10thYEAR - The New York International Fringe Festival

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A former NYCFringe
participant describes her
Festival experience.
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Ryan D. Mayer
What’s your name?
Jamie Neumann
How long have you been an
actress?
Since I was born…
What was the name of your show
in FringeNYC?
“We are Burning” by Aaron Zook,
a classmate of mine at T. Schreiber
Studio.
Can you briefly describe the play?
Oh fuck. If I can remember it.
Sorta world was coming to an end.
The Greek god Prometheus…
somehow a man and a woman find
themselves in a coffee shop with
Prometheus, the Greek god who
brought fire/enlightenment to the
humans… mixing real life with
mythology. It was a quest for
understanding.
When did it run?
When? What year? 2004.
How did you get involved?
I met the playwright at an ongoing
scene study class at T. Schreiber.
He asked me to audition along with
other members of the class. He told
me on the day of the auditions that I
was it for the role of Io, a crazy
nymph.
What was your role?
Io, a character of Greek mythology is
a young maiden with whom Zeus
falls in love, who suffered a hideous
fate because Zeus’ wife, Hera, turned
her into a cow. Io is plagued with
gadflies, terrible stinging creatures,
so she roams the earth in constant
pain. In the context of the play, she
meets at human who falls in love
with her, probably because he can
never keep her.
What were the challenges
as an actress?
Um, she was a woman constantly in
emotional, spiritual and physical
pain. As an actor, it is taxing as hell
because you have to put yourself in
that mindset, in that position every
time you rehearse; as an actor you
have to somehow find that pain
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…there I’d be
in the middle of
downtown New York.
And somehow that
always made me
smile…
within yourself, a tricky business…
when you have to make yourself
truly miserable, but only for certain
hours of certain days, and then try
not to carry it with you all the time.
Tell us about your colleagues
in the show.
Another classmate of mine ended up
playing the role of the “Man.” The
cast became fairly close.
We’d try to get together after with
notes. Everybody was supportive of
each other. My friend, Krish, and I
became close, as we saw each other
outside of class. It boosted our bond.
Can you speak generally about
your participation in FringeNYC?
It was really a great experience. It
was totally rustic New York East
Village theatre. Our particular show
performed at Collective Unconscious
theatre. We performed in the new
space of theirs. I used to pass by the
old space on Ludlow. It was so dirtyweird-New York-attractive to me.
That was a trip.
Can you give us a specific
moment that captures the essence
of your experience?
A teacher of mine, a good friend,
came to see the show and I
remember he said to me, “I loved
with how much abandon you ran
offstage. Every time I thought you
would pull down the curtain.” So
that’s what I think of: this crazy
painful running I’d do every night…
off the stage…through
the tiny backstage area... and just
keep running until I got to the street.
And there I’d be in the middle of
downtown New York. And somehow
that always made me smile. I
AUGUST
11-27 2006
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL • ISSUE NO. 1
FRINGE NYC
TURNS 10
Not everyone in New York gets this excited about a birthday. Mayor Bloomberg turned 64 this past February without much fuss. Woody Allen’s 70th didn’t garner that
much attention either. The Statue of Liberty even managed to hit the big 122 when no one was looking. The New York International Fringe Festival however, has a slightly
different approach to growing old. This year marks its 10th anniversary, and like any self-respecting aging hipster, FringeNYC wants everyone to join in the celebration.
This is not to say that FringeNYC is
experiencing a mid-life crisis. Fun,
excitement and community have
been staples of the festival since its
inception, and with this year’s
theme of “I am FringeNYC,” these
qualities have come to express
the spirit of the festival this year
more than ever. So while you
probably won’t notice any golf
clubs, gray hairs, or other signs of
distinguished maturity at
FringeNYC birthday events, you
will find tremendous energy,
creativity, and just a touch of
nostalgia.
FringeNYC is celebrating all of
these concepts along with its
anniversary this year through
several different 10th Anniversary
Special Events. The most talkedabout of these is the FringeNYC
Alumni Production Project, and not
just because its acronym (FAPP) is
so much fun to say. In addition to
the 200+ productions that have
come to the festival for the first
time this year, FringeNYC is
bringing back ten of the festival’s
most successful shows in its
decade-long history. This showcase
not only serves to celebrate
FringeNYC’s success, but also to
give new festival-goers a glimpse
into the festival’s history and bring
them up to speed on the scene.
Podcasting
The same is true of FringeNYC
Podcasting, a 10th Anniversary
Special Event that can be
accessed online at
http://evoca.net/events/fringenyc.
Though the festival may be getting
older, it’s certainly not ready to
complain about those gosh darn
kids and their electronics. Rather,
through podcasting, FringeNYC is
embracing technology in a whole
All photos by George Rand
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weathered a city-wide blackout, the
Republican National Convention,
and the aftermath of 9/11. And of
course, FringeNYC shows have
gone on to win numerous awards,
achieve successful runs in the
Broadway, off-Broadway, and
regional theater worlds, as well as
foster numerous professional and
personal relationships.
Growing
Certain aspects of FringeNYC
have definitely matured since the
debut festival in 1997, but its most
vital elements are the ones that
have remained exactly the same.
Tickets to a FringeNYC show are
From "Fitz and Walloughs Get It in the End" (left to right) director Paul Mazza, actor
still cheaper than a trip to the
Micah Bucey (Fitz), and actor Drew Edwards (Walloughs) mug it up at the Kickoff Party.
movies. The festival is still run
almost entirely by volunteers, and
school
reunion,
except
the
popular
by Emma Halpern
is committed to getting audience
crowd probably won’t make fools
new way this year. For the first
members and FringeNYC fans
of themselves this time.”
time, past FringeNYC staff
involved in the festival process.
How did FringeNYC get so
members, volunteers, and
FringeNYC still keeps its venues
grown up? Well, a lot of things
participants can record stories of
downtown, staying connected with
about the festival have changed
their festival experiences and post
the off-off Broadway community
over the years. The Present
them on the FringeNYC website.
and lending support to struggling
Company, the organization that
Like FAPP, these recordings help
and emerging artists. Most
produces FringeNYC, has moved
listeners to reflect on the rich and
importantly, the festival continues
from its previous location on
diverse history of FringeNYC,
to present a large and eclectic
Stanton Street on the Lower East
while allowing those making the
showcase of high-quality
Side (“Stanton Street…is that in
podcasts to consider what being a
productions every summer,
Manhattan?” a potential ticketmember of the FringeNYC
providing a forum for artists,
buyer once asked over the phone)
community means to them.
to its present Midtown office space technicians, and theater-lovers
to come together and celebrate
subsidized by A.R.T./ New York.
Reunions
Audience members can buy tickets their craft. FringeNYC continues
Perhaps the 10th Anniversary
to improve with time, while
to FringeNYC performances over
Special Events that most resembles the internet now, and an army of
staying young at heart as well.
a party though, are the FringeNYC volunteers no longer needs to man And isn’t that what growing up
alumni reunions. This year, the
is all about? I
the phone lines. All of the
festival is holding a reunion party
FringeNYC venues are airfor each FringeNYC “class,” where conditioned, a change from
past staff members and participants when the festival first
can visit and reconnect with the
began, and this year’s
people with whom they shared a
FringeCENTRAL, unlike in
FringeNYC summer. As Jason
pervious years, is centrally
Zinoman said in The New York
located relative to all of the
Times, “It will be like your high
venues. The festival has
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The opening week…
FringeFAIR . . . Friday, August 11th NOON - 4pm
Washington Square Park / Holley Plaza
Opening Ceremony. . . . NOON - 1pm
Pat yourself on the back. Go ahead, you deserve it. Whether you are an audience
member, a playwright, a volunteer, an actor, a techie or a groupie, FringeNYC
wouldn’t be possible without you. The diverse and innovative dynamic of the
festival occurs thanks to the stellar energy and enthusiasm the FringeNYC
community brings! Let’s kick off our festival the right way by celebrating the
unity and beauty that is US with music, FringeART Speed Painting, and an
invocation of the muses. Bring your postcards. Bring a show poster/banner.
Bring a big puppet. Bring the kids. Bring whatever you need to say “I am here!
I am FringeNYC”!
How to FringeNYC… 1pm - 4pm
More than 200 shows… all those venues…
what’s a hungry theatre hog to do? Martin
Denton from The New York Theatre
Experience will help you out with some tips
on How to FringeNYC interspersed with
handing out door prizes, Speed Painting By
JAO at NOON & 1pm and these
FringeNYTEASERS:
1:00-1:05
1:05-1:12
1:12-1:19
1:19-1:26
1:26-1:33
1:33-1:38
1:38-1:45
1:45-1:50
1:50-1:57
1:57-2:04
2:04-2:11
2:11-2:16
2:16-2:23
2:23-2:30
How To FringeNYC Intro
The Devil and Billy Markham
Emergency Exits
Griot: He Who Speaks The
Sweet Word
How To FringeNYC Tips & Prizes
Speed Painting By JAO
Four One-Legged Men
Your Place… Or Mine?
Fatboy Romeo
Oblivious To Everyone
Eye Candy
The Blue Martini
2:30-2:35
2:35-2:42
2:42-2:49
2:49-2:56
2:56-3:01
3:01-3:06
3:06-3:13
3:13-3:20
3:20-3:27
3:27-3:34
3:34-3:41
Park-N-Ride
Minimum Wage:
Blue Code Ringo
Something More Pleasant
58! A Comedy About
Bike Messengering
Moral Values
Piece Of Mind
The October Sapphire
In Transit
FringeAL FRESCO PERFORMANCES – FREE
JAO ART JAO, hyperkinetic artist and
athlete, paints on a giant easel in the back
of her pick up truck. Wearing a helmet and
kneepads, she jumps, spins, and hurls
herself into the dangerous extreme sport she
calls speed painting. Lightening fast Eastern
European gypsy music drives her to the
outrageous result of two 6’ x 6’ paintings in
three minutes.
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THE PERSONAL SHOPPER…
And then there are those shows
of non-official imprisonments and
destruction (art imitates
government?) like The Revenants
(“undead spouses chained in the
corner”) and The Chrysalis Stage
(“chained captive”). We have
DEAR AMERICA (“bombing their
High School”) and The City That
Cried Wolf (“crime amidst political
corruption.”).
One major trend obvious to
those who observe is the meager
offerings of celebrity shows.
(Could it be true? The celebrity
oriented culture is growing up…).
We have Tom Cruise and Kissinger,
true, but not much more. R.I.P
There is, however, a trend
towards the faux celebrities – those
who are mentioned in their full
name as if we SHOULD remember
them from somewhere. The Devil
and Billy Markham (who’s what’s
his name?) and Fay Lindsay-Jones
Story (“a woman--obsessed with
fame”) as well as Harriet
Hopperdoodle's Hair-Brained
History Test! (“she visits”) and, of
course, Mary Berry Presents: The
Life of Mary Berry (“becoming a
Playboy centerfold isn't easy”).
Anther shift is from last year’s
ubiquitous “Something – The
Musical” to new territories. This
year we have Suicide, The Musical
which seems to mark the death of
the “ --------, The Musical”
indulgence. This year we have The
Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre and
HENRY KISSINGER: A
ROMANTIC COMEDY, and, of
course, Melo-llama: A Melodrama
( and they have a director actually
named Moritz von Stuelpnagel;
believe it… or not!).
Iconic
If we do not follow celebrities
anymore, who do we stalk? Well,
how about out cultural icons.
Girl Scouts of America (“little
merit badges”) and the Brothers
Grimm in How 2 Men Got On in
the World. We have some Tarantino
(Reservoir Bitches) and some
80’s retro-inspired exploration:
Take On Me (adoption, addiction,
and a-ha).
We also see this year an
explosion of new twists to classical
theatre like FAUST, but particularly
Shakespeare as in Corleone: The
Shakespearean Godfather and
Fatboy Romeo. We have a One
Man Hamlet and Ophelia, and,
yes, REVENGE OF A KING, which
is about, well, Hamlet.
We also see free use of Greek
terms, evoking certain episodes of
Star Trek. We have this year
MUSCLE-MAN vs.
SKELETONMAN: A Love Story...
the musical and Uneventful
Deaths for Agathon. But also
Anima, Anna and The
Annadroids: The Robots Dream
Tour and, yep, let’s end it with
a bang, The Armageddon
Dance Party.
(“watch a Turkish couple”). And
then we have I'LL SELL THE
HOUSE IN WHICH I CAN LIVE
NO MORE (without a single
spoken word) and Open House
(“monstrously patriotic yard
display”).
Last words
The gang from "Blue Balls" (clockwise
from top): writer/actor Michael Tester,
actor Alexandra Bosquet, actor C.J. Dion,
actor Vincent Ortega, stage manager
Matthew Smith.
So we draw close to the end of
today’s shopping with a couple of
coincidences that may mark a
trend. In Transit kind of explains
this paragraph as a whole. We have
58! A Comedy About Bike
Messengessengering (“Annoyance
Theatre” only by name) and The
Bicycle Men (Alumni '04) but
especially American Muscle about
John DeLorean, the Muscle Car
innovator.
And then we have that HOUSE
theme: like FULL HOUSE
(“ambition and treachery wrapped
in a kimono”) or simply HOUSE
And how about some meaningless
facts?
Well, people, I regret to inform
you that this year we have no show
title that starts with a “J”. No – but
o the other hand, this is a rare year
when a show title starts with an
“X”. (What does it all mean?)
We kind of regret having very
few overly long titles. We cleverly
initiated last year the “Like a
Horse” award for those insisting on
wasting our time even before we
enter the theater and would love to
continue handing it out. Perhaps
befittingly to an anniversary
festival, the longest title belongs to
an alumni show.
And the winner of the “Like a
Horse” award for being too long, is
(trumpets, now!) The Complete
Lost Works of Samuel Beckett As
Found In An Envelope (partially
burned) In A Dustbin In Paris
Labeled: "Never to be performed.
Never. Ever. EVER! Or I'll Sue!
I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!!!"
That’s it with the browsing,
people – time to jump in and get
swept away! Have a great 10th
year anniversary, y’all! I
Booty Slammin’ Productions, LLC &
The New York International Fringe Festival
FringeNYC
A Production of The Present Company
presents...
The Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street
(btwn. Bleecker & Hudson)
Showtimes:
Monday, Aug. 21 @ 4:45pm & 10:45pm
Tuesday, Aug 22 @ 2:45pm
Thursday, Aug. 24 @ 3:45pm
Friday, Aug. 25 @ 4pm
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FringeCENTRAL
…a How-To Guide
“There are eight million stories in
the naked city”… and that sentence
was written about half a century
ago. As in, before the internet. A
good chunk of time before the
internet. Today, there are websites
that track 50 million blogs and
counting. Conclusion? It’s a good
thing FringeCENTRAL has an
internet connection!
by
Jill Jichetti
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8/10/06
Teething problems
Don’t you just hate it when you
have the time, energy, and sincere
intention to get work done, but
you can’t because technology
won’t cooperate? And people are
calling, or stopping by your desk,
or sending semaphores, asking for
your help, and you really want to
help them--you’re truly excited to
help them, truly, truly eager to help
them--but you can’t—because you
just can’t get technology to
cooperate?
And the next thing you know,
you’re crawling across a marble
floor, trying to follow the trails of
twenty different cables in the hopes
that one of them will lead you to
the world wide web? Welcome to
FringeCENTRAL: The First Few
Days.
Invitation
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m
one of the FringeCENTRAL
Managers, Jill J. (I’m not used to
there being more than one Jill, and
using my last initial is a bit strange
for me). We may have met if you’ve
already stopped in—but if you
haven’t yet been by our swanky
Mercer Street headquarters,
consider this an invitation.
I would have written sooner,
but I’ve spent the past week
assisting Alex (our miracleworking IT Coordinator) and Taty
(our equally-miraculous
Webmaster) with the wrestling of
technology. And for a while there,
the Beast in the Ethernet seemed to
be winning.
Ha! Ha, I say! Vanquished you
are, Beast.
You see? That’s all sorted out
now, festival headquarters are upand-running, and here I am, finally
writing to you, FringeFANS and
FringePARTICIPANTS and
FringeCURIOUS about the opening
of FringeCENTRAL, the place to get
the answers to all your FringeNYC
questions. And to get tickets to the
200 plus shows participating this
year—our tenth anniversary!
Visiting
By the way, FringeCENTRAL is an
excellent place to cool off. Not only
is it air-conditioned, but it’s mostly
marble. So the air is cool; the walls
are cool; the floor is cool. We
moved in just over a week ago, in
the middle of that terrible heat
wave, and let me tell you how
fantastic it felt after unloading the
Fringe Central before the load-in.
But whatever you
do… pleeeeease don’t
move that wire
van, just to sit on the cold marble
floor. Possibly better than diving
into one of the fountains in the
park. But a whole lot more sanitary.
So stop in, cool off, check out
the decorations—the Special Events
staff, led by Kevin Bartlett, does
amazing things with fabric and
wall hangings, I tell you. You can
also meet some people. Did I
mention the people? Not only cool,
but friendly. And eager to meet
you, answer all your questions,
and help you get on your way to
the performances and events.
Sources
Want to read about the shows?
Pick up a program guide.
Want to know more? Check out
the FringeALFRESCO schedule for
teasers and other events. Still don’t
know what you want to see? The
Concierge can help you sort it out,
and figure out how to get there
once you decide.Ready to get
tickets? Visit the Box Office.Eager
to share a FringeNYC story?
Podcast it!
You can also peruse the
FringeU schedule for workshops
and panel discussions, find
entertainment for the kids at our
FringeJR events, or sit down for a
bit and relax. But whatever you
do… pleeeeease don’t move that
wire. I don’t think the internet
creature likes me very much right
now. You can be sure it would
make the most of any tiny
opportunity to slink out and seek
its dark digital revenge upon me.
And honestly, I like it here,
standing up, getting actual work
done—and would sincerely prefer
to avoid another fun-filled evening
of following cables. The marble
floor is a pleasant refresher, but I
think I’ve had my fill of crawling
for this year.
Happy Fringing, and don’t
forget to stop in and say hello. I’ll
be the one speaking soothingly to
the computer monitors. I
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Watch out Prada – we will crush you with our low, low prices!
Yep , yep, yep; another year, another chance for this personal shopper to lead you into the maze of FringeNYC
shopping. We will not let the marble floor at FringeCENTRAL distract us from our FringeMission – mentioning
as many shows as we can in what seems like a coherent thread, for your ENTERTAINMENT and EDUCATION!
That’s right, people – we are delicious AND nutritious!
THE PERSONAL
SHOPPER –
NOW IN SOHO!
This is FringeNYC’s 10th
anniversary, but also the Personal
Shopper column’s third year in the
running. We can finally look back
and notice the trends. If 2004 was all
about the Republican Convention
(and celebrities), 2005 saw a lighter
festival with many “Something,
Something – the Musical” offerings
and extremely silly long names (and,
of course – celebs).
The pendulum has swung back
– this year we have many offerings
affected by politics, and very few
silly long names. More trends:
perhaps due to the Tom Cruise
backlash, we have less shows
featuring celebrities and more
shows about faux-celebs.
We see lots of references to the
classics and cultural icons this year,
but mostly, a plethora of nonderivative, zany, fresh
shows to excite all thrill seekers.
I can’t wait!
by
(“demented doll”) and Puppet
Government (“America”).
Avner Kam
FEMME EST MORTE, we have a
couple more shows who insist on
being French: 6x5, le bonheur a
besoin de témoins (which is
actually a French show) and The
Pumpkin Pie Show: la petite
mortes which is from Brooklyn
(pourquoi?). We got Griot: He
Who Speaks the Sweet Word
and we also have The French
Defense (insert your own
offensive joke here).
Puppetry
Fringe staffers sell one of the first tickets at
Fringe Central (left to right): Barrie
Golden, Garrett Lambert, Meggan Dodd.
REVIEW on the other. We have
Fornicationally Challenged (you
would not believe what venue it’s
at…) and The Happiness of
Schizophrenia (sanity AND
insanity!) and Moral Values: A
Memorable
Grand Farce or Me No Likey The
So let’s start with some names. We
Homo Touch-Touch (“adultery,
have, as always, a bunch of
arson, steroid use”). We got Hot
Black/Asian Action (“spicy”)
memorable titles. We have The
Fartiste, the artist with the “musical and, for desert, FITZ &
ass,” and we have BLUE BALLS
WALLOUGHS GET IT IN
about the neighborhood sissy
THE END! (“Fagulous”)
turned cop. We have Suicide, The
Almost…
Musical (“creativity and
(May I have the envelope, please?)
degeneracy!”) and The Prostitute
of Reverie Valley (“certain
The cake for the most outrageous
urges!”). I should also mention The title, the kind you DON’T write
RABBI and the CHEERLEADER
home about, is taken by—
(“tap dancing!”)
wait…wait…we have a runner up,
Other notable titles that stick
who will assume the role if the
out from the expansive vista that is winner is unable to fulfill her duty.
our program guide are Americana
And the runner-up for The Most
Absurdum (Alumni '97),
Outrageous Title is LA FEMME
Aspiration: Housewife (“plastic
EST MORTE or Why I Should
makes perfect”), Billy The Mime
Not F%!# My Son (a Phaedra
(“Terry Schiavo, adieu”) and the
adaptation).
other Billy: Billy the Mountain and
Other American Card Tricks which Winner
is actually based on Frank Zappa’s But the winner of The Most
work. Interestingly enough, Zappa Outrageous Title, one that single
handedly evokes chuckles and
had a fun band called MOTHERS
OF INVENTION and we have a
shiver, is ::drum roll:: the simply
show with that exact name.
titled My Nasty Bitch Wife.
Such eloquence!
We have Walmartopia on one
hand and THE XXXOTIKA
And if we are talking about LA
War
Segue to war and its mental effects
of our psyche.
Fear Up: Stories from Baghdad
and Guantanamo tries a serious
approach, while other shows like
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
A Romantic Comedy (“treaty-sex”)
try to lighten the subject up. For
every CORPS VALUES (“son goes
AWOL”), I Come in Peace ("Super
Arab"), DON'T ASK (“reckless
young US Army Private and his
superior”) and rum & coke (“the
Cuban lens”), we have Democrats
Abroad (“Canada overrun by
American liberals”) and Romancing
The Terrorist: Tajiki Nights
(“peaceful gay Tajik”). Someone
please Google “Tajik” pronto!
This is the year of the puppets.
From “puppet staging” (The
Complete Lost Works of Samuel
Beckett…) to special appearances
in The Deepest Play Ever: The
Catharsis of Pathos. We have
Dis/Appearing by the Lost
and Found
Puppeteers and
a puppet Fatboy
Romeo. We’ve
got Nutmeat: A
Burlesque
Fairytale
(“incompetent
puppeteer”), The
October
Sapphire (“a
back-talking
Mexican
puppet”) and
PIGGY 1.5 (“Star
Wars puppets”).
Now that’s a lot
of PPPPPPPP
PPPP’s.
But wait!
There’s more!!
We have The
Transformation
of Dr. Jekyll
(“shadow
puppets”),
Trouble in
Shameland
Henry Street Settlement
(“puppetry,
black-light,
Recital Hall
video and
Fringe venue #6
more!”),
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August 11, 2006
Opening a
FringeCENTRAL
…a How-To Guide
“There are eight million stories in
the naked city”… and that sentence
was written about half a century
ago. As in, before the internet. A
good chunk of time before the
internet. Today, there are websites
that track 50 million blogs and
counting. Conclusion? It’s a good
thing FringeCENTRAL has an
internet connection!
by
Jill Jichetti
P4
8/10/06
Teething problems
Don’t you just hate it when you
have the time, energy, and sincere
intention to get work done, but
you can’t because technology
won’t cooperate? And people are
calling, or stopping by your desk,
or sending semaphores, asking for
your help, and you really want to
help them--you’re truly excited to
help them, truly, truly eager to help
them--but you can’t—because you
just can’t get technology to
cooperate?
And the next thing you know,
you’re crawling across a marble
floor, trying to follow the trails of
twenty different cables in the hopes
that one of them will lead you to
the world wide web? Welcome to
FringeCENTRAL: The First Few
Days.
Invitation
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m
one of the FringeCENTRAL
Managers, Jill J. (I’m not used to
there being more than one Jill, and
using my last initial is a bit strange
for me). We may have met if you’ve
already stopped in—but if you
haven’t yet been by our swanky
Mercer Street headquarters,
consider this an invitation.
I would have written sooner,
but I’ve spent the past week
assisting Alex (our miracleworking IT Coordinator) and Taty
(our equally-miraculous
Webmaster) with the wrestling of
technology. And for a while there,
the Beast in the Ethernet seemed to
be winning.
Ha! Ha, I say! Vanquished you
are, Beast.
You see? That’s all sorted out
now, festival headquarters are upand-running, and here I am, finally
writing to you, FringeFANS and
FringePARTICIPANTS and
FringeCURIOUS about the opening
of FringeCENTRAL, the place to get
the answers to all your FringeNYC
questions. And to get tickets to the
200 plus shows participating this
year—our tenth anniversary!
Visiting
By the way, FringeCENTRAL is an
excellent place to cool off. Not only
is it air-conditioned, but it’s mostly
marble. So the air is cool; the walls
are cool; the floor is cool. We
moved in just over a week ago, in
the middle of that terrible heat
wave, and let me tell you how
fantastic it felt after unloading the
Fringe Central before the load-in.
But whatever you
do… pleeeeease don’t
move that wire
van, just to sit on the cold marble
floor. Possibly better than diving
into one of the fountains in the
park. But a whole lot more sanitary.
So stop in, cool off, check out
the decorations—the Special Events
staff, led by Kevin Bartlett, does
amazing things with fabric and
wall hangings, I tell you. You can
also meet some people. Did I
mention the people? Not only cool,
but friendly. And eager to meet
you, answer all your questions,
and help you get on your way to
the performances and events.
Sources
Want to read about the shows?
Pick up a program guide.
Want to know more? Check out
the FringeALFRESCO schedule for
teasers and other events. Still don’t
know what you want to see? The
Concierge can help you sort it out,
and figure out how to get there
once you decide.Ready to get
tickets? Visit the Box Office.Eager
to share a FringeNYC story?
Podcast it!
You can also peruse the
FringeU schedule for workshops
and panel discussions, find
entertainment for the kids at our
FringeJR events, or sit down for a
bit and relax. But whatever you
do… pleeeeease don’t move that
wire. I don’t think the internet
creature likes me very much right
now. You can be sure it would
make the most of any tiny
opportunity to slink out and seek
its dark digital revenge upon me.
And honestly, I like it here,
standing up, getting actual work
done—and would sincerely prefer
to avoid another fun-filled evening
of following cables. The marble
floor is a pleasant refresher, but I
think I’ve had my fill of crawling
for this year.
Happy Fringing, and don’t
forget to stop in and say hello. I’ll
be the one speaking soothingly to
the computer monitors. I
August 11, 2006
www.fringenyc.org
P5
Watch out Prada – we will crush you with our low, low prices!
Yep , yep, yep; another year, another chance for this personal shopper to lead you into the maze of FringeNYC
shopping. We will not let the marble floor at FringeCENTRAL distract us from our FringeMission – mentioning
as many shows as we can in what seems like a coherent thread, for your ENTERTAINMENT and EDUCATION!
That’s right, people – we are delicious AND nutritious!
THE PERSONAL
SHOPPER –
NOW IN SOHO!
This is FringeNYC’s 10th
anniversary, but also the Personal
Shopper column’s third year in the
running. We can finally look back
and notice the trends. If 2004 was all
about the Republican Convention
(and celebrities), 2005 saw a lighter
festival with many “Something,
Something – the Musical” offerings
and extremely silly long names (and,
of course – celebs).
The pendulum has swung back
– this year we have many offerings
affected by politics, and very few
silly long names. More trends:
perhaps due to the Tom Cruise
backlash, we have less shows
featuring celebrities and more
shows about faux-celebs.
We see lots of references to the
classics and cultural icons this year,
but mostly, a plethora of nonderivative, zany, fresh
shows to excite all thrill seekers.
I can’t wait!
by
(“demented doll”) and Puppet
Government (“America”).
Avner Kam
FEMME EST MORTE, we have a
couple more shows who insist on
being French: 6x5, le bonheur a
besoin de témoins (which is
actually a French show) and The
Pumpkin Pie Show: la petite
mortes which is from Brooklyn
(pourquoi?). We got Griot: He
Who Speaks the Sweet Word
and we also have The French
Defense (insert your own
offensive joke here).
Puppetry
Fringe staffers sell one of the first tickets at
Fringe Central (left to right): Barrie
Golden, Garrett Lambert, Meggan Dodd.
REVIEW on the other. We have
Fornicationally Challenged (you
would not believe what venue it’s
at…) and The Happiness of
Schizophrenia (sanity AND
insanity!) and Moral Values: A
Memorable
Grand Farce or Me No Likey The
So let’s start with some names. We
Homo Touch-Touch (“adultery,
have, as always, a bunch of
arson, steroid use”). We got Hot
Black/Asian Action (“spicy”)
memorable titles. We have The
Fartiste, the artist with the “musical and, for desert, FITZ &
ass,” and we have BLUE BALLS
WALLOUGHS GET IT IN
about the neighborhood sissy
THE END! (“Fagulous”)
turned cop. We have Suicide, The
Almost…
Musical (“creativity and
(May I have the envelope, please?)
degeneracy!”) and The Prostitute
of Reverie Valley (“certain
The cake for the most outrageous
urges!”). I should also mention The title, the kind you DON’T write
RABBI and the CHEERLEADER
home about, is taken by—
(“tap dancing!”)
wait…wait…we have a runner up,
Other notable titles that stick
who will assume the role if the
out from the expansive vista that is winner is unable to fulfill her duty.
our program guide are Americana
And the runner-up for The Most
Absurdum (Alumni '97),
Outrageous Title is LA FEMME
Aspiration: Housewife (“plastic
EST MORTE or Why I Should
makes perfect”), Billy The Mime
Not F%!# My Son (a Phaedra
(“Terry Schiavo, adieu”) and the
adaptation).
other Billy: Billy the Mountain and
Other American Card Tricks which Winner
is actually based on Frank Zappa’s But the winner of The Most
work. Interestingly enough, Zappa Outrageous Title, one that single
handedly evokes chuckles and
had a fun band called MOTHERS
OF INVENTION and we have a
shiver, is ::drum roll:: the simply
show with that exact name.
titled My Nasty Bitch Wife.
Such eloquence!
We have Walmartopia on one
hand and THE XXXOTIKA
And if we are talking about LA
War
Segue to war and its mental effects
of our psyche.
Fear Up: Stories from Baghdad
and Guantanamo tries a serious
approach, while other shows like
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
A Romantic Comedy (“treaty-sex”)
try to lighten the subject up. For
every CORPS VALUES (“son goes
AWOL”), I Come in Peace ("Super
Arab"), DON'T ASK (“reckless
young US Army Private and his
superior”) and rum & coke (“the
Cuban lens”), we have Democrats
Abroad (“Canada overrun by
American liberals”) and Romancing
The Terrorist: Tajiki Nights
(“peaceful gay Tajik”). Someone
please Google “Tajik” pronto!
This is the year of the puppets.
From “puppet staging” (The
Complete Lost Works of Samuel
Beckett…) to special appearances
in The Deepest Play Ever: The
Catharsis of Pathos. We have
Dis/Appearing by the Lost
and Found
Puppeteers and
a puppet Fatboy
Romeo. We’ve
got Nutmeat: A
Burlesque
Fairytale
(“incompetent
puppeteer”), The
October
Sapphire (“a
back-talking
Mexican
puppet”) and
PIGGY 1.5 (“Star
Wars puppets”).
Now that’s a lot
of PPPPPPPP
PPPP’s.
But wait!
There’s more!!
We have The
Transformation
of Dr. Jekyll
(“shadow
puppets”),
Trouble in
Shameland
Henry Street Settlement
(“puppetry,
black-light,
Recital Hall
video and
Fringe venue #6
more!”),
PITCHED
YoungerChildProductions.com
Continued on p7
Tea in the Afternoon
P6
8/10/06
12:30 AM
Page 3
www.fringenyc.org
August 11, 2006
Say it. Record it. Hear it on the web. “I Am FringeNYC”
Pod’s away!
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary
of the New York International
Fringe Festival, “I am FringeNYC”
messages are spreading across the
world wide web.
For the first time, FringeNYC
teamed up with Evoca, a web
communications company, to
provide a virtual home for the
thousands of volunteers, participants,
staff, audience and alumni to audio
record and share their Festival
memories through “podcasts.”
Podcasting is a relatively new
form of communication that allows
anyone to record a broadcast and
then publish it online so that other
people may listen to or download
it. In its relatively short life span,
people have used podcasting in a
variety of ways, including weekly
show broadcasts, company
updates, and event documentation.
“FringeNYC has survived and
thrived these last ten years by taking
advantage of every available,
affordable technology out there,”
said Elena Holy, Producing Artistic
Director of the Present Company
which produces FringeNYC. “Our
goal in this anniversary year was, in
part, to reach as many of our alumni,
friends, and fans as possible. I
consider them the FringeNYC
Family, and we want this year's
festival to be the biggest family
reunion ever! Unfortunately, many of
our family members cannot be with
us this August but we wanted a way
to capture their stories, and share
them with everyone. Podcasting
seemed like a natural solution.”
With Evoca, anyone will be able
to easily create, organize, share, and
search FringeNYC podcasts after
signing up for a free account.
FringeNYC is encouraging
everyone involved in the Festival
during the past 10 years to sign up,
and record their own podcast.
Then, the podcasts will be used to
share 10 years of stories and
memories with new and old
members of the Festival family.
Andrew Odom, the Marketing
…I’m Sarah and
I am FringeNYC…
3) Tell stories about how many
hours you volunteered, how
many shows you saw, how
Manager and EvocaVangelist for
many people you met and why
Evoca is a new member of the
you keep coming back.
FringeNYC family and heard
4) Interview a stranger at the
about the Festival through
Festival via your cell phone.
friends and family.
Ask why they decided to attend
“My cousin has a play, The
the Festival. What show did
Yellow Wallpaper, being produced
they see? Did they enjoy it?
for the festival this year,” said
Why or why not?
Odom. “As my wife signed on to
Make sure to end each of your
help him market the play, we read
podcasts with “I’m (your name)
more and more about FringeNYC
and I am FringeNYC.”
and got really interested in its
Norm Sutaria is the Podcast
history and future. I thought our
services may help FringeNYC really Coordinator for FringeNYC. “My job
is to gather and publish as much
advertise and capture the
excitement and talent that has been audio content as a I can as quickly as
I can, especially during the Festival,”
represented for the last 10 years.”
Odom also has a podcast posted he said. “As this is FringeNYC's ten
year anniversary, our podcasts and
on the FringeNYC group titled
your audio stories take on a
“Theatre has gone high-tech and
significant and special meaning.
there's no turning back!” and talks
Partnering with Evoca is going to be
about his experience in theatre and
absolutely incredible - who would've
excitement in being a part of the
thought you can make a podcast
Festival this year. To listen to his
podcast, log into your Evoca account straight from your cellphone?”
Sutaria started out as a volunteer
and search in the FringeNYC group.
in the summer of 2002, and said the
How to Create Your Own Podcast
best part of volunteering is “Getting
To create your very own “I am
to see a show, of course, but also
FringeNYC” podcast, you need one being able to check the pulse of the
thing: Internet access.
Festival, finding out what is hot and
First, sign up for a free account
what’s not and working with others
at the Evoca website
who are passionate about what they
are doing.” He has a couple of
Then join the “FringeNYC” group.
podcasts posted online, including
From there, you can record a podcast one that explains FringeNYC’s
from any phone by dialing 212-461partnership with Evoca. To listen to
1042, or speak directly into your
this podcast, log into your Evoca
computer’s built-in microphone.
account and search in the
There is also a handy PDF file
FringeNYC group.
on the website that illustrates stepWhat you can listen to
by-step instructions and screen
In addition to podcasts by Sutaria
shots on how to sign up.
Once you are settled in, you can and Odom, a large variety of
podcasts are available, including
start recording your story and
personal stories, informational
listening to others. Here are some
sessions and the official FringeNYC
topic suggestions to talk about:
podcast called “The FringeClub
1) What made you get involved
Variety Power Hour.”
with FringeNYC and for
“Two of my favorite guys, Jeff
how long?
2) What are some of your favorite and Charlie LaGreca, of Minimum
Wage fame, wanted to do a latememories/shows/people of
night talk show as a part of
FringeNYC?
by
Ying Le
…I’m Michael and
I am FringeNYC…
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www.fringenyc.org
and special events
Continued from p2
…I’m John and
I am FringeNYC…
FringeCLUB to kind of capture the
spirit and essence of FringeNYC,”
said Holy. “What better way to do
that than to record that talk show
via Evoca and share it with
everyone! I'm hoping that by
listening to these podcasts, our
family across the globe will be able
to feel like they were here for
FringeNYC 2006.”
The first episode of The
FringeCLUB Variety Power Hour
featuring Minimum Wage gives tips
on getting the most out of the
Festival, an interview with Cobey
Mandarino about his show The
Chrysalis Stage, and much more.
You can also hear stories from
specific artists such as John
Pinckard from Silence! the Musical to
Never Swim Alone and Adam
Klasfeld, the Artistic Director of
One Armed Man.
Pinckard’s podcast talks about
his accidental, permanent move to
New York City and his career
change from lightning designer to
director/producer, while Klasfeld’s
podcast discusses his play Good
Fences Make Good Neighbors, from
last year’s festival, that focuses on
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To
listen to any of these podcasts, log
into your Evoca account and search
in the FringeNYC group.
With the 2006 Festival just
starting up, there is no shortage of
stories. To share your story, it’s as
easy as a phone call from your cell
phone. “The podcasts are about
sharing what makes FringeNYC
tick,” said Sutaria. “Participants,
volunteers, audience members and
fans bring in an incredible amount
of creative energy into NYC for two
weeks every summer and as a
result, there are countless stories
and tales that emerge. We want to
hear them. We want you to share
your FringeNYC stories and
experiences.” I
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5m Minneapolis, MN Performance
ART/Multi-media
www.jaoart.com
FRI 8/11 @ 1:30pm & 3pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SAT 8/12 @ NOON & 1pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SAT 8/12 @ 5pm & 6:30pm Henry Street Settlement / Amphitheatre
SUN 8/13 @ NOON & 1pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SUN 8/13 @ 5pm & 6:30pm Henry Street Settlement / Amphitheatre
SpontaneousCombustions
Movement Forum
6 dancers, 50 minutes, 100 feet of open
space ... no choreography. Experience the
art of dance improvisation as Movement
Forum ignites imagination, defies
convention and pushes physical
boundaries. Expect every performance to
surprise both dancers and audiences alike!
1h Salt Lake City, UT Dance/Performance Art
SAT 8/12 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
Henry Street Settlement Amphitheatre
SUN 8/13 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
TUES 8/15 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
FringeNYTEASERS Schedule For This
Issue – FREE
SAT 8-12 / 12-3
Washington Square Park/Teen Plaza
12:05-12:12 Grace Falls
12:12-12:19 Moral Values
12:19-12:26 Olson Terror
12:26-12:33 58! A Comedy About
Bike Messengering
12:33-12:40 A Man’s A Man
12:40-12:47 The October Sapphire
12:47-12:54 Free To Be Friends
12:54-1:01 Breathe… Or You Can Die
1:01-1:08
1:08-1:15
Vote McOwskey
1:15-1:22
Contra-Tiempo
1:22-1:29
1:29-1:36
Danny Boy
1:36-1:43
1:43- 1:50
1:50-1:57
1:57-2:04
Happy Sauce
The Inconstant Infection
The Blue Martini
Piece Of Mind
SAT 8-12 / 5-6
Henry Street Settlement Ampitheatre
5:05-5:12
5:12-5:19
SAKURA no gotoku
5:19-5:26
Breakfast For Dinner
5:26-5:33
5:33-5:40
The 5 Roses Of Jennifer
5:40-5:47
The Day The Universe
Came Closer
5:47-5:54
Breathe…Or You Can Die
5:54-6:01
Vote McOwskey
SUN 8-13 / 12-5
12:05-12:12 Minimum Wage:
Blue Code Ringo
12:12-12:19 A Man’s A Man
12:19-12:26 Plugged: A Rock Opera
12:26-12:33 Anna And The Annadroids
12:33-12:40 The Devil And Billy
Markham
12:40-12:47 Bloodties
Bike Messengering
1:01-1:06
1:06-1:13
Eye Candy
1:13-1:20
Black Stuff
1:20-1:27
Fatboy Romeo
1:27-1:34
Your Place…Or Mine
1:34-1:41
Revenge Of A King
1:41-1:48
Emergency Exits
1:48-1:55
1:55-2:02
Vote McOwskey
2:02-2:09
Catagories…A Simple Play
2:09-2:16
The Secret Ruths Of
Island House
2:16-2:23
Came Closer
SUN 8-13 / 5-6.30
5:05-5:12
Breathe… Or You Can Die
5:12-5:19
5:19-5:26
Some Kind Of Pink Breakfast
5:26-5:33
5:33-5:40
5:40-5:47
5:47-5:54
5:54-6:01
6:01-6:08
The Devil And Bill Markham
Came Closer
Hugging The Shoulder
The Secret Ruths Of
Island House
Contra-Tiempo
The Rabbi And
The Cheerleader
FringeART – FREE!
Ideas occur in a nanosecond. Join us at
the Opening Ceremony, and other
FringeART events to access a very raw
kind of creative expression. Working with
FringeAL FRESCO performer Julie
O’Baoighill of JAO ART, you can engage
an essential element of your own identity,
which is entirely unique to each person,
like a signature, and yet universal in that
we all have “it”. “It” is the desire to make
a mark, the natural instinct to move, to
act, and to create something that says,
“I am here.”
FRI 8/11 as a part of the
Opening Ceremonies
TUES 8/15 5:30-6:30
Henry St. Settlement Amphitheatre
WED 8/16 6:00-7:30 as a part of
FringeU @ FringeCENTRAL
Fort FringeJR – “Rapunzel”
Sunday August 13th 11:30am – Noon
at Washington Square Park Large
Playground
Join us for a special preview of Rapunzel
and see the Prince meet Rapunzel for the
first time! Then, kids...get ready to jump
in with both feet! You’re going to join the
cast on a rollercoaster journey through
the emotions of the script. Will you
laugh? Scream? Hoot? Come find out!
FringeU Schedule for this Issue – FREE!
All FringeU workshops are held at
FringeCENTRAL at 6pm.
Monday, August 14th – VIEWPOINTS:
Improvisation: A physical technique
that builds stronger ensemble work
Donnie Mather, A Show of Force
Donnie Mather, an Associate of SITI
Company and frequent instructor of both
Viewpoints and Suzuki training for the
last 7 years, will lead this unique
movement improvisation with a specific
focus on working with music. The
workshop is designed for performers with
experience in the Viewpoints training and
for those curious. Come ready to move
and wearing comfortable clothing.
Tuesday, August 15th – WEB
MARKETING: How to do it without
spending a dime
Taty, FringeNYC Volunteer Coordinator
and FringeNYC.org webmaster
From the basics of how to create an
effective website and how to get on top of
the Google listings to how to reach the
right audience for your publicity. Learn
tricks of the trade and how to create an
effective word of mouth online campaign.
The class will be taught by Taty from the
award winning SimplyTaty Designs,
responsible for the most successful
performers’ site on the web (over 10
million hits in one year) and for web
marketing campaigns for all kinds of sites,
from recording companies to plastic artists.
Wednesday, August 16th – SPEED
PAINTING: FringeART at FringeU
Julie O’Baoghill, FringeAL FRESCO’s
JAO brings the thrill of speed painting to
a 1.5 hour workshop. Through specifically
designed mural painting exercises, JAO
leads participants to use the whole body
as a creative implement, access intuition
in split seconds and let ideas run wild.
With paint, brushes, sponges, giant paper
and full protection suits participants will
embark on an adventure of color, line,
shape and imagination. We will
experience several nanoseconds of
brilliance, insight and innovation. Only
the first 15 to register will be able to paint,
so sign up now! This is a highly physical
class yet participants can work at intensity
levels fit to their comfort and ability. I
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www.fringenyc.org
August 11, 2006
Say it. Record it. Hear it on the web. “I Am FringeNYC”
Pod’s away!
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary
of the New York International
Fringe Festival, “I am FringeNYC”
messages are spreading across the
world wide web.
For the first time, FringeNYC
teamed up with Evoca, a web
communications company, to
provide a virtual home for the
thousands of volunteers, participants,
staff, audience and alumni to audio
record and share their Festival
memories through “podcasts.”
Podcasting is a relatively new
form of communication that allows
anyone to record a broadcast and
then publish it online so that other
people may listen to or download
it. In its relatively short life span,
people have used podcasting in a
variety of ways, including weekly
show broadcasts, company
updates, and event documentation.
“FringeNYC has survived and
thrived these last ten years by taking
advantage of every available,
affordable technology out there,”
said Elena Holy, Producing Artistic
Director of the Present Company
which produces FringeNYC. “Our
goal in this anniversary year was, in
part, to reach as many of our alumni,
friends, and fans as possible. I
consider them the FringeNYC
Family, and we want this year's
festival to be the biggest family
reunion ever! Unfortunately, many of
our family members cannot be with
us this August but we wanted a way
to capture their stories, and share
them with everyone. Podcasting
seemed like a natural solution.”
With Evoca, anyone will be able
to easily create, organize, share, and
search FringeNYC podcasts after
signing up for a free account.
FringeNYC is encouraging
everyone involved in the Festival
during the past 10 years to sign up,
and record their own podcast.
Then, the podcasts will be used to
share 10 years of stories and
memories with new and old
members of the Festival family.
Andrew Odom, the Marketing
…I’m Sarah and
I am FringeNYC…
3) Tell stories about how many
hours you volunteered, how
many shows you saw, how
Manager and EvocaVangelist for
many people you met and why
Evoca is a new member of the
you keep coming back.
FringeNYC family and heard
4) Interview a stranger at the
about the Festival through
Festival via your cell phone.
friends and family.
Ask why they decided to attend
“My cousin has a play, The
the Festival. What show did
Yellow Wallpaper, being produced
they see? Did they enjoy it?
for the festival this year,” said
Why or why not?
Odom. “As my wife signed on to
Make sure to end each of your
help him market the play, we read
podcasts with “I’m (your name)
more and more about FringeNYC
and I am FringeNYC.”
and got really interested in its
Norm Sutaria is the Podcast
history and future. I thought our
services may help FringeNYC really Coordinator for FringeNYC. “My job
is to gather and publish as much
advertise and capture the
excitement and talent that has been audio content as a I can as quickly as
I can, especially during the Festival,”
represented for the last 10 years.”
Odom also has a podcast posted he said. “As this is FringeNYC's ten
year anniversary, our podcasts and
on the FringeNYC group titled
your audio stories take on a
“Theatre has gone high-tech and
significant and special meaning.
there's no turning back!” and talks
Partnering with Evoca is going to be
about his experience in theatre and
absolutely incredible - who would've
excitement in being a part of the
thought you can make a podcast
Festival this year. To listen to his
podcast, log into your Evoca account straight from your cellphone?”
Sutaria started out as a volunteer
and search in the FringeNYC group.
in the summer of 2002, and said the
How to Create Your Own Podcast
best part of volunteering is “Getting
To create your very own “I am
to see a show, of course, but also
FringeNYC” podcast, you need one being able to check the pulse of the
thing: Internet access.
Festival, finding out what is hot and
First, sign up for a free account
what’s not and working with others
at the Evoca website
who are passionate about what they
are doing.” He has a couple of
Then join the “FringeNYC” group.
podcasts posted online, including
From there, you can record a podcast one that explains FringeNYC’s
from any phone by dialing 212-461partnership with Evoca. To listen to
1042, or speak directly into your
this podcast, log into your Evoca
computer’s built-in microphone.
account and search in the
There is also a handy PDF file
FringeNYC group.
on the website that illustrates stepWhat you can listen to
by-step instructions and screen
In addition to podcasts by Sutaria
shots on how to sign up.
Once you are settled in, you can and Odom, a large variety of
podcasts are available, including
start recording your story and
personal stories, informational
listening to others. Here are some
sessions and the official FringeNYC
topic suggestions to talk about:
podcast called “The FringeClub
1) What made you get involved
Variety Power Hour.”
with FringeNYC and for
“Two of my favorite guys, Jeff
how long?
2) What are some of your favorite and Charlie LaGreca, of Minimum
Wage fame, wanted to do a latememories/shows/people of
night talk show as a part of
FringeNYC?
by
Ying Le
…I’m Michael and
I am FringeNYC…
August 11, 2006
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…I’m John and
I am FringeNYC…
FringeCLUB to kind of capture the
spirit and essence of FringeNYC,”
said Holy. “What better way to do
that than to record that talk show
via Evoca and share it with
everyone! I'm hoping that by
listening to these podcasts, our
family across the globe will be able
to feel like they were here for
FringeNYC 2006.”
The first episode of The
FringeCLUB Variety Power Hour
featuring Minimum Wage gives tips
on getting the most out of the
Festival, an interview with Cobey
Mandarino about his show The
Chrysalis Stage, and much more.
You can also hear stories from
specific artists such as John
Pinckard from Silence! the Musical to
Never Swim Alone and Adam
Klasfeld, the Artistic Director of
One Armed Man.
Pinckard’s podcast talks about
his accidental, permanent move to
New York City and his career
change from lightning designer to
director/producer, while Klasfeld’s
podcast discusses his play Good
Fences Make Good Neighbors, from
last year’s festival, that focuses on
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To
listen to any of these podcasts, log
into your Evoca account and search
in the FringeNYC group.
With the 2006 Festival just
starting up, there is no shortage of
stories. To share your story, it’s as
easy as a phone call from your cell
phone. “The podcasts are about
sharing what makes FringeNYC
tick,” said Sutaria. “Participants,
volunteers, audience members and
fans bring in an incredible amount
of creative energy into NYC for two
weeks every summer and as a
result, there are countless stories
and tales that emerge. We want to
hear them. We want you to share
your FringeNYC stories and
experiences.” I
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ART/Multi-media
www.jaoart.com
FRI 8/11 @ 1:30pm & 3pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SAT 8/12 @ NOON & 1pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SAT 8/12 @ 5pm & 6:30pm Henry Street Settlement / Amphitheatre
SUN 8/13 @ NOON & 1pm Washington Square Park / Teen Plaza
SUN 8/13 @ 5pm & 6:30pm Henry Street Settlement / Amphitheatre
SpontaneousCombustions
Movement Forum
6 dancers, 50 minutes, 100 feet of open
space ... no choreography. Experience the
art of dance improvisation as Movement
Forum ignites imagination, defies
convention and pushes physical
boundaries. Expect every performance to
surprise both dancers and audiences alike!
1h Salt Lake City, UT Dance/Performance Art
SAT 8/12 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
SUN 8/13 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
TUES 8/15 @ 6:35 & 8:30 –
FringeNYTEASERS Schedule For This
Issue – FREE
SAT 8-12 / 12-3
12:05-12:12 Grace Falls
12:19-12:26 Olson Terror
Bike Messengering
12:33-12:40 A Man’s A Man
12:40-12:47 The October Sapphire
12:47-12:54 Free To Be Friends
12:54-1:01 Breathe… Or You Can Die
1:01-1:08
1:08-1:15
Vote McOwskey
1:15-1:22
Contra-Tiempo
1:22-1:29
1:29-1:36
Danny Boy
1:36-1:43
1:43- 1:50
1:50-1:57
1:57-2:04
Happy Sauce
The Blue Martini
Piece Of Mind
SAT 8-12 / 5-6
5:05-5:12
5:12-5:19
SAKURA no gotoku
5:19-5:26
Breakfast For Dinner
5:26-5:33
5:33-5:40
5:40-5:47
Came Closer
5:47-5:54
Breathe…Or You Can Die
5:54-6:01
Vote McOwskey
SUN 8-13 / 12-5
12:05-12:12 Minimum Wage:
Blue Code Ringo
12:12-12:19 A Man’s A Man
12:19-12:26 Plugged: A Rock Opera
12:26-12:33 Anna And The Annadroids
12:33-12:40 The Devil And Billy
Markham
12:40-12:47 Bloodties
Bike Messengering
1:01-1:06
1:06-1:13
Eye Candy
1:13-1:20
Black Stuff
1:20-1:27
Fatboy Romeo
1:27-1:34
Your Place…Or Mine
1:34-1:41
Revenge Of A King
1:41-1:48
Emergency Exits
1:48-1:55
1:55-2:02
Vote McOwskey
2:02-2:09
Catagories…A Simple Play
2:09-2:16
The Secret Ruths Of
Island House
2:16-2:23
Came Closer
SUN 8-13 / 5-6.30
5:05-5:12
Breathe… Or You Can Die
5:12-5:19
5:19-5:26
Some Kind Of Pink Breakfast
5:26-5:33
5:33-5:40
5:40-5:47
5:47-5:54
5:54-6:01
6:01-6:08
The Devil And Bill Markham
Came Closer
Hugging The Shoulder
The Secret Ruths Of
Island House
Contra-Tiempo
The Rabbi And
The Cheerleader
FringeART – FREE!
Ideas occur in a nanosecond. Join us at
the Opening Ceremony, and other
FringeART events to access a very raw
kind of creative expression. Working with
FringeAL FRESCO performer Julie
O’Baoighill of JAO ART, you can engage
an essential element of your own identity,
which is entirely unique to each person,
like a signature, and yet universal in that
we all have “it”. “It” is the desire to make
a mark, the natural instinct to move, to
act, and to create something that says,
“I am here.”
FRI 8/11 as a part of the
Opening Ceremonies
TUES 8/15 5:30-6:30
Henry St. Settlement Amphitheatre
WED 8/16 6:00-7:30 as a part of
FringeU @ FringeCENTRAL
Fort FringeJR – “Rapunzel”
Sunday August 13th 11:30am – Noon
at Washington Square Park Large
Playground
Join us for a special preview of Rapunzel
and see the Prince meet Rapunzel for the
first time! Then, kids...get ready to jump
in with both feet! You’re going to join the
cast on a rollercoaster journey through
the emotions of the script. Will you
laugh? Scream? Hoot? Come find out!
FringeU Schedule for this Issue – FREE!
All FringeU workshops are held at
FringeCENTRAL at 6pm.
Monday, August 14th – VIEWPOINTS:
Improvisation: A physical technique
that builds stronger ensemble work
Donnie Mather, A Show of Force
Donnie Mather, an Associate of SITI
Company and frequent instructor of both
Viewpoints and Suzuki training for the
last 7 years, will lead this unique
movement improvisation with a specific
focus on working with music. The
workshop is designed for performers with
experience in the Viewpoints training and
for those curious. Come ready to move
and wearing comfortable clothing.
Tuesday, August 15th – WEB
MARKETING: How to do it without
spending a dime
Taty, FringeNYC Volunteer Coordinator
and FringeNYC.org webmaster
From the basics of how to create an
effective website and how to get on top of
the Google listings to how to reach the
right audience for your publicity. Learn
tricks of the trade and how to create an
effective word of mouth online campaign.
The class will be taught by Taty from the
award winning SimplyTaty Designs,
responsible for the most successful
performers’ site on the web (over 10
million hits in one year) and for web
marketing campaigns for all kinds of sites,
from recording companies to plastic artists.
Wednesday, August 16th – SPEED
PAINTING: FringeART at FringeU
Julie O’Baoghill, FringeAL FRESCO’s
JAO brings the thrill of speed painting to
a 1.5 hour workshop. Through specifically
designed mural painting exercises, JAO
leads participants to use the whole body
as a creative implement, access intuition
in split seconds and let ideas run wild.
With paint, brushes, sponges, giant paper
and full protection suits participants will
embark on an adventure of color, line,
shape and imagination. We will
experience several nanoseconds of
brilliance, insight and innovation. Only
the first 15 to register will be able to paint,
so sign up now! This is a highly physical
class yet participants can work at intensity
levels fit to their comfort and ability. I
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The opening week…
FringeFAIR . . . Friday, August 11th NOON - 4pm
Washington Square Park / Holley Plaza
Opening Ceremony. . . . NOON - 1pm
Pat yourself on the back. Go ahead, you deserve it. Whether you are an audience
member, a playwright, a volunteer, an actor, a techie or a groupie, FringeNYC
wouldn’t be possible without you. The diverse and innovative dynamic of the
festival occurs thanks to the stellar energy and enthusiasm the FringeNYC
community brings! Let’s kick off our festival the right way by celebrating the
unity and beauty that is US with music, FringeART Speed Painting, and an
invocation of the muses. Bring your postcards. Bring a show poster/banner.
Bring a big puppet. Bring the kids. Bring whatever you need to say “I am here!
I am FringeNYC”!
How to FringeNYC… 1pm - 4pm
More than 200 shows… all those venues…
what’s a hungry theatre hog to do? Martin
Denton from The New York Theatre
Experience will help you out with some tips
on How to FringeNYC interspersed with
handing out door prizes, Speed Painting By
JAO at NOON & 1pm and these
FringeNYTEASERS:
1:00-1:05
1:05-1:12
1:12-1:19
1:19-1:26
1:26-1:33
1:33-1:38
1:38-1:45
1:45-1:50
1:50-1:57
1:57-2:04
2:04-2:11
2:11-2:16
2:16-2:23
2:23-2:30
How To FringeNYC Intro
The Devil and Billy Markham
Emergency Exits
Griot: He Who Speaks The
Sweet Word
Four One-Legged Men
Your Place… Or Mine?
Fatboy Romeo
Eye Candy
The Blue Martini
2:30-2:35
2:35-2:42
2:42-2:49
2:49-2:56
2:56-3:01
3:01-3:06
3:06-3:13
3:13-3:20
3:20-3:27
3:27-3:34
3:34-3:41
Park-N-Ride
Minimum Wage:
Blue Code Ringo
Something More Pleasant
58! A Comedy About
Bike Messengering
Moral Values
Piece Of Mind
In Transit
FringeAL FRESCO PERFORMANCES – FREE
JAO ART JAO, hyperkinetic artist and
athlete, paints on a giant easel in the back
of her pick up truck. Wearing a helmet and
kneepads, she jumps, spins, and hurls
herself into the dangerous extreme sport she
calls speed painting. Lightening fast Eastern
European gypsy music drives her to the
outrageous result of two 6’ x 6’ paintings in
three minutes.
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THE PERSONAL SHOPPER…
And then there are those shows
of non-official imprisonments and
destruction (art imitates
government?) like The Revenants
(“undead spouses chained in the
corner”) and The Chrysalis Stage
(“chained captive”). We have
DEAR AMERICA (“bombing their
High School”) and The City That
Cried Wolf (“crime amidst political
corruption.”).
One major trend obvious to
those who observe is the meager
offerings of celebrity shows.
(Could it be true? The celebrity
oriented culture is growing up…).
We have Tom Cruise and Kissinger,
true, but not much more. R.I.P
There is, however, a trend
towards the faux celebrities – those
who are mentioned in their full
name as if we SHOULD remember
them from somewhere. The Devil
and Billy Markham (who’s what’s
his name?) and Fay Lindsay-Jones
Story (“a woman--obsessed with
fame”) as well as Harriet
Hopperdoodle's Hair-Brained
History Test! (“she visits”) and, of
course, Mary Berry Presents: The
Life of Mary Berry (“becoming a
Playboy centerfold isn't easy”).
Anther shift is from last year’s
ubiquitous “Something – The
Musical” to new territories. This
year we have Suicide, The Musical
which seems to mark the death of
the “ --------, The Musical”
indulgence. This year we have The
Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre and
HENRY KISSINGER: A
ROMANTIC COMEDY, and, of
course, Melo-llama: A Melodrama
( and they have a director actually
named Moritz von Stuelpnagel;
believe it… or not!).
Iconic
If we do not follow celebrities
anymore, who do we stalk? Well,
how about out cultural icons.
Girl Scouts of America (“little
merit badges”) and the Brothers
Grimm in How 2 Men Got On in
the World. We have some Tarantino
(Reservoir Bitches) and some
80’s retro-inspired exploration:
Take On Me (adoption, addiction,
and a-ha).
We also see this year an
explosion of new twists to classical
theatre like FAUST, but particularly
Shakespeare as in Corleone: The
Shakespearean Godfather and
Fatboy Romeo. We have a One
Man Hamlet and Ophelia, and,
yes, REVENGE OF A KING, which
is about, well, Hamlet.
We also see free use of Greek
terms, evoking certain episodes of
Star Trek. We have this year
MUSCLE-MAN vs.
SKELETONMAN: A Love Story...
the musical and Uneventful
Deaths for Agathon. But also
Anima, Anna and The
Annadroids: The Robots Dream
Tour and, yep, let’s end it with
a bang, The Armageddon
Dance Party.
(“watch a Turkish couple”). And
then we have I'LL SELL THE
HOUSE IN WHICH I CAN LIVE
NO MORE (without a single
spoken word) and Open House
(“monstrously patriotic yard
display”).
Last words
The gang from "Blue Balls" (clockwise
from top): writer/actor Michael Tester,
actor Alexandra Bosquet, actor C.J. Dion,
actor Vincent Ortega, stage manager
Matthew Smith.
So we draw close to the end of
today’s shopping with a couple of
coincidences that may mark a
trend. In Transit kind of explains
this paragraph as a whole. We have
58! A Comedy About Bike
Messengessengering (“Annoyance
Theatre” only by name) and The
Bicycle Men (Alumni '04) but
especially American Muscle about
John DeLorean, the Muscle Car
innovator.
And then we have that HOUSE
theme: like FULL HOUSE
(“ambition and treachery wrapped
in a kimono”) or simply HOUSE
And how about some meaningless
facts?
Well, people, I regret to inform
you that this year we have no show
title that starts with a “J”. No – but
o the other hand, this is a rare year
when a show title starts with an
“X”. (What does it all mean?)
We kind of regret having very
few overly long titles. We cleverly
initiated last year the “Like a
Horse” award for those insisting on
wasting our time even before we
enter the theater and would love to
continue handing it out. Perhaps
befittingly to an anniversary
festival, the longest title belongs to
an alumni show.
And the winner of the “Like a
Horse” award for being too long, is
(trumpets, now!) The Complete
Lost Works of Samuel Beckett As
Found In An Envelope (partially
burned) In A Dustbin In Paris
Labeled: "Never to be performed.
Never. Ever. EVER! Or I'll Sue!
I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!!!"
That’s it with the browsing,
people – time to jump in and get
swept away! Have a great 10th
year anniversary, y’all! I
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A former NYCFringe
participant describes her
Festival experience.
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FOR TEN
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Ryan D. Mayer
What’s your name?
Jamie Neumann
How long have you been an
actress?
Since I was born…
What was the name of your show
in FringeNYC?
“We are Burning” by Aaron Zook,
a classmate of mine at T. Schreiber
Studio.
Can you briefly describe the play?
Oh fuck. If I can remember it.
Sorta world was coming to an end.
The Greek god Prometheus…
somehow a man and a woman find
themselves in a coffee shop with
Prometheus, the Greek god who
brought fire/enlightenment to the
humans… mixing real life with
mythology. It was a quest for
understanding.
When did it run?
When? What year? 2004.
How did you get involved?
I met the playwright at an ongoing
scene study class at T. Schreiber.
He asked me to audition along with
other members of the class. He told
me on the day of the auditions that I
was it for the role of Io, a crazy
nymph.
What was your role?
Io, a character of Greek mythology is
a young maiden with whom Zeus
falls in love, who suffered a hideous
fate because Zeus’ wife, Hera, turned
her into a cow. Io is plagued with
gadflies, terrible stinging creatures,
so she roams the earth in constant
pain. In the context of the play, she
meets at human who falls in love
with her, probably because he can
never keep her.
What were the challenges
as an actress?
Um, she was a woman constantly in
emotional, spiritual and physical
pain. As an actor, it is taxing as hell
because you have to put yourself in
that mindset, in that position every
time you rehearse; as an actor you
have to somehow find that pain
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…there I’d be
in the middle of
downtown New York.
And somehow that
always made me
smile…
within yourself, a tricky business…
when you have to make yourself
truly miserable, but only for certain
hours of certain days, and then try
not to carry it with you all the time.
Tell us about your colleagues
in the show.
Another classmate of mine ended up
playing the role of the “Man.” The
cast became fairly close.
We’d try to get together after with
notes. Everybody was supportive of
each other. My friend, Krish, and I
became close, as we saw each other
outside of class. It boosted our bond.
Can you speak generally about
your participation in FringeNYC?
It was really a great experience. It
was totally rustic New York East
Village theatre. Our particular show
performed at Collective Unconscious
theatre. We performed in the new
space of theirs. I used to pass by the
old space on Ludlow. It was so dirtyweird-New York-attractive to me.
That was a trip.
Can you give us a specific
moment that captures the essence
of your experience?
A teacher of mine, a good friend,
came to see the show and I
remember he said to me, “I loved
with how much abandon you ran
offstage. Every time I thought you
would pull down the curtain.” So
that’s what I think of: this crazy
painful running I’d do every night…
off the stage…through
the tiny backstage area... and just
keep running until I got to the street.
And there I’d be in the middle of
downtown New York. And somehow
that always made me smile. I
AUGUST
11-27 2006
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL • ISSUE NO. 1
FRINGE NYC
TURNS 10
Not everyone in New York gets this excited about a birthday. Mayor Bloomberg turned 64 this past February without much fuss. Woody Allen’s 70th didn’t garner that
much attention either. The Statue of Liberty even managed to hit the big 122 when no one was looking. The New York International Fringe Festival however, has a slightly
different approach to growing old. This year marks its 10th anniversary, and like any self-respecting aging hipster, FringeNYC wants everyone to join in the celebration.
This is not to say that FringeNYC is
experiencing a mid-life crisis. Fun,
excitement and community have
been staples of the festival since its
inception, and with this year’s
theme of “I am FringeNYC,” these
qualities have come to express
the spirit of the festival this year
more than ever. So while you
probably won’t notice any golf
clubs, gray hairs, or other signs of
distinguished maturity at
FringeNYC birthday events, you
will find tremendous energy,
creativity, and just a touch of
nostalgia.
FringeNYC is celebrating all of
these concepts along with its
anniversary this year through
several different 10th Anniversary
Special Events. The most talkedabout of these is the FringeNYC
Alumni Production Project, and not
just because its acronym (FAPP) is
so much fun to say. In addition to
the 200+ productions that have
come to the festival for the first
time this year, FringeNYC is
bringing back ten of the festival’s
most successful shows in its
decade-long history. This showcase
not only serves to celebrate
FringeNYC’s success, but also to
give new festival-goers a glimpse
into the festival’s history and bring
them up to speed on the scene.
Podcasting
The same is true of FringeNYC
Podcasting, a 10th Anniversary
Special Event that can be
accessed online at
Though the festival may be getting
older, it’s certainly not ready to
complain about those gosh darn
kids and their electronics. Rather,
through podcasting, FringeNYC is
embracing technology in a whole
weathered a city-wide blackout, the
Republican National Convention,
and the aftermath of 9/11. And of
course, FringeNYC shows have
gone on to win numerous awards,
achieve successful runs in the
Broadway, off-Broadway, and
regional theater worlds, as well as
foster numerous professional and
personal relationships.
Growing
Certain aspects of FringeNYC
have definitely matured since the
debut festival in 1997, but its most
vital elements are the ones that
have remained exactly the same.
Tickets to a FringeNYC show are
From "Fitz and Walloughs Get It in the End" (left to right) director Paul Mazza, actor
still cheaper than a trip to the
Micah Bucey (Fitz), and actor Drew Edwards (Walloughs) mug it up at the Kickoff Party.
movies. The festival is still run
almost entirely by volunteers, and
school
reunion,
except
the
popular
by Emma Halpern
is committed to getting audience
crowd probably won’t make fools
new way this year. For the first
members and FringeNYC fans
of themselves this time.”
time, past FringeNYC staff
involved in the festival process.
How did FringeNYC get so
members, volunteers, and
FringeNYC still keeps its venues
grown up? Well, a lot of things
participants can record stories of
downtown, staying connected with
about the festival have changed
their festival experiences and post
the off-off Broadway community
over the years. The Present
them on the FringeNYC website.
and lending support to struggling
Company, the organization that
Like FAPP, these recordings help
and emerging artists. Most
produces FringeNYC, has moved
listeners to reflect on the rich and
importantly, the festival continues
from its previous location on
diverse history of FringeNYC,
to present a large and eclectic
Stanton Street on the Lower East
while allowing those making the
showcase of high-quality
Side (“Stanton Street…is that in
podcasts to consider what being a
productions every summer,
Manhattan?” a potential ticketmember of the FringeNYC
providing a forum for artists,
buyer once asked over the phone)
community means to them.
to its present Midtown office space technicians, and theater-lovers
to come together and celebrate
subsidized by A.R.T./ New York.
Reunions
Audience members can buy tickets their craft. FringeNYC continues
Perhaps the 10th Anniversary
to improve with time, while
to FringeNYC performances over
Special Events that most resembles the internet now, and an army of
staying young at heart as well.
a party though, are the FringeNYC volunteers no longer needs to man And isn’t that what growing up
alumni reunions. This year, the
is all about? I
the phone lines. All of the
festival is holding a reunion party
FringeNYC venues are airfor each FringeNYC “class,” where conditioned, a change from
past staff members and participants when the festival first
can visit and reconnect with the
began, and this year’s
people with whom they shared a
FringeCENTRAL, unlike in
FringeNYC summer. As Jason
pervious years, is centrally
Zinoman said in The New York
located relative to all of the
Times, “It will be like your high
venues. The festival has

10thYEAR - The New York International Fringe Festival

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