3:00 pm   FINDING EXPRESSIONS   By:                        Joel Willis Joel Willis is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he received his BA in Creative Writing (Specializing in Poetry) and Africana Studies. Currently, besides writing screenplays, an epic story, poetry, stage plays, and editing plays, Joel is in the latter stages of having his boxing program (the first of its kind) implemented into Co-op City’s youth athletic programs.  DIRECTED BY:            Herb Donaldson     FEATURING:       Alex Ubokodum   Les Goldberg     SYNOPSIS: Charles, an educated and outspoken African-American student at Livingston University, finds himself at odds with his Sociology and Terrorism instructor, Professor Weisman, who, himself, is an internally wounded survivor of Auschwitz.   Their need to get things out in the open, as well as their need to be understood, raises issues of race and culture that neither of them is sure they will ever overcome.

	3:15 pm   JOSH   By:                    Michael A. Jones Michael Jones has studied with Gotham Writers’ Workshop; Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center; Frank Silveras Writers’ Workshop; Harlem Screenwriters Workshop; and The Downtown Writers Workshop as well as with the Lincoln Center Director’s lab, and New York Film Academy.  His plays include: It Takes a Village to Raise…Hell, The Josh Gibson Story, Soiled Wings, Family Matters, Scorcher, and One Love.  His screenplays include:  Where’s the Beef? Love and Bondage, Hind Sight is 20/20, and Annie’s Revenge (based on Antigone). FEATURING:                 Victor Dickerson   Chudney Sykes   Althea Vyfhuis   Scott Williams   Daren Taylor   SYNOPSIS: The story of a Negro League baseball player whom some say died of a broken heart.  Although his good friend and legend pitcher, Satchel, tries to shed light on the business of baseball, Josh is determined to make it into the “big leagues” and show the world he can rival the greats, such as Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio.

	5:00 pm   A SIMPLE SONG   By:                        Michael P. Moss Michael P. Moss, a native of Washington, D.C., recently received his Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the City College of New York.  His staged readings include: Blind and Not Long to Stay Here at the Schomburg Center in Black Culture; both directed by Kim Weston-Moran.  Not Long...received a staged reading reading at the 2005 National Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C. Mr. Moss' 10-minute work has been featured in NFT's Scene@NewFederal showcase DIRECTED BY:            Kim Westin Moran     FEATURING:     Marjorie Johnson   Erwin A. Thomas   Roderick Warner                SYNOPSIS: In this exploration of the issues surrounding drug abuse and its toll on the family structure, Allen, a lawyer, finds himself at a crossroads when his brother Andre, a recent prison parolee, comes home.  With the freedom to understand each other as brothers before them, they, along with their mother, must finally confront the family secrets that have imprisoned them all for so long.

	7:00 pm   One4DeBrovahs   Written and Directed by:           Cheo J.A. Solder Cheo J. A. Solder: After a twenty plus year hiatus from the creative scene, the author, Cheo Jeffery Allen Solder has re-emerged with a vengeance as a writer, poet, musician, spoken word performance artist, screenwriter and playwright.  In an attempt to explain his silence as an artist, he merely says: “Life.” and to explain his reawakening he says: “It’s about time”.  He is from Los Angeles, California. FEATURING:   Claude Del   Eric Daley   Pamela Lambert   David Curtis   Gaetane Joseph     OLUGUN (Music Ensemble):    Frank Wilkins   Johan Narsjo   Karen Kocharyan   Arvin Zarookian     SYNOPSIS: A love letter written for the brothers and sisters, born and unborn sons and daughters of the author’s biological and spiritual family.  It is about manhood and womanhood:  how to get there, how to stay there and how to grow beyond it to humanhood.

	Kermit Frazier's   KERNEL of SANITY   HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE EVENT POSTPONED DIRECTED BY:   TBA   FEATURING:                TBA

	5:00 pm   ALMOST SEPTMEBER   Written and Directed By: (Ajene) D. Washington (Ajene) D. Washington is a playwright, actor, director, set & lighting designer who resides in Bronx, NY. He received a B.S. degree from Lincoln University and a M.A. from Northern Illinois University. He has directed and performed with a number of companies throughout the US.  As an actor his work includes The Michael Jordan Story, Naked Acts, One Life to Live and Law & Order SVU.  Plays that Mr. Washington have written include: Lay to Rest, Otis’ Song, Swing, Days of a Drunken Crow, Six O’ Nine, Come Back Sweet, Sunday Afternoon, and Terrance’s Bounty. He has received an AUDELCO Award for Best Director and Best Set Design, also a nomination as Best Actor. He was nominated for Best Set Design by Lucille Lortel committee. He is a member of AEA, SAG, SSDC, and The Dramatist Guild.  FEATURING:   Micki Grant   Charmae Monisse Theisz   Zeb Hollins   SYNOPSIS: The quiet tale of two women: a retired historian and the young graduate student she mentors in a small mid-western college town. Today, their relationship changes forever when a mysterious man arrives at their door.

	7:30 pm              Is You Is or Is You Ain’t   Written and Directed by:  Jamal Williams Jamal Williams is a novelist, short story writer, playwright and screenwriter with a Master of Creative Writing from The University of San Francisco at San Francisco.  He is presently the Artistic Director of The NYC Downtown Playwrights Workshop.  He co-founded the Harlem Screen Writers Workshop.  He was a Charter Member and former Executive Director of The Buriel Clay San Francisco Black Writers Workshop, and Playwright-in-Residence of The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Company (1989-1992).  He is a winner of the San Francisco Bay Guardian 1st Playwriting Competition for Best Full-Length Play, 1991 (“Is You Is or Is You Ain’t”).  His first novel, entitled Where Dark Things Hide, is an urban science fiction and horror novel.  Jamal is a member of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop and had a new play read in the Playwright Series of the 2001 and 2003 National Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  FEATURING:   Pamela Monroe   Nadhege Ptah   Iris Williams   Taqiyya Holden   Erwin A. Thomas   D.K. Bowser   Michele Baldwin   Victor Dickerson     SYNOPSIS: After World War II, victorious soldiers came home while newly liberated women had to give up their jobs and return to being mere housewives.  Many black women escaped the South in the War years and had vowed never to return.  Olivia Pondexter breaks the mold and returns to "rescue" two sisters.  Not only does she bring with her a hatbox full of money, she finds herself haunted by the spirit of what she has shamefully tried to forget.

	3:00 pm   BOOK PARTY @ New Federal presents:    Ed Bullins: Tales of a Literary Gangster Phylicia Rashad Ruben Santiago-Hudson Roscoe Orman Featured Guest Readers include:   Phylicia Rashad   Rueben Santiago-Hudson   Roscoe Orman   George Lee Miles   Elizabeth Van Dyke   Kaci Fannin   and Richard Wesley   ED BULLINS latest book Twelve Plays and Selected Writings brings together not only the plays, fiction, and essays of one of the most important playwrights in the U.S., African-American, and world dramatic traditions, but highlights the journey of a most crucial figure during the Black Arts Movement of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.

	DIRECTIONS ABRONS ARTS CENTER / The RECITAL HALL   466 Grand Street NYC 10002   Arts Center Phone:   212-598-0400 (Press O for Oprator)   SUBWAY The F train to East Broadway or Delancey The D, B or Q trains to Grand Street   The J or M trains to Essex Street   BUS M15 to Grand Street M22 to Montgomery Street M9 to Grand Street M14 to Grand Street B39 to Essex   CAR OR CAB Take the FDR Drive southbound and exit at Grand Street.   Northbound FDR does not have an exit for Grand or South Street. Use the Houston Street exit. There are several reasonable car services in the area that can be used for a return trip. PARKING Parking lots are available on Suffolk Street between Broome and Delancey; and East Broadway and Clinton Streets.     NEW FEDERAL THEATRE: 212-353-1176   Herb Donaldson / Programming Director bleerby@hotmail.com