August Schulenburg Joins the Cast of SOMEWHERE SAFER at FringeNYC, 8/11-8/23

A bomb goes off in New York City. The course of nine lives and a nation are irrevocably changed. Sifting through the pieces of the past and the future, Somewhere Safer's provocative story examines questions of polarization, citizenship and idealism in modern America. This fast paced and fiercely intelligent play was the inaugural recipient of Square One development with On the Square Productions and was twice featured as part of the company's Write Angle Reading Series. It was also a finalist for the 2012 Old Vic/New Voices Playwrights' Exchange, and featured in Flux Theatre Ensemble's 2013 Have Another series. Atmospheric and evocative, Somewhere digs into the serious and timely questions America faces today about what kind of nation we can and should be, and who will lead us there.

We are pleased to announce the latest addition to our cast:

August Schulenburg

August Schulenburg is an acclaimed actor, playwright, and director, as well as Creative Partner and Artistic Director of Flux Theater Ensemble. As an actor, Gus' recently played Doctor X in Hearts Like Fists for Flux Theatre Ensemble. He was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for playing Ezekiel in Johnna Adams' 8 Little Antichrists, also for Flux. He is also a director, having most recently directed Ellen McLaughlin's Ajax in Iraq for Flux (IT Award nomination). His produced plays include Riding the Bull, Honey Fist, DEINDE, Dream Walker, The Lesser Seductions of History and Carrin Beginning.

Also appearing in the cast are Jamie Askew* (Theatre: Escheton Cabaret, The Seagull, The Tempest) Adriana DeGirolami (Film: Drinking Games, Proposals, Theatre: The Exit Interview, The Suitcase), Joshua Everett Johnson (Workshops: Aaron Sorkin's THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, ), Terra Mackintosh* (Theatre: The New Hopeville Comics, TV/Film: SMASH, The Ordained), Brian Morvant* (Theatre: Mother Courage, Screen Play, TV/Film: Delocated, Guiding Light), Raushanah Simmons* (Theatre: In the Red and Brown Water, Ajax in Iraq, TV/Film: The Other Woman, Do No Harm, Law & Order: SVU), Thomas F. Walsh* (Stage: A Cherry Orchard, Borderline, FaceSpace, Film/TV: A Beautiful Mind, Days of Our Lives), and Patrick Woodall* (Theatre: Red, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, upcoming Film: The Normal Heart). *Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online 24 hours or more prior to the performance via www.fringenyc.org, or in person at FringeCENTRAL for $15. Tickets may be purchased on the day of the show at The Connelly Theater located at 220 E 4th street (Fringe Venue #6) for $18. Performance dates and times are Sunday, August 11 at 4:15; Wednesday, August 14 @ 3pm; Saturday, August 17 @ 1:45pm; Tuesday, August 20 @ 9pm; Friday, August 23 @ 7:30pm. Run time is approximately 2 hours.

Playwright LAUREN FEREBEE is looking forward to her first NYIFF as a playwright. Her plays have been developed with Flux Theatre Ensemble, At Hand Theatre, Primary Stages/ESPA, WET Productions, On the Square Productions, Primary Stages/ESPA, Guerrilla Girls on Tour, and Adaptive Arts. Her teenage superhero play, Invisibility, or Tiny Rockets, is being workshopped this summer as part of Adaptive Arts' education program. Lauren recently started blogging at Famous Explorer's Society: An Intelligent Woman's Guide to Traveling Alone. She is a proud member of playwriting collective Lather, Rinse, Repeat and is currently repped by Josselyne Herman & Associates. BFA, NYU/Tisch. www.laurenferebee.com

Director Deborah Wolfson is returning to the Fringe having direcTEd Williamsburg! The Musical (Choreographer, NYIFF and FringeBENEFIT Reading Series) and The Bobbed Haired Bandit - A New Musical. With On the Square, she has In Your Image (59E59), The Snow Queen (University Settlement), Monroe, IL: Over Here/Townie (On the Square at the Flea), America: A Problem Play (Planet Connections Festivity), and serves as OTSP's Literary Manager. Selected directing credits include The Continuing Story of Carla Rhodes (Arlene's Grocery); Eschaton Cabaret (Dixon Place/Bowery Poetry Club); Twelfth Night (What You Will Speakeasy); and Brecht's Drums in the Night (Bee Sting at The Flea). Other credits include: Red Bull Theater's Dance of Death, Volpone, The Maids, The Witch of Edmonton, four seasons of Revelation Readings; The Farnsworth Invention; Jersey Boys (Broadway, Chicago, Vegas); the Flea Theater; seasons at the Berkshire and Williamstown Theatre Festivals. Deborah is a graduate of the University of Chicago and an Associate Member of the SDC.

Producer JENNIFER SOMERS KIPLEY is a Producer, Actor, and avid theater lover. As a Producer, she has worked with Adaptive Arts, and her own company, Sweet Pea Productions, under which she Produced and performed in the critically acclaimed play Dream Walker. As an actor she has performed in numerous Off-Off Broadway productions and independent films, favorites including: Hearts Like Fists (Ensemble & Asst. Director, Flux Theater Ensemble), Xanadu (Euterpe, Piper Theater) I Love You, Petty, and Favre (Brett, Barrow Street Theatre - 2008 Fringe Fest), and the award winning independent feature film, Close to Midnight. Jen is a proud graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she received a BFA in Drama. www.jennifersomerskipley.com

Associate Producer YVETTE KOJIC is a Producer, Director, and Actress who is thrilled to be making her producing debut on the Somewhere Safer team at the New York International Fringe Festival this year! Yvette works as an Associate Producer with the Tony Award Winning team at The Broadway Consortium and Broadway Records and has had the privilege of working with the them on shows such as Bonnie & Clyde, Best Man, Evita, Cinderella, The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, and Matilda. Producing Highlights include: From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook (frombroadwaywithlove.org) and Volleygirls: The Musical starring Anthony Rapp & Susan Blackwell. She recently assistant directed When I Grow Up: Broadway's Next Generation at 54 Below which was recorded and will be released on Broadway Records on July 30th.