[Note: the following are not MTWorks productions - the only MTWorks event at the festival was MTWorkologues 2.0]

We would like to congratulate all the members of the MTWorks family that participated and are nominated for the 2011 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Awards.

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity which took place this past June is New York’s premiere eco-friendly/socially-conscious theatre festival. The awards will take place Sunday, June 24th at 6:30pm at The Triad NYC (158 W 72nd St).

The event will be hosted by our very own Artistic Director David Stallings (who was a participant at the festival this year) and Dominick DeGaetano (Assistant Associate Director of the festival).



MTWorkers nominated are (by category):

Congeniality Award (Awarded)
MTWorks Company Actor Antonio Miniño (The Stranger to Kindness)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act, or Monologue
The Stranger to Kindness (produced by MTWorks managing director Martha Goode for Goode Productions)

Outstanding Overall Production of an Entire Evening of One-Acts /Paired Productions
The Stranger to Kindness & Rope of Sands (the first produced by MTWorks Managing Director Martha Goode for Goode Productions)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Staged Reading
Sweet, Sweet Spirit (written and produced by MTWorks Playwright Member Carol Carpenter)

Outstanding Playwriting Short Form (One Act/Paired)
MTWorks Artistic Director David Stallings for The Stranger to Kindness

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
MTWorks Company Actor  Louise Flory for the role of Kate in Carry On

Outstanding Actor in a One-Act Production
MTWorks Company Actor Antonio Miniño for the role of Greco in The Stranger to Kindness

Outstanding Actor in a Reading
MTWorks Company Actor Anthony Crep in Sweet, Sweet Spirit

Outstanding Actress in a Reading
MTWorks Company Actor Alex Bond in Late Nights with the Boys

Outstanding Postcard
Sweet, Sweet Spirit (written & produced by MTWorks playwright member Carol Carpenter)

Outstanding Program
Sweet, Sweet Spirit (written & produced by MTWorks playwright member Carol Carpenter)


The evening will include performances by Renee Cafaro, Wanderlust, He’s Not Himself, Disenchanted the Musical, Brian Rady from The Orange Person,  Tramaine Montell Ford, Special Events Director Amada Anderson, The Icky House Club (From last year’s Green! The Musical) and many more! Nominees were selected by 24 different staff members voting independently without discussion. Voters are ranked based on how many productions they’ve seen. At lease 7-9 voters were assigned to each category (musical, one-acts, so forth).  Voters will vote a second time – out of the nominations, to elect winners.  Winners will be announced at the ceremony.

For a complete list of the nominees and to purchase tickets ($10 +2 drink min), visit www.PlanetConnections.org

MTWorks' News Desk.

Company actor Lowell Byers will be playing "Fielding" in T. Schreiber's production of David Storey's The Changing Room, directed by Terry Schreiber, February 24th through April 3rd at the Gloria Maddox Theater.

David Storey’s Tony Award-nominated play The Changing Roomoffers an intimate, revealing portrait of a Northern England semi-pro rugby league team. Set entirely in the team’s locker room over the course of one game, the documentary drama follows the working class athletes’ pre- and post-game rituals, offering a powerful view of how people relate to one another, particularly in the stressful trenches of life. When The Changing Room premiered on Broadway in 1973, the New York Times hailed it as “mysterious and ultimately mesmerizing.”

The Changing Room plays the following schedule through April 3rd.

Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm

Tickets  are $20.00 and can be purchased by visiting  https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/753905
For more information visit www.tschreiber.org