FreshPlay Festival

Tickets and Information

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http://www.mcctheater.org

The FreshPlay Festival is an evening of original one act plays penned by New York City teens and produced for the stage by a roster of professional directors, actors and designers. FPF merges the voices and creativity of urban youth with the experience of professionals in an evening of provocative, innovative and fresh theater, providing talented youth the unique opportunity to see their works presented on an Off Broadway stage.

The Fishes Dream in January
By Jennifer Goris Age 17, Marble Hill High School
Directed by Jackson Gay
Secrets, sex and a smashed television. Even a cold New Year's Eve simmers in this sweltering comedic romance.

Caught Up
By Delilah Rivera Age 18, Bronx Academy of Letters
Directed by Lou Moreno
Where do you turn when you've exhausted all your options? Hungry, forlorn and abandoned by her mother, Roxanne is left with only one resource: herself.

Man with Trench Coat
By Kyle-Steven Porter Age 19, Recent graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Directed by Michael Barakiva
Nobody notices the man who knows everything; the man who knows everything notices everyone. Just another day in the park.

Then
MCC Theater Youth Company
With Lucy Thurber
Directed by Michael Barakiva
Fifteen friends gather for their last drink, their last argument, their last photograph and one last night together before the future - and the present - tears them apart.