Many working playwrights have productions across the country in regional theatres and are able to be recognized for the work and possibly even forge their livings by it. These writers also rarely if ever have productions in New York. This is nearly the case for Carlyle Brown, who is a prominent United States playwright, who has only had two productions in the Big Apple. Regionally, he is known as one of the most successful and sought after writers, having had many commissions from across the country. For New York audiences and tourists who come to the city to enjoy great theatre, he happens to have a show getting ready to open at 59E59 theaters in Manhattan. Peter Tear is the executive director of 59E59 who believes that there is great theatre outside of New York and the festival is focused on demonstrating this. Guests at the best hotels New York City have the opportunity to see great work from out of town and will have no difficulty in finding the theatre.

Carlyle Brown’s play Pure Confidence is being presented as part of the Americas Off Broadway festival which is intended to showcase writers and productions based outside of New York and whose work deals with American life. The submissions for the festival come from regional writers who have little or no exposure on the New York scene. Brown did have a production at the Public Theatre in 1994, which is his only other notable New York staging. His play Pure Confidence was last seen in Minneapolis at the Mixed Blood Theater where it received positive recognition. This show has also been staged by prominent regional companies such as the Denver Center Theater and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Pure Confidence is a political satire and was described in a review as being extremely crowd-pleasing.

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