FringeNYC - "New York's Best Staycation"
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Down South & Out West |
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No need to hop in your car, these plays will take you from North Carolina to North Dakota and all the way out to sunny California. A collection of Southern and Western tales told through song, magic, and myth. . . and a magic kiss. |
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American Jataka Tales Temerity Theatre Writer: Ed Malin Director: Mark Duncan The Buddha takes a trip down south. To be reincarnated as something better, you need to learn something in this lifetime. No challenge is too great for this bunch of Americans! The classic Indian Buddhist stories retold for your amusement. 1h 0m Local Brooklyn, NY Comedy www.temeritytheatre.org |
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Ether Steeds Writer: Jason Williamson Director: Niegel Smith In this ritualistic performance set in coastal North Carolina - cheap beer, anonymous gentlemen and the ashes of the dearly departed spur Mamma and her venus-fly-trap obsessed daughter, Skeeta, toward the inevitable. 2h 30m Local Brooklyn, NY Drama Comedy sites.google.com/site/ethersteedsnyc |
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High Plains Writer: Brian Watkins Director: Anthony Reimer There's something in the dark and it wants to fight. In this Western myth, a violent encounter with his brother hurls Jake onto the Colorado plains where he's confronted with much more than he meant to escape. What's chasing you? 0h 55m Local Brooklyn, NY Drama Solo Show www.highplainstheplay.com |
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Notes on the Land of Earthquake & Fire Goofy Foot Writer: Jason Schafer Director: Jason Schafer A Malibu beach house, frozen coffee drinks, illegal online pharmaceuticals, hot tubs and surfing. A Hollywood assistant has the worst day ever in this new play by the screenwriter of "Trick". Disaster is prone to strike! 1h 50m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Comedy www.earthquakeandfire.com |
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Population: 8 The Process Group and Purple Man Theater Company Writer: Nicholas Gray Director: Marc Stuart Weitz Everyone cleared out of Loki, North Dakota years ago. Here is the curious and singular account of the eight who remain. When eight become nine, then eight again, the Loki Eight must reckon between isolation and the modern world. 1h 50m Local Brooklyn, New York Comedy Drama www.theprocessgroup.org |
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The K of D, an urban legend Pistol Cat Productions Writer: Laura Schellhardt Director: Braden Abraham Truth: Before Charlotte's brother died, he kissed her. Legend: Everything Charlotte kissed from that moment on also died. A summertime ghost story about a small-town girl with a lethal skill. Seattle's sleeper hit of 2008. "Delightfully creepy." - Seattle Weekly 1h 35m National Seattle, WA Solo Show Drama www.thekofd.com |
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The Songs of Robert Writer: John Crutchfield Director: Steven Samuels The Songs of Robert tells the story of the difficulties facing a teenage boy in the South. Replete with a motley cast of characters, all played by writer/actor John Crutchfield and live clawhammer banjo and slide guitar songs. 1h 30m National Asheville, NC Solo Show Musical www.johncrutchfield.com |
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Thruline NightWind Productions Writer: Kevin Horne Seven stories of extraordinary events and the heroism and insanity they breed. A battered chain necklace links each unique tale, clasping together loss, hope, forgiveness, control, harm, memory, and revenge in a chain of stories set in the aftermath of life-altering moments. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Solo Show Drama www.kevinlawrencehorne.com |
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Winnemucca (three days in the belly) Shelby Company in Association with Little Red Square Writer: Dan Moyer Director: Wren Graves Jonah wakes up bloody in a seedy motel. With Big Chet and Suede Lucy's help he must complete a task he doesn't comprehend. This darkly funny re-imagining asks, "How do three days in the belly make a man a prophet?" 1h 20m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Comedy www.shelbycompany.org |