Harvest Fest Honcho Gets "NAKED" at ART/NY on October 21st

The cast for "Naked Came the Painting," a one act comedy by LindaAnn Loschiavo, has been rehearsing during October in Manhattan's theatre district.

• • In the cast are: Lila Smith, Katherine Mylenki, and David A. Green.

• • Shela Xoregos directs.

• • Last night the theatre-buffs who founded Variations Theatre Group launched their first 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival with a cordial meet and greet session at ART/NY at 520 Eighth Avenue in midtown.  More than twenty dramatists attended along with several T.D.s, stagehands, as well as a few distinguished directors such as Shela Xoregos.

• • Rich Ferraioli and Kirk Gostkowski, company co-founders and artistic directors, met as students in the Hofstra University theatre department, where they began to they began to develop a minimalist approach to theatre. After graduation, the two refined their aesthetic in productions seen throughout the New York area. By 2010, they believed it was time to start a company based on their ideas.

• • Rich Ferraioli explained that Variations Theatre Group, Inc. was founded with the principle belief that theatre is meant to be challenging, engaging, and should push the boundaries of audience expectations. In VTG productions, the text and the actor are the most important thing; spectacle isn’t allowed to distract from the intentions of the playwright and performers. The company will give emerging artists the opportunity to work on the classic American plays that audiences have come to love, but in productions reinvigorated by the distinct VTG style. Time will also be devoted to the development of original works [such as "Naked Came the Painting"] by playwrights who deserve to be better known.

• • This spirited three-character comedy — — that explores the boundaries between art and artifice — — will make its debut at the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival.  Variations Theatre Group will offer performances between November 10th — 20th, 2010 at the recently renovated LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y.

— —  — —  — —  WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE — —  — —  — —

• • First performance dates and times have been announced by Variations Theatre Group for the sprightly one-act comedy "Naked Came the Painting" by LindaAnn Loschiavo.

• • FIRST DATE:  Wednesday, 10 November 2010 — — 7:00 PM

• • SECOND DATE:  Saturday, 13 November 2010 — — 9:15 PM

• • POSSIBLE DATES:  November 18th — 20th.

• • WHERE: LABA Theatre, 344 East 14th Street, NYC 10003.

• • WHAT: 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival

• • Subway: Union Square Station/ IRT Lexington, 4, 5, 6; First Avenue Station / L line

• • http://nakedtheatreny.blogspot.com/

• • Source:http://nakedtheatreny.blogspot.com/atom.xml

• • PHONE: 646-400-3253 to get ticket information

• • BUY TICKETS Online — — http://www.variationstheatregroup.com