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The 5 Borough Plays
Written and Directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Sharon E. Cooper, Colleen Darnall,
Cheryl L. Davis, ML Kinney, and Bethany Larsen
Set by Ann Bartek • Costumes by Deb O. • Lighting by Christopher Edwards • Sound by Daniel Kluger
May 3-18, 2008 • The Michael Weller Theatre, 311 West 43rd St., suite 602

"Within minutes of the start of this festival of short plays, one gets the impression that the Milk Can Theatre Company is a multitalented, imaginative group of theatrical artists. The 5 Borough Plays is a 75-minute ode to a beloved New York by an adoring New York theatre company. For this program, five playwrights were randomly assigned a borough. The results are inspired and highly entertaining."

It's a RAVE! Read the rest of NYTheatre.com's review HERE.

For our fifth anniverary, we presented five short plays, each inspired by one of the NYC boroughs: An ode to Beckett's Waiting for Godot, as performed by sock puppets. A moment of understanding while at the 1964 World's Fair. An hilarious rant about this here life in New York City. A magical journey through time and space. A public fight over where to spend the night sung through a rock musical.
STAN AND ILLY AWAIT THE COMING
Written and Directed by ML Kinney
Starring: Zak Kostro, Brad Makarowski, Aaron Sparks, and Jonathan Zipper

For Staten Island: With a nod to Samuel Beckett, our sock puppet heros wait for the Ferry.
PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING
Written by Cheryl L. Davis • Directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer.
Starring: Brad Makarowski and Deanna Gibson

For Queens: A trip to the 1964 World's Fair brings a couple's relationship into focus.
GREATER AND GREATER THINGS
Written by Bethany Larsen • Directed and Performed by Katie Northlich

For Manhattan: "No one said this town was easy."

A VISIT TO THE BRONX
Written by Sharon E. Cooper • Directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Featuring: Nnamudi Amobi, Sarah Brill, Lian-Marie Holmes, and Michael McGuirk

For the Bronx: Time collides in this family drama about the Bronx's forgotten history.
1600 FEET
Written by Colleen Darnall and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer • Directed by Colleen Darnall
Featuring: Ashley Griffin, Caley Rose, Mike Steinmetz, Robert Tann, Natalie Weaver, and Chris Yonan

For Brooklyn: Public fighting is a New York phenomenon and in this musical version, the fight stems from an inter-borough romance.