Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival

By: Aug. 31, 2016
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Good Works Productions in association with Aizzah Fatima present the premiere of The Lady Liberty Theater Festival, taking place at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001) from Wednesday, September 7th through Sunday, September 25th, 2016. Broadway World has a first look at Frances McGarry as the Statue of Liberty below!

The Lady Liberty Theater Festival presents a trio of exciting immigration short plays aimed at curing the disease of Islamophobia in America, tied together by the ideals represented in the Statue of Liberty.

Dirty Paki Lingerie by Aizzah Fatima, directed by Erica Gould, interweaves the stories of six American-Muslim women, aged 6 to 65, all portrayed by Fatima in a virtuosic performance. Drawing from real-life incidents and one-on-one interviews with Pakistani-American women. Joining Dirty Paki Lingerie are two shorts by award-winning playwright Monica Bauer, directed by Cheryl King: Lady Liberty's Worst Day Ever, starring Frances McGarry as the Statue of Liberty, and J. Dolan Byrnes as her agent, Vinnie. He breaks the news to Lady Liberty that she's been purchased by Donald Trump, and is going to be rebranded as the Trump Statue of Liberty. Watch her fight back!; and No Irish Need Apply (recently seen at The Kennedy Center in DC, and the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan), starring Ali Andre Ali as a Syrian refugee looking for a job in Queens, and Frances McGarry as Joan Fitzgerald, a crusty old woman who needs help running her bodega.

The Lady Liberty Theater Festival will also include back to back free staged readings on Sunday, September 11th, 2016 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The line-up includes plays by Emma Goldman-Sherman, Mona Mansour, and Maximillian Singh Gill among others.

For tickets, schedule information, and full line up visit www.ladylibertytheaterfestival.com. Urban Stages is located at 259 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.

Photo Flash: First Look - Statue of Liberty Leaves Her Pedestal for Lady Liberty Theater Festival
Frances McGarry as Lady Liberty. Photo by Steven Pisano.



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