About Shooting Star Theatre

“A cozy and inviting new space”
Off-Off Broadway Review

At Shooting Star Theatre, Montauk Theatre Productions (MTP) provides a friendly and open space for training, rehearsals, workshops and performances, as a community resource in the Downtown Manhattan area for the development of the performing arts as well as ongoing support for other local arts organizations.

Special events presented by MTP have included: the world premiere, at John Drew Theatre in East Hampton, of "Scenery", a new play written by Ed Dixon, directed by Frank Dunlop and starring Marilyn Sokol and Clive Revill; "Class Mothers", a new play by Eric Weinberger starring Priscilla Lopez, presented at the Montauk Yacht Club prior to it's Off-Broadway run last year; two readings in New York City of "Come Up 'N See Me", a musical about Mae West by Bonnie Lee Sanders and Ellen Schwartz, starring KT Sullivan; and the development and initial production of the murder mystery musical "Split Ends" by Bonnie Lee Sanders and Mark Barkan prior to its Off-Broadway run last Spring and Summer.

We have presented special readings and musical evenings in association with the South Street Seaport Museum as part of an ongoing effort to support the revitalization of cultural activities in Downtown New York after September 11 - these programs have included "America The Beautiful" by Patricia LaRose (presented in association with Melba LaRose and NYArtists Unlimited); Sally Sherwood with Woody Regan in "Good-bye, My Lady Love"; Marilyn Sokol in her Fanny Brice show, "Me and My Fanny"; a new musical revue, "The New York Music Hall Songbook"; and, in association with the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art (Shirley J. Radcliffe, Producing Director and Imani, Artistic Director), we have welcomed the RACCA Seaport Salon which has presented such new works as "Welcome Home, Marian Anderson"; "Linda Means To Wait"; "Masque" and "Joseph"; and "Medea"; as well as a series of new play readings and Sunday jazz evenings.