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Back again for it's third year in a row, it’s a fierce race against the clock to write, rehearse and perform six brand new plays in exactly 47 hours and 59 minutes. Each of our six playwrights will write a first act of a new work over the course of one evening. The following morning, the piece is handed off to the director and actors, who rehearse the piece for performance that evening. After the first act comes down - that’s when things get really interesting. The playwrights will then rotate and write the second act of one of their colleague’s works from the previous night.

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It’s 1986- and conservatism is sweeping the nation.  On a small hippie commune, Fenway and his fellow refugees from the sixties are doing their best to ignore the outside world.  When their revered, exiled leader re-emerges as a “born-again conservative” with a young Republican trophy wife in tow, chaos ensues.  Can the ideals of the Aquarian Age stand up to the glitter of Reaganomics?

Boomerang Theatre Company and Impetuous Theater Group proudly present VOODOO NIGHT, a party in celebration of our upcoming co-production; the World Premiere of FENWAY by Kelly McAllister & Lisa Margaret Holub. Come join us for tarot card readings, fortune tellers and dancing. There will be door prizes and a costume contest to get everyone’s juju working and mojo strutting.

Regress with us as we present pieces of art from the hidden vaults of youth. From visual arts to the performing arts, from ages 2-18, nothing is sacred as we went into the past and found pieces that were created by friends, family and members of Impetuous Theater Group. Join us as we celebrate the creative impulse that’s been burning since birth. There will be rock/paper/scissors tournaments and thumb wars.  Vicious thumb wars.

A young girl disappears for three days before waking up along the side of the interstate, setting off a series of events that culminates in tragedy. A Night Near the Sun explores the consequences of alienation, alien abduction and obsession in small town USA.

Impetuous Theater Group explores new works in progress in a supportive creative environment.We take four new plays that are nearing completion and hear them aloud for the first time as a staged reading. Join us as we celebrate four emerging playwrights.

In our second annual festival, it’s a fierce race against the clock to write, rehearse and perform six brand new plays in exactly 47 hours and 59 minutes. Each of our six playwrights will write a first act of a new work over the course of one evening. The following morning, the piece is handed off to the director and actors, who rehearse the piece for performance that evening. After the first act comes down - that’s when things get really interesting. The playwrights will then rotate and write the second act of one of their colleague’s works from the previous night.

In the latter half of the year 1601, William Shakespeare brought his new work, Twelfth Night, to his contemporary Ben Jonson. After reading the piece, Jonson was purported to say “It’s not bad William, but about the zombies . . . ” As William had a certain affinity for zombies (his father was a butcher), he quickly renamed the piece “Twelfth Night of the Living Dead” and mentioned the change to some locals. These locals could not remember the latter half of the title and the play was thus coined “Twelfth Night; or, What you Will”. We are proud to present the play as Shakespeare intended it.

Young employees just starting out in life get a bizarre and hilarious crash course in the ways of Corporate America at the Empie Advertising Agency, a powerful company with its own twisted views on how to increase productivity. Read the awesome review from Martin Denton here: nytheatre.com.

Friends and family gathered from six different theatre companies to combine forces and benefit Center Stage, NY which has served as home for each. Over the span of a night and a day, six playlets joined together by set and theme were performed to fundraise for the space. Written by Andy Chmelko and directed by Jason Zimbler, BANGS & WHIMPERS was acted by Matt Stevens, Michael Bottomley and Lindsay Wolf. Doomsday and the American President collide with satisfying results. The benefit was a great help to Center Stage, NY and Impetuous Theater Group enjoyed participating.

Impetuous Theater Group hosted and participated in the entertainment of the night with our playlet SUGAH SUGAH written by Josh Sherman and Brian MacInnis Smallwood. No one will ever forget the three actors Joseph Mathers, Joseph Yeargain and Lindsay Wolf as they meandered their way through a western ghost town brothel. This benefit for Center Stage, NY was a success and fun was had by all who participated.

An improv comedy fundraiser featuring Devils Dancebelt and The Late Night Players. This benefit was held upstairs at Impetuous Theater Group's official bar: The Limerick House. A mischief time was had by all as we celebrated Halloween at an Irish bar to raise money for OFFICE SONATA.

Remounted after a successful limited run at the Irish Arts Center, VENEZUELA went on to The New York International Fringe Festival 2005. Transfered into an Off -Broadway house, The Players Theatre was home base for Impetuous Theater Group as we enjoyed our first year at fringeNYC. Read the wonderful reviews here: Back Stage, theatremania.com, nytheatre.com, quotes from other professionals.

A rock and roll fundraiser featuring Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday, Strange Aeons, and DJ Dirty Sanchez. This benefit was held in the dank graffitti laden basement of Siberia Bar. The freaks came out at night to celebrate and benefit our acceptance into the fringNYC with our inaugural production of VENEZUELA.

The inaugural 47:59 Play Festival is a race against the clock to write, rehearse and perform six brand new plays in exactly 47 hours and 59 minutes. Each of our six playwrights will write a first act of a brand new work over the course of one evening. The following morning, the piece is handed off to the director and actors, who rehearse the piece for performing that evening. After the first act comes down - that's when things get really interesting. The playwrights will then rotate and write the second act of one of their colleague's works from the previous night. In keeping with our namesake (and the mission statement), Impetuous Theater Group is excited about the random possibilities that will surely develop from one evening to the next as artists gather together and "write in rotation".

In the seedy underground stations of Berlin, a teenage group "surfs" subway trains. Suddenly, their lives are shattered by the death of their leader. But when they cover up the horrific accident, a bizarre fantasy emerges..set in magical VENEZUELA. Presented at Irish Arts Center.