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Newly revised in 2024! A troubled young parolee yearning for a fresh start follows her dreams to Wisconsin, based on a page from an old travel book, only to find a small town with a gritty heart aching with longing and regret. Unexpectedly discovering the healing power of community while working at the Spitfire Grill, Percy reawakens the entire town’s capacity for rebirth, forgiveness and hope. Set to a melodic folk-inspired score, The Spitfire Grill is a joyous celebration of human kindness.

The show Dates and Times are as follows-

Friday, March 6 at 7 PM

Saturday, March 7 at 2 PM and 7 PM

Sunday, March 8 at 2 PM

Theater:

Black box theater at NYFA

26 Broadway, 12th floor

NY,NY 10004

Ticket info:

Here is the eventbrite link-

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spitfire-grill-tickets-1982279116198?aff=oddtdtcreator <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spitfire-grill-tickets-1982279116198?aff=oddtdtcreator>

(and please add usual verbiage about emailing MTRSVP@nyfa.edu <mailto:MTRSVP@nyfa.edu>)

THE SPITFIRE GRILL-

Music and Book by James Valcq

Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley

Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff

2.3 Additional Production Credit. The following additional credits will be included on the title page of all programs and playbills distributed in connection with performances of the Property:

Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the New York Premiere of “The Spitfire Grill” Off-Broadway in 2001. “The Spitfire Grill” received its World Premiere production by the George Street Playhouse, November 5, 2000, David Saint, Artistic Director, Michael Stotts, Managing Director.

2.4 Author Bio Credit. If bios for any cast or creative team members are included in the program for Licensee's production of the Property, Licensee must also include bios for the Author(s).

James Valcq is the composer of the off-Broadway musical The Spitfire Grill (Playwrights Horizons, 2001) which has been seen in nearly 900 productions spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as a highly lauded London premiere in 2015. Also off-Broadway, Valcq was the composer/author of Zombies from The Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995. Regional credits include The Passage (a collaboration with Fred Alley), Victory Farm and Boxcar for Northern Sky Theatre, and adaptations of the classic children’s books The Pancake King (commissioned by Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre) and Anatole (commissioned by First Stage).

During his decade as co-Artistic Director of Third Avenue Playhouse in Wisconsin, Valcq created performing editions of several early 20th-century musical theatre pieces, including his reconstruction of George Gershwin’s first Broadway musical, La La Lucille, for its centennial in 2019. As a conductor, orchestrator, actor and stage director, his career has spanned Broadway, National Tours and regional theatre. He holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of Actors Equity.

Fred Alley (1962-2001) was the co-founder and Artist in Residence at American Folklore Theatre (now Northern Sky Theatre) in Door County, Wisconsin, a populist theatre with a seasonal audience of 50,000 where he collaborated on over 20 original shows. It was at Northern Sky that Mr. Alley first collaborated with James Valcq on The Passage. His second collaboration with Mr. Valcq, The Spitfire Grill, won the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for 2001. Premiered at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey and produced off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, it received Best Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk nominations.

Mr. Alley was also the librettist and lyricist of the musicals Guys on Ice, Lumberjacks in Love and The Bachelors, all of which set box office records at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and continue to win new fans at regional theatres all across the country. Fred Alley died unexpectedly in May 2001. In 2002, he was posthumously honored with the Mark R. Sumner Award for Distinguished Achievement, presented by the National Conference on Outdoor Drama.

-You must include in prominent fashion in every program for your production of the Property the following warning in text no smaller than 12-point type, and the warning must also be posted in the lobby of the Venue:

THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists <https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists> 

2.1 Concord Theatricals Credit. All programs, web pages, publicity, and advertising in connection with performances of the Property, in all media (including print and electronic), shall carry a program note as follows (unless an additional or different notice is specified in writing by Concord Theatricals) in not less than 10-point type:

THE SPITFIRE GRILL is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com <http://www.concordtheatricals.com>

2.2 Author(s) Credit. The Author(s)’s name (including, as applicable, composer(s), lyricist(s) and/or translator/adaptor’s name) will appear in all instances in which the title of the Property appears, including all programs, web pages, house boards, and publicity and advertising in all media (including all print and electronic media) within the control of Licensee. Except as otherwise specified below, the name of the Author(s) will appear on a separate line on which no other name appears as set forth below immediately following the title of the Property and will appear in size of type not less than fifty percent (50%) of the size of the title type, as follows: