My new play, Better Lucky Than Smart, is playing at Manhattan
Theatre Source from August 18th through September 11. Sixteen
shows, Wednesday through Saturday, all starting at 8 p.m. Go to
theatresource.org to purchase tickets or to reserve, simply call
866-811-4111.
Manhattan Theatre Source presents
The
Writers Forum production of
BETTER LUCKY THAN SMART
by Jonathan Kravetz
Directed by Joe Beuerlein
Starring: Jay Leibowitz, Valerie Hager, Martin Alexander Perez, Natasha A.
Williams, Joseph Nicholas Masi, Sarah Doudna, Bart Shatto, Anette Michelle
Sanders, Vincent Allocca, Geoffrey Colin Fisher and Brandon Potter
New
York, NY – The Manhattan Theatre Source is pleased to announce the
first full-scale production of a play developed in its own Writers’ Forum, the
world premiere of Better Lucky Than Smart.
Jonathan Kravetz’ latest work is an inventive comedy full of double-crossing
gangsters, dim-witted bureaucrats and extremely tidy monkeys.
When his
scheme to pass off old violins as Stradivarii explodes into a kidnapping plot
involving the president’s mistress, FBI, Mafia and the CIA, Henry, a clueless
dreamer, might end up dead or worse. Will Henry’s precocious, 12 year-old son
Tyler or suspiciously savvy wife Jane care enough to save him? What will happen
to the 5 million dollars ransom? What is that rooster doing over there? And are
attractive women really flammable?
Jonathan
Kravetz’ intense drama about a theocratic society run amok,
Prayer, received universal praise (“Prayer is one of the finds of
the Fringe Festival.”). His play, Violins, won the
Bite Size International Playwriting competition and was performed at the
Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals in 2008 and the InGenius Festival 2010.
Jonathan is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed literary web
magazine, DUCTS.ORG.
Joe Beuerlein
is a director, actor, and writer who has helmed Mr. Kravetz’
Prayer (2008 FringeNYC) and Violins
(2010 InGenius Festival). Other directing credits include
Perspective (Roots and Wings Theatrical), Elizabeth
Barrett Loves Christian Bale (Estrogenius), Loot,
Corpus Christi, and Bent. Joe received
rave reviews as Dr. Gustav Frankenstein in The Diary of Anne
Frankenstein at the 13th Street Rep and collaborates on the web
series 30/2010 (www.youtube.com/thirtytwentyten).
Better Lucky Than Smart is the first in a series of co-productions
sure to establish the Manhattan Theatre Source as the premiere Indie Theatre
destination in New York. The talented cast Jay Leibowitz, Valerie Hager, Martin
Alexander Perez, Natasha A. Williams, Joseph Nicholas Masi, Sarah Doudna, Bart
Shatto, Anette Michelle Sanders, Vincent Allocca, Geoffrey Colin Fisher and
Brandon Potter. Better Lucky Than Smart is an Equity
showcase and will run August 18th through September 11th
at the manhattantheatresource, 177 MacDougal Street, New York,
NY between W. 8th and Waverly Place. (www.theatresource.org).
Manhattan Theatre Source is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit theatre and
arts organization at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, NYC, committed
to producing engaging new works by emerging artists. Since opening its doors in
March 2000, it has become an important resource for New York theatre and film.
We are proud of its reputation as a ‘first look’ development house and a
launching pad for thousands of dramatic artists, working in hundreds of
productions.
Since 2008,
The Writers’ Forum has been showcase for some of the most talented and
unique voices in New York Independent Theatre. Sponsoring stage readings,
workshops and the InGenius Festivals, The Writer’s Forum helps writers realize
their plays on their on terms.
