Photo Flash: First Look - GAYFEST NYC's MOONLIGHT & LOVE SONGS, Opening Tonight

GAYFEST NYC, Inc. (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Producers; Craig Wesley Divino, Associate Producer), the country's premier producer of new LGBT- themed plays, present the Fifth Festival of Plays, a four-week event filled with powerful theatre works spotlighting gay issues. The Festival opens tonight with the New York premiere of Moonlight & Love Songs written by Scott C. Sickles and directed by Steven Petrillo. Check out a first look at the production below!

Tthe 7-member cast features Nick Bailey, D.H. Johnson, Kathryn Markey, Gerald McCullouch, Robert Meksin, Corey Richmond Skaggs and Christine Verleny. Performances began Thursday, May 23 and continue through Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex (312 West 36th Street). Opening night is today, May 24, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. All proceeds from GAYFEST NYC benefit the Harvey Milk High School.

Moonlight & Love Songs finds forty-five and alone, architect Harry Wallace's romantic dreams come true when he falls in love with Jim, a young college student. Their romance seems motion picture-perfect until a staggering revelation causes it to implode. Public outrage follows as Jim attempts to repair the damage caused by his betrayal and Harry finds himself complicit in the deception.

The creative team includes Michael Bottari and Ronald Case (Set and Costumes), and John Eckert (Lighting). The Production Stage Manager is Amy Francis Schott.

Single tickets are priced at $25 and are available at www.Theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101. For additional information log onto: www.GAYFESTNYC.com.

Photo Credit: Carlos Gustavo Monroy

Robert Meksin, Kathryn Markey, D.H. Johnson, Gerald McCullouch, Christine Verleny, Nick Bailey Corey Richmond Skaggs

Gerald McCullouch, Nick Bailey

Corey Richmond Skaggs, Kathryn Markey, Gerald McCullouch, Nick Bailey

D.H. Johnson, Gerald McCullouch

Nick Bailey, Gerald McCullouch

Gerald McCullouch, Nick Bailey

Gerald McCullouch, Nick Bailey

Gerald McCullouch, Robert Meksin

Christine Verleny, Nick Bailey

Robert Meksin, Christine Verleny, D.H. Johnson, Gerald McCullouch, Nick Bailey, Kathryn Markey, Corey Richmond Skaggs

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