The terraNOVA Collective remounts Jeff Grow's award winning production. Receiving two 2009 IT Awards for Outstanding Solo Performance and Outstanding Performance Art Production, Creating Illusion takes you on a journey where elegant sleight of hand and insight into human behavior collide dismantling everyday experience and tempting us to question: Why do we choose to believe the unbelievable?

Directed by Jessi D. Hill, Creating Illusion will play a limited engagement at The D-Lounge (101 East 15th Street at Union Square East) Friday, October 16, 23, & 30 at 10pm. Tickets ($15) are available online at www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.



2009 Outstanding Ensemble recipient Christopher Borg stars in Penny Penniworth. Written by Christopher Weikle and directed by Mark Finley, Penny Penniworth is the "lost" Charles Dickens' epic as mounted by a short-staffed theatre troupe with Royal Shakespeare Company aspirations. Set in Victorian England, this Emerging Artists production tells the story of young Penny Penniworth whose childhood love is driven out of town after nearly killing a wealthy businessman. Soon, Penny finds herself penniless, left alone to make her way through a convoluted maze of strange relationships, anonymous benefactors and ultimate justice.
 
Penny Penniworth  runs October 1 - November 1, Wed. - Sat. 8pm, Sun at 3pm and Mon. at 7pm. TADA Theatre is located at 15 West 28th Street, 2nd floor (between Broadway & 5th Ave -- accessible from the the R/W train at 28th Street and F train at 23rd Street). Tickets are $35 for all performances. For tickets and information call 800-838-3006 or visit www.emergingartiststheatre.org.



Elyse Mirto, recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Award stars in Next Year in Jerusalem. The play follows Abraham Mendel who fled Nazi occupied Poland to Palestine, where he fought for Israeli independence, before immigrating to America. Now approaching retirement, Abraham wishes to leave his legacy to his two grown daughters. As neither understands the sacrifices he has made for them, the tight grip Abraham has always exerted is shaken over Passover dinner, when his secrets and regrets become family knowledge.

Running through Oct. 31, the production is the first presentation of the Workshop Theater's 2009-2010 season. For tickets, priced $18, phone (212) 695-4173 ext. 5. The WorkShop Theater Company is located at 312 West 36th Street in Manhattan.