English Rose Productions Announces Off-Broadway Premiere of ‘The Hunt for Treasure’

English Rose Productions is proud to announce the New York off-Broadway premiere of The Hunt for Treasure, a comedy that won five stars at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

(PRWEB) June 25, 2007 -- English Rose Productions (www.englishroseproductions.com) is proud to announce the New York off-Broadway premiere of The Hunt for Treasure, a comedy that won five stars at the Toronto Fringe Festival. The show opens on Tuesday June 26th 2007 and runs for 14 performances through July 8th 2007.

This hysterical new comedy is written by Adam Risbridger & Byron Laviolette and directed by Fritz Brekeller, from ABC’s All My Children. The Hunt for Treasure stars Avery Pearson & John Calvin Kelly.

The Hunt for Treasure runs for just two weeks at the Abingdon Theatre in New York. The Producers are so confident audience members will find it funny, they will refund the ticket money to anyone who doesn’t laugh.

The story behind this production is highly unusual. The play is set in a bizarre fantasy world, yet the production came to existence in a very similar fashion. Whilst developing a script with an optioned author, the producers at English Rose Productions had booked the Abingdon Theatre to showcase and develop this work from a budding American playwright. Midway through this process, the author changed all the characters in the play to monkeys and insisted on the appearance of Antonio Banderas with shaved legs in ACT II. (This was a subtle message of defiance against some suggested changes). Unfortunately that was the last the producers heard from the author. However, out of a near disaster, the Hunt for Treasure was discovered and the production put together in the remarkable timeframe of less than one month.

The Hunt for Treasure follows the adolescent odd-couple on a quixotic quest in a world of conflicted friendships, boredom, ninja-filled alleys and teenage angst. During a game of Bottle-bee, they discover a mysterious pirate's treasure map and a comedic quest ensues through a bizarre fantasy world as they search for hidden treasures.

The Hunt for Treasure is produced by English Rose Productions. This is their first off-Broadway production, having launched the film and theatrical company just last year. Run by three English Producers who have been in America from between two to six years, their mission is to breathe a new life into American theatre and productions, from using cutting edge new technology marketing channels, to their approach to quality and changing the perception of the whole theatrical experience. The Hunt for Treasure has been marketed using techniques including You Tube, My Space and other social networking sites where selected scenes were filmed to help promote the play. Their attention to detail is also unusual – the accompanying program is better quality than most high budget Broadway shows for example. From the moment theatre goers walk in the Abingdon Theatre, The Hunt for Treasure will be a truly unique experience the theatre goers will never have received from an off-Broadway production.

For more information on this exciting new production, the cast and crew or English Rose Productions please contact us at pr @ englishroseproductions.com or telephone 917-664-2871.

The production website is: www.treasureoffbroadway.com

English Rose Productions website is www.englishroseproductions.com

There is availability for review and press tickets – please contact us on the above for more information.

Nick Ferris

English Rose Productions

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