Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) is a five-week annual multi-disciplinary arts event with cultural offerings in theater, film, music and poetry held during the spring at renowned venues in downtown Manhattan, NYC. DUAF treats New Yorkers, East Coasters and tourists to the best of new groundbreaking theater and film from around the world. Storytellers from America’s burgeoning multicultural landscape and from around the world have the opportunity to share their stories that interpret our history and our times.

BUZZKILL by Rollin Jewett
A foreign refugee with a frightful agenda confronts an American looking to have a good time in Amsterdam.

GROWL by J. Lois Diamond
A poet is heading to Paris to read her work when she is detained in the Tehran airport. Despite being 82 and almost blind, she is interrogated throughout the night. Will her principles prove to be stronger than her fears?

**Please Note: Recommended for ages 16+. Includes mature language and themes.**

Visit www.duafnyc.com/theater for more info!