FringeNYC - "New York's Best Staycation"
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ARE WE THERE YET? Family dramas of every stripe - Fathers & Sons, Fathers & Daughters, Mothers and their unborn children, and one Mother who has a lot of children already! Growing up Irish. Growing up Greek (but in Australia). And stories that remind us of how one day can change a family forever. |
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BUBS A One Man Musical
with full band MSB Productions LLC Writer: Cy Frost & Doug Olson BUBS weaves together nearly every genre of American popular music. Exuberantly blending humor and pathos, BUBS tracks the volatile relationship of an earnest songwriter and his dissolute father. BUBS interlaces the difficulties of disappointment, love and self-identity. "A slam-dunk winner." 1h 29m National Denver, CO Musical FringeHIGH www.tinyurl.com/obgbgm |
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Camp Super Friend Taproot Theatre Company Writer: Bethany Wallace Director: Josiah Wallace Marvel is a super-hero, but doesn’t know how to be a super-friend…yet. At SuperCamp Professor Nemesis plans to strip super-kids of their powers. Marvel learns how to be a good friend and with his friends, saves the day 1h 0m National Seattle, WA FringeJR Comedy taproottheatre.org/grades-k-through-six/ |
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Citizen Ruth Citizen Ruth LLC Writer: Mark Leydorf & Michael Brennan Director: Howard Shalwitz Choreographer: Dan Knechtges Jesus freaks. Righteous feminists. Scheming politicians and shallow celebrities. They all want something from Ruth — a foul-mouthed, homeless, paint-huffing unfit mother. But what does Ruth want? Welcome to the modern American musical. 2h 0m National Manhattan, Las Vegas, D.C., Musical Comedy www.citizenruth.info |
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Crazy Good Luck Green Space Arts Collective Writer: Karen MacIntyre Director: Judy Thomas Choreographer: Karen MacIntyre What do a transgendered woman, a Texas redneck, a feminist breast cancer survivor, and a ninty year old southern belle have in common? Crazy Good Luck, that's what. Let us introduce ourselves: songs, monologues, dances. One woman show. Ya'll come. 0h 45m National Denton, TX Solo Show Performance Art www.greenspacearts.com/crazygoodluck.htm |
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Cut From the Same Cloth Auster-Rosen Co Writer: Megan Auster-Rosen Director: Lindsay Goss Choreographer: Beth Gill From the wreckage of a plane crash, a brother and sister salvage pages of their father’s unfinished memoir. Two generations of West African adventures are linked by a shaman’s prophesy in this true story in search of an ending. 1h 0m Local Brooklyn, NY Multi-Media Drama www.austerrosen.com |
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Every Love Story Ends in Tears Bella Umbrella Theatre Writer: Nidia Medina, with music by Robert Cowie Director: Nic Grelli 2007. 1949. Two chapters in the same love story. What really happens once you’ve already lived happily ever after? Love, loss, and living in a Puerto Rican family full of music, magic and food. Based on a true story. 1h 15m Local Brooklyn, NY Drama Multi-Media www.bellaumbrellatheatre.org |
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EXILES FROM THE SUN Exiled Productions Writer: Brent Cirves Director: Brent Cirves A full length modern tragedy (and at times, black comedy) about a man who kills another man in the first moments of the play and then takes his own family hostage over the course of a long and terrifying night. 2h 0m National Woodberry Forest, VA Drama Comedy www.exilesfromthesun.com |
| Flutterbies Flutterbies, LLC Writer: Frank Christopher Director: Lea DeLaria Lea DeLaria directs a seasoned Broadway ensemble in this poignant and funny drama set around a day in history when spirits abound and souls collide. Will Anthony get off the pipe? Does Grandpa have dementia? Will Dianne shoot her man? 1h 50m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Comedy www.flutterbiesnyc.com |
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Jen & Angie Nobody's Business But Ours, LLC Writer: Laura Bucholz/Christina Casa Director: Susanah Beckett Academy Award Winner/Humanitarian, Angelina Jolie, and People's Choice Nominee/Cougar, Jennifer Aniston, are stranded together on a deserted island sans publicists, stylists, and therapists. Things will get ugly. Who will survive? Brought to you via the Upright Citizens Brigade. 0h 35m Local New York City, New York Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up www.myspace.com/jenandangieshow |
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Kaddish (or The Key in the Window) Created & Performed by Donnie Mather Writer: Allen Ginsberg Director: Kim Weild A guilt ridden son. A mother's battle with mental illness. Hospitals. A lobotomy. Ginsberg's poem KADDISH springs to life in this multi-media performance that is equal parts memory play, confession, and eulogy. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Solo Show www.donniemather.blogspot.com |
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Looming the Memory Thomas Papathanassiou Writer: Thomas Papathanassiou Director: John Saunders 18 characters and a chicken! An award-winning theatrical memoir exploring one man's challenge growing up with his heart in two parts of the world, and how our family stories play an integral part in shaping who we are. 1h 15m International Perth, Australia Solo Show Drama www.loomingthememory.com |
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ONES BY 2: FALLUJAH and THE INVENTION OF ZERO GFA Theatre Writer: Rebecca McCarthy & Deepali Gupta Director: Stephen Stout Out of the minds of babes…come two insightful one-acts which mine the heart of our times. A: Jack can’t get out of bed since returning from Fallujah. Can Annie get him going? B: It appears that 1+1=...ZERO. 0h 45m Local Westport, CT Comedy FringeHIGH www.Onesby2.com |
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Peace Warriors Blue Line Arts (USA) Writer: Doron Ben-Atar with Debbie Pollak Director: Michael Bahar Academic Ambition, Middle East politics, old affairs, and new seductions come together in this darkly comic and powerful new play. Politics gets personal when four academics and a teenage girl spend a tumultuous night flaunting their politics and confronting their passions and jealousies. 2h 0m Local , Drama www.peacewarriorsplay.com |
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Tell It To Me Slowly False Start Productions Writer: Daniella Shoshan Director: Jeremiah Matthew Davis What impulses lie beneath our simultaneous attraction and repulsion to reality television? Tell It To Me Slowly documents the story of a family coping with a son's addiction while a television crew capitalizes on their reality. 2h 0m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Comedy www.tellittomeslowly.com |
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The Motherline Ibis Theatre Project Writer: Chantal Bilodeau Director: Jennifer Vellenga Claire, an unborn soul, has chosen her mother, but her mother isn't getting pregnant anytime soon. Will exchanging lives with her mother's Buddhist cat get Claire close enough to win the love she desires? A lesson in the roots of love. 1h 30m National Miami, FL Drama Comedy ibistheatreproject.org |
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Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey Riedel Dance Theater Choreographer: Jonathan Riedel Inspired by the delightfully ominous illustrations of Edward Gorey - 10 performers, 40 characters, and 20 unfortunate events pack this powder keg of dance theater with heart, hi-jinx, and "nuttily abandoned, dead-on humor." - The New York Times 1h 5m Local Jersey City, NJ Dance FringeJR www.riedeldancetheater.org/ukrainianeggs.html |
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White Horses: An Irish Childhood Breaking Tide Writer: Owen Dara Director: Elizabeth Duck & Dan Toscano Based on his acclaimed memoir, comedian Owen Dara brings to life his Irish childhood. Through portrayals of his militant mother, bewildering father, and juvenile self, he leads a hilarious journey filled with passion, insight, and a whole lot of laughs. 1h 20m National Los Angeles, CA Comedy Solo Show www.owendara.com/show.html |