59E59 Theaters Announces The Line Up For The 2018 EAST TO EDINBURGH Festival

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) announces the 2018 line up for the annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival. EAST TO EDINBURGH begins on Tuesday, July 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 29. The performance schedule varies. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets to each EAST TO EDINBURGH show are $15 ($12 for 59E59 Members). Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online via www.59e59.org.

Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the largest arts festival in the world), EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Fringe, while giving companies a clean, comfortable, and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This year's whirlwind festival features thirteen adventurous productions from around New York and across the US.

The 2018 EAST TO EDINBURGH line up is:

July 10 at 6:30 PM; July 11 at 6:30 PM; July 12 at 6:30 PM
VAN GOGH FIND YOURSELF written and performed by Walter DeForest
Produced by VGFY and Ryan's Daughter

Get Drawn In! Audience members create art along with Vincent while secrets are exposed. The ear incident and his death are two colossal events, but evenmore are revealed. DeForest blends storytelling, theater and live art in this "deeply engaging" portrait of Vincent. You think you know the truth? Van Gogh Find Yourself please.

July 11 at 8:30pm; July 12 at 8:30pm; July 18 at 8:30pm
AGATHA IS MISSING! written and performed by Prudence Wright Holmes
Produced by Prudence Wright Holmes and Fringe Management

Ace Detective, Miss Clarissa Marbles has arrived to solve the mysterious disappearance of the famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. Miss Marbles will not rest until she finds out whodunit! The audience must assist Miss Marbles in solving this terrible crime. Prizes are given for the best answer.

July 13 at 6:30pm; July 14 at 8:30pm; July 15 at 4:30pm
DRUNK LION written and performed by Chris Davis, directed by Mary Tuomanen
Produced by Chris Davis

DRUNK LION follows an alcoholic Lion who spends his days drinking into oblivion in a cantina, until he meets Chris, a young foreigner learning how to speak Spanish. The unlikely pair forge an intoxicated bond over life, love, and alcohol.

July 13 at 8:30pm; July 14 at 2:30pm; July 14 at 4:30pm
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS created by Ashley Adelman and Kelly Teaford, written and directed by Ashley Adelman
With Chrystal Bethell, Niki Hatzidis, Caroline Peters, Kate Szekely, Shelby Wong
Produced by Infinite Variety Productions

Over 50 years ago, thousands of young American women went to Vietnam to serve their country during the war. In 2016, Infinite Variety Productions interviewed five of these women-- two military officers, three civilian employees, all volunteers. Hearing their poignant, horrific, funny, and endearing memories, IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS tells the often unknown, but extremely timely story showing the human side of war. Created directly from the oral histories with an innovative set using five blocks that evolve into bunkers, rooftops, military vehicles and more, IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS is a poignant journey through the lives of these women.

July 14 at 6:30pm; July 15 at 2:30pm; July 20 at 6:30pm; July 22 at 2:30pm; July 22 at 7:30pm
TRUMP LEAR co-created, written, and performed by David Carl, co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino
Produced by Project Y Theatre Company

Trump meets Lear in this "biting political satire" (Theatre is Easy) that's inspired upon the whims of a madman. From the team behind the downtown hit David Carl's Celebrity One- Man Hamlet (formerly titled Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet) comes a new Shakespeare adaptation: Trump Lear. Actor and impersonator, Carl David, is being held without bail for his Trump-inspired version of Shakespeare's King Lear. Carl David is forced to perform his King Lear
to an unseen online audience of one, as the President restlessly watches remotely from a live and public feed. The stakes are high: if Trump likes Carl and his show, Carl lives. If not, Carl dies. But how can Carl get through a show where he has created a Lear based on Trump himself without offending the audience.

July 17 at 6:30pm; July 18 at 6:30pm; July 19 at 6:30pm
LEVITICUS written by Mandi Riggi, directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
With Bryan Hamilton, Raye Levine, Sawyer Spielberg, Eric Svendsen, and Megan Tusing
Produced by Where Are They Going Theatre Company

Set in the mid-90s, when the dot-com millionaires are kings, tech titan Austin and his wife Jess host a dinner party to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of old friends Robert and Stacia. But the two men have a secret and after several Kiwi Margaritas, the truth unfurls with explosive consequences.

July 19 at 8:30pm; July 20 at 8:30pm; July 21 at 4:30pm
HARMON LEON'S TRUMP AMERICAN HORROR STORY written and directed by Harmon Leon
Produced by Harmon Leon

Comedian, VICE contributor, and author of Meet the Deplorables, Harmon Leon has made a career out of infiltrating extremist groups. Leon leads you on a multimedia journey into the horrors of Trump America. Stops include horrific locales such as a Hell House in Texas, a Christian haunted house where they scare the living Jesus into you...literally! Plus, there will be songs.

July 21 at 2:30pm & 6:30pm; July 22 at 4:30pm
FALKLAND - The War The World Forgot written by Heather Bagnall, directed by Luke Tudball
With Heather Bagnall and Luke Tudball
Produced by Tasty Monster Productions

Inspired by real events and real people, this is the extraordinary story of the ordinary citizens of a tiny island at the bottom of the world, the 10-and-a-half week war the world forgot, and the inhabitants whose lives were forever changed by the decisions of political leaders a world away. Selected 'Best of Fest' by Orlando Sentinel at Orlando Fringe and Best Show of the Fringe at Pittsburgh Fringe, this production uses archival photography, video, radio, and news media to highlight and honor the extraordinary actions of ordinary people. FALKLAND - The War The World Forgot is a timely reminder of the effect that ego and politics can have on society.

July 21 at 8:30pm; July 26 at 6:30pm; July 27 at 6:30pm; July 28 at 6:30pm
GEEK music & lyrics by George Griggs, book by Paul Andrew Perez, directed by Paul Andrew Perez
With Taylor Bazos, Ethan Karas, Gracie Peselli, and Olivia Tebsherany
Produced by Infinity Repertory Theatre Company

A darkly comic musical about love, loss and the price of being different. Raised inBible thumping Hopeless Junction, USA, Gibby Stone is a gentle-hearted teenager who simply wants to fit in. But quack medical treatment metamorphoses her into a modern Elephant Man. Run out of town by a mob, she finds brief happiness in a freak show, but fate twists the knife again as she searches for acceptance and redemption. GEEK has great original music and echoes of O Brother Where Art Thou?, Wonder and The Greatest Showman. The latest Fringe premiere by award-winning Boston company Infinity Rep.

July 24 at 6:30pm; July 25 at 6:30pm; July 28 at 8:30pm
SOLARPLEXUS: AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLAY by Michael Galligan
With Michael Galligan, Samuel Metzger and Justin Picado
Produced by Project Mercury

SOLARPLEXUS: AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLAY is a sci-fi comedy about a woman trying to stop the apocalypse with a pedal-powered bicycle. Standing in her way are her delusional father, her corporate sellout brother, and the ominous tech mogul who just might have created the problem in the first place. Exploring themes of environmentalism, corporate corruption, and renewable energy, the piece uses an actual pedal-powered bike to power significant energy needs in the production design. Corporate surveillance and conspiracies abound in this hyper-speed piece of sustainable sci-fi theater.

July 24 at 8:30pm; July 25 at 8:30pm
DANDY DARKLY'S ALL ABOARD written and performed by Dandy Darkly, directed by Ian Bjorklund
Produced by Dandy Darkly and Civil Disobedience

NYC'saward winning, critically acclaimed, cult horror raconteur, Dandy Darkly, makes his 59E59 debut with another late-night frolic headed back for his fifth year at the Edinburgh Fringe. Join Dandy aboard the Gaybird Steamer for the sleaziest, smartest ride of your life. Enjoy a dripping earful of Southern Gothic grotesquery: country fried robots, African spider gods, beauty shop gossip and squeamish family freakery - also trains! Dandy regales his tales alongside a bespoke soundtrack peppered with eclectic effects to create a truly immersive storytelling experience -- bawdy, surprisingly beautiful and utterly unlike anything you've ever seen. Ladies and gentlemen, all aboard!

July 28 at 4:30pm; July 29 at 2:30pm
BRAND NEW JEW, A DNA COMEDY written and performed by Monica Bauer, directed by Maria Caprile
Produced by Good Works Productions

What happens when a DNA test gives an adoptee a brand new view...of herself? Award-winning playwright and performer Monica Bauer (Emerging Playwright Award, Urban Stages) takes on her own unexpected results, along with a cast of comical characters, including a reassuring Rabbi, a Brit who's not British, and Judy from Atlanta, who may be related to George Clooney. Biology, religion, and culture are all fair game for this Comedy of Identity Errors. Take a tour through the Identity Maze and come out laughing!

July 26 at 8:30pm; July 27 at 8:30pm; July 28 at 2:30pm; July 29 at 4:30pm
VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969 written by Monica Bauer, directed by Glory Kadigan
With Kailah S. King and Russell Jordan
Produced by Good Works Productions

A timely story inspired by the real event of the death of a 14-year-old black girl. A bubbly bundle of energy named Vivian, the mysterious jazz legend Luigi Wells, and the racial tensions of a segregated American city in 1969 combine in this fantasia on race, music, and family, before the riot comes.

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