April 4 - 20, 2008
Our Dad is in Atlantis
by Javier Malpica
translation by Jorge Cortinas
directed by Debbie Saivetz
Cast: Sergio Ferreira, Steven D. Garcia
Set Mikiko Suzuki-MacAdams, Lights Jack Mehler
Costumes Jessica Gaffney, Sound Bray Poor
Theatres at 45 Bleecker
45 Bleecker St. (@Lafayette St.)  New York, NY 10012

Our Dad is in Atlantis is a funny, tender story of two young brothers left in Mexico by their widowed father who’s gone to the U.S. to find work. In the care of relatives they barely know, the boys are forced to rely on each other for the emotional and physical support that, as children, they are wholly unequipped to provide. Their journey of premature independence leads them to a naïve attempt to navigate the impassable distance between them and the father who seems to have abandoned them. Written by Mexican Playwright Javier Malpica and translated into English by New York-based playwright Jorge Cortinas, this is a co-production with Queens Theatre in the Park.

This co-production was made possible with support from the David Schwartz Foundation.

This translation was commissioned and originally developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City as part of the U.S. – Mexico Exchange Program.

Special thanks to the Greenwall Foundation for supporting the development of Our Dad is in Atlantis.

Photos ©Gerry Goodstein

September 2-28

The King of Shadows
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
directed by Connie Grappo
Theater for the New City

King of Shadows is a world premiere by rising young writer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Good Boys and True  Second Stage; An Almost Totally True Story  MTC; Dark Matters  Rattlestick).  When Jessica interviews homeless teens living on the streets for her Masters thesis in social work, she meets Nihar, a15-year-old runaway who claims he was stolen from his mother in India 500 years ago and held captive by an evil King and Queen of the Underworld.  Over the objections of her policeman boyfriend, Jessica agrees to take Nihar into her home, where he forms a powerful bond with her teenage sister.  The famous fog of San Francisco mixes with a fog of fantasy and fear as the adults try to protect against a danger they don’t understand.  Who to trust?  What to believe?  Where are the boundaries?  These remain unsolvable mysteries for two public servants and our society’s most vulnerable.