THE ARGENTINIAN PROSTITUTE PLAY To Hit Broadway Bound Theatre Festival this August

Rising director-playwright team of Zeynep Akca and Reuven Glezer present their Off-Broadway debut, THE ARGENTINIAN PROSTITUTE PLAY, written by Glezer and directed by Akca, at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival this August. Performances will take place at Theatre Row for an exclusive three-day run on August 20th, 21st, and 24th at 8PM, 5PM, and 2PM, respectively. A talkback with the creative team will follow the August 21st performance.

The cast features Nahar Aminov, Anja Avsharian (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Players Theatre), Mateo Ervin, Bruce Jimenez, Ben Natan (THE TRIAL OF MRS. SURRATT, Wandering Theatre Co.), Tessa Ramirez-Keough, and Shawn Zylberberg.

THE ARGENTINIAN PROSTITUTE PLAY tells the tale of a community caught between the need for safety and the need to survive. Far from the threat of anti-Semitism in Europe, the Jewish community in 1920's Buenos Aires flourishes, as arrivals new and old are ensnared in a brutal reality that offers them anything but freedom. The historical circumstances presented here are the first time this story will be brought to the New York stage. Content Warning: this play contains physical, gendered, and racial violence.

Zeynep Akca is an emerging director from Istanbul, Turkey.Ever since moving to NYC in 2014 she has been tirelessly working towards putting works on stage that explore ideas of empowerment, especially that of women+, immigrants, and lgbtq+ communities. She graduated from Baruch College in 2018, where she had her start in directing through student run productions she spearheaded. She is currently working on developing new works with emerging playwrights and fellow directors. Her previous credits include: O, Earth (staged reading, CUNY Grad Center), Cabaret, Next to Normal (Baruch College).

Reuven Glezer is an emerging Brooklyn-based playwright whose works deal with lost history, fantasy bleeding into reality, and vital questions about the self. His upcoming projects deal with the history of the horror genre, a newly-translated Yiddish dystopic melodrama, and a music-theatre fantasy about art and self-worth with director Zeynep Akca. He was previously a dramaturg for O, Earth (CUNY Grad Center), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Baruch College), and Anna in the Tropics (Baruch College).

THE ARGENTINIAN PROSTITUTE PLAY is presented as part of Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2019. Come out and play, New York! Broadway Bound Theatre Festival is a curated festival takes a fresh approach to the theatre festival model as it helps playwrights successfully self-produce. The result is a top quality production of their premiere work in NYC's most selective festival. BBTF is not just a bunch of plays. The 2019 season will see a fresh, diverse and relevant cross section of theatre relevant to the modern audience. The New York Times pick of top 15 festivals to see, Broadway Bound runs July 30 to August 25, with multiple performances daily.Tickets can be purchased through www.broadwayboundfestival.com/book-online! Follow the creative team on Facebook and Instagram through @APPlay2019!