FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTLIGHTS

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One of the Guild's many member benefits is the opportunity to present a reading of a play or musical in a space provided by the Guild on a certain date and time. The Friday Night Footlight Series allows members to do just that, free of charge. With scattered dates throughout the fall and spring, each series showcases the work of many writers per night. Currently, the Friday Night Footlights series takes place in New York (in the heart of Times Square), Los Angeles, and Phoenix, with more cities in development.

 

If you're a member and would like to book a slot for Friday Night Footlights, click here.

 

 

NEW YORK, May 2nd at 6:00PM
DOWN BOY
by Raymond Alvin

 

Terry hasn't seen his recluse brother Sal in over seven and a half years.  With the recent death of their father, Terry tracks down his brother and coerces him into showing up for the scattering of their father's ashes. Sal reluctantly shows up only to find that Terry has a monstrous dog named Down Boy. With his back against the wall Sal is forced to confront the danger that lurks inside his brother's apartment.

 

This historical play, inspired by a Diego Rivera mural called "La Maestra Rural," is set in the 1920s directly after the conclusion of the Mexican Revolution.  A young, innocent and idealistic teacher is sent into the interior of Mexico by the newly-installed government to educate the peasants and help them re-possess the lands promised to them by government reforms.  While the peasants embrace her wholeheartedly, she encounters opposition to her altruistic work by a rich landowner who not only feels threatened by the teacher illuminating the peasants of their rights, but also frustrated by his inability to woo her.  His anger and resentment are further fueled when he finds himself competing with one of his own workers for the teacher's affections, followed by the boycotts on the part of his workers.

 

NEW YORK, May 9th at 6:30
YORKSHIRE TALES
Lyrics & Book, Tom Diggs
Composer, Jay D’Amico
Director, Nancy Robillard

 

Inspired by the Cottingley Fairy Hoax, "Yorkshire Tales" is the story of the two English  teen-agers who faked fairy photos during World War One and briefly fooled a grieving nation.
 

Friday Night Footlights New York is held in the Frederick Loewe Room, Suite 710, at 1501 Broadway (located between 43rd and 44th Streets), New York, NY  10036. you must have a photo I.D. to enter the building.

Friday Night Footlights Los Angeles is held at the Academy for New Musical Theatre, 5628 Vineland Avenue (near Burbank Boulevard), North Hollywood 91601.