Albert Baker directs Whistle Stop Romance at Long Island City One Act Festival July 11-31, 2018

    NEW YORK, NY, June 26, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Veteran Manhattan actor and director Albert Baker will direct Whistle Stop Romance, a one-act play by award-winning playwright Phil Paradis, at The Secret Theatre's Long Island City One-Act Festival July 11-31. The historical romance features actors Elena Crociani as school teacher Florence and Justin Younts as farm supplies salesman Herbert and is set in 1927 on a railroad platform in rural Iowa.

Said long-time director Baker, "What a delight it is working with Phil's script. And I'm honored and thrilled to be working with two such talented young actors as Elena and Justin, and Jessica Newman our stage manager for the show is a real pleasure to work with."

With fifty years experience teaching acting and directing, Baker singled out some of his recent directing credits: Macbeth, LINE (13th Street Repertory Theater); Antigone, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Independence (Love Creek Productions); The Body is a Legal Drug (MITF); Daddy's Little Girl (Manhattan Rep); Natural Rarities Up for Bid (MITF); Catatonic ( Blue Pearl Theatre); Comfort in Silence (Streetlamp Productions). See more at https://www.albertbakernyc.com/

Elena Crociani is a Greek-Italian actress. She studied acting in Athens and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She recently performed at the American Theatre of Actors and will perform in October at Theatre Row at the United Solo Theatre Festival.

Actor Justin Younts recently appeared in Betrayed by the Mind at 13th Street Reportory. His additional credits include: Why Cupid Came to Earl's, Men Are Dogs, Sandman, Fashionable Carry, Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, and Dead End. He graduated from Lee Strasberg Institute of Film and Theatre.

Jessica Newman has stage managed A Lesson in Blood, The Sonata of Johnny Jack's, Waiting for the Don, Say Goodbye to Yesterday at the American Theatre of Actors; A Cop Shot My Son at REaP The Art Summer Theatre Festival and The Cover of Life at the Gene Frankel Theatre.

Playwright Phil Paradis is best known for his epic World War I play Soldier's Christmas, about the historical Christmas Truce of 1914. His Evening With Stephen Crane will be presented at Manhattan Repertory Theatre August 24-25. His other plays include the award-winning Footprints of the Polar Bear, Love Knots (a love fest of short plays), North Country Holiday, and The Dora Clark Affair. His plays have been produced in New York , Los Angeles and elsewhere. For more visit http://philparadis.com

Whistle Stop Romance will be part of Program-A and will have five performances: Wednesday, July 11 at 7 pm; Sunday, July 15 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, July 21 at 7:30 pm; Friday, July 27 at 7 pm; and Tuesday, July 31 at 9 pm. All performances are at The Secret Theatre,44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11101. Tickets are $20 At-Door, or $18 in Advance by calling the box office 718-392-0722 or purchasing online at https://secrettheatre.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=34

About The Secret Theatre
The Secret Theatre is a custom-built 99-seat theatre facility in the heart of Long Island City's artist's quarter. The Secret Theatre has brought exciting, edgy, and beloved off-off Broadway shows to Long Island City with affordable ticket prices. Nurturing the talents and dreams of adults and children who want to sing, dance, and act, The Secret Theatre has enriched the lives of not only the theatre-loving community but also many directors, actors and writers.

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