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(MITF Commercial Division Shows) 312 West 36th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues), 3rd Floor Seating Capacity: 99 (This venue is wheelchair accessible) Exit Cuckoo (solo show) Written and Performed by Lisa Ramirez Directed by May Adrales Running time: 75 minutes Produced by: Lotus Productions Associate Producer: David Roberts How is a busy parent expected to produce offspring, rear young, build her nest, and still find time to forage for food and a decent living? In nature, the cuckoo bird solves this problem by leaving its egg in another bird’s nest and the host bird then assumes responsibility for the unborn hatchling. Answers for the modern, diverse and driven women of New York City are more difficult to uncover. In the jungle of Manhattan, Ramirez takes us into the homes of, and sits us on park benches with nannies, mothers, and the children they both leave and care for. Schedule: Friday, July 18th at 8pm Saturday, July 19th at 2pm Monday, July 21st at 7pm Saturday, July 26th at 8pm Sunday, July 27th at 2pm Thursday, July 31st at 8pm Sunday, August 3rd at 2pm Friday, August 8th at 8pm Saturday, August 9th at 8pm ********** Love, Incorporated (musical comedy) Book, music, & lyrics by Marc Castle Directed by Igor Goldin Musical direction by Phillip Kirchman Presented by Tzipora Kaplan in association with Katherine Heberling Featuring: Jennifer Blood*, Jonathan Rayson*, Hollis Scarborough*, Tally Sessions* loveincmusical.com Running Time: 2 hours, with intermission Faith Stillman is an average NYC businesswoman: smart, sweet, and seriously single. So, she did what any ordinary gal would do: create a business plan and incorporate. Phase 1: "Research & Development." Rent a Midtown office. Hire assistants. Phase 2: "Determine strategic initiatives." Generate a dossier on Dream Man. Dye hair blonde & buy heels. Phase 3: "Dinner Date." Finesse the buyer. Sing a musical number. To close the deal on Love, Faith can't leave anything to chance. Love, Incorporated: Why leave your future up to fate? Schedule: Friday, August 1st at 8pm Saturday, August 2nd at 8pm Sunday, August 3rd at 7pm Monday, August 4th at 7pm Wednesday, August 6th at 2pm Thursday, August 7th at 8pm Friday, August 8th at 4pm Saturday, August 9th at 2pm Sunday, August 10th at 2pm ********** OPA! (musical/comedy) Book by Mari Carras & Laurel Ollstein Lyrics by Mari Carras & Nick Kitsopoulos Music by Nicholas Carras & Nick Kitsopoulos Choreography by Wendy Waring Assistant Choreographer: Margaret Liston Greek dance consultant: Athan Karras Directed by Spiro Veloudos Musical Direction by Micah Young Presented by Double Play Connections, LLC and Wild Bird Productions, Inc. Featuring: *, Michael Dionissiou*, Carolee Goodgold*, Abigail Hardin*, Jan Leslie Harding*, Michael Alan Jacobs, Eric Ruben* OPAtheMusical.com Running Time: two hours The tiny Greek island of Elia has been left off the national map since…forever. Costa, the newly elected mayor, tries to reinvigorate the dispassionate villagers by announcing his recent discovery of the island on a globe. When a cruise ship is spotted from a distance heading straight for the island, the villagers band together in a desperate attempt to gain recognition from the outside world, and from each other. The mayhem that ensues ends up helping the villagers “see” their hidden selves along the way, the main message being to never hide your true self and to always to live a life of "OPA!" Schedule: Saturday, July 19th at 8pm Sunday, July 20th at 2pm Wednesday, July 23rd at 4:30 pm Friday, July 25th at 5pm Saturday, July 26th at 2pm Monday, July 28th at 7pm Wednesday, July 30th at 7pm Saturday, August 2nd at 2pm Wednesday, August 6th at 8pm
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