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Written by Alice Barden

Can two forty-something BFF's finally "have it all", without succumbing to the evil forces of plastic surgery, married people, or even their own bodies turning on them?

Two forty-something best girlfriends finally get their acts together when life throws them a curve. Everything, including their bodies, seems to be saying "game over"- but they put up a fight by writing a show about it. Based on a true story, this play looks at the funny and moving ways that women can help each other grow into themselves.

Running time: 70 minutes

Venue: The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

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Written by Michelle Glick

What happens when a sweet southern belle realizes.....she's not so southern after all??

An Alabama nail salon, Vacation Bible School, school musical type casting- the daughter of a Vietnamese war bride spends her youth aspiring to be a Southern Belle...a funny, touching and true solo show. Y'all come see it!

Running time: 60 minutes

Venue: The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

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ettyplay inc. & Susan Stein present

Written by Susan Stein

A portrayal of one woman's struggle to sustain humanity in the face of Nazis' brutatlity

"If I should not survive, how I die will show me who I really am." (Hillesum) Etty writes the life she is living - her loves, her work, her wry sense of humor, her deep sensuality and the moment in history. Etty asks us to consider our own responsibility today, in a world where the promise of "never again" has not yet been realized. 

Directed by Austin Pendleton

Running time: 60 minutes

Venue: The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

Official Website: www.ettyplay.org

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Emerson Theater Collaborative presents

A new comedy by Jacques Lamarre

No memory. No insurance. No opportunities. What's an actor to do?

After an emergency hospitalization, actress Sarah Gray finds herself with faulty memory, no insurance and no opportunities. Is it possible for an actor with an Etch-a-Sketch for a brain to get back to what matters?

Directed by Joshua Lee Ramos

Cast: Stephen Sherman, April Woodall, Jen Anaya, Kathryn Kates

Running time: 90 minutes

Venue: The MainStage Theater - 312 W. 36th St., 4th floor

Audience: Appropriate for ages 16 and up. Strong Language

Official Website: www.emersontheatercollaborative.org

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Howling Moon Cab Company presents

Written by Jonathan Wallace 

You're nobody unless you'd fight the devil for your friends.

The supernatural women of Grutto's Tavern in Brooklyn are back--Layla, the bartender, whose angel wing tattoo kills anyone who sees it; her friend Harley, who found being dead very irritating, and decided to come back; and Harley's daughter Sanka, who traveled from the future to slap her mother and decided to stay. A supernatural comedy with overtones of horror.

Director: Jonathan Wallace and Ed Matthews

Cast Members: Elisa Abatsis, Orion Delwaterman, Tatiana Gomberg*, Aaron Kapner, Cinda Lawrence, Ed Matthews, Dave Powers, Ian Roettger

Running time: 90 minutes

Venue: The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

Audience: Appropriate for ages 12 and up

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James V. O'Connor  presents

Written by James V. O'Connor 

Trust and ideals collide with the deceit of a predatory stranger.

A play that rips the cloak of intellectual naivety from the ivory tower of academic life. A college English department is forced to question their utopian world view when a new professor exposes their impressionable under belly to the ruthlessness of the con. 

Director: Paula Riley

Running time: 80 minutes

Venue: The June Havoc Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

Audience: Appropriate for ages 13 and up

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Anna Grace presents

Written by Ben Thompson

A quirky look at life (and love) for an aging expat in Beijing.

The Beijing Olympics are over, but this intercultural May-December faux-mance has only just begun. Her desire for a child and his desire for her finds them pitted against fate in a game of chance. Each roll of the dice puts them face to face with questions of love, cultural morés, family, freedom, and sex.

Director: Anna Grace

Composer: Michelangelo Sosnowitz

Cast: Jim Williams, Kristen Hung

Crew: Kelly Vieau, Production Stage Manager ; Chad Helmer, Assistant Stage Manager/Tech

Running time: 90 minutes

Venue: The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor

Audience: Appropriate for ages 13 and up. Strong Language. Adult subject matter

Official Website: www.pekingroulette.com

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Vincent Scott & Lori Marra  present

Three American Women

Written by Lori Marra

American Woman: A trilogy exploring the inward journey of an African American, an Indian, and Asian woman. 

Odessa, waiting for her car repairs, desperately needs to get home. Rachel, a lawyer in New England, struggles with Indian mores. And Janice, a Taiwanese store clerk gabs incessently about everything from great musicals to her grandmother's tragic death. 

Running time: 90 minutes

Venue: The June Havoc Theatre - 312 W. 36th St., first floor