DOWNTOWN URBAN THEATER FESTIVAL was founded in 2001 with the purpose of building a fresh repertoire of stories that echo the true spirit of urban life while speaking to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines, the 13th Annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival will present seventeen new stage works by eighteen of America’s finest emerging playwrights, all sharing stories that interpret our history and our times through live performances fusing theatre, dance, music, media and visual arts.

Wednesday, May 20 at 8:30 PM

Between a Hot Dog and a Hard Place

By Mel Nieves (New York)

In the wee small hours of the morning Vincent and Anamarie are dancing to the tune of Jack Daniels and smokes (and I ain’t talkin’ about cigarettes), but the music is about to stop and a shoe is about to drop before the sun rises.

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For the Flies

By Camilo Almonacid (New York)

Pilar and Juan, two Colombian immigrants, take us on an interactive tour — with a musical score and shaman-like transformations — of the St Valentine’s Day Massacre in the City of Chicago during the Roaring 20s . . . a time in history abundant with corruption, crime, and violence.

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