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CUSTODY Opens Fresh Fruit Festival's
15th Season Monday July 10th @ 8pm

CUSTODY, a gay comedy of 1990s manners-lessness, will open the 15th annual ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival on Monday July 10th at 8pm at The Wild Project NYC, festival headquarters.
In CUSTODY, by award-winning playwright Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc (Fresh Fruit Festival Outstanding Playwright 2012 for PRIDE RIVER CROSSING & 2013 for sExtOrtiOn), three men, pursue one woman, and each other, for CUSTODY of their children, memories & photo albums. Covering Shannon’s 40th, 41st & 42nd birthdays in 1994, 1995, & 1996, CUSTODY features the issues & fashions of that era, including straight women who love gay men & the straight men who love them and try to be more like gay men to get women to love them back. CUSTODY is truly a sub-urban comedy set in a semi-tasteful apartment with four exits & one closet.  By asking who’s going out & who’s coming in, CUSTODY pays tribute to rom-com-ishness, boulevard farce and even HandToGod, without the profanity. And in an effort to provide something for everyone, CUSTODY even includes America’s only child with Dutch Elm Disease.
CUSTODY is directed by Patrick Aran (PRIDE RIVER CROSSING, LYSISTRATA, The WONDER YEARS, A CANTICLE for LEIBOWITZ, 42nd St, The LEARS, 12th NIGHTed) with costume design & coordination by Susan Cook (BROADWAY Wardrobe: WARPAINT, DISASTER, The VISIT, OF MICE & MEN, LUCKY GUY, SEMINAR, BRING IT ON, COAST of UTOPIA, ROMEO & JULIET) and media design by Katherine Hammond (THE DEATH of EDISON-NYC FRINGE, Warehouse of Theater, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, FFF Award Winner for Production Design for The LEARS) and stage management by Casey Ecker.
CUSTODY’s cast includes: Sam Durant Hunter (University of Vermont, Fringe NYC, The Duplex) as Brendan; Anne Pasquale* (The Actors Studio, L.A.M.B.D.A., BOB, 12th NIGHTed) as Shannon, Keith Herron* (Mr. Robot, Boardwalk Empire, NYC Fringe, 12th NIGHTed) as Peter; Drew Bolander* (North Carolina School of the Arts, The LEARS, VARIED LIVES) as Ted.  Melly Lou, created by Chris Fields, as Melly Lou, also makes dramatic appearances.   *Appears courtesy of AEA Actors Equity Association in this AEA Approved Showcase
CUSTODY (97 minutes in 3 acts, no intermissions) will be featured at the ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival, at The Wild Project NYC, 195 E. 3rd St (near Ave. B and Houston St.; F train to 2nd Ave/1st Ave) on Monday, July 10th @ 8pm, Thursday July 13th @ 7:00pm, and Sunday, July 16 @ 4pm.
CUSTODY is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement / Creative Learning, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net
CUSTODY: Tickets: $18  Select date and time on calendar on link
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Visit http://www.ptmcplaywriting.com/ for more information regarding CUSTODY 
CUSTODY 2017 Festival Showcase
HATCHFUND Campaign Now Underway


CUSTODY 2017 Summer Festival Production crowd source funding HATCHFUND campaign now underway.  Go to the menu and move to CUSTODY Hatchfund

CUSTODY granted $1,000 Creative Engagement Funding from DCLA/LMCC for July 2017

CUSTODY production budget restructured, now seeking $5,400 in further funding


CUSTODY rehearsals start in June, July 10th opening

CUSTODY current cast & staff include...
*Anne Pasquale as Shannon
*Keith Herron as Peter
Sam Durant Hunter as Brendan
*Drew Bolander as Ted
Melly Lou by Chris Fields as Melly Lou
Patrick Aran as Director
Susan Cook as Costume Coordinator/Designer
Casey Ecker as Stage Manager
​Nate Siregar as Properties Manager
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*Member AEA Actors Equity Association
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Thanks to All
​Who Attended Our CUSTODY Hearing
Sunday March 5th, 2017
Our Last at TAI The Actors Institute


Hear ye, hear ye, the court of public opinion convened for a staged reading of the new CUSTODY, a comedy by ptmc putting forth its arguments for summer festival production on Sunday March 5th, at 3pm at TAI, The Actor's Institute, 150 West 30th St [14th Floor] the last time we're able to use TAI for our reading and rehearsal purposes. 

After the staged reading, audience members were asked to file briefs, & comment, on the state of the CUSTODY-al ship. Thanks to all who did.
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And thank yous to the cast of CUSTODY:  Anne Pasquale [The Actor's Studio, L.A.M.B.D.A., BOB, 12th Nighted] reading Shannon on her 40th, 41st & 42nd birthdays, Keith Herron [MR. ROBOT, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Fringe NYC, 12th Nighted] reading Peter, her straight suitor navigating the dangerous waters of metrosexuality, Mick Bleyer  [Varied Lives reading, Instant Shakespeare] reading Brendan & Drew Bolander  [The LEARS, Varied Lives reading] reading Ted, Brendan's boyfriend and Eric Johnson [Ruthless, Hairspray, Aspects of Love] reading stage directions & running sound.

For more photos of the reading ...... 
Go to https://www.pinterest.com/ptmcptmc9442/custody/


Thanks for Docketing
 January 15th 2017
CUSTODY Hearing


On board the good ship CUSTODY were Sam Durant Hunter [ http://www.samduranthunter.com/commercial, RAISE ME UP, The WHITE ROOM, CAN'T YOU TELL] reading Brendan, and two 12thNIGHTed stalwarts, Anne Pasquale [The Actor's Studio, L.A.M.B.D.A., BOB] reading Shannon on her 40th, 41st & 42nd birthdays, and Keith Herron [MR. ROBOT, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Fringe NYC] reading Peter, her straight suitor navigating the dangerous waters of metrosexuality.  Completing the cast, Gregory Pragel  [ http://gregpragel.com/#/ , Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Hamlet, Much Ado] read Ted, the other "younger" man. 
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CUSTODY Hearing 
Sunday January 15th, 2017 
Put It on Your Docket
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First reading of the new CUSTODY, a comedy by ptmc putting forth its arguments for summer festival production on Sunday January 15th, at 3pm at TAI, The Actor's Institute, 150 West 30th St [14th Floor] near 7th Ave, NYC.  

Following the music stand reading, audience members will be asked to file briefs, or at least comment, on the state of the CUSTODY-al ship and its worthiness to set sail or go back to dry dock for rewrite and repair.  We hope to have a coordinator who will facilitate the discussion & filing & shedding of briefs, after the 90 minute read.


Melly Lou, Shannon & Brendan's adopted daughter, & also the only child in America with Dutch Elm Disease is being cast by Chris Fields [Shakespeare & Company  Props Master]  Chris also read Ted for our first in house reading of CUSTODY.  We hope Melly Lou's delivery date coincides with the Sunday January 15th 3pm reading at TAI 150 West 30th St. [14th Floor] NYC 10001.
Go to https://www.pinterest.com/ptmcptmc9442/custody/
for some "pinteresting" examples of what Melly Lou might be/look like.

I wish I had photos of the original Melly Lou designed by Eric Simonson who directed the first staged reading featuring Lydia Rawlings & Layne Beamer at Chicago Dramatists Workshop. Let's just say, Melly Lou was capable of getting major laughs just sitting there despite what the humans were doing. A cautionary tale regarding acting with children, animals or puppets....

Must go & prepare my briefs....

See you all on Sunday January 15th, 2017 at 3pm at
TAI, 150 West 30th St [14th Floor], NYC near 7th Ave & MSG

Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc


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BELOW: The January 15th, 2017  Cast of CUSTODY...
Sam Durant Hunter as Brendan
Greg Pragel as Ted
Anne Pasquale as Shannon
Keith Herron as Peter
Elizabeth McMonagle... Stage Directions
Chris Fields ... the birther/builder of Melly Lou


CUSTODY is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement / Creative Learning, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net
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CUSTODY
Monday July 10, 2017 at 8pm
Thursday July 13, 2017 at 7pm
Sunday July 16, 2017 at 4pm
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195 East 3rd St @ Ave B 
TICKETS  $18

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CUSTODY: Photos of the March 5, 2017 staged reading & talkback with
Keith Herron as Peter
Anne Pasquale as Shannon
Mick Bleyer as Brendan
​Drew Bolander as Ted

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