From April 2nd-15th, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters will be hosting the Spring Theatre Festival. We dedicate this festival to introduce new work to the New York audience.
We grant theatre companies the opportunity to display productions in a variety of genres in one of the venues of the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters located in the heart of Times Square in New York City, a hotbed of theatrical talent.
This year we will have a variety of shows including musicals, one-person shows and short plays.
Central Park
Monday, April 2nd @8pm, Monday, April 9th @ 8pm Sunday, April 15th @9pm
Writer: Robert Kiernan
Director: Robert Kiernan
Choreographer: Michelle Luneau
Synopsis: The hundred and sixty year history of Central Park comes alive in the new singing and dancing extravaganza musical "Central Park". The entertaining and informative narrative is intertwined with the parks visitors and their stories, some of love, some of love lost and some stories that just defies any category. This family show tries to capture all the allure and magic of the park.
Running Time: 1 hr, 45 min
Genre: Musical
Venue: Theater 500, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters8pm Sunday, April 15th @9pm
Do You Still Dream
Thursday, April 5th @ 6pm, Saturday, April 7th @7pm, Sunday, April 15th @ 2:30pm
Bishop's Kid Productions
Writer: Kenneth G. Craddox
Director: Kenneth G Craddox
Synopsis: " Do You Still Dream" tells a story of a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We take an intimate look into the home of the greatest Civil Rights leader. As a child we see how his parents guided a young mind into the man he became. Our journey then takes you into the life we know he lived but we look at inside the home of the Kong family. Before he was great he was a young man with a dream.
Running Time: 1 hr, 20 min
Genre: Theater and Gospel
Website:N/A
Venue: Little Times Square Theater, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters
Emancipation of a Sassy Jewish Woman
Saturday, April 14 @ 10:30pm, Sunday, April 15 @8:30pm
Isramerica
Writer: Sivan Hadari
Director: Charlotte Cohn
Synopsis: The performance is based on Hadari's experiences as a modern day gypsy, traveling through America, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, India, China and Thailand in search of a home. The audience is taken on a journey back to the time when Hadari's family were Jewish immigrants fleeing Tunisia, to a little girl praying at a Yeshiva in Brooklyn, to a caravan in a settlement over-looking Jericho, to a nude beach at the Dead Sea to jewel encrusted elephant rides in India, all in the name of liberation.
Running Time: 1hr.
Genre: solo show
Website: www.isramerica.com
Venue: Little Times Square Theatre, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters
13 Fat Girls and a Dead Cat
Friday, April 6th @8pm, Saturday, April 7th @3:15pm, Monday April 9th @6:30pm
Elcee Horroromedies
Writer: Lena Cigleris
Director: Mitchell Raftery
Synopsis: Abigail Ochs is the perfect housewife who spends her life catering to her husband Charles' every whim. Her life is radically altered when a bunch of plus-sized zombies barge into her home, claiming to be not only her husband's murder victims, but the objects of his affection as well. As they mess up her pristine home and make out with Charles, Abigail begins to realize that her life is more than just less-than-perfect; it's a sham. Blending comedy, farce, horror and shock theater all into one, 13 Fat Girls and a Dead Cat is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Running Time: 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Venue: Little Times Square Theater, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters
One for the Road
Friday, April 6th @6pm, Saturday, April 7th @2:15pm, Sunday, April 8th @2:15pm
Writer: Bill Patton
Director: Bill Patton
Synopsis: In this one man performance of One For The Road writer/actor Bill Patton's character, Billy, is contemplating suicide. His departed spirit(also played by Patton) refuses to through the dark door to the other side until he is convinced that Billy has resolved all of his conflicts. Dealing with life long conflicts between lust and love, faith and doubt, racism and freedom, Patton tries to absolve himself with grace and dignity, and to persuade his departed spirit that he has indeed conquered all the demons.
Running Time: 1h,10 min.
Genre: Solo Performance
Venue: Payan Theatre
Five by Five
Saturday, April 7th @8pm, Thursday, April 12th @7pm, Sunday, April 15th @3pm
Harlem Playwrights 21
Writer: Tom Mitchelson, William "Bill" Beasley, James Scruggs, Samuel Buckley, Charles White
Director: Fulton C. Hodges, Mark Rayment, Chauncey deLeon Gilbert
Synopsis: An ensemble of monologues and short plays exploring the comedy and tragedy of the human condition.
Running Time: 1hr, 30 min
Genre: Short plays
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harlem-Playwrights-21/149368871828440
Venue: Payan Theatre, Roy Arias Studios and Theaters
Mama's Boys
Friday, April 12 @9pm, Saturday, April 14 @5pm, Saturday, April 15 @5pm
Writer: Bill Holland
Director: Laurie Eliscu
Synopsis: It's All in the Italian Family when Mama' s favorite son marries an Irish girl and they want to move out to Levittown. With 7 lively characters and a toe-tapping song!
Running Time: 1 hr, 25 min
Genre:Theatre
Venue: Payan Theatre
Tickets are available on Smarttix.com for $18 or at the box office for $20
Roy Arias Studios & Theatres. 300 West 43rd Street. New York, New York
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