Midtown International Theatre Festival Returns to New York City

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The festival will present new works at the American Theatre of Actors' three-theatre complex.

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After a nearly decade-long hiatus, the Midtown International Theatre Festival is returning to the New York stage. The revival coincides with the ATA's 50th Anniversary, turning the entire three-theatre complex into a sprawling hub of creative innovation from June 15 through July 26, 2026.

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FEATURED EVENTS:

By F.J. Hartland Directed by Valerie Adami Juhlin

A charming and poignant retelling of a couple's marriage. How do you know at first sight that person is the one for you. And if you had the chance, would you do it all again. Featuring Anne Pasqualr and Keith Herron .

By Kate Gill Directed by Frank Licato

The conflict of the play is set off by an injustice of the healthcare system. A family is left motherless with a father who turns to alcohol. The teen daughter and her brothers must find a way to survive on their own. Then the girl falls in love with a wealthy boy in her high school. But there is a secret barrier they face.

By Jay Stephenson

Starring James Harkness as Ludwig van Beethoven . This 2024 Perry Award-winning original musical finds Beethoven caught in a Faustian deal with Mozart's librettist over a potboiler script. The drama quickly pours outside the confines of the rehearsal stage in what could have been "The Greatest Opera Yet Written!"

By Dani Tapper, Peter Weidman, Steven Blutig, Robin Raskin, and Emily Stumer

Cool at Camp is an adult, meshuga musical comedy packed with humor, a slightly raunchy edge, and the kind of nostalgia that brings the audience right back to their teenage summers at camp.

By Reginald T. Jackson

A dramatic tour de force centered on three people who find themselves in an existential "Hell." Jackson, a PEN America Writers' Fund grant recipient, presents a modern-day love triangle where secrets and unspeakable crimes are slowly revealed. Jackson just completed a world premiere of another play at the Fresh Fruit Festival.

By Anton Spivack

The narrator, a playwright on the autism spectrum described only as Author, approaches his fortieth birthday without having had his work staged or emancipated himself from his parents, despite holding a Master's Degree in Mathematics. As he struggles with isolation he deals with how the neurotypicals around him fail to view the world through his eyes.

By Anne McDermott Directed by Padraic Lillis

This solo show explores love, therapy, and the art of making bad choices with enthusiasm. Anne navigates sessions with an unflappable therapist and the mess of real life, exploring what happens when being "nice" becomes a liability.

By Alfonso Molina & Mayu Molina Lehmann

A powerful new work exploring the lives of undocumented immigrants. The story follows Luis as he takes refuge in a church, pursued by an ICE officer in a narrative style reminiscent of LES MISERABLES. After a successful premiere at the Los Angeles Theater Center and a Helen Hayes Award recommendation, the production makes its Off-Broadway debut.

By David Magidson

Meet a 121-year-old advice-giving widow from the tiny hamlet of Squinch Hollow. Magidson, a former Ringling Bros. clown, brings his international experience to this character-driven comedy where Mother Boswick dispenses questionable wisdom and unique astrological advice.

By Barry M. Putt, Jr. Directed by Robert Liebowitz

This play tells the story of an Iranian shopkeeper and his partner planning to flee their homeland to live openly. Inspired by over three dozen first-person accounts, the play navigates the danger they face when their secret is discovered. The Drama Book Shop will host a special event for this production in June.

By Kevin Davis

Featuring a live band led by Davis, an internationally acclaimed musician, on saxophone, a group of friends humorously discovers the fragility of life, love, and faith when they win the lottery. The production arrives with five BroadwayWorld nominations, including Best Director.

By Jason S. Abrams

Pandimia: Act of Gods follows the colliding lives of two households: a straight couple navigating the chaotic pressures of parenting a young child in a cramped apartment, and a pair of ex-boyfriends forced to navigate the awkward transition from former lovers to sequestered roommates. As the world outside grinds to a halt, these four New Yorkers are forced to confront their pasts, their futures, and each other during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Sandra Laub

An 80-minute one-woman theatrical piece that confronts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the personal lens of an American Jewish woman processing the aftermath of October 7, 2023. Written and performed by Laub and produced by Jerry Fischer, the play uses stones as a central metaphor for memory and historical weight. Winner of the 2024 Providence Fringe Artists For Artists Award. "...a must see show" Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

By Mike Meier and Peter Giambalvo

A comedy musical about Siegfried & Roy that captures the moment Las Vegas reinvented itself as a family-friendly destination. The story follows a young German assistant named Joshua who sees behind the sequins and manufactured myths of the legendary magicians.

By Amy Losi Directed by Laurie Rae Waugh

This is a comedic look at the chaos of independent theater. An amateur troupe has one week left to rehearse a new play, but they are hampered by dropped lines, a TikTok-distracted stage manager, and a sarcastic director with a short fuse. The one-act version won "The Spirit of the Hartford Fringe Festival Award."

By Donna Hoke Directed by Janel Walton

Featuring Xavior Love as a professional crossword constructor who creates a custom puzzle for his ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend live on stage. As he fills the grid in real-time, he unravels a deeply personal story of love and redemption. Nominated for a record 10 BroadwayWorld Anchorage Awards including Best New Play and Best Play, winning Best Director for Janel Walton.

By Dennis Leroy Kangalee

The Harm is a stripped-down, four-character play set in a college classroom, where a provocative lecture on media, race, and power unravels into a crisis of perception and accusation. The play investigates how language shapes reality in the present moment—how words, intention, and interpretation diverge, and how "harm" is constructed, claimed, and adjudicated.

By Dr. Danielle Bacibianco

Playwright and director Danielle Bacibianco presents a drama about two women trying to love each other through sobriety, relapse, and the weight addiction has on their lives. Set inside a cramped Staten Island apartment, the play follows Grey and Aurora after meeting in AA, who build a relationship out of shared recovery, desire, and the hope of becoming different people together.

By Scott Brooks Directed by Ashley Olive Teague

A billionaire's private pilot is paid to not fly him anywhere in this suspenseful play about power, information, and what it means to be human in this digital age.

Written by Bill Keenan Directed by Jesse William Green

Trapped in a hotel hallway at 3:17 a.m., two strangers in bathrobes discover that the hardest door to knock on is always the one you most need to.

By Andrew Justvig

A heartfelt tale of resilience and love that follows Joey, a stand-up comedian with cerebral palsy, and his fiancée, Leah, a talented ballerina. As they support each other in pursuing their dreams, a tragic car accident shatters their lives, leaving Leah paralyzed from the waist down and testing the depths of their commitment.

By Matthew Ethan Davis

A comedy about three married men who unexpectedly collide at the same table in a coffee shop—each convinced it's their table, and their one sacred hour of peace in an otherwise chaotic life. One set. Three characters. Lots of coffee.

By Mila Levine

An autobiographical one-woman show featuring original music, poetry, and dance. It tells the story of a resilient Jewish girl from Ukraine immigrating to the United States. Addressing themes of antisemitism and immigration, the show marks a "full circle" moment for Levine, whose work first debuted here in 2015.

Presented by The Simon Studio Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon

A collection of short plays developed and inspired by the short stories of Anton Chekhov .

By Andrea Mezvinsky

By Vince Bandille

By Andy Treusch

By Jerry Metzker

By Zach Alexander and Melissa Leigh

Where I Come From (90 min) - 6:00pm How To Swallow A Volcano (60 min) - 8:00pm

Across A Crowded Room (30 min) - 6:00pm The Plans We Made (45 min) - 7:15pm

Husbands (90 min) - 6:00pm A Woman In Reverse (90 min) - 8:15pm

Across A Crowded Room (30 min) - 6:00pm How To Swallow A Volcano (60 min) - 7:15pm Where I Come From (90 min) - 9:00pm

Where I Come From (90 min) - 6:00pm A Woman In Reverse (90 min) - 8:15pm

Leaving Kiev (60 min) - 12:30pm A Woman In Reverse (90 min) - 2:30pm Across A Crowded Room (30 min) - 6:00pm Husbands (90 min) - 6:30pm Leaving Kiev (60 min) - 8:45pm

The Plans We Made (45 min) - 11:30am Kierkegaard's Gun (30 min) - 1:00pm How To Swallow A Volcano (60 min) - 3:00pm Leaving Kiev (60 min) - 5:00pm Husbands (90 min) - 7:00pm

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