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Transcendental Festival

First Preview: Jan 1, 2016
Opening Date: Jan 11, 2016
Closing Date: Jan 24, 2016
Running Time: 01:15
Transcendental Festival

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Playing @
Connelly Theater Upstairs
220 East 4th St, New York, NY 10009
Seven New Plays & Seven Companies
All Inspired by the writers, thinkers, experimenters of the Transcendental Age


Emerson Speaks
a theatricalized sermon

performed by Mahayana Landowne

Frontline Productions presents
Leaving Brook Farm
a new play by Nina Howes


The Fifth Woman
a new play by Toni Schlesinger


Winter
by Kelly King

an overature of sound, poetry, thought, and nature

Whitman Sings
by John Slade

Walt Whitman in folk, gospel, hip hop, and spoken word

The Artist of the Beautiful
by Jonathon Ward

based on the story  by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Poll Tax Matter
by Dan Evans

A Lulu Lolo Production
a new one act comedy

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Visit -
 http://metropolitanplayhouse.org/transcendentalfest
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission (for most shows)
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Festival Pass - $50 for any 4 participating shows

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

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Full-price tickets:

$15.00 - $18.00

Lottery & Rush

$15 - Students/Seniors
$10 - Children (18 & under)

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Not wheelchair accessible; up one flight of 18 stairs.
  • Seating

    51-seat 3/4 thrust black box
  • Elevator/Escalator

    There is no elevator in this historic school building; one must ascend one flight of 18 steps.
  • Parking

    Weeknights and weekend days, parking may be found on the street. On weekend evenings, the streets get crowded. Lot / Houston and Essex - Public parking in a guarded lot is available on Avenue A
  • Entrance

    Located on the second floor of the Connelly Center.
  • Box Office

    The Connelly Theater does not have a full-time box office on site. You can purchase tickets to all shows online 24 hours a day until shortly before each performance. Walk-up tickets may be purchased, pending availability, at showtime.
  • Restroom

    The public restroom is on the ground floor - wheelchair accessible
  • Water Fountain

    None available.
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Assisted Listening System

    None available
  • Folding Armrests

    None available

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