Midtown International Theatre Festival Launch Party July 9, 2012

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presents their Twelfth Anniversary Season LAUNCH PARTY on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 8pm at Gonzalez y Gonzalez, 192 Mercer Street, NYC (between Houston and Bleecker). Tickets are $10 and are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.

MITF’s LAUNCH PARTY will feature scenes and songs of upcoming shows in the MITF. There will be food and a full bar, with drinks for sale. The evening will include excerpts from the following shows:

Braced, by Rebecca Steele
Life becomes twisted for a teenage girl entering the social hierarchy of high school with scoliosis.

Deb & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, by Debra Castellano and Ted McAdams
Two 30-minute shows (Stolen Thunder and The Further Adventures of Swamp Girl) about love, family, and screaming matches.

Falling Awake, by Matthew Ethan Davis
The wacky encounters of two women with the reincarnations of the men they loved.

Hamlet Bound & Unbound, by Andrew Rothkin
Something is rotten in the City of New York.

Left & Right, by Jay Pension
Conjoined twins on a search for love: a double-sided comedy.

Parting Company, by Jeanne Chenault Porter
Financially doomed, the toxic family of Wall Street mogul Victor Zoltan Maxx struggles to survive … or not!

Spoolie Girl, by Rosemary Loar and Robert Atwood
A family-friendly fractured fairy tale.

A Taste of Chocolate, by Timothy Ware
Satisfy the sweet tooth of your soul.

Tombstone: The Legend of Wyatt Earp, by Brandon Wood
Dust off your boots, shine up your spurs, and ride! This rockin’ musical follows Wyatt Earp on his quest for redemption.

Whatta Ya Nuts!, by Vincent Gogliormella
Whatta ya get when you mix a couple of wiseguys, a lawyer, a nurse, a hillbilly, two actors, a receptionist from Staten Island, and a psychiatrist? … “Whatta Ya Nuts?!” Directed by Charles Messina.

wh@ if?, by Jeremy R. Richter
A new musical mindf**k about a “what if?” scenario blown out of proportion.

The MITF’s 2012 season runs from July 16 through August 5, 2012 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; and the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor.

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF in 2000, a Midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, as a way to present the finest off-off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. In 2003, the MITF moved its activities to their current location, the Theatre Building on W. 36th St., where it has been successfully ensconced since. The MITF’s artistic emphasis is on the script itself, and therefore the Festival focuses on minimal production values.

For more information, visit www.midtownfestival.org.