 2010 Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival are available online at www.midtownfestival.org.  

In addition to the Beckett and the Clurman Theatres, the 2010 Festival will also take place at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the MainStage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor; the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor; and Where Eagles Dare Studio Blackbird, 347 W. 36th Street, 13th floor, NYC.

For more information, visit www.midtownfestival.org.

 

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