SHORTS GONE WILD 6 Opens Tonight

City Theatre and Island City Stage are proud to present SHORTS GONE WILD 6 performing August 2 - 26, 2018 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. This all-new production marks the 6th season of South Florida's hottest LGBT-themed short play festival.

SHORTS GONE WILD 6, co-presented by City Theatre and Island City Stage, under the direction of City Theatre Artistic Director Margaret M. Ledford and Island City Stage Artistic Director Andy Rogow, has quickly become a mid-summer theatrical tradition. The popular celebration whips seven short plays by six fabulous playwrights, five talented directors and five versatile actors, and a team of skillful designers into a provocative, funny, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining production.

This season's SHORTS GONE WILD 6 offers a brand spanking new line-up of original ten-minute plays by local and national playwrights, whose scripts span the rainbow - including hilarious comedy, poignant romance and naughty satire. A talented acting ensemble of South Florida's best actors effortlessly perform multiple roles throughout the production. SHORTS GONE WILD will tickle its LGBTQ and Progressive communities, but everyone is invited to come out and enjoy performances of relatable, irreverent, appealing and relevant always amusing, SHORTS GONE WILD.

Starring: Christina Groom, Jovon Jacobs, Noah Levine, Daryl Patrice and Casey Sacco

Directed by: Gail S. Garrisan, Margaret M. Ledford, Michael Leeds, John Manzelli and Andy Rogow

Designers: Dean Landhuis (Scenic and Lighting), David Hart (Sound Design) Emil White (Costumes)

The 2018 Play Line-Up Includes:
Plus One by John Bavoso
Sleeping with the Fish by Joe Gulla
What Happened at the Dolphin Show by Miranda R. Hall
Triple Theatre by Michael Leeds
Crass Menagerie by Rich Orloff
Defenders of the Tender Gender Bender by Rich Orloff,
When You Put It Like That It Just Sounds Ridiculous by R. Eric Thomas

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased online at www.islandcitystage.org or by calling the Island City Stage box office at (954) 519-2533. Buy tickets now as SHORTS GONE WILD quickly sells out. Island City Stage, 2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors,

SHORTS GONE WILD Schedule August 2 - 26, 2018

Week 1: Preview Performances, Thursday, August 2 and Friday, August 3 at 8:00 PM
Opening Night Saturday, August 4 at 8:00 PM
Sunday Matinee, August 5 at 5:00 PM

Weeks 2, 3, 4 through August 26
Evenings Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.
Matinees Sunday at 5 p.m.

Shorts Gone Wild 6 is made possible with the support of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward County Cultural Council: Regional Investment Program Grant; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Funding Arts Broward and Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson.

City Theatre is an award-winning professional theater company founded in Miami, FL in 1996, dedicated to the development and production of new works, and programming that entertains, informs and resonates with its diverse audiences. It is the only theatre in the nation producing ten minute plays and musicals year round and for all ages. Programming includes the annual SUMMER SHORTS and WINTER SHORTS Festivals, produced at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and featuring work by well-known and exciting new writers culled from its City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting Contests; SHORTS GONE WILD featuring original LGBTQ plays by regional and national playwrights; the CITY SHORTS "Best of the Fest" winter regional tour into local community venues. City Theatre's educational and outreach includes programs of artistic and professional development for regional and national playwrights (CityWrights Weekend), student mentorship (NextGen Project); the SHORT CUTS in-school tour bringing original commissioned work to 25,000 students annually. City Theatre's develops new work with it City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting Contest, and the First Read regional free reading series that informs and invests audiences and artists in the process of new play development. City Theatre also produces occasional full-length plays it feels are timely, exciting and impactful to its community and audiences. In 2016, City Theatre was honored by the Carbonell Committee with the prestigious Bill Von Maurer Award, which recognizes significant contributions to South Florida theater development by an individual or group, for the company's dedication to the short form play and fostering new play development. Visit www.citytheatre.com for more information.

Island City Stage is a professional regional theatre dedicated to producing new work and recognized plays that explore themes, characters and values of the LGBT and Progressive communities. The company is the recipient of nine Carbonell Awards including two for "Best Production of a Play" for their productions of Dan Clancy's The Timekeepers and Michael McKeever's Daniel's Husband, and 13 Silver Palm Awards in recognition of Island City Stage's outstanding contributions to South Florida theatre. Visit www.islandcitystage.org for more information.