RECOMMENDED EVENT - The Players Theatre Short Play & Musical Festival

Allan Yashin's play, Tourist Troubles, will be performed during Week 3 (June 23-26) of this festival! There is no place like New York!  With a city this rich in culture, scandal and diversity, the possibilities for theatrical re-enactment are endless. The Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival encourage playwrights to mine this precious resource by offering an annual NYC - themed festival each June. Celebrating its 6th year, "Only in New York" opens Thursday, June 9th and runs for three weeks. Each week five or six original short plays (and one musical), by a variety of playwrights (including two high school students) will be presented and a "Best of the Week" production will be selected by audience vote. Week One – June 9-12 Seasons of The N Train by Kate August It Began Here by Patrick Blake The Last Stop by Daniel Echevarria Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Please by Ali Hussain Stiches by Natalie Lifson Week Two – June 16-19 Drama by Michelle Felice Hartley A Bridge Story by Rayze Simonson Estimated Wait by Kati Frazier Strangers on the E by Ruthellen Cheney Different Stops by Sean O’Shea Philena , The Lover of Mankind by George Cameron Grant Week Three – June 23-26 The Bard of MacDougal Street by Anne V. Grob Tossed Salad by Fred Rohan-Vargas F The MTA by Jonathan Rion Bethea Tourist Troubles by Allan Yashin “Hell’s” Kitchen by Frank D’Agostino Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre at The Players Theatre 115 MacDougal St. New York, N.Y. 10012   Tickets $30 (use code ShowTix for 30% off) BUY TICKETS NOW