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Thursday, September 22, 8:00 PM

Eggmobile by Ricardo Ortiz

The Eggmobile is a multicultural, semi-autobiographical work about a Young Man's search for his own identity while battling with the forces of good and evil. He will get to the Magnet, a Nirvana-like stage in NYC, in the ultimate time-travel machine, the Eggmobile.

Friday, September 23, 7:00 PM

Tuesday by Brett Macias and Caroline Murphy, directed by Tom Wojktunik

Using rock, hip-hop, jazz and gospel, "Tuesday" exposes the violence, terror and humor of high school, as it delves into the fantasies and reality of seven sophomores as they try to survive a single day.

Friday, September 23, 8:30 PM

States of Confinement by Lance Horne and Mark Campbell

lovesick by Michelle Feldman and James Jannucci, directed by Sarna Lapine

Passion is Pathology. Julia Fine has found and lost her one true love, a man of seductive mystery and feral charm. Fed up with psychotherapy, Julia seeks out a radical brain operation that transforms her into the perfect object of desire. www.iamlovesick.com

Saturday, September 24, 4:00 PM

BFG by Gary Plotkin

A giant kidnaps little Sophie and whisks her off to Gigantusland, home to a pack of man-eating giants. However, Sophie hatches a clever plan to escape. It involves dreams, Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Air Force, and the flatulence-producing drink, frobscottle.

The Victor Woo Project by Kevin Merritt and Kevin So

Through the Pop/R&B music of Kevin So, The Victor Woo Project follows Victor's dream of musical fame, while struggling to bridge cultural and generational divides within his middle-class Asian-American family in Boston, MA.

Saturday, September 24, 6:00 PM

Saddamn the Musical (Part II) by Mitch Kess

Picking up where Saddamn the Musical Part 1 left off, SADDAMN THE MUSICAL PART 2 takes you behind the scenes with Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration and to the songs that lurk in their hearts.

Deaf Man Mocking by Jay Alan Zimmerman

A multi-media heap o' comedy, music, video, sign language and animated text about living with uncontrollable censorship, medical absurdities, and a composer facing deafness who wonders "If I must become a bionic man to hear again, are superpowers included?"

Saturday, September 24, 8:00 PM

Only Children by Michael Jackson and
Rachel Peters

The Abortion Stork, the Headless Queen, and the Man in the Mask lead three seventh-graders through the dark course of adolescence in this update of Wedekind's Spring's Awakening, set in today's hypersexual America where adulthood and childhood clash and blur.

Sunday, September 25, 5:00 PM

Doctor Dick by Susan Horowitz

An interactive musical comedy about a New York teacher answers a personal ad by a Florida plastic surgeon who specializes in boob jobs.

Pearl's Gone Blue by Leslie Kramer and Gabriel Gordon, directed by Sherry Teitlebaum

In the 1940's South even the gospel church is hot. But that's nothing compared to the temperature rise when bluesman Billy Beau comes to town. Sellulah Pearl's got her sights on more than his guitar. But who will sing the last note?

Sunday, September 25, 7:00 PM

Wake Her Up by Janine McGuire and
Emily Paul, directed by Rose Ginsberg

Rising starlet Psyche is secretly chosen by punk princess Persephone to take down pop-sensation Aphrodite and restore the music scene at Club Underworld— just as Psyche falls for rock star Eros, the sexy god of love and son of Aphrodite.

Sunday, September 25, 8:30 PM

Olsen Terror by Chris Wells, David May , and Jeremy Bass, produced by Chris Mirto

In the course of a long sleepless night in his apartment, The Man tries to resist the fact that he is turning into The Olsen Twins. Olsen Terror is a creepily fun musical exploration of America's obsession with celebrity, youth, addiction and greed.