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. Writers 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.

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Best friends Nella and Alex eat breakfast in a bagel shop parking lot as they prepare for the day ahead of them.

DON’T TAKE ME ALIVE! by Alano Baez

In a world where badges bleed violence, the line between martyr and murderer is razor thin. Done with dancing on that sharp barbed wire, one man, in a search for survival, struggle, spirit and soul, decides that if he can’t control how he lives, he will dictate how he dies.

**Please Note: Recommended for ages 16+**

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