INTAR To Present the World Premiere of LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING

"The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank" - Proverbs 30:27

INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) continues its acclaimed 2015 - '16 season with the Off-Broadway premiere of Locusts Have No King by J. Julian Christopher, beginning Friday, March 18th and continuing through April 24th only. Opening Night is set for Wednesday, March 30th. David Mendizábal will direct a cast that includes John J. Concado, Dan Domingues, David Grimm and Liam Torres.

Two gay couples get together for a dinner party. They work together. They even live in the same building. And, they are closeted. But when one of them ponders his resignation, the others fear the exposure of their hidden relationships. They cannot allow this to happen. They won't allow this to happen. So, all hell breaks loose... literally.?

"Locusts Have No King was born out of INTAR's Bright Untamed Festival for Queer Latino playwrights in 2012 curated by David Anzuelo. What started out as a small one-act has grown into one of my most ambitious works to this date. I'm excited that INTAR is producing this play. It's risky. I love that they do not shy away from dangerous theatre. INTAR is the perfect home for the subversive nature of my writing," said playwright J. Julian Christopher.

"Locusts Have No King is a dangerous and terrifying play. It is also one of the funniest plays I have read in a very long time. There are many reasons why INTAR is the perfect home for this play and playwright. We are a home forLatino Artists and Julian certainly is such a playwright. But in this play, while staying true to his identity and culture, he transcends notions of Latinidad and assimilation. First and foremost, Locusts Have No King is a brave new American play written by a young Latino artist not afraid to claim his place in the American theater," said INTAR Artistic Director Lou Moreno.

J. Julian Christopher (a.k.a Christopher J. Jiménez) received an MFA in acting from The Actors Studio Drama School at the New School (now called The New School for Drama). There he studied acting and appeared in various productions including TBA, Holiday Movies (directed by Elizabeth Swados), and The Karaoke Show (directed by Diane Paulus). Julian was awarded The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group Fellowship in 2009. He has become an internationally produced playwright with productions in NYC, Chicago, Montréal, and Melbourne. He has workshopped his plays at LAByrinth Theater, TerraNova Collective, and INTAR. Some of his plays include Man Boobs, Nico was a Fashion Model, and Oso Fabuloso & The Bear Backs. His most recent show, Animals Commit Suicide, had its world premiere this past November at First Floor Theatre in Chicago. He is also the co-producer and co-writer of the hit web series, "Bulk-The Series," available on Vimeo. Julian is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Queensborough Community College.

David Mendizábal is a director, designer, and Producing Artistic Leader of The Movement Theatre Company in Harlem. At The Movement he conceived and directed Look Upon Our Lowliness by Harrison David Rivers, and directed the North-American premiere of Bintou by Koffi Kwahulé, translated by Chantal Bilodeau. Directing credits include: Wayward by Steve DiUbaldo (Lee Strasberg Directing Fellowship/LSTFI), The Gospel According to F#ggots by Aurin Squire (BAX), And She Would Stand Like This by Harrison David Rivers (Prelude Festival/Q-Stage), At Buffalo by Dr. Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, Joshua Williams, Khalil Sullivan (NYMF/CAP21), Evensong by Christina Quintana (INTAR), Ashe by Ricardo Pérez González (UP). Member of the Latina/o Theatre Commons Steering Committee, The Sol Project, and La Co-Operativa. Alumni of NALAC, Mellon Artistic Leadership Fellow/Encuentro 2014, Drama League Director's Project, The Civilian's R&D Group, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, LAByrinth Intensive Ensemble. B.F.A. NYU/Tisch - Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. www.davidmendizabal.com

INTAR, one of the United States' longest running Latino theatres producing in English, works to:

§ Nurture the professional development of Latino theater artists;

§ Produce bold, innovative, artistically significant plays that reflect diverse perspectives;

§ Make accessible the diversity inherent in America's cultural heritage through an integrated program of workshops, productions of works-in-progress, and mainstage productions. INTAR brings to the public vital and energetic voices of emerging and accomplished Latino theater professionals, giving expression to the diversity and depth of today's Latino-American community.

Performances will be Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM and Sundays at 5pm. Special added performances on Tuesday March 22nd at 8pm, Monday March 28th at 8PM and Tuesday March 29th at 8PM. No performance Sunday March 27th, Easter Sunday.

Performances will take place at INTAR's theater space (500 West 52nd Street, at Tenth Avenue, on the 4th Floor).

Tickets for all performances will be $30 (except Opening Night) and may be purchased at www.intartheatre.org or by calling 212/352-3101. Low priced preview tickets are available March 18th through 29th for only $15. A limited number of tickets for Opening Night will be available to the public for $50 by calling INTAR at 212/695-6134.

For more information, visit INTAR on the web at www.intartheatre.org.

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