august 12th - 28th, 2016 - The New York International Fringe Festival

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OFFICIAL PROGRAM GUIDE
The 20th Annual New York International Fringe Festival
a production of the Present Theatre Company
AUGUST 12 - 28 , 2016
TH
1,100
Performances
200
Shows
TH
$18
Tickets
16
Days
CLOWN | MASK | COMEDY | DANCE | DRAMA
FRINGEJR | IMPROV | SKETCH | MULTI-MEDIA
MUSICAL | OPERA | PUPPETRY | SOLO SHOW
POETRY | VAUDEVILLE | MAGIC | BURLESQUE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to FringeNYC...............3
Buying Tickets & Passes.......4
Show Listings.................5 - 59
FringeJR.........................60-61
FringeLOUNGE...................61
FringeART.......................62-63
FringeCLUB.........................63
FringeAL FRESCO & PLUS..64
FringeFAVES........................65
FringeHIGH....................66-67
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How To
FringeNYC Newbie
FringeNYC Regular
FringeNYC Smarty
1. FIND YOUR FRINGENYC
1. PERUSE THE SHOW LISTINGS
1. PURCHASE YOUR PASS ONLINE
Take the Quiz at
www.FindYourFringe.com
OR
Get Your Results & Click On a Link to
Use the Slice-O-Matic Online
to Pick a Performance
FIVER – $85 = $17 Per Ticket for 5
FLEX – $150 = $15 Per Ticket for 10
LUNATIC – $500 = Unlimited
2. PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
2. PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
2. REDEEM FOR TICKETS ONLINE
$
$
On the Day of the Performance...
Enter your code
***_ _
3. GRAB YOUR SMARTPHONE
4. HEAD OUT THE DOOR &
ARRIVE AT YOUR VENUE
AT LEAST 15 MINUTES
PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE
AT LEAST 15 MINUTES
AT LEAST 15 MINUTES
5. LINE UP AT TICKETHOLDER FLAG
Where Your Mobile Ticket Will be Scanned
After the show...
After the show...
After the show...
6. BRING YOUR PROGRAM TO A
Chat with the Audience, Meet the
Artists, and Find an Ambassador
6. SCORE YOUR SHOW ON
You Must Do One of These in Order to
You Must Do One of These in Order to
7. RECEIVE A DISCOUNT ON
YOUR NEXT SHOW
7. RECEIVE A DISCOUNT ON
YOUR NEXT SHOW
OR
8. RETURN TO STEP 2
OR
8. RETURN TO STEP 2
Visit www.FringeOnTheFly.com
for mobile friendly search!
Remember, there is no late seating at FringeNYC
August 12-28, 2016
OR
7. RETURN TO THE
SHOW LISTINGS
TO REDEEM AGAIN
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TICKET PRICES
GENERAL ADMISSION
DISCOUNT
GROUPS
$18
$13
$15-13
Buying tickets online in advance is
strongly advised.
For Kids 12 and under to FringeJR
Shows and Senior Citizens 65 and
older to any show.
Must be in ONE transaction
It’s the surest, fastest, greenest, and
best way to FringeNYC
Available Online or at
a FringeLOUNGE
FringeJR tickets are
available online, at a
FringeLOUNGE or at the
Venue. Senior tickets are
available at a FringeLOUNGE
or at the Venue.
($15) 10 or more tickets to the
same performance
($13) 20 or more tickets to the
same performance
Available Only Online
PASSES
Passes can only be PURCHASED ONLINE and can only be REDEEMED ONLINE.
FringeNYC PASSES ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE (only valid for use by the purchaser).
All FringeNYC passes must be redeemed online. You will receive your individual
redemption code via email approximately 48 hours following your purchase. Passes
cannot be purchased and redeemed on the same day.
FIVER PASS
FLEX PASS
LUNATIC PASS
$85
$150
$500
Valid for 5 Performances!
Valid for 10 Performances!
UNLIMITED Performances!
($17 / ticket)
($15 / ticket)
(As long as they don’t sell out!)
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
THERE IS NO LATE
SEATING AT FRINGENYC
Running times are in hours
(h) and minutes (m)
See Map insert for addresses
Performance days, dates
and times in August 2016
all times PM
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Title of show; Theatre Company; Writer:
Director:
A brief description
of the show, which
will provide an idea
of the story and type of performance.
Running time; city, state; genre 1, genre 2
VENUE #: venue name
An ASTERISK (*) denotes
a FringeHIGH talk-back
follows the performance.
See pages 68 - 69
for listings!.
A PLUS (+)
denotes a FringePLUS
performance, with post
show MeetUp.
SAT 13 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 4:45*; SAT 20 @
12:30; TUE 23 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 9:15; www.FringeNYC.org
THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
#Blessed Semicolon Theatre
Company ; Writer:
Zoe Kamil; Director:
Miranda Cornell; In the wake of an act
of violence committed
by charismatic high school senior Michael
against devout freshman Liana, a handful
of teens try to piece together the irrefutable truth. Weaving ancient tradition with
now, #Blessed is a modern day book of
revelations. 1h 45m, New York, NY Drama, Musical/Opera
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SAT 13 @ 4:30+; THU 18 @ 7:15;
SUN 21 @ NOON; WED 24 @ 9:45; THU
25 @ 7; The 800th Annual Salvation
Swing-Off Broom Street Theater; Writer: Malissa
Petterson; Director:
Malissa Petterson;
Choreographer: Jessica Jane Witham; To
break up the monotony in Purgatory’s laundromat, souls rival for immediate rapture: in
a good, old-fashioned dance-a-thon. Swing
and red tape, plus the proverbial deal with a
not-so proverbial Devil? All in an eternity’s
work. 1h 25m, Madison, WI Comedy,
Dance / Physical Theatre
VENUE #6: The Theater at the 14th
Street Y FRI 12 @ 9+; SUN 14 @ 6:15; TUE
All Together Now Writer: Ilana Simons; An immersive
experience: Only 20
audience members
per show. Lie down
for projected videos
and uncommon intimacy. Animation plays a
dreamscape overhead as this psychologist
and Virginia Woolf scholar tells a story of
love, betrayal, redemption, and...marrying
a man just like Daddy. 1h 5m, Brooklyn,
NY Solo Show, Multi-Media
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA MON 15 @ 9; SAT 20 @ 9+; MON 22 @
6:45; FRI 26 @ 2; SUN 28 @ 3
16 @ 7:15; THU 18 @ 2:15; SAT 20 @ 3:45; Amelia and her
Paper Tigers The 601 Theatre
Company; Writer:
Olivia Atwood, Maggie
Seymour; With Nerf guns, Goldfish, and a turtleneck,
this two-woman adaptation of The Comedy of Errors spices up Shakespeare. There
are husband mix-ups, false arrests, and
saucy servants. Come for the killer original
raps, stay for the mediocre puppetry! Chaos Theatre; Writer: Alex Hersler; Director: Richard C. Aven; An autonomous robot
is creating art. And
people are buying it. In
this explosive two-hander, a fallow painter
and his powerful agent discover the discord
between their true colors and risk their long
relationship by asking: is creativity uniquely
human? 1h 20m, Brooklyn, NY Drama,
Bond Street Theatre;
Writer: Heddy
Lahmann-Rosen
and Ilanna Saltzman;
Director: Gretchen
Van Lente; Amelia Earhart: famed adventurer, mystery-shrouded role model, and
banjo player??! Explore Amelia’s legacy and
discover the challenges she faced through
music, puppetry, circus arts, and an array
of unforgettable characters from her life.
Good for ages 4 to 104! 55m, Manhattan,
1h 10m, Brunswick, ME Comedy,
Clown/Mask
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE Comedy
VENUE #4: Abrazo Interno at the Clemente FRI 12 @ 9:15; SUN 14 @ 4+; WED
NY FringeJR, Comedy
Street Y
FRI 12 @ 7:30+; MON 15 @ 9:15; WED 17 @
4; THU 18 @ 5:45; SAT 20 @ 2:45; 17 @ 5:15; SUN 21 @ 8:30; WED 24 @ 3; SUN 14 @ NOON; THU 18 @ 4:30; SAT
20 @ 6; THU 25 @ 3:15; FRI 26 @ 5:45; 15 Villainous Fools
August 12-28, 2016
Algorithmism 5
American Strippers Epic Theatre
Company; Writer:
Kevin Broccoli;
Director: Kevin
Broccoli; Choreographer: Ronald Lewis; When the Greek goddesses throw a bachelorette party and crash a legendary strip
club run by American folk heroes like Pecos
Bill and Johnny Appleseed, all Hades
breaks loose. Myth, sex, romance and
culture clash in this outrageous cosmic
comedy. 2h 5m, Providence, RI Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #3: Teatro LATEA at The
Clemente SAT 13 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 9:15; THU 18 @
9; FRI 19 @ 4:30+; SUN 21 @ 1:15; And Then: a science
fiction folk event Writer: The Ensemble;
Director: Will Davis;
Choreographer:
Leanne Velednitsky; 8 people, 6 instruments, billions of stars... you’re in for a
SciFi-Folk-Event! Inspired by conventional
science fiction models, the story explores
humanity’s relentless endurance with the
grounding tones of folk music. A gripping
tale singing you to the stars. 1h, Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera,
Drama
Street Y TUE 16 @ 5:30+; THU 18 @
9:45; TUE 23 @ 4:30; WED 24 @ 3:45;
FRI 26 @ 7:30; Anonymous,
Anonymous Pogue Mahone
Productions; Writer:
Jason Sofge;
Director: Jason
Sofge; Anonymous,
Anonymous is the time-bending, HILARIOUS story of a lovelorn playwright, as he
fondly recalls the greatest and funniest
moments from his past, masterfully
weaving them together into a new play,
telling a timeless story of lost love. 1h 10m,
Ariadne on the
Island The Cutout Theatre;
Writer: Isaac Allen
Miller; Director: Avery
Wigglesworth; I’m a F***ing Princess!
I’m a F***ing God! Watch a princess and a
God, and other greeks, discover themselves
on the beach of Dia (which may be close to
Crete). For mature audiences only. 1h 30m,
Brooklyn, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #14: The Steve & Marie
Sgouros Theatre SUN 14 @ 7+; TUE 16 @
3; SUN 21 @ 1; THU 25 @ 9:30; FRI 26 @
5; The Arkadina
Project The Re-Writes ;
Writer: Kris Thor, Ashley Kelley, Sarah King,
Jeffrey Fato, and Jon
Steiger; Director:
Samantha Saltzman; The Arkadina Project
is a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s
“The Seagull”. Follow Kostya, Nina and
Masha on their struggles with celebrity
obsession, unrequited love and parental
suffocation. Adult, witty, and makes you feel
guilty for laughing so hard. 1h 30m, New
York , NY Comedy, Multi-Media
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater TUE 16
@ 7+; THU 18 @ 9:15; MON 22 @ 6:15;
WED 24 @ 2:30; SAT 27 @ 3:15; At The Flash At The Flash; Writer:
Sean Chandler &
David Leeper;
Director: David Zak; “
At The Flash” is a
mind-bending,
multi-character history of a gay bar seen
through the experiences of five specific, yet
universal characters whose stories ricochet
and collide through a whirlwind of interwoven scenes spanning five eras of gay
history. 1h 20m, Manhattan, NY Solo
Show, Drama
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @
8; THU 18 @ 4:45+; FRI 19 @ 4; SUN 21 @
2:45; WED 24 @ 9; auto/PHOBIA
colectivodoszeta /
carlos a. cruz
velazquez; Director:
Carlos A. Cruz
Velazquez; Choreographer: Carlos A. Cruz
Velazquez ; Autophobia (n.) phobia of
isolation; a morbid fear of abandonment, or
a dread of being alone or isolated. Through
the exploration of these themes auto/
PHOBIA looks to transform loneliness and
at how the self-adapts to its ever-present
specter. 1h, Brooklyn, NY Dance /
Physical Theatre, Performance Art
Sgouros Theatre SAT 13 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 7:15; SAT 20 @ 2;
MON 22 @ 9:30; WED 24 @ 2:30; At the Crossroads:
Music for Faust Modern Robot; Writer:
Ben Singer; A live film score to the
1926 silent film
“Faust”. A beautifully
restored projection to open your mind to
the art of early film production and
mesmerizing, composed music to open
your heart to an eternally relevant
story. 55m, Greensboro, NC Performance Art, Musical/Opera
VENUE #5: drom WED 17 @ 3+; THU 18
@ 5:45; SAT 20 @ 3:15; MON 22 @ 9:30;
WED 24 @ 8; Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater SUN 14 @ 2:15+; TUE 16 @ 4:45; FRI 19 @
2; SUN 21 @ 7; THU 25 @ 9:15; 6
www.FringeNYC.org
August 12-28, 2016
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Becoming OCD Writer: Sid Ross;
Director: Chris Clavelli; You can’t sleep. The
hallway closet towels:
uneven. Your hand:
strangely elongated. A
car could trample that bottle curbside.
Showering jagged glass shards everywhere
– shouldn’t you call someone? One person’s
hysterical horror ride through the misfiring
synapses of OCD. 1h, New York,
NY Comedy, Solo Show
VENUE #4: Abrazo Interno at the
Clemente SAT 13 @ 2+; MON 15 @ 8:45; THU 18 @
5:15; MON 22 @ 7; THU 25 @ 9:15; The Bible Women’s
Project
Eastern Nazarene
College; Writer: Tara
Brooke Watkins, with
contributions from the
ensemble; Director:
Tara Brooke Watkins; Rizpah watches her
sons rot, Tamar disguises herself as a
prostitute, Bathsheba is an innocent victim.
Each week contemporary women met and
questioned the experiences of forgotten
women in the Bible. It was scary to speak.
The result was eye-opening. 2h 45m,
Quincy, MA Drama, Performance Art
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse FRI 12 @ 9; MON 15 @ 3:30+; WED 17 @
8:30; SAT 20 @ 12:15; WED 24 @ 2; Black & Blue Writer: Kevin Demoan
Edwards, Poetry and
Lyrics by Katherine
George; Thrust into the
popular social debate
between Black and Blue, a black man and
an NYPD police officer find themselves
struggling to find common ground. What
will it take for the two to finally come
together? 1h 30m, Brooklyn, NY Drama, Spoken Word/Poetry
Sgouros Theatre SUN 14 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 5:15+; MON 22
@ 2:15; TUE 23 @ 5; THU 25 @ 7:15; 8
www.FringeNYC.org
BLACK MAGIC Writer: Tony Jenkins; A celebration of life
and love...from ‘dead’
black men. Hunted
down, shot and killed,
hung and burned, but
still alive. Born, buried, and born again. Black
Magic: They disappear and stay here, forever. A play with movement. 40m, Winston
Salem, NC Spoken Word/Poetry,
FringeHIGH
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse FRI 12 @ 5*; MON 15 @ 2+; WED 17 @ 7; FRI
19 @ 7:15; SAT 20 @ 5:45; Bodies of Water; Writer: Erin
Breznitsky; Director:
Emerie Snyder; It might be the end of
the world, and three
friends gather to say
goodbye: to the island that harbored their
childhood summers, the traumatic event
that’s defined their lives, and the magical
creatures lurking just beneath the water’s
surface. 2h, Brooklyn, NY Drama,
Performance Art
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe FRI 12 @ 9:15; SUN 14 @ 4:15+; WED 17 @
8:45; SAT 20 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 2; Bonnie’s Future
Sisters
Petrone Productions ;
Writer: Meghan
Gambling ; Director:
Meghan Gambling;
Self help author and
bride to be, Bonnie Hill, invites her estranged sister and future sisters-in-law to
a hotel weekend engagement party. The
meticulously planned event backfires when
one of the guests goes missing. Published
with Original Works Play Publishing,
2016. 1h 5m, Los Angeles, CA Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater FRI 19 @ 8:15; SUN 21 @ 2:45+; MON 22
@ 2:15; TUE 23 @ 7; THU 25 @ 5; August 12-28, 2016
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BORN Newborns Theater
Troupe; Writer:
Created by the
Ensemble; Director:
Zachary Saffa; Meet
four not-so-normal
ladies with red noses as they awaken in a
mysterious universe. Original live music
colors this magical land, and the friends
must undertake a strange and courageous
journey to discover each other, themselves,
and the unknown. 1h, Manhattan,
NY Clown/Mask, Improv/Sketch/
Stand-up
Street Y Brandonna Summer
Lives, Live Writer: Brandon
Alter; The most
glamorous show at
this years FringeNYC.
Brandonna Summer,
international socialite and dance-pop icon,
is on the run from her druglord ex-fiancee.
Her hilarious comeback show proves you
can’t outrun your past, but you sure can
outclass it. 1h 15m, Los Angeles,
CA Comedy, Musical/Opera
VENUE #5: drom MON 15 @ 2:30+; WED 17 @ 7:30; SAT 20
@ 8:45; SUN 21 @ 5:15; WED 24 @ 2; SAT 13 @ 7:30+; TUE 16 @ 2; FRI 19 @
6:45; MON 22 @ 9:30; FRI 26 @ 9:15; The Box Show Writer: Dominique
Salerno ; Director:
Sash Bischoff; One woman. 25
characters. All inside a
cupboard! The doors
open to reveal: a drunken couple in Vegas, a
lonely Giantess, the entire Greek Army
inside the Trojan Horse, & more! The space
is limited, but the comedic possibilities are
endless... 1h 30m, Manhattan, NY Solo
A Brandy Before
Dying Jim Farmer Productions; Writer: Jm
Farmer; A British
drawing room murder
mystery comedy.
Identical twin brothers, one very rich, one
poor, vie for the same woman’s affection. A
murder ensues. 1h 20m, Manhattan,
NY Comedy
Clemente SAT 13 @ 2+; TUE 16 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 9:15;
TUE 23 @ 7:15; SAT 27 @ 4:45;; Show, Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
Clemente SUN 14 @ 8+; TUE 16 @ 8:45; THU 18 @ 9;
FRI 19 @ 4:15; SUN 21 @ 12:30; The Braggart of
Bourbon St. Dry with a Twist
Theatrics; Director:
Kevin P. Joyce; Disguise, lies and love
abound when
pathological playboy Lyle DuTemp returns
to New Orleans and falls in love with no
nonsense Zelda, while warring with his
nefarious stepmother, Madame Delphine. A
rambunctious commedia about Mardi Gras
and the First Amendment. 2h 40m,
BREWED Writer: Scott T.
Barsotti; Director:
Jessi D. Hill; In this fast-paced
thriller teetering
between caustic
comedy and warped kitchen-sink drama, six
sisters must stir a pot. 24/7. They’re tied to
it. By trauma? By magic...? They stir,
brutally brawl, and wonder: does this really
keep Babette alive? 1h 40m, Manhattan,
NY Drama, Comedy
Sgouros Theatre SUN 21 @ 3:15+; MON 22 @ 7; WED 24 @
4:15; FRI 26 @ 2:30; SAT 27 @ 9:30; Manhattan, NY Drama, Clown/Mask
VENUE #2: Flamboyan Theater at The
Clemente FRI 12 @ 3:45+; SUN 14 @ 7:45; FRI 19 @
3:30; THU 25 @ 9; FRI 26 @ 4:30; Visit fringeNYC.org to sign up!
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www.FringeNYC.org
Cabtivist Writer: John
McDonagh, Music by
Rory Kirwin; Director:
Kira Simring; A comedic glimpse
into 35 years behind
the wheel of a NYC yellow taxi, and the
political activism and reality show antics
that followed. Multimedia storytelling in the
finest Irish tradition with a New York City
edge - laugh until you cry. 1h 5m, New
York, NY Comedy, Solo Show
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SUN 14 @ 8:45; WED 17 @ 5:15+; SAT 20
@ 5; MON 22 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 2:45; Calm Mom Lady 180 Productions; Writer: Book
and Lyrics by Gaby
Gold, Music by Tom
Corrado, Paul
Fujimoto, Gaby Gold,
Mike Hart, Mitch Lance and Dina Pruzhansky; Director: Theresa Gambacorta; Award-winning lyricist Gaby Gold’s mother
- once-accompanied by Barry (Manilow) trades her glamorous cabaret life for
parenting. When near-tragedy threatens
Gaby’s infant son, she explores the chaos,
hysteria and love of motherhood through
original songs, stories...and rap. 48m,
Hawthorne, NY Solo Show, Musical/
Opera
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SUN 14 @ 4:45+; WED 17 @ 7:15; SAT 20
@ 3:15; TUE 23 @ 6:15; FRI 26 @ 7:30; CANADA GEESE Buddy-Pal Productions; Writer: GEORGE
KLAS; Director:
SCOTT KLAVAN; A writer learns:
Freedom is a Bitch.
Seeking meaning, he leaves his family,
career and...gets mugged by geese.
Struggles with homelessness, loss, love and
the 1%. After years of searching: is there
redemption? 1h, New York, NY Drama,
Solo Show
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA SUN 14 @ 8:45+; SAT 20 @ 7; THU 25 @
6:45; SAT 27 @ 4:45; SUN 28 @ 1; August 12-28, 2016
Canuck Downunder Jessica Kazamel and
Joseph Hayward;
Writer: Jessica
Kazamel; Director:
Joseph Hayward; Jess, mourning the
tragic loss of her brother, discovers how the
“tweet generation” has redefined the
grieving process and what remains once we
die. An autobiographical play that’ll make
you think twice before posting your next
selfie. 1h, Brooklyn, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse THU 18 @ 7:30+; SUN 21 @ 5; TUE 23 @
5:30; THU 25 @ 2; SAT 27 @ 7:45; ChipandGus Fat Knight Theatre;
Writer: John Ahlin
and Christopher
Patrick Mullen;
Director: John Ahlin
and Christopher
Patrick Mullen; Two oddball acquaintances
meet once a month over a ping pong table.
But this night is different. This night there is
something else in the room. A fast, furious,
surprising comedy with balls. 1h 30m,
Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SUN 14 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 2+; SAT 20 @
NOON; TUE 23 @ 7; THU 25 @ 7; Caricature of She Alia Kache/Kachal
Dance; Choreographer: Alia Kache; The hair. The heels.
The lipstick and
leather. The sirens of
“Caricature of She” explore femininity
through a whimsical fusion of dance and
theatre, and invite you to examine the
standards and expectations of Woman. 50m, Brooklyn, NY Dance /
Physical Theatre, Drama
Sgouros Theatre FRI 12 @ 5:15+; SUN 14 @ 2:45; THU 18 @
5:45; TUE 23 @ 9:45; FRI 26 @ 7:15; Catalyst 2050 Legacy ; Writer:
Aisha Jordan and
Rafael Jordan
Scriptwriters,
Ensemble Members
Poetry authors;
Director: Jana Lynne Umipig; Choreographer: Danae Hannah, Tim Costa; Amidst
society on the brink of meltdown, six
strangers face the final hours. With stirring
spoken word, music, and imagery, Catalyst
questions, will the six survive each other
long enough to build a new world for what
remains of humanity. 1h 45m, Amherst,
MA Drama, Spoken Word/Poetry
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND THU 18 @ 4:30+; MON 22 @ 9;
TUE 23 @ 7; THU 25 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 2:45; 11
The Cleaning Guy Emerging Artists
Theatre; Writer: Paul
Adams, Music by Paul
Adams and Matt
Casarino; Director:
Melissa Attebery; Emerging Artists presents a hilarious
journey of one man’s dealings with the dirty
secrets of apt dwellers in NYC. A wild ride
with original musical numbers that give you
a voyeuristic view of what lies behind their
doors. 1h, Manhattan, NY Solo Show,
Musical/Opera
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SAT 13 @ 5:15+; MON 15 @ 7:15; THU 18 @
9:30; SUN 21 @ 4:30; WED 24 @ 6:15; The Co-Operatives BedRock Productions;
Writer: Derran
Moss-Dalmau; Jon loved Cindy.
Cindy loves Sam. Sam
hates Curt. Curt
loathes Ramon. Ramon blackmails Ken. Ken
loves Kim. Kim pays Ramon. Ramon loves
Jon. But Ramon’s dead and everyone is just
trying to ignore the body. Welcome to the
Co-Op. 1h 20m, Manhatttan, NY Comedy, Drama
Clemente SAT 13 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 4:45+; TUE 23 @
9:30; THU 25 @ 9:15; SAT 27 @ 2:30; The Company Incorporated Writer: Julie Katz;
Director: Lexi
Diamond; A colossal San
Francisco company
with a mission to “make an aspect of an
industry better” is right-sizing the workforce, and not everyone is along for the ride.
Meet your core-value-living coworkers in
this biting satire on modern corporate
culture. 1h, San Francisco, CA Comedy,
Drama
Clemente SAT 13 @ 7:15; TUE 16 @ 5:15+; SUN 21 @
2:45; TUE 23 @ 5; FRI 26 @ 9; The Coward: a
Madcap Fairytale The National Theatre
of MatMadia; Writer:
Maddy Campbell;
Director: Matt Phillips; Possessed by an
insane monster, a cowardly castle maid
must battle gods and demons to resurrect
the King she herself killed. This experimental, absurdist comedy revels in clowns,
confetti, and blood. So shield those
precious eyes, you cowards. 1h 30m,
Brooklyn, NY Comedy, Clown/Mask
Street Y WED 17 @ 6:30+; SAT 20 @ 9:15; MON 22
@ 3:45; THU 25 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 5:30; Colorblind’d Writer: Kirk White;
Director: Keith
Winsted; Can’t get tickets to
Hamilton? Come see
the second best show
in NYC about non-traditional casting! An
obscure, low-rent college theatre department becomes a national punch line when
its sole African American professor casts a
white girl as Rosa Parks. 1h 30m, Scotch
Plains, NJ Comedy, Drama, FringeHIGH
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SAT 13 @ 5+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
9:45; MON 22 @ 2*; SAT 27 @ 7:15; 12
Cuntagious Kaytlin Bailey; Writer:
Kaytlin Bailey;
Director: Sue
Scarborough; If the world worked
the way Kaytlin’s
father thought it did, she would be dead.
But she isn’t dead. Kaytlin began having sex
for money in high school. No bills & no drug
habit, just arrogant curiosity. This is her
story. 1h 15m, Raleigh, NC Solo Show,
Comedy
Clemente SUN 14 @ 2+; THU 18 @ 7; MON 22 @
8:45; THU 25 @ 5:30; SAT 27 @ 7:15; www.FringeNYC.org
The Curse of the
Babywoman BIG Theatre
Company; Writer:
Mike Wirsch; Director:
Olivia Hartle; Shrubtown is a small
town for small-minded people preoccupied
by social mores and the new Bob’s Big Boy.
But everyone has secrets, and one secret
toddles to life every night. Can Shrubtown
stand up to a creature that can barely
walk? 1h 45m, New York, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SAT 13 @ 7; WED 17 @ 2+; SAT 20 @
2:45; TUE 23 @ 9:45; FRI 26 @ 9:45; Cyrano: a love letter
to a friendship Grind Arts Company;
Writer: Sean Peter
Drohan; Director:
Eamon Foley;
Choreographer:
Eamon Foley; A play about insecurity,
ugliness, and butt-sex, ‘Cyrano’ is the story
of two best friends whose world is shaken
by the sudden arrival of a handsome
stranger. 1h 10m, Brooklyn, NY Drama,
Comedy
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse MON 15 @ 7+; THU 18 @ 3:45; MON 22 @
2; THU 25 @ 6:30; SAT 27 @ 9:30; The Dance of Life Moving for Monarchs
in Association with
EarthArt Studios;
Writer: Gwynedd
Vetter-Drusch;
Director: Jo Vetter; Journey with a young girl who discovers
the most delicate and daring dancers on
Earth: the monarch butterflies. A magical
story told through movement, music,
puppets and bilingual poetry. Will her
discovery come in time to save them...and
us? 45m, Manhattan, NY Dance /
Physical Theatre, Multi-Media, FringeHIGH
Street Y MON 15 @ 2*; FRI 19 @ 4:45+; SAT 20 @
7:45; MON 22 @ 8; WED 24 @ 9:15; Debriefing White Rabbit & Ego
Actus; Writer:
Maximillian Singh Gill;
Director: Joan Kane; A young Pakistani-American
activist has been recruited to infiltrate a
militant group in the Middle East. When she
disappears, her recruiter has to determine
whether she has changed sides or been
betrayed. He finds out the truth is more
complicated. 1h 30m, Manhattan,
Die For Me Thin Space Productions; Writer: Ethan
Ness; Director: Ethan
Ness; Allie is a poet. Reese is
a scientist. They can’t
live without each other. So together, they
make a promise. Die For Me is a two-act
drama that blends high-school romance
with T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” 1h 30m,
Manhattan, NY Drama
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SUN 14 @ 4:30+; WED 17 @ 9:15; SAT 20
@ 4:45; TUE 23 @ 2; FRI 26 @ 7; DIVA Creative Collaborations; Writer: Tiffany
Barton; Director:
Helen Doig; June is an eccentric
New York opera
singer. Once celebrated, she’s down on her
luck. Agorophobic and unable to leave her
apartment, she turns to her booze, her pills,
her dead stuffed cat and her trusty
vibrator Mr. Buzzy for solace. 1h, Perth,
WEST AUSTRALIA Drama, Solo
Show
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe WED 17 @ 7+; FRI 19 @ 6; WED 24 @ 5:15;
FRI 26 @ 8; SAT 27 @ 3:15; NY Drama
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente DAD Wounded Beast
Theater in Association with A Street
Production; Writer:
Christian Gade
Bjerrum; Director:
Christian Gade Bjerrum; DAD is a rare physical and emotional
performance that investigates how music,
videos, lyrics and interactive yoga poses
can function as a therapeutic process - for
YOU. DAD is a brutally honest self portray
of a Danish actor and his dad who has
cancer. 1h 30m, Copenhagen, DENMARK Performance Art
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA SUN 14 @ 1:45; THU 18 @ 8:45; SUN 21 @
8:15+; FRI 26 @ 4:15; SAT 27 @ 6:45; SAT 13 @ 2:15+; MON 15 @ 5; FRI 19 @
7:30; MON 22 @ 9:45; WED 24 @ 4:45; Dementia Americana Synapse Theatre
Ensemble; Writer:
Louis Aquiler & Chris
D’Amato; Director:
Paul Mancini; Sex! Murder! Insanity! John Philip Sousa!
All this and more in a darkly comic and
appallingly relevant play that explores the
upsetting and true events surrounding
Evelyn Nesbit, Harry K Thaw, and the 1906
murder of famed architect Stanford
White. 1h 30m, New York, NY Comedy,
Drama
Clemente SUN 14 @ 9:15; FRI 19 @ 2:15+; SUN 21 @
4:15; WED 24 @ 7; FRI 26 @ 7:15; August 12-28, 2016
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The Door Iran Saye Theatre;
Writer: Mehdi
Mashhour; Director:
Mehdi Mashhour; How do you deal with
this? You plan to travel, but your suitcase throws out everything…
like there is anyone else... whatever you put
in, she takes out. You want to leave, she
wants to stay. Do you want to experience a
dilemma? 1h, Tehran, IRAN Drama,
Performance Art
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SUN 21 @ 2:30+; MON 22 @ 3:15; TUE 23
@ 9:15; FRI 26 @ 6; SAT 27 @ 7:15; 14
Dream Ticket Dust to Dust: An
Inherently Dark
Comedy Theatre For America;
Writer: Ryan
Bernsten; Director:
Kristin Skye Hoffmann; Associate
Director: Marylynne
Anderson-Cooper; In this political satire,
populist Becky Roberts and maverick Les
Sugarman compete for their party’s
presidential nomination—despite a history
that wasn’t strictly political. When the
media forces them to run together, their
dream ticket becomes a nightmare. Dust to Dust; Writer:
Raven Cassell; Lamin
Leroy Gibba; Renée
Harrison; Avon
Haughton; Tasneem Nathari; Director: Lilith
Bachelder; When five unlikely individuals
find their paths crossing in ways they never
imagined, and are forced to face each other
in order to save their home, their dissimilarities-along with an estranged cousin and
dead landlord-cause quite an explosion. 1h 30m, Comedy, Improv/Sketch/
Stand-up
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre 1h 40m, Manhattan, NY Drama,
Comedy
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater FRI 12 @ 7:15; SUN 14 @ NOON+; THU 18
@ 2; SUN 21 @ 7:30; THU 25 @ 2:15; FRI 12 @ 5+; MON 15 @ 9; WED 17 @ 7;
TUE 23 @ 2:15; FRI 26 @ 3:15; www.FringeNYC.org
Writer: Emmy Harris;
Director: Lucy
Gram; Three convicts
whitewash the Great
Wall of China. Facing
this immense and inexplicable task, Mauve,
Mackerel, and Mere manage to squeeze in
frequent coffee breaks, together experiencing a string of unusual interludes. A life
in exile might be strangely liberating. ENTHRONED May Day Creates
Writer: Jenny Macdonald; Director: Joe
Salvatore; Meet Jenny, an
everyday princess on
a quest to become a queen with a throne
of her own. A ritualistic, modern fairytale
charting her journey to confirm her right
to existence in a world that tells women to
be less. 1h 10m, Dublin, IRELAND Solo
1h 18m, Harlem, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater Show, Drama
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SAT 13 @ 7:45; MON 15 @ 4:45+; THU 18
@ 2:15; SAT 20 @ 3:15; WED 24 @ 7; FRI 12 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 5:15; FRI 19 @ 5;
MON 22 @ 7; THU 25 @ 2:45; Each Brought Some
Silences Einstein! Sew and Sew
Jack Fry; Director:
Tom Blomquist; War-torn Berlin, 1914,
ambitious young
scientist Albert Einstein awaits news from
a solar eclipse that will finally prove his
controversial Theory of General Relativity.
Instead, Einstein is sent sideways in a spiral
vortex due to professional and personal life
disintegration. 1h 20m, Los Angeles,
CA Solo Show, Drama
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @ 2:15+; MON 15 @ 8:45; FRI 19 @
8; MON 22 @ 2:30; FRI 26 @ 5; August 12-28, 2016
Eve and Her
Neighbors Writer: Ruby Hutson-Ellenberg; Director: Ruby Hutson-Ellenberg; Should she
flee, or should she
stay? Eve faces a dilemma in this biting
satire about love and female friendship
in the Garden of Eden. You know how it
ends, but how did Eve really come to pick
the low-hanging fruit? 1h 10m, Queens,
NY Comedy
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater WED 17 @ 9:30; FRI 19 @ 4:15+; MON 22
@ 4:15; FRI 26 @ 8; SUN 28 @ NOON; 15
Everything Is Fine
Until It’s Not Doreen Oliver; Writer:
Doreen Oliver; Director: Janeece Freeman
Clark; A producer’s
life goes off-script
after one son is diagnosed with autism,
another yearns to be a princess, and her
hair catches fire! Doreen’s funny, heartfelt
story about accepting those you love, even
when they’re not what you expected. 1h,
Brooklyn, NY Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SUN 14 @ 2:45+; FRI 19 @ 6:15; MON 22
@ 8:45; THU 25 @ 3; FRI 26 @ 7; The Extraordinary
Fall of the FourLegged Woman Flights of Fantasy
East; Writer: Book and
Lyrics by Lily Ali-Oshatz, Music by Lily
Ali-Oshatz and Mark Galinovsky; Director:
Madeline Wall, Musical Direction by Mark
Galinovsky; Choreographer: Dara Orland; STEP RIGHT UP! Glimpse underneath
the Big Top with our a capella musical
circus sideshow! In the dusty desert, Myrtle
Corbin, the Four-Legged curiosity, meets
her match. Can this veteran performer
make a life outside the tent? 1h, Brooklyn,
NY Musical/Opera, Vaudeville/Sideshow/Magic/Burlesque
Clemente SUN 14 @ 3:15+; WED 17 @ 9:45; SAT 20
@ 5; THU 25 @ 4:30; FRI 26 @ 8; Visit fringeNYC.org to sign up!
F***’d ‘Til Payday:
Unrequited Truth F***’d ‘Til Payday;
Writer: Frank Breton
& Neetol Rahman;
Director: Neetol
Rahman; 2015. Rocky
Mountain highs. Death Valley lows. Two
bar-backing, bantering best buds are F***’d
‘Til Payday. Frank and Neetol only have
each other to survive their night shift. The
truth hurts, but it also sets you free. 1h
30m, New York, NY Comedy, Improv/
Sketch/Stand-up
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SAT 20 @ 5:15+; MON 22 @ 7:30; TUE 23
@ 4:45; THU 25 @ 2; SAT 27 @ 7; Fairy Tale
Christmas: The
Musical M. Scott McLean in
Association with John
Davisi; Writer: M.
Scott McLean, Music
& Lyrics by M. Scott McLean & Michael
McLean; Director: MK Lawson; Choreographer: MK Lawson; Santa Claus has been kidnapped! A band of
Fairy Tale Villains plan to make all the Fairy
Tale Heroes change the endings of their
stories, putting an end to ‘Happily Ever
After’ forever! 1h 30m, Manhattan,
NY FringeJR, Musical/Opera
Street Y WED 17 @ 2:15; SUN 21 @ 1:30; WED 24
@ 7; FRI 26 @ 2; SAT 27 @ NOON; 16
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The Fall Writer: Lilia Rubin,
Music by Katie
Doherty; Director:
Jane Arnfield; Ten years have gone
by since 9/11, but life
without Dad has not gotten any easier. In
this memory play-meets-docudrama, six
young women search for identity, understanding, and redemption in the wake of a
national—and very personal—tragedy. 1h
30m, Queens, NY Drama, Musical/
Opera
Sgouros Theatre FRI 12 @ 7; MON 15 @ 5+; SUN 21 @ 5:45;
WED 24 @ 9:30; SAT 27 @ 4:45; Fallen Skies Writer: Music by
Matthew Lowy; Text
adapted from D.H.
Lawrence, Frieda
Lawrence, James
Douglas, Herbert
Muskett, Sir John Dickenson, and Ezra
Pound; Director: Julia Gannon; Art reflects life and life reflects art. Radical
English author D.H. Lawrence struggles
with tumultuous relationships and his
obstacle-ridden career. Entirely adapted
from his actual text, the line is blurred
between fiction and reality. 1h, Montville,
NJ Musical/Opera, Drama
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SAT 13 @ 8+; TUE 16 @ 7:15; THU 18 @ 2;
TUE 23 @ 3:45; WED 24 @ 5:30; The Fifth Dentist In
Search of Sid’s
Treasure Chris O’Neil; Writer:
Mike King; Director:
Jonathan Cerullo; A
love letter to his late
father, the owner of “Sid King’s Crazy Horse
Bar”, Mike King reminisces about his life in
dentistry, stand-up comedy, and growing up
as the son of the infamous Sid King, “The
Sultan of Striptease”. 1h 10m, New York,
NY Comedy, Solo Show
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks FRI 12 @ 8:30; MON 15 @ 5+; SAT 20 @ 3;
WED 24 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 3:45; Financial Slavery:
The College Debt
Sentence Strength out of
Shadows; Writer:
Alyea Pierce; Director:
Jennifer Little;
Choreographer: Allie Harris and Brandi
Pinnix; What would you sell for a college
education? Follow Deric, Sandra and Emilia
striving for the American Dream - from
trading meal swipes for textbooks to
sugardaddy.com. With tuition rising 428%,
college students are drowning. Is our nation
throwing us overboard? 1h 45m, North
Bergen, NJ Spoken Word/Poetry,
Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente Fresh Meat Writer: Hamza Zaman;
Director: Jonathan
Rosner; The Scared Straight
program is not what
young Tony Zigman
expected when placed in a cell with inmate
“Junebug” Gonzalez. Follow this odd couple
as they both win back their life and love,
while airing a subtle commentary on the
Prison Industrial Complex. 1h 25m,
Manhattan, NY Drama, Comedy
Clemente SUN 14 @ 7+; WED 17 @ 9:15; FRI 19 @
9:45; MON 22 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 4:45; SUN 21 @ 6+; TUE 23 @ 9:45; WED 24 @
7:15; FRI 26 @ 2*; SAT 27 @ 9:45; First Time, Long Time The Disposable
Theater Company;
Writer: Jeremy
Stuart; Director:
Jeremy Stuart; You’ve tuned in to the Harland West Radio
Show. All tales from the apocalypse are
welcome, natural or otherwise. “...this play
reminds us of the power of storytelling to
provoke, engage, and jolt.” Martin Denton,
nytheatre.com 1h 30m, Bronx, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SAT 13 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 5+; SUN 21 @
6:15; WED 24 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 12:45; Flight
Curbside; Writer: Ezra
LeBank; Director:
Olivia Treviño;
Choreographer:
Rebecca Nakano; Acrobats morph into
cactuses, waves, and far-off islands in this
adventurous sequel to The Little Prince!
Nominated for BEST SHOW and BEST
FAMILY SHOW at Edinburgh Fringe!
“Astonishing acrobatic theatre!” (BroadwayBaby) “A magical hour for young and old
alike!” (PrimaryTimes) 45m, Long Beach,
CA Dance / Physical Theatre, FringeHIGH
Street Y Visit us at
www.fringeNYC.org
SAT 13 @ 6+; MON 15 @ 4:30*; WED 17 @
8:45; FRI 19 @ 8:30; SUN 21 @ NOON; August 12-28, 2016
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From Foster Care to Fabulous Red House Arts
Center; Writer: Patrick
Burns; Director:
Richard Israel; In this original musical,
Patrick Burns takes on the role of late-night
talk show host, detailing his foster care
journey with a myriad of side-splitting
songs, a plethora of jaw-dropping anecdotes and a cast of horrific, hilarious and
heartbreaking characters. 1h 15m, Syracuse, NY Musical/Opera,
Solo Show, FringeHIGH
VENUE #5: drom FRI 12 @ 7:45+; SUN 14 @ 6; THU 18 @ 3*;
TUE 23 @ 9; THU 25 @ 5:15; Full: The Musical Full: The Musical ;
Writer: Book and
Lyrics by Katie Berger,
Music by Katie Berger
and Alan Blake Conley
; Director: Directed by Sean Ryan Paris,
Musical Direction by Alan Blake Conley
; Based on the playwright’s personal
experiences, “Full” follows the struggle of a
young woman battered by adolescent
trauma, combating her demons, finding
herself powerless, and ultimately battling
her way back. 2h, St. Petersburg,
FL Musical/Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente The Further
Adventures Of... TOSOS; Writer:
Kathleen Warnock;
Director: Eric
Chase; Tune in as
Maggie Day uncovers
the story behind the story of a classic sci-fi
series and follows its players from the ‘50s
to the age of the internet, revealing secrets,
lost loves, and things people couldn’t say
then…or now. 1h 15m, Manhattan,
NY Comedy, Drama
Clemente FRI 12 @ 5+; MON 15 @ 7; SAT
20 @ 7:15; WED 24 @ 5; SAT 27 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 4:30+; FRI 19 @ 9:30; SUN 21 @
NOON*; MON 22 @ 7; TUE 23 @ 7; From the Deep CMS Productions ;
Writer: Cassie M.
Seinuk; Director:
Lindsay Eagle; Fates intertwine in a
new dimension,
beyond space and time. Israeli POW, Ilan,
believes his freedom is nearly in sight.
Across continents, abductee, Andrew,
awaits his captor’s design. As time ticks
away, they must learn to survive or
disappear forever. 2h 10m, Boston, MA Drama
Clemente FRI 12 @ 8:45; MON 15 @ 9; THU 18 @ 4+;
SAT 20 @ 1:45; SUN 21 @ 9:15; The Fucking
Problem Writer: Emily
Alexander and Nate
Dobson; Director:
Jessica O’Hara-Baker; Two porn stars
bared naked in front of the audience speaking bluntly without hesitation about the
work they do. Their lives. Their loves. Their
relationship. And eventually, when it
becomes to much to keep hiding, their
secret. Everyone’s watching. Nobody’s
talking. 1h, Brooklyn, NY Drama,
Comedy
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SUN 14 @ 4:30+; FRI 19 @ 2:15; SAT 20 @
7; MON 22 @ 7; FRI 26 @ 3:15; 20
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Girl Versus Corinth Writer: Danny Baird;
Director: Catie Davis;
Choreographer:
Jelani Alladin; Medea’s back and
she’s putting the pulse
back in expulsion. Watch as this legendary
infanticide vindicates her story through
pounding electropop and feminist herstory.
Armed with the waves of feminism, only
she can dismantle the douche-bastions of
the Patriarchy. 1h, Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera, Comedy
VENUE #5: drom SAT 13 @ 12:45+; MON 15 @ 5:15; MON
22 @ 3:15; TUE 23 @ 7:15; THU 25 @
9:30; GIRLish Writer: Stephanie
Anderson and Alex
Bellisle; Director:
Tiffani Swalley; A sketch tale of two
young women who
grew up to be “Girl-ish”. This comedy revue
is grounded in Steph and Alex’s true life
experiences and woven with music,
movement, a little absurdity and a lot of
fun! 1h, Chicago, IL Improv/Sketch/
THE GORGES
MOTEL Schondeikkan
Productions and
Miracle or Two
Productions in
association with The
Journey Company ; Writer: Gretchen Cryer,
Lynne Halliday, Isaac Himmelman, James
Hindman, Arlene Hutton, Craig Pospisil;
Director: Chris Goutman; Award-winning
playwrights join favorite TV and stage
actors with stories of sex, comedy and
tragedy in an upstate motel that has seen
better days. Fringe veterans bring the
ridiculous and the sublime together with
breakups, make-ups and a drone attack. 1h
20m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SAT 13 @ 2:45; WED 17 @ 7+; SAT 20 @ 5;
WED 24 @ 2:15; FRI 26 @ 7; Stand-up, Comedy
VENUE #16: The Huron Club Growing Up Fundie Writer: Brooke
Arnold; What’s it like
to run away from a
fundamentalist
Christian cult with
only a second grade
education and a burning conviction that
there must be something better out there?
A stand-up comic’s harrowing and hilarious
true story of salvation. 1h 20m, Manhat-
FRI 12 @ 7:15; MON 15 @ 5:30+; THU 18 @
5; SUN 21 @ 2:45; MON 22 @ 9; tan, NY Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SUN 14 @ 6:30+; TUE 16 @ 3; TUE 23 @
8; THU 25 @ 9:30; SAT 27 @ 4:45; GIRLS WILL BE
GIRLS Writer: Jolie London
Glickman; Director:
Shira-Lee Shalit; Turns out, high
school boys aren’t the
only ones trying to get laid. Filthy, funny, and
relentlessly honest, GWBG is a coming of
age story about best friends navigating
their newfound sexuality in the digital age.
World Premiere! 1h 30m, Manhattan,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SUN 14 @ NOON+; THU 18 @ 9; SUN 21 @
2:15; WED 24 @ 7; THU 25 @ 9:15; Happy Lucky
Golden Tofu Panda
Dragon Good Time
Fun Fun Show! Slanty Eyed Mama;
Writer: Comedy by
Kate Rigg and Leah
Ryan Music By Slanty Eyed Mama; Director:
The Company; Bad Ass Amerasian duo
“Slanty Eyed Mama” will rock your world
with Outrageous characters, Rock n’ roll
Spoken Word, & Edgy stand-up. It’s a
raucous, theatrical comedy/music concert
about Asian stuff: immigration, bowl cuts,
model minorities. And Hello Kitty everything.1h 20m, Manhattan, NY Comedy,
Held Writer: Kelly Maxwell,
Music by Meghan
Rose; Director: S.C.
Lucier; Held is a
musical set in a
fantasy world. Korin, a
dreamer. Mera, a warrior. Bardo, a baker.
Piano, cello, and bass set a romantic score
while the three struggle to escape a place
where time stands still. 1h 25m, Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera, Drama
VENUE #5: drom TUE 16 @ 9+; FRI 19 @ 5:45; SUN 21 @ 3;
MON 22 @ 5; THU 25 @ 7:15; Homo Sapiens
Interruptus Writer: Carlos
Dengler; One-hour
monologue. Behind a
desk. It’s smart. It’s
funny. And it’s
heartwarming. Join Carlos Dengler in an
intimate setting as he talks about heavy
metal, human origins, and his road from
pizza delivery to rockstardom with the band
Interpol. 1h 10m, New York, NY Solo
Show, Spoken Word/Poetry
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND FRI 12 @ 5+; MON 15 @ 7:15; FRI 19 @
9:30; MON 22 @ 2:45; THU 25 @ 9:30; HONOUR: Confessions of a
Mumbai Courtesan Writer: Dipti Mehta;
Director: Mark
Cirnigliaro; Visit India’s
red light district and
meet the eunuch, priest, pimp, mother and
daughter who call it home. A fun and
poignant look at the exotic, dangerous life
of Mumbai’s real-life brothels and why they
exist. 1h 10m, Jersey City, NJ Drama,
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe TUE 16 @ 4:15*+; FRI 19 @ 7:45; MON 22
@ 7; FRI 26 @ 2; SAT 27 @ 5; Spoken Word/Poetry
VENUE #5: drom SUN 14 @ 8; MON 15 @ 9:15; SUN 21 @
9:30; MON 22 @ 7:15; August 12-28, 2016
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Houseless in
Paradise & The
Unsalable Thing Mark Tjarks in
Association with
Hawaii Pacific
University and
PlayBuilders of Hawaii; Writer: Mark D.
Tjarks; Director: Dennis Gleason; “Houseless
in Paradise” (Po’okela Award Best Play), an
entertaining documentary drama incorporating song, and “The Unsalable Thing”
(William Faulkner Best Play Award), a
poignant comedy, expose Hawaii’s dark
secret: it has the highest rate of homelessness in the country. 2h, Honolulu,
HI Drama, Comedy
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente FRI 12 @ 8; MON 15 @ 9:30; WED 17 @
4:30+; FRI 19 @ 4:45; SAT 20 @ NOON; Humorously
Horrendous
Haunted Hideaway
Playlab NYC; Writer:
Kevin P. Hale; Director:
Kevin P. Hale; Do you dare spend a
night at the Haunted Hideaway!?! Spooky
Sounds! Frightening Fun! Featuring...
spine-chilling stories of relentless banality
and heedless children! You’ve never been
scared ‘til you’ve been scared in Natural
Vision 3-D. In thrilling full color!
1h 10m, Queens, NY Puppetry, Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SUN 14 @ 2:30+; THU 18 @ 3:45; MON
22 @ 9:15; WED 24 @ 5; FRI 26 @ 7:45; Hysterical! Fifth Wall Productions; Writer: Elenna
Stauffer; Director:
Deborah Wolfson; It’s the Bandits’ Best
Year EVER! Until…one
by one, the girls succumb to a mysterious
illness. As the traditional pecking order is
upended, the girls’ relationships are tested.
A poignant, cheer-full look at life on the
cusp of adulthood. 2h 5m, Manhattan,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre
FRI 12 @ 9:30; MON 15 @ 2:30+; THU 18
@ 4:15; SUN 21 @ 4:45; WED 24 @ 9:30; 24
The Illusory
Adventures of a
Dreamer Rhapsody Collective;
Writer: Michael
Bradley; Director:
Chris Goodrich; Inspired by Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt,” a young man
goes on a fantastical journey to find himself.
Peer must confront a crisis of sexual
identity as he encounters gluttonous Trolls,
a mischievous guardian, and his one true
love. #WhoAmI? 1h 50m, Manhattan,
NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SAT 13 @ 9:30; TUE 16 @ 5+; MON 22 @
4:45; WED 24 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 1:30; In The Master’s
House There Are
Many Mansions Twilight Repertory
Company; Writer:
Cherry Jackson;
Director: James
Vesce, Music Director:
Noel Freidline ; Choreographer: Khalid Hill; A mortuary in the Fillmore district, San
Francisco, 1976. Larry James Fletcher
pays final respects to his childhood friend
Tyrone, a casualty of police violence. In the
chilling embrace of the embalming room he
discovers who the real victim is. 1h, Charlotte, NC Drama
Clemente FRI 12 @ 7; SUN 14 @ 5:15+; MON 15 @
5:15; WED 17 @ 5:15; THU 18 @ 7:15; www.FringeNYC.org
The Intriguing
Engagements of
Frances and Meg
Cheatham, Ladies
Of Society Inheritance
Writer: Jessica
Wanamaker; Director:
Tomer Adorian; The
weaving of four generations of women:
their choices, how one
woman leads to another, and the links between them all. Told from the great-granddaughter’s perspective as she searches
for her connection to the past and the
strength to move forward. 50m, Manhattan, NY Solo Show,
Drama
Clemente SAT 13 @ 9; MON 15 @ 3:30+; SAT 20 @
5; TUE 23 @ 7:15; FRI 26 @ 3:30; Interludes: A New
(Orleans) Play Writer: Claire
Christine Sargenti,
Music by Darrell
Smith; Director: Diana
Shortez; Violence,
passion and faith catapult twelve uniquely
spirited characters through the chaos
of life (and death) in The City That Care
Forgot. Pure, honest and as heart-warming
as it is heart-breaking, Interludes reminds
us what’s worth dying for is worth living
for. 1h 20m, Manhattan, NY Solo Show,
Drama
VENUE #5: drom SAT 13 @ 3:15+; MON 15 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 1;
WED 24 @ 9:45; FRI 26 @ 4:45; The Schober Group;
Writer: Adaire Kamen;
Director: Jose
Gamo; Sisters Frances and Meg Cheatham
are ready to be married off. But sin, scandal,
and secrets threaten to unravel their lives
and throw them into a world of disgrace.
What’s a Victorian debutante to do? 2h, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
Clemente SAT 13 @ 4:15; TUE 16 @ 4:15+; SUN 21 @
6:30; WED 24 @ 9:30; FRI 26 @ 9:30; Is That Danny
DeVito? And Other
Questions From
West of the Hudson The Box Colony
Theatre; Writer:
Alexander Janosek
Doyle; Director: Amanda Levie; In a new comedy inspired by the absurdist
plays of Samuel Beckett, over-educated
but under-employed millennials struggle to
survive loopy locals and crippling neuroses
while waiting for a perpetually delayed bus
to their beloved Garden State. 1h 35m,
Jersey City, NJ Comedy, Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SAT 13 @ 2:15+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
2:15; TUE 23 @ 4:30; SAT 27 @ 7; It’s Chill The Flashbulb Project;
Writer: Isabelle
Barbier; Director:
Michael Malanga; The
play takes place on
the eve of Annie’s
twenty-fourth birthday, when she is ditched
by all but two of her friends. Although she
tries to portray a cool and uncaring exterior,
on the inside it kills her. 1h 20m, Brooklyn, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine ThEater SUN 14 @ NOON+; WED 17 @ 2:30; SAT
20 @ 7:45; TUE 23 @ 9; SUN 28 @ 2; Joey Variations: A
Play With
Dance Writer: Jon Spano;
Director: Jon Spano;
Choreographer: Tom
Gold ; Joey: A gifted
contemporary dancer whose secret fuels
his addiction. Rita: The transgendered
therapist whose counsel may save his life.
Svetlana: The artistic director who employs
him despite better judgment. Three diverse
lives brush against darkness to find the
light.1h 2m, Manhattan, NY Dance /
Physical Theatre, Drama
Street Y MON 15 @ 9+; WED 17 @ 4:30; FRI 19 @
10; SUN 21 @ 8; TUE 23 @ 6:15; Johnny Darlin: In
the Closet Johnny Darlin and the
Queer South; Writer:
Michael Doshier, Music by Johnny Darlin,
Francis Steakknife,
& Gandor Chorale, additional writing by
The Queer South; Choreographer: Pia
Vinson; From fetish profiles to secret loves,
we’re all in the closet about something.
Johnny Darlin performs his electro-rock
catalog alongside dancers, video artists,
poets and storytellers in an arena-style
pop spectacle asking: what does it take
to finally come out? 1h 15m, Brooklyn,
NY Multi-Media, Musical/Opera
VENUE #5: drom SUN 14 @ 12:30+; TUE 16 @ 7; WED 17 @
5:30; WED 24 @ 6; FRI 26 @ 9; Jump It Phoebe Farber;
Writer: Phoebe
Farber; Director:
Gama Valle; Stu runs
a towing company.
It’s not much, but it’s
something. Then Wendy, an old high school
crush, reappears. Her idiot husband drained
the car battery, and she needs a jump.
Watch out. Sparks fly. 1h 40m, Montclair,
NJ Drama, Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SAT 13 @ 2:30+; SUN 14 @ 8:30; MON 15
@ 2:15; TUE 16 @ 9; FRI 19 @ 4:30; August 12-28, 2016
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Kerrmoor Grrl Parts Productions in association
with Interrobang Theatre; Writer: Susan
McCully; Director: Eve
Muson; Three women
bound by blood and tradition. One community in dire straits. Can a centuries-old rite
mend the ills of a backwater Appalachian
town? Potent and haunting, Kerrmoor
straps you in, and you’re off until the bloody
end.1h 5m, Baltimore, MD Drama
VENUE #3: Teatro LATEA at
The Clemente MON 22 @ 7:15+; TUE 23 @ 5:15; THU 25
@ 7; FRI 26 @ 5; SAT 27 @ 7:15; The Legend of Oni Musical Company
OZmate; Writer:
Naoko Tsujii, Music &
Lyrics by Naoko Tsujii,
Translated by Hiromi
Zeppieri; Director:
Futoshi Miyai; Choreographer: Naoko Tsujii; We’ll take you to the pre Samurai world.
The world of Onis, which are Japanese
ogres. Onis with a human heart or a human
turned to an Oni... Be lost in the beautiful
Japanese old world with wonderful Kimono
costumes. 1h 40m, Takarazuka, JAPAN Musical/Opera, Drama
Clemente FRI 12 @ 9:30; SAT 13 @ 2:30+; MON 15 @
2:30; TUE 16 @ 7:15; WED 17 @ 2; Lamia Theatre Uzume;
Writer: Molly
Haas-Hooven; Music
by John Barber and
Janna Pelle; Director:
Suzanne Karpinski;
Choreographer: Shannon Stowe; A
stranger offers a serpent the chance to
become human and pursue the man she
desires, but her secret could destroy them
both. Part dance, live music and theater,
Lamia explores the boundaries we cross to
find love.55m, Brooklyn, NY Dance /
Physical Theatre, Musical/Opera
Street Y FRI 12 @ 7:15; SUN 14 @ 4:30+;
TUE 16 @ 3:45; THU 18 @ 8; WED 24 @ 2; August 12-28, 2016
Let The Devil Take
The Hindmost Writer: Maya
Contreras; Director:
Lorca Peress; Set in
1969 Washington DC,
Vera, an African
American math teacher and her husband
Pablo, a Latino Art Professor, attempt to
make sense of a violent decade, their rocky
marriage, and what the future holds for
their politically active daughter. 1h 10m,
Brooklyn, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse FRI 12 @ 7+; SUN 14 @ 5:30; WED 17 @
2:45; SAT 20 @ 3:45; TUE 23 @ 7:15; 27
Liars and Lovers Forget Me Not
Thomas Tafero; Director: Cailin Kless; A former schoolyard
bully and his ‘favorite’
victim each find their own personal hell as
college roommates in “a cross between
Albee’s devastating ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?’ and the curious character
dynamics of ‘The Big Bang Theory.’”
-examiner.com 1h 30m, Queens,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SUN 14 @ 6:45+; WED 17 @ 7; SAT 20 @
9; WED 24 @ 2:45; FRI 26 @ 4:45; 28
Little Stories Cornerstone
Theatrical; Writer:
Jack Herholdt;
Director: Michael
Heitzler;
Clowns, damsels,
enchanted fish, disguised princes, homicidal
farm children. These are just a few ‘Little
Stories’ from the uncharted territory of the
Brothers Grimm. Join this zany medicine
show of epic proportions as we dive into
these forgotten fairy tales. 1h 30m,
Love Me Forever
Billy H. Tender Produced by Jana
Fredricks and Ned
Moore; Writer: Jesse
LaVercombe; Director:
Adam Lazarus; January 31st, 2021: Enter Billy H. Tender,
Canadian child-star. Billy’s family has
splintered; today, they’ll need each other
more than ever. After a sold-out premiere
in Toronto, this virtuosic tragicomedy
reckons with the cultural pandemic of
superstardom. 1h 15m, Toronto, CANA-
Manhattan, NY Vaudeville/Sideshow/
Magic/Burlesque, Comedy
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater DA Comedy, Solo Show
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @ 5:30+; THU 18 @ 7; SUN 21 @
4:45; TUE 23 @ 4:45; FRI 26 @ 5:45; FRI 12 @ 6:30+; MON 15 @ 3; SAT 20 @ 5;
SUN 21 @ 7; THU 25 @ 9:15; www.FringeNYC.org
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LUNT AND
FONTANNE: The
Celestials of
Broadway Meet Murasaki
Shikibu Followed
by Book-Signing,
and Other Things TBE Theatrical;
Writer: Mark E. Lang;
Director: Owen
Thompson; Meet the most famous
forgotten actor-couple in theater history,
Lunt and Fontanne, played by a real
actor-couple. This fast-paced new play
covers their extraordinary partnership,
from the 1920s through WWII and the
1950s, with cameos by Olivier, Coward and
Brando. 1h 45m, New York, NY Drama,
Co-produced by
Rachel Christiansen
and The Brewing
Dept.; Writer: Julia Izumi; Director: Ann
Noling; She wrote the world’s first novel and
it’s, like, kind of a big deal. After 1000 years,
she’s finally ready to talk about breaking
barriers, traveling through time, and
defining her own cultural legacy. Maybe. Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE FRI 12 @ 5+; SUN 14 @ 7; WED 17 @ 4:45;
SAT 20 @ 9:45; TUE 23 @ 2:15; 1h 30m, Brooklyn, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SAT 13 @ NOON+; WED 17 @ 7; SAT 20 @
7; TUE 23 @ 2:15; SAT 27 @ 4:45; Memoriam: After
Euripides’ Alcestis Machine Gun
America. A play
with guns. And
songs. Frack Theatre; Writer:
Joseph Huff-Hannon;
Director: Matt
Renskers; Star-crossed lovers tangle with
well-armed toddlers, a powerful gun rights
leader, and depressed gun safety mascot,
Eddie Eagle, in this fact-is-stranger-thanfiction musical farce. Inspired by bizarre but
real news stories, and America’s enduring
affair with firearms. 1h 35m, Brooklyn,
NY Comedy, Musical/Opera
Clemente SAT 13 @ 7:15; MON 15 @ 9:45; MON 22
@ 4:30+; WED 24 @ 4:45; SAT 27 @ 2; The Marks You
Leave Teresa Yslas
Beardsley; Writer:
Tyler Andrew Jones;
Director: Mia
Crivello; Ten years
have passed since Georgette left home to
build a new life in Brooklyn. When her
estranged younger brother arrives
unexpectedly, secrets are unearthed. As
feelings of abandonment and betrayal seep
in, they must choose to cope or run. 2h 10m, Manhattan, NY Drama
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente FRI 12 @ 5+; SUN 14 @ 8:15; TUE 16
Hypnic Theatre
Company in Association with Adjusted
Realists; Writer:
Stephen Kaliski;
Director: Elizabeth Ostler; What if you could bring her back? Inspired
by millennia of wishful thinking, Kaliski
(West Lethargy, Gluten!) indulges in the
impossible, reuniting a dead queen with her
grieving king. What follows is a whirling,
mournful snapshot of a miracle’s aftermath. 2h, Brooklyn, NY Drama
Miss Outside Inside; Writer:
Michael Ross Albert;
Director: Kaitlyn
Samuel; A shocking
accident at a private
boarding school
irrevocably changes the lives of a teacher,
her fiancé, and a troubled student. A taut
and explosive new drama about violent misdemeanors, professional misconduct, and
missing the love you’ll never get back. 1h, Brooklyn, NY Drama
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE MON 15 @ 7:30+; THU 18 @ 7:45; WED 24
@ 3; THU 25 @ 5:15; SAT 27 @ 3; Mother Emanuel Rebel Theater
Company; Writer:
Rajendra Ramoon
Maharaj, Adam Mace,
Chrisrian Lee Branch;
Director: Rajendra
Ramoon Maharaj; Mother Emanuel is a
docu-musical style interpretation of the
tragic shooting that transpired at Mother
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
Church on June 17, 2015. 1h 30m, New
York, NY Musical/Opera, Drama
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SAT 13 @ 9:45; WED 17 @ 4:45+; SUN 21
@ 6:45; WED 24 @ 7:15; THU 25 @ 10:15; VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SUN 14 @ 5:30; FRI 19 @ 2+; SAT 20 @
9:45; TUE 23 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 4:15; A Microwaved
Burrito Filled With E. coli In association with
Emerging Artists
Theatre; Writer:
Andrea Alton & Allen
Warnock; Director: Mark Finley; Molly
“Equality” Dykeman is back at FringeNYC
and this time she’s trapped in a Mexican
restaurant with a waitress who won’t shut
up. Molly just wants nachos but what she
gets has more layers than a bean dip. MOVIN’ ON UP Jeremy Kehoe;
Writer: Jeremy
Kehoe; It’s funny-ordie in the graveyard.
This absurdist
comedy pits a
Watchman with a worthless watch against
a chatterboxing, handcuffed man and a
know-it-all woman in bandaged hands to
see who earns the right to move on up. 1h
10m, Los Angeles, CA Comedy, Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SAT 13 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 2:15; FRI 19 @ 4;
MON 22 @ 9; FRI 26 @ 6; 1h, New York City, NY Comedy
VENUE #16: The Huron Club
TUE 16 @ 5:15+; FRI 19 @ 5; SAT 20 @ 7;
WED 24 @ 8; FRI 26 @ 3:45; @ 2; SUN 21 @ 8:15; THU 25 @ 9:30; 30
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Mr. Yunioshi Mrs. Schrodinger’s
Some Sort of Show;
Cat
Writer: J. Elijah Cho;
Theatre for Human
Director: Jack
Beings; Writer: Tasha
Holloway; Mickey
Nicole Partee;
Rooney’s yellowface
Director: Tasha Nicole
performance in
Partee; Seven women.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is infamous for its
One unsettling new art exhibit: photographs
lack of cultural sensitivity. But was there
taken surreptitiously of people in a small
ever a way he could have pulled it off? An
town. Fearing humiliation, the women unite
Asian actor tries to find out in this one man
for a summer night’s escapade to face the
show. sad, funny, beautiful truth. A philosophical
comedy about seeing and being seen. 1h
1h, Tampa, FL Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND 55m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
SAT 13 @ 3:30+; MON 15 @ 9:30; THU 18
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente @ 7; SUN 21 @ 4; FRI 26 @ 9:15; SUN 14 @ 2:45+; THU 18 @ 9:45; SUN 21
@ 5:30; TUE 23 @ 2; FRI 26 @ 7; Murder at the Food Coop
Neo-Shtick Theater;
Writer: Gersh
Kuntzman and Marc
Dinkin; Director: Eric
Oleson; A murder
farce for our locavore age! When the
founder of a food coop in liberal Brooklyn is
found dead inside the solar-powered Gore
3000 freezer, the ensuing free-range
investigation is part Agatha Christie and
part Julia Child. 1h 50m, Brooklyn,
NY Comedy, Musical/Opera
Clemente SAT 13 @ 9:45; SUN 14 @ 5+; WED 17 @
7:15; WED 24 @ 2; THU 25 @ 6:15; MURMURS AND
INCANTATIONS; Emerging Artists
Theatre; Writer: Dahn
Hiuni, Music by Yuval
Ron; Director: Lewis
Magruder; In search
of peace of mind and artistic truth, a gay
New York performance artist confronts the
ghost of his grandfather, a rabbi killed by
the Nazis. A poignant, irreverently funny
drama about the Holocaust, AIDS, and
existential angst. 2h, Brooklyn, NY Drama, Multi-Media
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse
SAT 20 @ 9:30; TUE 23 @ 9:15; WED 24
@ 9:30; THU 25 @ 3:45+; SUN 28 @ 2:30; August 12-28, 2016
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The Muscle in
Question Writer: Samantha
Stone; Director:
Mariana Rose
Benjamin; The Muscle
in Question is a
magical realism full length play in one act
about how the technical structure of a
human’s brain has an effect on their day to
day well-being, experiences and existence. 1h 30m, Manhattan, NY Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater SAT 13 @ 3:15+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
1; THU 25 @ 2:45; SAT 27 @ 7:45; My White Wife, or
So I Married a Black
Man Younger Child
Productions in
association with
Emerging Artists
Theatre; Writer: Vanessa Shealy and Rick
Younger; Director: Melissa Attebery and
Carl Foreman, Jr. ; True stories (and
secrets) from inside Rick and Vanessa’s
interracial marriage. After ten years
together, they might as well laugh about it!
Honest, frank, hilarious storytelling.
“Younger and Shealy both possess
presence and charisma to spare” - Martin
Denton, nytheater.com 1h 15m, Manhattan, NY Comedy,
Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SAT 13 @ 3:15+; TUE 16 @ 7; FRI 19 @ 7;
MON 22 @ 5; THU 25 @ 3; Naked Brazilian Gustavo Pace ; Writer:
Gustavo Pace; Director: Stephen BrownFried; Struggling
against his father’s
wishes to become a
lawyer, a young man journeys from Rio to
NYC to make a case for his own destiny. 1h
10m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Solo
Show
VENUE #11: 64E4 Mainstage
FRI 12 @ 5:15+; SUN 14 @ 12:15; WED 17 @
9:30; FRI 19 @ 9:15; SUN 21 @ 8:30
New Canula Bruka Theatre; Writer:
Gary Cremeans II;
Director: Mary Bennett; An unromantic
feel good comedy in
one act. A hapless
unromantic with an immediate urge toward
the afterlife; a desperate bank robber
with nebulous ties to the underworld; and
Grandma Betty with limitless Jersey-style
homespun wisdomisms ... It’s New Canula. 50m, Reno, NV Comedy, Drama
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE FRI 12 @ 9:30; SUN 14 @ 4:45+; TUE 16 @
7:15; THU 18 @ 2; SAT 20 @ 5:15; 34
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The Night of Blue
and Salt Writer: Jenna
Langbaum; Director:
Jenna Langbaum; Young love, a
professional medical
surgeon, whispers, a manic wife, a pool, a
baby, Virginia Woolf, sauce, suicide, a
psychic, death, a minnow, and one blue
night tell the story of how love alters
through the course of marriage and loss. 1h 10m, New York, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SAT 13 @ 5+; WED 17 @ 2; SAT 20 @
9:30; TUE 23 @ 7:15; FRI 26 @ 2; August 12-28, 2016
NIGHT OF THE
LIVING N-WORD!! MyCarl Productions in
association with
Kampfire Films;
Writer: Kevin R. Free;
Director: Nicole A.
Watson; There’s nothing scarier than a
white woman bent on saving a race! When
guests at Channing’s party go missing,
Barbra holds the key. A slasher-comedy
with a bloody point. You can bury the
N-Word; can you make it DIE?! 1h 39m, New York, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre TUE 16 @ 2+; WED 17 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
7:15; TUE 23 @ 9:30; FRI 26 @ 4:30; Not All Cops Are
Bad Writer: George
McAuliffe; Officer
Scott Baker hosts a
town hall meeting to
mend public relations
after a series of ‘viral videos’ featuring law
enforcement surface. This award winning
satire takes you beyond the badge and into
the life of one mixed-up cop. 1h, Los
Angeles, CA Comedy, Solo Show
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @
6:15+; MON 15 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 8:45; WED
24 @ 5:15; SAT 27 @ 2; 35
Off Track Off Track Arts; Writer:
James Comtois;
Director: Tim
Errickson; Ian, a
Chicago reporter
covering an impending transit strike, has a one-night stand
who’s found murdered the next morning.
So, Ian ventures out to find the killer just as
the trains shut down and strand him in a
hostile neighborhood. 1h 30m, Brooklyn,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SAT 13 @ NOON+; MON 15 @ 7:15; THU 18
@ 2; SAT 20 @ 7:30; FRI 26 @ 4:45; Patriot Act Mike Schlitt wants to
restore your faith in
American Democracy.
He claims he can do it
in 47 minutes. Come
celebrate American
exceptionalism and limited attention spans,
then activate your citizenship - join the
“Raucous Caucus”. Art! Advocacy! Action! (+
puppets) 1h 20m, Los Angeles,
CA Performance Art, Solo Show
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA
FRI 19 @ 2+; SUN 21 @ 3:45; WED 24 @
9:15; SAT 27 @ 9:15; SUN 28 @ 5:15; Poops, I Did It
Again: True Tales of
an Angry Colon Writer: Brie Henderson; Director: Brie
Henderson;
Everybody poops. Brie
just does it more than others. Join her as
she relates some of the totally true funny,
sad, mortifying, and disgusting moments
she has dealt with as a sufferer of
Ulcerative Colitis. 55m, Kansas City, MO Solo Show,
Comedy
Clemente FRI 12 @ 5:45+; SAT 13 @ 5:30;
MON 15 @ 7; FRI 19 @ 2:30; SAT 20 @ 7; 36
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POWER! Stokely
Carmichael Meshaun Labrone in
Association with
Conspicuous Fire;
Writer: Meshaun
Labrone; Director:
Jennifer Knight; Summer 1966, an
unknown protege sparked a new demand
during the last great march of the Civil
Rights Movement. That demand was for
“POWER” and his name was Stokely
Carmichael. 1h 10m, Washington,
DC Solo Show, Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater SAT 13 @ 1:15+; MON 15 @ 7; TUE 16 @
2:45; FRI 19 @ 6:15; SUN 21 @ 9:15; Pryor Truth The Collective-NY;
Writer: Khalil
Muhammad; Director:
Marcus Naylor; Pryor
Truth, a one man
show, is a celebration
and introspection into the life and legend of
comedian “Richard Pryor”. Pryor Truth gives
us a raw moment with one of the artist’s
most beloved characters: Mudbone. 1h 25m, New York, NY Solo Show,
Comedy
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @ NOON+; THU 18 @ 8:45; MON
22 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 4:45; SAT 27 @ 8; Pucker Up and Blow The Princemaker MirrorMaker
Robert Gelberg; Director: Alessandra
Affinito; It’s an election
year. Leslie Moore, a
teenager with an unlimited bank account,
finances the Presidential campaign of
George Lee, a down-home congressman
equally noble and naive. The Princemaker
explores the politics of money and the
money of politics. 1h 20m, Brooklyn,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe Writer: Daniel Reitz;
Director: Paul
Schnee; David, a
young actor with only
children’s theatre
credits, is making his
Broadway debut in a play by New York’s
“most inflammatory” playwright—but it
means nudity and performing a lewd sex
act. What’s more important? Dignity or
career? 1h 40m, Comedy
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SAT 13 @ 9:30; SUN 14 @ 7:15+; TUE 16 @
6:45; FRI 19 @ 4:30; TUE 23 @ 2; SAT 13 @ 4:45+; WED 17 @ 2:30; SAT 20
@ 7:30; TUE 23 @ 9:15; THU 25 @ 4:45; 38
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Qaddafi’s Cook Bons Tempos; Writer:
Lance Belville &
Carlos Ambrosi;
Director: Lynn
Lohr; Based on true
events. A young chef
goes from running top after-hours Mexico
City nightspots to running for his life from
the bloodiest foodie in the world, Libyan
Dictator Muammar Qaddafi; a chef’s-eye
view of a regime’s methods and madness. 1h 5m, Sausalito, CA Drama
Clemente SAT 20 @ 8:45+; MON 22 @ 5; WED 24
@ 5:15; THU 25 @ 3:30; SAT 27 @ 9:15; The Radicalization of
Rolfe M & R Productions in
association with Glenn
Krutoff; Writer:
Andrew Bergh;
Director: Abigail Zealey
Bess; Austria in the last golden days of the
1930’s. Messenger boy Rolfe, 17 (going on
18)is about to discover that forbidden sex
and Third Reich don’t mix. This dark comedy
proves that B-characters have a destiny,
too. 1h 30m, Manhattan, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre FRI 12 @ 5+; SUN 14 @ 9:45; FRI 19 @ 7;
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Reagan’s Athena Writer: Louis Varela
Nevaer; Director: Alice
Spivak; 1984: Ronnie’s
in trouble! He’s
smacked with Nancy’s
astrology, Iran-Contra
and Nora Astorga! Who the hell is Nora
Astorga you ask? Ask Jeane Kirkpatrick!
Come see the Battle of the “Amazionian
Bitches” 1h 35m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SUN 14 @ 2:15+; THU 18 @ 7:15; SUN 21 @
2:15; FRI 26 @ 9:15; SAT 27 @ 1:30; Reclaiming Vietnam Writer: Kim Chinh;
Director: Elizabeth
Browning; After
rejecting her
Vietnamese identity,
Kim travels to
Vietnam, the birthplace of her father. As
she discovers the beauty of her roots, she
is forced to combat the demons of her
past, and learn the power of forgiveness. 1h, Brooklyn, NY Drama, Solo
Show, FringeHIGH
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND
SUN 14 @ 2*; THU 18 @ 8:45; SUN 21 @
8+; THU 25 @ 5; SAT 27 @ 9:15; Reconciling Randy Reiman’s
Attention Span Writer: Randy Reiman; Staying focused is
optional as one
comedian looks
inward. Meathead
knights battle pervy senators to install
songs and sketches on your heart. Binge
TV, check your phone, and open endless
tabs in this dazzling display of distraction. 1h
10m, Saddle Brook, NJ Comedy, Solo
Show
VENUE #5: drom SAT 13 @ 8+; TUE 16 @
The Barrington
Collective; Writer:
Jenny King; Director:
Julia Hinson; What do
a Baptist, a bro in
handcuffs, and a
botched funeral have in common? Find out
in this rapid-fire dark comedy where one
word has multiple meanings. Broadway
Baby called it “ingeniously constructed and
eloquently performed...4 Stars.” 50m, Manhattan, NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SUN 14 @ 7:30+; THU 18 @ 5:45; TUE 23
@ 2; THU 25 @ 8:30; SAT 27 @ 6; Red Devil Moon Sugar Cane
Robert Earl Price,
Music and Lyrics by
Pam Ortiz; The scent of boiling
cane, a magical night, love at risk in the
Jim Crow South. Inspired by Jean
Toomer’s modernist novel, Cane. A
performance featuring music and
narration from the forthcoming
musical. 1h 30m, Chestertown,
MD Musical/Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
VENUE #2: Flamboyan Theater at
The Clemente FRI 12 @ 7:15; SUN 14 @ 1+; MON 15 @
7:30; THU 18 @ 4:30*; SAT 20 @ 2:45; Remember Me Scandinavian
American Theater
Company; Writer:
Minna Nurmelin;
Director: Drew
O’Kane; Helena is
trying to move on from her past. Anna is
in grave doubt about her own future. Two
complete strangers struggling with
identity learn to help each other in this
unconventional and highly perceptive
play from Finland. 1h 15m, Manhattan,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe FRI 12 @ 7:15+; SUN 14 @ 2:15; FRI 19 @
2; WED 24 @ 9:15; FRI 26 @ 4; Rent Control Writer: Evan Zes;
Director: Lou
Moreno; A struggling actor
turns an NYC
rent-controlled
apartment into a lucrative AIRBNB
scheme in this wild-but-TRUE one-man
show. Watch Evan Zes portray 30
characters as they close in on him and
threaten to ruin his life. 1h 30m,
Manhattan, NY Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SUN 14 @ 12:30+; THU 18 @ 2:30; SUN
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Richard III (A One
Woman Show) Brite Theater; Writer:
William Shakespeare,
adapted by Kolbrun
Bjort Sigfusdottir and
Emily Carding;
Director: Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir; Richard III.An Audience.Anything can
happen. What part will you play?Pushing
the boundaries of Shakespearean
performance, Brite Theater presents their
multi-award-winning one-woman show in
its US premiere.”In a league of its own” *****
- Broadway Baby 1h, Edinburgh/Devon,
UNITED KINGDOM Solo Show, Drama
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA MON 15 @ 7; WED 17 @ 9:15; THU 18 @
6:45; FRI 19 @ 4:30+; SAT 20 @ 5; Roadkill Bref; Writer: Leah
Sarbib; Director:
Tosca Giustini; Roadkill is a devised
play about one girl’s
sexuality as told
through the stories of four people who
know her intimately. Come see it for
comedy, memories and to find out why
Lindsey McPherson is a slut. 1h 10m,
Middlebury, VT Drama, Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SUN 14 @ 6:30+; THU 18 @ 9:30; SUN 21
@ 4:15; MON 22 @ 7:15; FRI 26 @ 4; Ruddy Productions
Presents Sinners on
a Southbound Bus Ruddy Productions;
Writer: Ben Holbrook;
Director: Phoebe
Padget; Set during a
late night bus ride on a warm, misty
Alabama night, “Sinners on a Southbound
Bus” is a dramatic/comedic meditation on
fear, morality, and the ghosts we leave
behind. 1h 20m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater WED 17 @ 4:45+; SAT 20 @ 5:30; WED
24 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 5:30; 44
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the RUNAWAY Xoregos Performing
Company; Writer:
Donna Spector;
Director: Shela
Xoregos, Composer,
Brama Sukarma; Are
the Mole People a myth? A teen runaway
lives in abandoned tunnels under Grand
Central Station where she meets... Descend
with her! “Typewriter Dreams...in a nifty
production by the Xoregos Performing
Company” NY Times. 2h 10m, Manhattan,
City of Islands
Beautification Corp.;
Writer: Micaela Blei;
Director: Catherine
McCarthy; When you teach third grade, you
can’t tell your students everything. A
two-time Moth GrandSLAM champion
comes clean about classroom disasters,
falling in love and forging letters from an
imaginary Queen. 1h 10m, Brooklyn,
NY Drama, Comedy
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente NY Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND MON 15 @ 2+; WED 17 @ 7:15; THU 18 @
4:15; SUN 21 @ 2:30; SAT 27 @ 9:30; SUN 14 @ 9; WED 17 @ 5+; SUN 21 @ 2;
WED 24 @ 7:15; SAT 27 @ 7; The Secret Life of
Your Third Grade
Teacher Scratching Seeger The Skeleton Rep;
Writer: Randy Noojin;
Writer: Britton Buttrill;
Director: Mary Beth
Director: Miles
Easley; Sing-along
Mandwelle
with folksinger/
Set in a dilapidated
activist Pete Seeger
trailer in a Southern
at a benefit for
town, Scratching is a millennial drama
U.S.-Cuban normalization where he uses
about the lives of two blue-collar brothers
his greatest songs to tell of his adventures
whose pasts and futures intersect, causing
with McCarty-era witch-hunters, the Blacka downward spiral of drugs, violence, illegal
list, Peekskill riots, and how a sailboat
tattoos, unrequited love and the chance for
helped clean the Hudson. 1h 20m,
redemption. 1h 20m, Manhattan,
Queens, NY Multi-Media, Solo Show
NY Drama
VENUE #16: The Huron Club SUN 14 @ 2:15+; WED 17 @ 9; SUN 21 @
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre 6:15; WED 24 @ 4; SAT 27 @ 7; SAT 13 @ 7:15; TUE 16 @ 4:30+; FRI 19 @
2:15; SUN 21 @ 9:45; FRI 26 @ 2:15; August 12-28, 2016
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Sex, Cynicism and Other Small
Miracles Red Lips Woman
Lachlan the Bray and
Garrett Riley; Director:
Mia Romero; Rent is costing you a
kidney. Love is fleeting. Our dependence on
pharmaceuticals is killing us. An Australian
country-boy and an urban vagrant coax
spoken word, rock-n-roll, and theater into a
raucous threesome exploring why all these
things are beautiful. 1h 10m, San Francisco, CA Spoken Word/Poetry, Performance Art
VENUE #5: drom York, NY Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe Sheila and Angelo Two Headed Dragon
Nick Raio; Director:
Michelle Kristine
Best; A frat house
comedy set in a senior
citizens’ village. Heartfelt, this hilarious and
insightful love story with an unexpected
twist explores the tribulations of growing
older and... the alternative! Features Emmy
winner Dan Grimaldi leading an all star NY
cast. Must See! 1h 30m, New York, NY SAT 13 @ NOON+; TUE 16 @ 7; SUN 21 @
6:30; MON 22 @ 2:45; SAT 27 @ 9:30; Comedy
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE Shapes Like Things,
A Soup Play The Seedlings; Writer:
Emily Sorensen;
Director: Alexis
Wilcock; Danny’s dad
was a scholar. Danny
couldn’t read. Now Danny’s dad is dead.
This puzzle of a play explores a dyslexic
boy’s struggle to understand his father
when words don’t work. 1h 30m, New
TUE 16 @ 2:45+; FRI 19 @ 7; MON 22 @ 5;
THU 25 @ 3; SAT 27 @ 9; SUN 14 @ 3:15+; THU 18 @ 9:30; SAT 20
@ 5; TUE 23 @ 5:15; FRI 26 @ 7; Visit us at
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Small Guitar Hillsville Productions;
Writer: David King;
Director: David King;
Choreographer: none; Ferry Worker, Clayton
Gilchrist recounts his
life in an Alternate Universe where he was
a major Rock Star, Straddling two realities
and consequently two streams of History,
he seeks to distance himself from his
behaviour in that alternate reality. 1h 15m, ,
SUPER! Writer: Aaron Michael
Krueger; Director:
Aaron Michael
Krueger; Choreographer: Carmela
Girdlestone; A young man with extraordinary gifts must
become the superhero the world needs
him to be in this ‘super’ new musical! Take a
running leap and fly with Mark as he
prepares to fulfill his destiny! 1h 45m,
CANADA Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #16: The Huron Club Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse FRI 12 @ 5:15+; MON 15 @ 9:15; FRI 19 @ 3;
SUN 21 @ 8:30; FRI 26 @ 5:30; SUN 14 @ 9:15; TUE 16 @ 9+; THU 18 @
9:15; SUN 21 @ 2:30; FRI 26 @ 4:30; Steve Got Raped The New Collectives;
Writer: Sam Gooley;
Director: Melissa
Firlit; In this new dark
comedy, Steve and
Katie, engaged and
expecting their first child, think they are on
the right track. However, when a shocking
event happens during Steve’s bachelor
party, the couple’s lives start to veer off
course. 1h 35m, New York, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre THU 18 @ 9:45; SAT 20 @ NOON+; TUE
23 @ 4:30; THU 25 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 4:30; The Sutherby
Triplets Endangered Artist
Sanctuary; Writer:
Kelly Barrett-Gibson;
Director: Kelly
Barrett-Gibson; Dueling divas, squirrel warfare, and a lifetime of
skeletons dragged from the closet. A
weekend with the Sutherbys is never dull!
With so many egos under one roof, one
thing is certain: “Everyone wants to be in
the spotlight!” 1h 45m, Queens,
NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SAT 13 @ 12:15+; WED 17 @ 4:30; FRI 19 @
9:15; TUE 23 @ 7; THU 25 @ 4:30; STILL NOT Writer: Harrison
Bryan; Director: Rory
Lance; One Bench. Two
Strangers. STILL NOT
is an honest, comedic,
skewed-romantic exploration into the traps
of waiting for love...and the fear that it may
never come. “They are going to throw their
hearts and souls into this.” -- NY THEATRE
GUIDE 1h 15m, New York, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe MON 15 @ 7+; THU 18 @ 2:15; FRI 19 @
9:45; SUN 21 @ 4:30; MON 22 @ 5; 50
Svetlyachki Infinite Variety
Alla Ilyasova; Director:
Colleen Britt; Six
orphans struggle to
survive in a small
Russian village just after the Civil War.
Chaos reigns in this lyrical tale of dark
secrets, White guards, Young Leninists,
Tsarist treasures, and lightning bugs. 2h, New York, NY Drama
Street Y SUN 14 @ 1:45; FRI 19 @ 2; SUN 21 @
5:15+; TUE 23 @ 8:15; THU 25 @ 9:15; www.FringeNYC.org
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Swashbuckling Sam
and the Tale of Blackbeard’s
Revenge Wide Eyed Productions; Writer: Leonora
Bernstein; Director:
Kristin Skye Hoffmann and Stephanie C.
Cunningham; What would you do if a pirate
appeared in your kitchen? Seven-year-old
Sam is having a rough time at school when
Captain Silver whisks her off to his magical
world. Can Sam find stolen pirate treasure
- and discover courage, too? 45m, Queens, NY FringeJR, Comedy
Street Y Tailspin! Take One Produced by Lauren
The Council of Nine;
Fischetti; Writer: Zach
Writer: Jeff Ward;
Stephens; Director:
Director: Michael
Kelly Webb; The red
Schiralli; Michelangelo,
emergency phone
Richard Rodgers and
rings. An assistant
God light up the
answers. “Babylon Studios, this is Henry.”
musical stage in this story of the disastrous
On the other end? North Korea’s supreme
first versions of three great things. “Take
leader, furious with his depiction in
One” shows that the act of creation is
Babylon’s latest picture, “The Girlish
always messy and hilarious -- even for the
Tendencies of Kim Jong-un.” But, like, what
gods. 1h 40m, Manhattan, NY is girlish? Musical/Opera, Comedy
1h 35m, New York, NY Comedy
VENUE #9: The Kraine Theater VENUE #2: Flamboyan Theater at The
Clemente FRI 12 @ 7:30; MON 15 @ 2:15+; THU 18 @
4:30; WED 24 @ 9:15; SAT 27 @ 12:45; SUN 21 @ 8:30; MON 22 @ 9:45; THU 25
@ 2+; FRI 26 @ 9:45; SAT 27 @ 4:30; SUN 21 @ 3:45; MON 22 @ 2; WED 24 @
5:30; FRI 26 @ 4:15; SAT 27 @ 4; Visit fringeNYC.org to sign up!
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(HELP! ROGUE GOVERNMENT
AGENTS ARE
TRYING TO FRAME
ME!) Beloved Mountain
Productions; Writer: David J Goldberg;
Director: Conrad Kluck; A civil war is
unfolding today within the intelligence
world, and David J Goldberg finds himself
caught in the middle. With the help of
disgruntled insiders, Goldberg tries to sabotage a rouge entrapment program by going
public with his story. 1h 20m, Brooklyn,
Tales of a Sexual
Tomboy Writer: Joyful Raven,
with creative
collaborators Micaela
Cirimelli and Jael
Weisman; Director:
Jael Weisman; A tomboy with an overactive libido looks for empowerment in all the
wrong places. “When it comes to men, I’m
never sure if I want to wrestle them, heal
them, or sleep with them - often I do all
three.” 1h, Oakland, CA Comedy, Solo
NY Solo Show, Performance Art
VENUE #5: drom FRI 19 @ 8+; SUN 21 @ 7:15; TUE 23 @ 3;
THU 25 @ 3; SAT 27 @ NOON; Show
Clemente Tea at 4 Created at The
Shipley School, Bryn
Mawr; Writer: Tony
Devaney Morinelli with
Mallory Avnet,Lauren
Grajewski and
Elizabeth Dunham; Director: Tony Devaney
Morinelli; The intimate lives of two women
from their youth to the last moments of
their shared time together. 1h, Bryn
TUE 16 @ 3:30+; FRI 19 @ 8:45; WED 24
@ 7:15; FRI 26 @ 5:30; SAT 27 @ 3:45; Mawr, PA Drama, FringeHIGH
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SAT 13 @ 5:15+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
7:15; WED 24 @ 5:15; FRI 26 @ 2:15*; Tall Pines Lodge Unspeakable
Productions in
Association with
Unpublishable Press;
Writer: J.D. Graves;
Director: Joshua Hill; In this claustrophobic, pulp thriller, in the
gritty tradition of Jim Thompson, an East
Texas dive shatters the myth of honor
among thieves. Find out why patrons call
this play “the most DISGUSTING thing I’ve
ever seen!” 1h 40m, Manhattan,
NY Drama, VENUE #14: The Steve & Marie
Sgouros Theatre FRI 12 @ 9:15; SUN 14 @ 4:30+; WED 17 @
4:45; MON 22 @ 4:30; WED 24 @ 7; That’s MISS FITS,
to YOU! Writer: Todd Tif
Fernandez, Music,
Book & Lyrics;
Director: Jonathan
Warman; A mystical
poly-gender tale - That’s MISS FITS, to
You! - concocts an elaborate journey to
self-awareness with cameos by Rosa
Parks, Judy Garland and Radical Faeries,
oh my. The musical extravaganza will leave
you singing with liberation spirit. 2h 45m,
Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera,
Comedy
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SAT 13 @ NOON+; MON 15 @ 9; FRI 19 @
8:45; MON 22 @ 4; SAT 27 @ 2:30; August 12-28, 2016
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That’s my Moonbeam! Chaos Button
Jason Grimste;
Director: Jeffrey
Whitted; If an Alien race chose you as a representative of the human race to take around the
galaxy, would you go? Do Dreams weigh
more than Love? Sometimes you need to
get away to find the truth. Sometimes you
don’t. 1h 40m, Brooklyn, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre SUN 14 @ 4:45+; WED 17 @ 2; SAT 20 @
2:30; WED 24 @ 7; THU 25 @ 9:30; THE THEATRE
MADE IN PARADISE Writer: Jonathon
Ward; Director:
Danielle Skraastad; Actors from Elizabethan England emerge on Cape Cod in
1619 to start the first indie theatre. With a
copy of The Tempest, gold, their talent and
dreams, - and aid from the Wampanoag,they overcome Puritans, who believe
they’re witches. 1h 45m, Nassau County,
NY Drama, Comedy, FringeHIGH
Clemente SAT 13 @ NOON+; TUE 16 @ 2*;
This Gonna Be on
the Test, Miss? YoMiss Productions;
Writer: Ronna Levy;
Director: Tyler
Spicer; I’m not Michelle
Pfeiffer in Dangerous
Minds. Welcome to Community College.
From LA to Brooklyn, meet my real
students as I teach them in 12 weeks what
they should have learned in the past 12
years. You won’t be quizzed. 1h, Brooklyn,
NY Solo Show, Comedy
VENUE #7: Under St. Marks SAT 13 @ 4:30+; THU 18 @ 7; SUN 21 @
5:15; WED 24 @ 3:30; FRI 26 @ 8:45; Thread Little y Theatre
Company in Association with The Vertical
Company; Writer:
Elena Zucker;
Director: Elena
Zucker; From NYC to Palestine, Mimi’s
world collapses with the inadvertent like of
a long-lost love’s dissident Facebook status.
Identities unravel, as do the boundaries
between fact and fiction, Jew and Arab,
time and space. A psycho-cyber thriller. 1h
15m, Brooklyn, NY Drama, Solo Show
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe MON 15 @ 9; THU 18 @ 7+; SUN 21 @
12:15; WED 24 @ 3:15; FRI 26 @ 9:45; Till Birnam Wood... John Schultz
Presents ; Writer:
William Shakespeare;
Director: John
Schultz; Encounter
the witches, slip on
your blindfold, and fall into the darkness of
Macbeth’s Scotland. Till Birnam Wood...is an
immersive, sensory experience of Shakespeare’s darkest work, literally. Audience
members experience this fast-paced and
intense production completely blindfolded. 1h 4m, Philadelphia , PA Drama
VENUE #5: drom FRI 12 @ 5+; SAT 13 @ 6; THU 18 @ 7:30;
SAT 20 @ 7; SUN 21 @ 1; To Protect the
Poets Michael Palmer and 11
West Productions;
Writer: John Doble;
Director: Alberto
Bonilla; A poet and her
principles collide with a policeman’s sense
of justice when Mac, whose life is books and
ideas, falls in love with Jab, a detective
enraged at a killer’s cold indifference. 2h, Manhattan, NY Drama
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA at The Clemente SUN 14 @ NOON+; TUE 16 @ 7:45; FRI 19
@ 9:45; MON 22 @ 2; THU 25 @ 4:15; THU 18 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 7; TUE 23 @ 2; The Thing That Never
Happened Writer: Justine
Gelfman; Director: Ellie
Sachs; Four girls sit in
a writing center. They
speak eloquently about both SoulCycle and
second-wave feminism. The Thing That
Never Happened is about the relationships
we value, the friendships we don’t always
value, and waiting ninety minutes to text
back. 1h 35m, Chicago, IL Comedy,
FringeHIGH
Sgouros Theatre Thud! BITCRUSHER; Writer:
Dan Rider; Director:
Holly Kristina
Goldstein; An incredibly clumsy
hospital clown is hired
to entertain an acerbic fifteen year old girl,
and finds the only thing that cheers her up
is watching him get hurt. A play about other
people’s suffering and why it’s hilarious. 1h
55m, Manhattan, NY Comedy, Drama
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe SAT 13 @ 9; MON 15 @ 4:15+; THU 18 @
4:15; SUN 21 @ 8:45; SAT 27 @ 12:30; SAT 13 @ 4:30+; MON 15 @ 9; WED 17 @
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The Topography Between (a New York
radio love song) Imperfect Speakers;
Writer: Zachary Miceli;
Director: Mimi
Barcomi; A surreal
love story set in the New York unconscious
to a live R&B soundtrack. Rodney and
Callisto yearn for each other from a jail cell
and city clinic, while forming connections
with strangers poised on the brink of
revelation. 2h 15m, Manhattan, NY Drama, Multi-Media
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SUN 14 @ 2:30+; TUE 16 @ 4:15; FRI 19 @
2; SUN 21 @ 9; FRI 26 @ 9:15; Tribulation: The
Musical
Writer: Book and
Lyrics by Molly Miller,
Music by Brad Kemp;
Director: Tyler
Samples, Music
Director: Charlie Worth; Choreographer:
Lauren Lopez; It’s the end of the world...and
you still need a job. In Tribulation: The
Musical prophets, whores, and middle
managers alike all struggle to prevent the
Apocalypse, in this hilarious, irreverent take
on the Bible’s Book of Revelation. 1h 40m,
Chicago, IL Musical/Opera, Comedy
Clemente THU 18 @ 2+; FRI 19 @ 7; SAT
20 @ 9:30; MON 22 @ 2; TUE 23 @ 4:30; TRANSCEND Writer: Kilusan
Bautista; Take a train ride in the
fight against
gentrification & listen
to the confessions of
a homeless artist in Brooklyn, NY. Written &
performed by Hip Hop Theater Artist
Kilusan Bautista. 1h, Bronx, NY Solo
Show, Multi-Media
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA SUN 14 @ 4:15; FRI 19 @ 9; SUN 21 @
6:15+; THU 25 @ 8:45; FRI 26 @ 6:45; Treya’s Last Dance Outlandish Cat
Shyam Bhatt;
Director: Tiffany
Nichole Greene; Faced
with Croydon’s
mankiest speed-dates, Treya blunders into
some messy truths - her brother’s death;
two lovably eccentric parents; the fallout
from a British/Indian culture clash. A
hilarious, awkward, heart-wrenching tale of
love and loss in London. 50m, London,
UNITED KINGDOM Comedy, Improv/
Sketch/Stand-up
Clemente FRI 12 @ 7:30; SUN 14 @ 12:15+; WED 17 @
7:30; SUN 21 @ 6:15; TUE 23 @ 3:15; The Troubadour
Struck By Lightning
Temerity Theatre Co.;
Writer: Ed Malin;
Director: Janet
Bentley; Choreographer: Tatyana
Kot; Love. Music. Men. Muslims. Men who
like men who like Muslims who like poems.
A rampant fantasia of medieval times. 1h
10m, Brooklyn, NY Comedy, Spoken
Word/Poetry
Street Y TUE 16 @ 9:30+; SAT 20 @ 1:45; MON 22
@ 6; THU 25 @ 5; SAT 27 @ 7:45; The Unusual Tale of Mary & Joseph’s Baby
Firebone Theatre
Company; Writer:
Music and Lyrics by
Don Chaffer, Book by
Chris Cragin-Day; Director: Amelia
Peterson; The Unusual Tale of Mary &
Joseph’s Baby: There really is a pregnant
virgin, shepherds, angels, foreign dignitaries,
a ratty inn and a bloodthirsty dictator
whose menacing shadow hangs over
everything. And obviously, it’s a comedy. 1h
30m, Manhattan, NY Musical/Opera,
Drama
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse SAT 13 @ 3:30+; FRI 19 @ 5; MON 22 @
7:30; FRI 26 @ 7; SAT 27 @ 12:15; August 12-28, 2016
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The Vampire’s
Last Bite Mad Bat Productions;
Writer: Written by
Martin J. Flowers,
Music by C. David
Morrow; Director:
Joseph Hayward; Being a tale told of an
insignificant boy from an insignificant village
who is hunted by a very significant vampire.
An homage to the ancient tradition of
itinerant storytellers, employing playful
language, poetic rhythms, song and
chant. 1h 30m, Brooklyn, NY Solo
Show, Spoken Word/Poetry
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND FRI 12 @ 9; MON 15 @ 3+; FRI 19 @ 7:15;
SUN 21 @ 5:45; TUE 23 @ 4:15; Waiting For Obama Wild Blindness
John Moore; A father
and son are convinced
that President Obama
is coming for their
guns… And they may be right! This magical
and surreal exploration of relationships
touched by tragedy, leaps head-first into
America’s most complex conundrum…
Guns. 1h 30m, Denver, CO Comedy,
Drama
Street Y FRI 12 @ 5+; SAT 13 @ 2; SAT 13 @ 9:15;
SUN 14 @ 8:30; MON 15 @ 6:45; THE WEDDING
WARRIOR Fly Away Balloon
Theatre; Writer: Casey
Dressler; Director: Kim
St. Leon; The Miami Herald
says The Wedding Warrior is “Funny,
Touching, Sweet. Beautifully written and
acted. A perfect Fringe show!” Don’t miss
this one woman romantic comedy about a
frazzled Florida Keys wedding planner.
You’ll say “I do” too! 1h, Islamorada,
FL Solo Show, Comedy
Clemente SAT 13 @ 3:45+; SUN 14 @ 6:15; WED 17
@ 9:15; SUN 21 @ 4:30; FRI 26 @ 7:15; Walken On Sunshine THE VIDEO
GAMES MB Stage Productions, LLC; Writer:
Jared Tyrel Pixler and
David Evan Stolworthy; Director: Jared
Tyrel Pixler and David Evan Stolworthy;
Choreographer: Matt Franta and Brandon
Pugmire; Princess Zelda, the Queen of The
Console, is celebrating the 64th Annual
Video Games and needs the audience’s
assistance (through the use of social
media) to ensure that this year’s Games
are bigger, badder, and bloodier than the
year before! 1h 30m, Los Angeles,
CA Comedy, Multi-Media
Clemente SAT 13 @ 5+; MON 15 @ 5; TUE 16 @ 9:45;
THU 18 @ 9:30; SAT 20 @ 12:30; W.E.B. DU BOIS: A
Man For All Times
Pulse Ensemble
Theatre; Writer: Alexa
Kelly; Director: Alexa
Kelly; “Heartwarming
and inspirational!” A
vibrant, passionate journey through the 95
years of his tumultuous life and times. This
great Civil Rights Activist, born 1868,
brought to life by this critically acclaimed
performance. “History cannot ignore Du
Bois!” Martin Luther King. 1h 15m,
Walken On Sunshine
LLC; Writer: Dave
Droxler, Music by
James Rushin;
Director: Marcus
Stevens; An anxiety-ridden filmmaker accidentally lies to
investors about having Christopher Walken
in his movie and embarks on a ridiculous
quest to get Walken. Neuroses, quirky love,
bad guys and cowbells emerge to derail
him. Will he ever find Walken?? 1h 30m,
Whales & Souls Sexy Dirt Productions;
Writer: Andrew Kramer; Director: Matt
Renskers; Pssssst. Did
you hear the tale of
the Creature from the
Lake…? In this gritty, sensual fable for
adults, a small conservative village is
enticed by offers from an outsider, and
everything begins to change. Test the
waters, if you dare... 1h 20m, Manhattan,
New York, NY Comedy, Musical/Opera
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse NY Solo Show, Performance Art
VENUE #10: ALPHA OMEGA SAT 13 @ 5:45+; TUE 16 @ 2; SAT 20 @
7:15; MON 22 @ 9:45; FRI 26 @ 2:15; SUN 14 @ 6:15; FRI 19 @ 6:30+; SUN 21 @
1:15; MON 22 @ 9; FRI 26 @ 8:45; WALLS: A Play for
Palestine Writer: Summer
Ghasan Awad;
Director: David
Ratliff; A Palestinian-American
teenager clashes with her traditional father
as she discovers the troubled history of her
heritage. As she searches for her place
between two cultures, Diaspora Child
highlights the unique experience of coming
of age as an immigrant. 1h 20m, Knoxville,
TN Drama, Spoken Word/Poetry,
FringeHIGH
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE SAT 13 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 4:45*; SAT 20 @
12:30; TUE 23 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 9:15; Manhattan, NY Drama, Solo Show
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SAT 13 @ 9; TUE 16 @ 7+; FRI 19 @ 3; MON
22 @ 4:45; WED 24 @ 9:30; August 12-28, 2016
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Where the Mountain
Meets the Moon Colleen Britt and
Linda van Kesteren in
Association with
Infinite Variety
Based on novel by Grace Lin, Adapted by
Colleen Britt, Debra Hess and Linda van
Kesteren; Director: Colleen Britt and Linda
van Kesteren; Choreographer: Colleen Britt
and Linda van Kesteren; Join Minli
travelling on a fantastical journey from
Fruitless Mountain to find good fortune for
her family. Meet a talking fish, dragon,
magical king, and the Old Man of the Moon.
Can one girl alter destiny? What is true
fortune?1h, New York, NY FringeJR,
Drama
Street Y SAT 13 @ 4:15; THU 18 @ 6:15; SAT 20 @
NOON; TUE 23 @ 2:30; SAT 27 @ 2:15; WHILE OPHELIA’S
KOREAN DRUM
WEEPS Young Company;
Writer: Based on play
by William Shakespeare, Adapted by
Ji-Young Choi; Director: Ji-Young
Choi; 400 years ago, Ophelia’s heart was
stopped. When her Korean drum starts to
weep, Ophelia’s heart begins pounding. Now
as the curtain opens, Ophelia tells you
about her love, loss and longing for her dear
mother. 50m, Seoul, SOUTH KO-
Wigs Millions of Maps
Lindsay Beamish and
Amanda Vitiello;
Director: Lindsay
Beamish and Amanda
Vitiello; Kidnapping! McDonald’s! Boyfriends
made of shirts! Safe wigs! Dangerous wigs!
Two preteen girls locked in a room for years
have invented coded languages and
ritualistic acts to survive, appease their
captor, and orchestrate their escape. Might
they escape him tonight?? 50m, Boston,
MA Drama, Comedy
Clemente SAT 20 @ 3+; MON 22 @ 3:15; WED 24 @
9; THU 25 @ 7:30; SAT 27 @ 5:30; You belong with me
because you’re so
vain Writer: Heider
Tunarrosa; An
uninspired-Colombian-songwriter must
decide between losing his best friend or the
love of his life. The reason? The love of his
life is his best friend’s ex-boyfriend. Who
can help? The imaginary versions of Taylor
Swift and Lady Gaga. 1h 20m, Brooklyn,
NY Comedy, Drama
Clemente You Don’t Matter Writer: Paul Morris;
Director: Paul Morris
and Cassandra
Lewis; Trump or
Clinton. Caitlyn or
Bruce. #BlackLives or
#AllLives. These are the issues tearing
humanity apart. But when a suicidal god
makes a shocking discovery, she realizes
why these issues - and you - don’t matter
at all. 1h 20m, Astoria, NY Comedy,
Drama
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE FRI 19 @ 2:15+; SUN 21 @ 12:15; WED 24
@ 9:15; THU 25 @ 7; FRI 26 @ 9:45; ZAMBONI Eccentric Theater
Company; Writer:
Sean-Patrick O’Brien;
Director: Leslie Burby
Jamie has resurfaced
the ice rink for
decades - frozen in isolation, unnoticed by
the world around him. On the brink of his
mother’s death, he begins a high-stakes
journey of self-discovery through darkly
funny and morally risky encounters. 1h
30m, Queens, NY Drama
Sgouros Theatre SAT 13 @ 8:45; WED 17 @ 7:15+; SAT 20
@ 3:45; TUE 23 @ 7:15; THU 25 @ 5; SUN 14 @ 3+; WED 17 @ 7; FRI 19 @ 7:30;
MON 22 @ 9:15; THU 25 @ 2:30; REA Solo Show, Drama
Clemente MON 15 @ 5:15+; TUE 16 @ 7; THU 18 @
3:30; FRI 19 @ 7; SAT 20 @ 1; 58
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ZERO
POPULATION
GROWTH Me & B Productions;
Writer: Mac Welch;
Director: Brenda
Welch; Fearful of the
world around you? WE ARE TOO! Peer
through the windows of five vignettes
drawing a jagged line between sordid
humor and the terrifying realism of modern
existence. Greetings from Sunny Humanity! Watch your step! 1h, Manhattan,
NY Solo Show, Drama
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND SAT 13 @ 7:15+; TUE 16 @ 4:45; SAT 20 @
3; TUE 23 @ 9:30; SAT 27 @ 5:15; ZUCCOTTI PARK,
A musical about
the human side of
economics Salgado Productions;
Writer: Catherine
Hurd, Composer:
Vatrena King; Director: Luis Salgado;
Choreographer: Luis Salgado; What does it
mean to be an American? After eight years
of war, Sergeant Cooper visits childhood
sweetheart, Kate, in NYC. They meet at
Zuccotti Park, home of Occupy, where she
and her friends protest the government he
fought for. 2h, Dixon, CA Musical/Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente WED 17 @ 4:30+; SUN 21 @ 2:45*; WED
24 @ 9:45; SAT 27 @ 7; SUN 28 @ NOON; August 12-28, 2016
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FringeJR…it’s FringeNYC for the whole family!
These productions are specifically recommended for families and groups with children ages five (5) to
twelve (12). $13 FringeJR tickets will be available to the youngsters for all FringeJR shows and may be
purchased online or by visiting any FringeLOUNGE (cash or credit card), or at the box office where the
show is playing 15 minutes prior to curtain (credit card only).
All FringeJR Shows are at VENUE #6: The Theater at the 14th Street Y!
Where the Mountain
Meets the Moon
Colleen Britt and
Linda van Kesteren
in Association with
Infinite Variety
Productions Writer: Based on novel by
Grace Lin, Adapted by Colleen Britt, Debra
Hess and Linda van Kesteren
Director: Colleen Britt and Linda van
Kesteren Choreographer: Colleen Britt and
Linda van Kesteren Join Minli travelling
on a fantastical journey from Fruitless
Mountain to find good fortune for her
family. Meet a talking fish, dragon, magical
king, and the Old Man of the Moon. Can one
girl alter destiny? What is true fortune? 1hr, New York, NY, Drama SAT 13 @
4:15; THU 18 @ 6:15; SAT 20 @
NOON; TUE 23 @ 2:30; SAT 27 @ 2:15
Fairy Tale
Christmas: The
Musical
M. Scott McLean
in Association with
John Davisi Writer:
M. Scott McLean, Music & Lyrics by M. Scott McLean & Michael
McLean Director: MK Lawson
Choreographer: MK Lawson
Santa Claus has been kidnapped! A band
of Fairy Tale Villains plan to make all the
Fairy Tale Heroes change the endings of
their stories, putting an end to ‘Happily
Ever After’ forever!
1hr 30m, Manhattan, NY, Musical / Opera
WED 17 @ 2:15; SUN 21 @ 1:30;
WED 24 @ 7; FRI 26 @ 2; SAT
27 @ NOON
Amelia and her
Paper Tigers
Bond Street Theatre
Writer: Heddy
Lahmann-Rosen and
Ilanna Saltzman
Director: Gretchen
Van Lente; Amelia Earhart: famed
adventurer, mystery-shrouded role model,
and banjo player??! Explore Amelia’s legacy
and discover the challenges she faced
through music, puppetry, circus arts, and an
array of unforgettable characters from her
life. Good for ages 6 to 106!
55m, Manhattan, NY, Comedy
SUN 14 @ NOON; THU 18 @
4:30; SAT 20 @ 6; THU 25 @
3:15; FRI 26 @ 5:45
Swashbuckling Sam and the Tale of
Blackbeard’s Revenge
Wide Eyed Productions
Writer: Leonora Bernstein
Director: Kristin Skye Hoffmann and Stephanie
C.Cunningham
What would you do if a pirate appeared in your
kitchen? Seven-year-old Sam is having a rough time at
school when Captain Silver whisks her off to his magical
world. Can Sam find stolen pirate treasure – and discover
courage, too? 45m, Queens, NY, Comedy
SUN 21 @ 3:45; MON 22 @ 2; WED 24 @ 5:30; FRI 26
@ 4:15; SAT 27 @ 4
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Fort FringeJR – FREE!
FREE Fort FringeJR events are open to kids of all ages looking for an
afternoon of crafts and fun! Come hang out with the characters from
your favorite FringeJR shows and enjoy snippets from the shows, all
while doing fun art projects!
Kick Off Event!
Fort FringeJR
FRIDAY AUG 12 @ 11am
VENUE #6: The Theater at the
14th Street Y
Fort FringeJR
TUESDAY AUG 16
@ 3:30
Jefferson Market Library
Fort FringeJR
FRIDAY AUG 19
@ 3:30
Jefferson Market Library
Visit a FringeLOUNGE for info, tickets
and FringePLUS MeetUps!
Each FringeLOUNGE will host the FringeLOUNGE MeetUps for the associated venues – but you can stop
by any time! Grab a snack and a beverage, meet the artists, peruse the postcards, and get tips from other
FringeNYC audience members about what they’ve seen!
August 12-28, 2016
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FringeNYC’s Dive Into Visual Arts!
SUBMERGING
A multimedia art exhibition benefitting F2L.
FringeART presents a multimedia art exhibition at Cooper Square
Gallery that is FREE to the public and features special events and a
special beneficiary! This year, Submerging is fundraising for F2L, a
New York City based project. F2L works to support queer and trans
people of color in New York State whose lives are impacted by the
prison-industrial complex. F2L is an entirely volunteer run project
primarily made up of queer and trans people of color that provides
jail, court, media and housing aid to individuals targeted by the prison
system, as well as to the communities who are supporting their cases.
@COOPER UNION: 41 COOPER GALLERY
AUG 12—25 | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY | 1-7PM
Opening Reception
This celebration will kick off FringeART’s biggest and baddest
endeavor yet! The unveiling of the Submerging gallery will
be accompanied with live performances by Abdu Ali, Mister
Wallace, Dyani Douze and AH-MER-AH-SU. Join us for drinks,
music and grassroots fundraising.
FRIDAY AUG 12
@ 6–9PM
Tickets available on the FringeART page at fringeNYC.org or at
the door.
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Featuring works by:
Abdu Ali
Ah-Mer-Ah-Su
Alli Logout
Andisa Montez
Ariel Jackson
Ashley Teamer
Ayqa Khan
DeVonn Francis
Dyani Douze
eduardo restrepo
Gabbah Baya
Isaac Kariuki
Isabel Alicia Baptista Gomez
Jay Boogie
Jon Cuba
Maja Griffin
Mister Wallace
Mohini Hewa
Oscar Nñ
Precolumbian
Quay Dash and more.
Curated by Óscar Moisés Diaz,
Vanessa Leiva Santos, Río
Sofía and The Tumblr
Gender Collective.
Experimental Video Art
Screening: NOLA Artists
We’re putting together all the giant pillows and getting cozy
to watch new works by New Orleans based artists Alli Logout,
Ashley Teamer and NOLA native Ariel Jackson! Followed by
a discussion and Q+A with the artists, moderated by Andisa
Montez (<3 2 <2).
THURSDAY AUG 18
@ 7PM
Free and open to the public, donations to F2L are welcomed!
www.FringeNYC.org
SUBMERGING Zine Fair
Support queer and trans independent publishers of color! We’ll
have a gallery full of zines/illustrations/posters/publications
for sale and cute artists to spend your Saturday with—as well as
music, snacks, and an astrology reader on site.
SATURDAY AUG 20
@ 2–7PM
Free and open to the public, donations to F2L are welcomed!
Closing Reception
SUBMERGING wraps up with live performances by Jay Boogie,
Quay Dash, eduardo restrepo, Precolumbian (DJ) and Oscar Nñ
(DJ). Come bid farewell to SUBMERGING!
THURSDAY AUG 25
@6–9PM
Tickets available on the FringeART page at fringeNYC.org or at
the door.
FringeCLUB: Where FringeNYC goes to PARTY!
Join the artists, audience, and FringeNYC Fans as we celebrate the milestones of FringeNYC’s
20th Anniversary. All ages admitted, and each event is FREE to attend (cash bar available).
FringeCLUB IS AT DROM! 85 AVENUE A BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH STREET
Kick Off Party
Thursday
August 11th @ 10pm
Here we go! The night before the festival
starts, we kick off (and let go) in a celebration
and dance party! Find your favorite new
shows, pick up postcards, and let go of that
stress from your tech rehearsal. Audience
members can meet the artists, get tips from
FringeNYC Ambassadors and Staff, and plot
the best strategy to see as many shows as
possible!
August 12-28, 2016
Closing Night Party & Awards Ceremony
Sunday
August 28th @ 10pm
A party twenty years in the making! After
we strike the venues, we gather to celebrate
the festival, and present awards to both
volunteers and artists. There’s never been a
better way to say goodbye to FringeNYC ’16
than hanging out with your FringeFRIENDS
and celebrating the success of the festival!
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FringeAL FRESCO:
FREE Outdoor Shows!
Have an adventure in an
enchanted garden with the cast
of A History of Servitude, enjoy
an a capella pop adaptation of
Euripides at the highest natural
elevation in Central Park with
Iphigenia, and follow the masked
members of Poland’s Peregrinus
as their mobile show pops up at
locations all over Manhattan!
Iphigenia
Among the
Taurians
Everyday
Inferno Theatre Company;
Writer: Adapted
from Euripides
Director: Anais
Koivisto ; In a foreign land, where strangers
are executed on sight, a captive priestess
dreams of revenge… But the Gods have
other plans. Muscular, contemporary language and a-cappella pop music punctuate
this electrifying tale of grief, redemption,
and joy.
1h 30m Brooklyn, NY Drama,
Comedy
FRI 12 @ 6:30; SAT 13 @ 6:30; SUN 14
@ 6:30; FRI 19 @ 6:30; SAT 20 @ 6:30;
SUN 21 @ 6:30
Location: Central Park – Summit
Rock, West Side of the park @
83rd Street
Peregrinus
The KTO Theatre
Writer: Jerzy
Zon; Director:
Jerzy Zon ;
Choreographer:
Eryk Makohon
The emotionally
compelling performance, using striking masks, from one
of Poland’s leading theatre companies. The
peregrination in search of the meaning of
life comes into view through everyday toil,
deprived of spirituality, love and beauty.
.50m, Krakow, POLAND Drama,
Comedy
FringeNYC on Fourth: See Map
Insert
A History of
Servitude
Department of
Fools;
Writer: Department of Fools;
Forget everything you know
about history!
The Department of Fools takes you on
a wild and hilarious journey through the
past; setting the record straight. Enjoy the
masked mayhem of Commedia dell’Arte!
Come fool around with us!
1h, Manhattan, NY, Comedy,
Clown/Masque
SUN 14 @ NOON; SAT 20 @ 3; SUN 21 @
3:30; FRI 26 @ 4:30; SAT 27 @ 2
Location: 6 & B Community Garden
@ The corner of 6th St. & Avenue B
Finding a FringeNYC
Ambassador…
FringePLUS: A new way for artists and
audiences to schmooze!
Find a FringePLUS performance by locating the + sign on the enclosed grid
performance schedule. After the performance, join the cast, creative staff
and audience at the FringeLOUNGE or designated meetup location for a
nosh, beverage, mingling and the chance to purchase a discounted ticket for
your next show from a FringeNYC Ambassador.
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FringeNYC Ambassadors are
easily identifiable in their Find Your
FringeNYC T-Shirts! They will be
at the designated FringePLUS
performance to enjoy the show
with you and help usher folks to
the meet-up. Bring your program
to FringePLUS MeetUp and find
an Ambassador wearing this shirt!
They can sell you tickets for your
next show at a discounted rate!
They would love to talk to you about
upcoming shows!
www.FringeNYC.org
SUNDAY
AUGUST 28
FringeFAVES: Added performances of sold-out shows,
happening on the final day of FringeNYC!
But there’s no need to wait to purchase tickets! FringeFAVES sell out fast, because they are the favorites of the
festival. Each venue has one slot on the last day of the festival reserved for the FringeFAVE of that venue.
SHOWS & TICKETS
Tickets are already on sale for the FringeFAVE performance in each venue at www.FringeNYC.org, even before
WHICH show gets the FringeFAVE performance is announced. So why wait? Purchase your FringeFAVES
performances in advance to make sure you don’t miss out!
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
FringeFAVE
August 12-28, 2016
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Financial Slavery:
The College Debt
Sentence
FringeHIGH:
Shows that will
resonate with
young adults.
New ideas, new perspectives,
pushing the limits, that’s FringeNYC.
FringeHIGH is a group of shows
chosen from the regular FringeNYC
roster that will resonate with
young adults. Topics for this year’s
FringeHIGH shows include: finding
and claiming your own identity,
growing up in foster care or in
a brothel or with sexual abuse,
confronting anorexia, the challenges
in America – past and present
– of being black, or the child of
immigrants or homosexual. And
you can take your pick of innovative
theatre, including: Occupy Wall
Street as a musical, the disappearing
monarch butterfly as multi-media
theatre, and student debt as a
tale of slavery.
Tickets can be purchased
online or in person at a
FringeLOUNGE.
BLACK MAGIC
Writer: Tony Jenkins; A celebration
of life and love...from
‘dead’ black men.
Hunted down, shot
and killed, hung and
burned, but still alive. Born, buried, and born
again. Black Magic: They disappear and
stay here, forever. A play with movement. 40m, Winston Salem, NC Spoken
Word/Poetry, FringeHIGH
VENUE #15: SoHo Playhouse FRI 12 @ 5*; MON 15 @ 2+; WED 17 @ 7; FRI
19 @ 7:15; SAT 20 @ 5:45; Colorblind’d Writer: Kirk White;
Director: Keith Winsted; Can’t get tickets
to Hamilton? Come
see the second best
show in NYC about
non-traditional casting! An obscure, lowrent college theatre department becomes
a national punch line when its sole African
American professor casts a white girl
as Rosa Parks. 1h 30m, Scotch Plains,
NJ Comedy, Drama, FringeHIGH
VENUE #13: The Players Theatre
SAT 13 @ 5+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
9:45; MON 22 @ 2*; SAT 27 @ 7:15;
The Dance of Life Moving for Monarchs
in Association with
EarthArt Studios;
Writer: Gwynedd Vetter-Drusch; Director:
Jo Vetter; Journey
with a young girl who discovers the most
delicate and daring dancers on Earth: the
monarch butterflies. A magical story told
through movement, music, puppets and
bilingual poetry. Will her discovery come in
time to save them...and us? 45m, Manhattan, NY Dance / Physical Theatre, Multi-Media, FringeHIGH / VENUE #6: The Theater at
the 14th Street Y MON 15 @ 2*; FRI 19 @
4:45+; SAT 20 @ 7:45; MON 22 @ 8; WED
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Strength out of
Shadows; Writer:
Alyea Pierce; Director:
Jennifer Little;
Choreographer: Allie Harris and Brandi
Pinnix; What would you sell for a college
education? Follow Deric, Sandra and Emilia
striving for the American Dream - from
trading meal swipes for textbooks to
sugardaddy.com. With tuition rising 428%,
college students are drowning. Is our nation
throwing us overboard? 1h 45m, North
Bergen, NJ Spoken Word/Poetry,
Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente SUN 21 @ 6+; TUE 23 @ 9:45; WED 24 @
7:15; FRI 26 @ 2*; SAT 27 @ 9:45; Flight Curbside; Writer: Ezra
LeBank; Director:
Olivia Treviño; Choreographer: Rebecca
Nakano; Acrobats
morph into cactuses,
waves, and far-off islands in this adventurous sequel to The Little Prince! Nominated for BEST SHOW and BEST FAMILY
SHOW at Edinburgh Fringe! “Astonishing
acrobatic theatre!” (BroadwayBaby) “A
magical hour for young and old alike!” (PrimaryTimes) 45m, Long Beach, CA Dance
/ Physical Theatre, FringeHIGH
Street Y SAT 13 @ 6+; MON 15 @ 4:30*; WED 17 @
8:45; FRI 19 @ 8:30; SUN 21 @ NOON; From Foster Care
to Fabulous
Red House Arts
Center; Writer: Patrick
Burns; Director:
Richard Israel; In
this original musical,
Patrick Burns takes on the role of latenight talk show host, detailing his foster
care journey with a myriad of side-splitting
songs, a plethora of jaw-dropping anecdotes and a cast of horrific, hilarious and
heartbreaking characters. 1h 15m, Syracuse, NY Musical/Opera,
VENUE #5: drom FRI 12 @ 7:45+; SUN 14 @ 6; THU 18 @ 3*;
TUE 23 @ 9; THU 25 @ 5:15; www.FringeNYC.org
Full: The Musical Full: The Musical ;
Writer: Book and
Lyrics by Katie Berger,
Music by Katie Berger
and Alan Blake Conley
; Director: Directed by
Sean Ryan Paris, Musical Direction by Alan
Blake Conley ; Based on the playwright’s
personal experiences, “Full” follows the
struggle of a young woman battered by
adolescent trauma, combating her demons,
finding herself powerless, and ultimately
battling her way back. 2h, St. Petersburg,
Red Devil Moon Sugar Cane Productions; Writer: Robert
Earl Price, Music
and Lyrics by Pam
Ortiz; The scent of
boiling cane, a magical
night, love at risk in the Jim Crow South.
Inspired by Jean Toomer’s modernist novel,
Cane. A performance featuring music and
narration from the forthcoming musical. 1h 30m, Chestertown, MD Musical/
Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente FL Musical/Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
FRI 12 @ 7:15; SUN 14 @ 1+; MON 15 @
7:30; THU 18 @ 4:30*; SAT 20 @ 2:45; Clemente TUE 16 @ 4:30+; FRI 19 @ 9:30; SUN 21 @
NOON*; MON 22 @ 7; TUE 23 @ 7; HONOUR: Confessions of a
Mumbai Courtesan Writer: Dipti Mehta; Director: Mark
Cirnigliaro; Visit India’s
red light district and
meet the eunuch, priest, pimp, mother
and daughter who call it home. A fun and
poignant look at the exotic, dangerous life
of Mumbai’s real-life brothels and why they
exist. 1h 10m, Jersey City, NJ Drama,
VENUE #8: WOW Cafe TUE 16 @ 4:15*+; FRI 19 @ 7:45; MON 22
@ 7; FRI 26 @ 2; SAT 27 @ 5; Reclaiming Vietnam Writer: Kim Chinh;
Director: Elizabeth
Browning; After
rejecting her Vietnamese identity, Kim
travels to Vietnam,
the birthplace of her father. As she discovers the beauty of her roots, she is forced to
combat the demons of her past, and learn
the power of forgiveness. 1h, Brooklyn,
Tea at 4 Created at The
Shipley School, Bryn
Mawr; Writer: Tony
Devaney Morinelli with
Mallory Avnet,Lauren Grajewski and
Elizabeth Dunham; Director: Tony Devaney
Morinelli; The intimate lives of two women
from their youth to the last moments
of their shared time together. 1h, Bryn
The Thing That
Never Happened; Writer: Justine
Gelfman; Director:
Ellie Sachs; Four girls
sit in a writing center.
They speak eloquently
about both SoulCycle and second-wave
feminism. The Thing That Never Happened
is about the relationships we value, the
friendships we don’t always value, and waiting ninety minutes to text back. 1h 35m,
Chicago, IL Comedy, FringeHIGH
VENUE #14: The Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre SAT 13 @ 4:30+; MON 15 @ 9; WED 17 @
9:30; TUE 23 @ 2*; SAT 27 @ 7; WALLS: A Play for
Palestine; Mawr, PA Drama, FringeHIGH
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND Writer: Summer
Ghasan Awad; Director: David Ratliff; A
Palestinian-American
teenager clashes
with her traditional father as she discovers the troubled history of her heritage.
As she searches for her place between
two cultures, Diaspora Child highlights the
unique experience of coming of age as an
immigrant. 1h 20m, Knoxville, TN Dra-
SAT 13 @ 5:15+; TUE 16 @ 9:15; SAT 20 @
7:15; WED 24 @ 5:15; FRI 26 @ 2:15*; ma, Spoken Word/Poetry, FringeHIGH
VENUE #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE THE THEATRE
MADE IN PARADISE; Writer: Jonathon
Ward; Director: Danielle Skraastad; Actors
from Elizabethan
England emerge on
Cape Cod in 1619 to start the first indie
theatre. With a copy of The Tempest, gold,
their talent and dreams, - and aid from the
Wampanoag,- they overcome Puritans,
who believe they’re witches. 1h 45m,
NY Drama, Solo Show, FringeHIGH
VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND Nassau County, NY Drama, Comedy,
FringeHIGH
Clemente SUN 14 @ 2*; THU 18 @ 8:45; SUN 21 @
8+; THU 25 @ 5; SAT 27 @ 9:15; SAT 13 @ NOON+; TUE 16 @ 2*; THU 18 @
7; SAT 20 @ 7; TUE 23 @ 2; SAT 13 @ 7+; MON 15 @ 4:45*; SAT 20 @
12:30; TUE 23 @ 4:45; THU 25 @ 9:15; ZUCCOTTI PARK,
A musical about the human
side of economics; Salgado Productions;
Writer: Catherine
Hurd, Composer:
Vatrena King; Director: Luis Salgado;
Choreographer: Luis Salgado; What does it
mean to be an American? After eight years
of war, Sergeant Cooper visits childhood
sweetheart, Kate, in NYC. They meet at
Zuccotti Park, home of Occupy, where she
and her friends protest the government he
fought for. 2h, Dixon, CA Musical/Opera, Drama, FringeHIGH
Clemente WED 17 @ 4:30+; SUN 21 @ 2:45*; WED
24 @ 9:45; SAT 27 @ 7; SUN 28 @ NOON; August 12-28, 2016
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2016 Festival Staff and Volunteers
The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) is a production of The Present Theatre Company, Inc.
Elena K. Holy……………………………………………………………………………Producing Artistic Director
Christian De Gré………………………………………………………………………………………General Manager
Brianne Stewart…………………………………………………………………………………………….Asst. General Manager
Maddy Cohen…………………………………………………………………………..Asst. to the Producing Artistic Director
Public Relations / Social Media
Photography
Finance, Workforce
SpinCycle
Dixie Sheridan Photography Administration, and Compliance
Ron Lasko
Dixie Sheridan
ArtsPool
Chip Duckett
Graphic Design
Emphas!s Design
Helene Benedetti
Operations Managers
Patrick Alberty
Jesse Tendler
Rik Walter
Festival Technicians and Production Staff
Dash Lea………………………………………Technical Director
Duane Pagano………………………………Technical Director
Andrew Trent…………………………………Technical Director
T. Michael Culhane……..Assistant Operations Manager
Olivia Edery……………….Assistant Operations Manager
Earline Stephen…………Assistant Operations Manager
Kevin Bartlett………..FringeLOUNGE/FR Coordinator
Special Events
Rio Sofia………………………………..FringeART Director
Matthew Miller………………………FringeCLUB Director
Meggan Dodd……………………….FringeHIGH Director
T. Michael Culhane……….FringeAL FRESCO Director
Caitlin Murphy…………………………….FringeJR Director
David Calvitto……………Find Your FringeNYC Director
Scheduling
Britt Lafield
Graphic Design & Video
Patrick Alberty……………………..Video Director
Avi Bonime……………………..Map / Grid Editor
Dahn Hiuni………………………..Graphic Design
George Rand………………..Staff Photographer
Rio Sofia…………………. Program Guide Editor
Venue Directors
Joy Arab, Kilusan Bautista, Elvis Cabrera,
Lilly Claar, Erin Cohen, Ellen Curry,
Camila del Mar Padilla, Lily Dwoskin,
Eliza Gill, Dennis Gleason, Kelsey Jarboe,
Samantha O’Brien, Lauren Ritter, Eric
Ross, Kimberly Roth, Alexandra Scordato,
Eric Whitten, Cassel Wills
Audience Ambassador Managers
Pey Ying Chi, Matthew Dicken, Carnel
Graham, Allison Kalman, Bob Landau,
Tony Marzani, Ronald Moore, Maggie
Patterson, Stephanie Rogers, Ben
Shutman, Steven Ziegler
Venue Production Assistants
Ariel Atlas, Carolyn Chadwick, Zachary Curtis-Ginsberg, Jessica Davison, Jennifer Davison, Eleni Giannopoulos, Abigail Hirsch,
Olivia Hrko, Samantha Langmead, Michelle Lapadula, Kristen Nieto, Christaline Peters, Julianne Scotese, Tim Secrest, Tina Truong
Fabulous FringeTERNS
Salvatore Bellomo, Cory Borgman, Marielle Burt, Jennifer Davison, Jessica Davison, Gillian Gagliano, Elizabeth Kristian, Emily
Kuper, Emmy Kuperschmid, Anthony Massa, Matthew Miller, Sofie Rimler, Iva Topolovec, Yiwen Wu
Adjudication Panel
Christian De Gré, Meggan Dodd, Kevin R. Free, Brian Freeland, Cathryn Grochowski, Elena K. Holy, Jamelah Rimawi, Brianne Stewart
Adjudicators
Patrick Alberty, Chris Albrigo, Fred Backus, Katie Bakalars, Becca Bandiere, Janet Bentley, Alex Bisker, Leslie Bramm, Rita BrandtMeyer, Nat Cassidy, Steven Cherry, Andy Cohen, Maddy Cohen, Nicholas Connolly, Charly Dannis, Jennifer Davison, Jessica
Davison, Christian De Gré, Eva Dean, Matt Dicken, Dan Dinero, Meggan Dodd, Martin J. Flowers, Osborne Focht, Kevin Free, Brian
Freeland, Serrana Gay, Bethany Geraghty, Stuart Green, Cathryn Grochowski, Shannon Hall, Kevin P Joyce, Avner Kam, Donna
Klimek, Sarah Koehler, Samuel Kramer, Ardashir “Dash” Lea, Dina Lucchesi, Joanna Maharaj, Doug Manes, Katherine Mclennan, Jill
Miersch, Cait Murphy, Amanda Murray, Roger Nasser, Chuk Obasi, Andy Ottoson, Emily Padden, Maggie Patterson, George Rand,
Jamelah Rimawi, Todd Robbins, Gamaliel Rosa, Taylor Ross, Jesse Rothschild, Taty Sena, Jaki Silver, Earline Stephen, Brianne
Stewart, Cheryl Swift, Jonathan Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Jennifer Wilcox, Myra Wong, Douglas Wright
Special Thanks to The Sheen Center for hosting our press conference!

august 12th - 28th, 2016 - The New York International Fringe Festival

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