Performances for THE STORYTELLERS, a new play based on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Robert W. Service and W.W. Jacobs, begin Friday, August 9 as a part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival at New York City's Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street). Adapted and directed by Abigail Strange (FringeNYC/CapitalFringe's Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame, NYMF's Requiem for a Lost Girl) with original music by Louis Aquiler (Theatreworks USA!), tickets for THE STORYTELLERS range from $15 - $18 and are available at www.FringeNYC.com. The playing schedule for THE STORYTELLERS is as follows: Friday, August 9 at 4:45pm; Saturday, August 10 at 7:15pm; Monday, August 12 at 4:45pm; Wednesday, August 14 at 2:00pm; and Saturday, August 17 at 9:15pm.
REUNION RUN, a world-premiere drama written by emerging playwright John Doble -- whose one-act plays COFFEE HOUSE, GREENWICH VILLAGE and A SERIOUS PERSON were Finalists for Best Play in 2012 and 2013 at Midwinter Madness and Manhattan Rep, respectively -- will be presented as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC, held this year from August 9th - 25th. Produced by Michael Palmer and directed by Mark Olsen, REUNION RUN stars Jessica Myhr and Seth Reich. REUNION RUN will play five performances (over a 3-week period) at 'Fringe Venue #1,' Teatro SEA (107 Suffolk Street, between Delancey and Rivington): Friday 8/9 at 9:45 pm; Friday 8/16 at 7:00 pm; Wednesday 8/21 at 4:30 pm; Friday 8/23 at 8:00 pm; and Saturday 8/24 at 4:30 pm. For Information/Tickets to all Fringe NYC productions, call 866-468-7619 or visit www.FringeNYC.org.
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.
Current students and alumni from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama will join forces to present 'Gertrude Stein SAINTS!' at the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), today, Aug. 9 - 25, in New York City. FringeNYC is the largest multi-arts festival in North America, with more than 200 companies from around the world performing more than 1,200 shows in 16 days at more than 20 venues.
Matthew Greene, a Brigham Young University graduate and practicing Mormon, is preparing for the New York City premier of 'Adam and Steve and the Empty Sea,' his new play that tackles the issues of Mormonism and marriage equality. After a sold-out and critically acclaimed world premier at Plan B Theatre in Salt Lake City, the production will transfer to the New York International Fringe Festival, playing August 9-15. Directed by Jerry Rapier, the production will feature Topher Rasmussen and Logan Tarrantino as its title characters.
The Shelter - an ensemble of theatrical artists - begins its fifth season with THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT ARTISTS by Ginger Kearns as part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival. THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT ARTISTS, which plunges the audience between two ex-lovers as they use art to relive and explore their tragic love affair, will be performed at Fringe Venue #2: CSV Flamboyan (107 Suffolk Street, btw Rivington and Delancey) in Manhattan. Nicole Rosner will direct.
The Order of St. Margaret Sanger will present WHAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW by Monica Byrne, directed by Jaki Bradley, as part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC, and feature the music of Amanda Palmer. The production will run tonight, August 9th - 25th at Venue #16: Robert Moss Theater at 440 Studios.
REUNION RUN, a world-premiere drama written by emerging playwright John Doble -- whose one-act plays COFFEE HOUSE, GREENWICH VILLAGE and A SERIOUS PERSON were Finalists for Best Play in 2012 and 2013 at Midwinter Madness and Manhattan Rep, respectively -- will be presented as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC, held this year from tonight, August 9th - 25th.
THE STORYTELLERS, a new play based on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Robert W. Service and W.W. Jacobs, will be adapted and directed by Abigail Strange (FringeNYC/CapitalFringe's Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame, NYMF's Requiem for a Lost Girl) with original music by Louis Aquilar (Theatreworks USA!) as a part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival. THE STORYTELLERS begins performances today, Friday, August 9, 2013 and will play its final performance on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at New York City's Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street).
The 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival presents EN AVANT! AN EVENING WITH Tennessee Williams-an acclaimed new play about the creative forces and demons behind the genius of playwright Tennessee Williams, written and performed by William Shuman-with performances set for tonight, August 9 (9:30pm), August 16 (3pm), August 17 (9:45pm), August 20 (4:45pm), August 23 (7:15pm) and August 24 (2pm) at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Education Center's Kabayitos (107 Suffolk Street). Ruis Woertendyke directs.
Once in a Blue Moon Music presents the New York City premiere of TRUTH, An American Opera about Sojourner Truth as a part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. TRUTH illuminates the dynamic life and legacy of Sojourner Truth, a complicated, brilliant woman who escaped slavery to become an African-American abolitionist, women's rights activist and a relentless and articulate champion for freedom and justice.
From the surreal Hollywood life as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage's office manager, actress to family illness and love, it's all an uplifting story of one woman's courageous romp through life's heartaches, headaches and hysterics - Why Not Me. Love, Cancer and Jack White - is a new one woman show from Chicago writer and performer Jen Bosworth. The groundbreaking performance takes place at this years New York International Fringe Festival which runs from todya, August 9th - 25th, 2013.
P.I. Theatrical is proud to present the world debut of Death and McCootie as part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival, which will run at the Connelly Theatre.
RareMedia Productions has announced the world premiere of Judgment Day, a new comedy by Maria S. Schlatter, starring Donald Corren (Souvenir, Old Jews Telling Jokes) whom The New York Times calls 'a chameleonic wonder' as part of this summer's New York International Fringe Festival. Performances begin tonight, August 9th (playing through August 25th) at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street). Michael Schwartz directs.
ELR Productions, LLC has announced that Playwright Dan Fingerman (THE AUSTERITY OF HOPE) will team up with director Christina Roussos (MAGIC TRICK) to present the world premiere of STRANDED ON MOTOR PARKWAY; a new family drama set against the backdrop of the 1986 World Series victory, today, August 9 - 16.
The 17th annual The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will run today, August 9 - 25, 2013.
The Drama League, in conjunction with The Present Company, will present the American premiere of The Spider, the award-winning production from Bulgarian company Theatre B+, written and directed by Dimitar Dimotrov and Jordan Slaveykov, with music by Alexander Kalanov and Jordan Borisov, as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC, the first Bulgarian theatrical event in the 25-year history of the festival. The acclaimed Bulgarian cast will include Penko Gospodinov and Anastassia Liutova.
This summer's New York International Fringe Festival will host the new futuristic rock musical BARCODE which features book, music, and lyrics by Debbie Andrews and Mike Blaxill of the New York indie quartet Gladshot, and Hair co-author James Rado as creative consultant. Joe Barros (director of the 2011 FringeNYC hit The Legend of Julie Taymor) directs and choreographs.
On Wednesday, Why You Beasting? became the first show of the 2013 festival to sell out its entire run. Several productions have already sold out multiple individual performances including: Rubble, Big Dummy, Cowboy's Don't Sing, Off The Desk, Bellini and the Sultan, and Snakes I Have Known. Other best-sellers include The Rufus Equation, Gertrude Stein Saints!, Luke Nicholas, The TomKat Project, Someone To Belong To, Peninsula, Horse Play, What Every Girl Should Know, Perfectly Normel People and Playing God.
