TOSOS, New York's Oldest LGBT Theatre, Nominated for Four New York Innovative Theatre Awards

TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence) was nominated for four New York Innovative Theatre Awards at last night's nomination party at 42WESTny. Nominations include Outstanding Revival of a Play, and Outstanding Ensemble for Doric Wilson's Street Theater for its run at The Eagle NY. Kathleen Warnock's play The Further Adventures of... was nominated for Outstanding Short Script and Outstanding Ensemble. The Further Adventures of... opens this Friday, August 12, at the 20th Annual New York International Fringe Festival. The New York Innovative Theatre Awards will be awarded this fall in New York City.

The TOSOS nominations:

Outstanding Revival of a Play for the TOSOS production of Doric Wilson's Street Theater.

Outstanding Ensemble for Street Theater featuring Christopher Borg, Joshua Kenney, Rebecca Nyahay, Eilis Cahill, Joe MacDougall, Chris Andersson, Russell Jordan, Jeremy Lawrence, Michael Lynch, Tim Abrams, Ben Strothmann, Desmond Dutcher, and Jonathan Cedano.

Outstanding Short Script for the TOSOS production of Kathleen Warnock's The Further Adventures Of....

Outstanding Ensemble for The Further Adventures Of... featuring Jamie Heinlein, Mark Finley, and Tim Burke.

TOSOS, founded by Doric Wilson (1939-2011), Barry Childs Producing Director, Mark Finley Artistic Director, is dedicated to preserving the theatrical heritage of the LGBT community through the development of new plays by emerging artists as well as revivals of established works. Their productions strive to honestly explore the unique LGBT experience and cultural sensibilities in a life-affirming and respectful way.

TOSOS is proud to present Kathleen Warnock's The Further Adventures of... as part of the 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Award-winning Playwright Kathleen Warnock's work has been produced in New York, London, Ireland and regionally. Recent productions include Julie Andrews is The Devil at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and Strivers in Astoria Stories at Astoria Performing Arts Center. Eric Chase, who directed last year's hit FringeNYC production of Possum Creek, directs. TOSOS's previous FringeNYC credits include the sold-out runs of And Sophie Comes Too in 2009 and The Secretaries in 2010.

Tune in again for The Further Adventures of... and follow Maggie Day as she uncovers the story of Commander Zoron and Prince Kal in the '50s sci-fi serial, Atlantis, 1 Million Years B.C., and the lives of actors who portrayed them, Drake Darling and Frank Gallagher, and follows their paths from a classic sci-fi show to the age of the Internet, revealing hidden secrets, lost loves, and things people couldn't say then (and maybe even now?).

The Further Adventures of... features a cast just nominated for Best Ensemble by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards: Tim Burke (The Wind Behind Us/TOSOS) as Prince Kal and Frank Gallagher; Mark Finley (director of the Off-Broadway hit Penny Penniworth) as Commander Zoron/Drake Darling and more; and Jamie Heinlein (Penny Penniworth/Off-Broadway & The Secretaries/FringeNYC) as intrepid reporter Maggie Day.

Tickets are $18.00 and are available at www.fringenyc.org - performances take place at Venue #3, Teatro LATEA, 107 Suffolk Street (between Rivington & Delancey). Subway: F to Delancey, J/M/Z to Essex.

Show dates:

Friday, August 12 @ 5:00 pm

Monday, August 15 @ 7:00 pm

Saturday, August 20 @ 7:15 pm

Wednesday, August 24 @ 5:00 pm

Saturday, August 27 @ 9:15 pm

For more information, visit www.tososnyc.org