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CANDIDA tells the story of Reverend James Morell and how hiscomfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the youngpoet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and forquite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their verydifferent qualities. Marchbanks believes Candida has a choice. Morellis devastated by the idea of losing her. They both forget she is herown woman.

Melissa Errico stars in the title role, while Brian Murray portraysCandida's father, Mr. Burgess. The cast also includes Xanthe Elbrickas the clergyman's secretary Prossy; Josh Grisetti as the Reverend'scurate Lexy; Ciaran O'Reilly as Reverend James Morell; and SamUnderwood as Eugene Marchbanks, the romantic suitor of Candida.

By popular demand, Piper McKenzie is presenting a remount of Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury, one of the critical and popular hits of December 2009’s Fight Fest at The Brick Theater. Can one perverted simian overcome his family, a gang of grotesque predators and Mother Nature herself to evolve to the next level of life? Or will he end up just another damn dead monkey?

Combining elements of comparative mythology, silent comedy, capoeira, video game violence and modern dance, Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury features a troupe of actor/dancers performing in the unique wordless style of Piper McKenzie’s “Bizarre Science Fantasy” series, which yielded Macbeth Without Words, Sexadelic Cemetery and a number of other singular theatrical experiences.

GIRLS IN TROUBLE takes on abortion in the sixties, when backrooms in the wrong part of town offered hope or death, as well as abortion in the twenty first century. In 2010, has abortion become merely another form of birth control?

GIRLS IN TROUBLE features 7 actors from The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea: Andy Gershenzon, Brett Aresco, Betsy Lippitt, Akyiaa Wilson, Eboni Booth, Laurel Holland and Marshall York. The design team includes John McDermott (sets), Zack Tinkelman (lights), Amanda Bujac (costumes) and Jeremy Wilson (sound).

Jonathan Reynolds has had 9 plays produced in New York: Pulitzer Prize finalist Stonewall Jackson’s House; Dinner With Demons, a solo show in which he prepared a full five-course meal onstage eight times a week; Geniuses, produced by Playwrights Horizons and which ran for a year off-Broadway; the one-acts Yanks 3

About eight misfit members of Romeo, Vermont’s cut-throat Glee Club. They are on the verge of meltdown after their soloist makes the disastrous decision to save his own life. Will they be ready in time for the big recital? And isn’t music the most important thing? GLEE CLUB is a comedy about singing. Singing makes people happy.

The cast features Bruce Barton, Robert Buckwalter, Steven Burns, David DelGrosso, Carter Jackson, Stephen Speights, Tom Staggs and Matthew Trumbull.

The design team includes Robert Monaco (sets), Wheeler Kincaid (lighting) and Jonna McElrath (costumes). Susan Sunday is the Production Stage Manager.

Matthew Freeman’s (playwright) plays include The Death of King Arthur (Gorilla Repertory Theater); Reasons for Moving (The Local Productions); Genesis (Handcart Ensemble); 465 (Metropolitan Playhouse); The Great Escape,

The Desk has sat in the same classroom in the same school for generations; watching generations of children grew into generations of young ladies. Today, on the first day of school, Hazel Millet makes her way towards him. Will she be just like all the other little girls, or will she be different – special – his own beautiful darling?

HANGMAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS will feature Nick Afka, Louiza Collins, Lucy Gillespie, Sarah Ann Masse, Lillian Meredith, and Briel Pomerantz.

The creative team will include Meryl Ballew (Stage Manager), Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann (Sound Design), Jacquelyn D. Marolt (Set Design), Brian Tovar (Lighting Design), and Laura Wiese (Costume Design).

The production, presented by The Vagabond Theatre Ensemble, Brian Hashimoto, and FullStop Collective, will play at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal Street), March 10-27, Thursday

Take Wing And Soar Productions proudly presents Steve Carter’s PECONG, starring Phyllis Yvonne Stickney; directed by Award winning actor and director Arthur French and Associate Artistic Director Timothy D. Stickney. | On a mythical Caribbean island, circa 1890, PECONG tells a poignant tale of music, magic, laughter, betrayal, sex, power and revenge!

Steve Carter’s Mediyah is a high priestess of exceptional magical power. She can give, and she can take away…well, that is until she falls in love with Jason, reducing her to a mere mortal, ultimately forcing her to choose between love and revenge. Join the TWAS Classical Actors of Color as they share the stage with celebrated film, television and stage actress Phyllis Yvonne

New York Neo-Futurists Desiree Burch, Cara Francis & Erica Livingston serve up a cure for what ails you in this Neo-Medicine show, performing in and around a giant pot of self-made soup. Bottling this soup, as well as a series of elixirs, potions, tonics and products, they heal and reveal the female experience live, honest and in the flesh.

Incorporating ingredients from interviews, living newspaper, personal stories, circus acts and freak shows, the women of The Soup Show ultimately feed their audiences with a question “How far has the women's movement moved us?” The fierce trio honor the 30th Anniversary of Women’s History Month, and show you why the readers of the Village Voice named The New York Neo-Futurists “The 2009 Best Performance Artists in New York.

"The Temperamentals" tells the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich - as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the United States pre Stonewall.  The play weaves together the personal and political to tell a relatively unknown chapter in gay history.  It explores the love between two complex men, as their impossible dream of forming such an unheard of organization becomes a reality in this perilous, unpredictable world. It is an intimate portrayal of the men who created history and the epic struggles they overcame.  The characters consist of the actual men who founded the Mattachine Society (Harry Hay, Rudi Gernreich, Chuck Rowland, Bob Hull, and Dale Jennings), as  well as other prominent figures of the time in Hollywood and the film industry as well as the

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College announces its Spring 2010 Season at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC, presenting three series: The Art of Justice, which integrates the arts and issues on justice; Great Music for a Great City, unique explorations of classical music; and Familytime!, bringing the arts to the next generation. The Theater also presents special events this season: "The Legacy of Shoah Concert and Film Festival" (the American premieres of four documentaries) and "Zombie", featuring a special talkback with author Joyce Carol Oates on February 12, 2010.

Zombie
by Bill Connington
adapted from the novella by Joyce Carol Oates
The Art of Justice Series
Wednesday, March 10 – Saturday, March 13 at 7pm
Once upon a time, Jeffrey Dahmer was the normal guy next