''My First Time'' is an off-Broadway play that opened on July 12, 2007 at

New World Stages New World Stages is a five-theater, Off-Broadway performing arts complex in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is between 49th and 50th Streets beneath the plaza of the Worldwide Plaza complex at Eighth Avenue. ...

and ran until January 22, 2010. The show is based on a website started by

Peter Foldy Peter Foldy is a Hungarian-born recording artist, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has been nominated for two Juno Awards and has had multiple top-ten hits across Canada and the U.S., most notably with his first song "Bondi Junction" ...

and Craig Stuart that grew in popularity in 1998. The site "allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times" and "features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people ... just like you." Experiences submitted by the audience before the performance are featured during the show, and My First Time received press from CNN.com, TMZ and Forbes when it featured a promotion during which virgins could attend the play for free.

Production history

The show is produced by

Ken Davenport Ken Davenport (born Kenneth Anjum Hasija, August 23, 1972) is a two-time Tony Award-winning theatre producer, blogger, and writer. He is best known for his production work on Broadway. Early life and career Davenport was born in Phoenix, Arizo ...

, producer of

Altar Boyz ''Altar Boyz'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and book by Kevin Del Aguila (based on an idea by Marc J. Kessler and Ken Davenport). Centering on a fictitious Christian boy band from Ohio, the ...

and creator of

The Awesome 80s Prom ''The Awesome 80s Prom'' was an interactive off-Broadway show at Webster Hall described as a "blast-from-the-past party in the style of '' Tony n' Tina's Wedding'' and '' The Donkey Show'' set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom... in 1989!" It was co ...

and BroadwaySpace. Looking towards a new theatrical climate, Davenport "is trying new things with 'My First Time,' for which he raised only $175,000 to capitalize. He’s running the show just three nights a week and doing all the advertising, marketing and group ticket sales out of his production office." The show opened at New World Stages in 2007, and its original cast consisted of Bill Dawes, Josh Heine,

Kathy Searle Kathy Searle is an American film and theater actress. She is best known for her role in ''My Man Is a Loser''. Searle starred in several TV series including ''Body of Proof'', '' Blue Bloods'', ''Gossip Girl'', and '' Lipstick Jungle''. Early lif ...

and Cydnee Welburn. There have since been productions in Korea, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Australia and all over the United States.

Notes

External links

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Official Website

TheProducersPerspective.com
Ken Davenport's blog

Ken Davenport's iPhone Commercialty featuring My First Time

BestOfOffBroadway.com

Altar Boyz Official Website

Awesome 80's Prom Official Website
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