FringeNYC - "New York's Best Staycation"
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There are eight million stories in the Naked City... and these shows have some of the best to tell. From Staten Island to Harlem, and from hilarity to the depths of despair - this is our NYC. |
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38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love: The Lonely Secret of Mary Ann Zielonko (Kitty Genovese Story) LuLu LoLo Productions, written and performed by LuLu LoLo Writer: LuLu LoLo, based on interviews with Mary Ann Zielonko Director: Jody Oberfelder Choreographer: Jody Oberfelder "WE WERE LOVERS TOGETHER. EVERYBODY TRIED TO HUSH THAT UP." Meet the killer, the NY Times Editor, and the woman who kept her love affair secret forty years. Surrounded by the specter of 38 silent witnesses. THE KITTY GENOVESE STORY. 1h 0m Local Manhattan, NY Solo Show Drama www.lululolo.com/theater/38witnessed.html |
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A Long Walk Home Writer: Lauren Marie Albert Brooklyn-based performance artist hits herself over the head with a pot, throws herself into a fire and questions her sanity. Watch as she fights to find her soul in a witty physical performance about failed love incorporating live music and dance. 0h 50m Local Brooklyn, NY Comedy Drama www.Laurenmariealbert.com |
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And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes DRD Productions Writer: Harrison David Rivers Director: Eric Louie & Anika Chapin Post breakup, three women attempt to make sense of their lives. In recounting stories of weight gain, drunk dials, flying milk cartons, Facebook stalking, and hair growth, they explore the very nature of love, loss, and ultimately their own humanity. 1h 35m Local New York, NY Drama Comedy www.SheSaidHeSaidYes.com |
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AND THEN YOU DIE (How I Ran a Marathon in 26.2 Years) Cleveland Public Theatre Writer: David Hansen Director: Alison Garrigan What races through a man's mind? Hit the road with cartoonist Pengo in pursuit of the finish line - dashing through relationships, hurdling heartbreak, and threading through the Five Boroughs in a record quarter-century ... and time is running out. 1h 20m National Cleveland, OH Solo Show Comedy daddyrunsfast.blogspot.com |
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Breathe... Aim High Productions Writer: Tim J. MacMillian Director: Sally Burtenshaw It’s not often you get to watch your life happen in front of you. Jill witnesses her traumatic past and learns how to prevent it from defining who she is. Sometimes you need to take a step back and breathe. 1h 20m Local Hoboken, NJ Comedy Drama www.aimhighproductions.org |
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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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CIRCUITS Patricia Noworol Dance Company Director: Patricia Noworol Choreographer: Patricia Noworol As with much of Noworol’s other work, Circuits explores the pathways between the glamour of dance performance respectability and the more mundane layers of life hiding beneath it. It attempts to expose the realities behind seemingly extraordinary lives. 1h 0m Local Manhattan, NY Dance Multi-Media www.PNoworolDance.com |
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Crossings Stages on the Sound Writer: Amy Sabin Barrow and Shannon Michael Wamser Director: Amy Sabin Barrow and Shannon Michael Wamser Choreographer: Amy Sabin Barrow A fast-paced and imaginative docudrama, chronicling the immigrant experience from both sides of the border. Crossings is a moving and intimate portrait of NYC's newcomers performed by an all-immigrant cast about journeys to the "Promised Land". 1h 0m Local Brooklyn, NY FringeHIGH Drama www.stagesonthesound.com |
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Damon and Debra B Train Productions Writer: Judy Chicurel Director: Passion Hansome On a stalled subway train shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Damon, a distrustful young African American male, meets Debra, a feisty, middle-aged white woman. Race, relationships, and startling personal revelations pave the way for a provocative interaction. 1h 30m Local Brooklyn, NY Drama FringeHIGH |
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Dream Lovers M&M Productions Acting Company, Inc. Writer: Albi Gorn Director: Albi Gorn, Robin Joseph, Michael Muldoon and Carol Eagen Fast-paced, fiery and fun. Are they having dream sex in their fantasy or fantasy sex in their dreams? 5 zany couples, 5 funny dates, 5 startling climaxes. "For those seduced by dialogue and character development." NY Times 2h 0m Local Yorktown Heights, NY Comedy Drama www.MMPACI.com |
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first dark cw productions Writer: Charlotte W. Bence Director: Charlotte W. Bence Who's gonna ride bitch when a friendship is in jeopardy? A snitch. A cop. Two city boys come of age with terrifying consequences. 1h 0m Manhattan, New York Drama |
| 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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GirlPower: Voices of a Generation The Manhattan Theatre Source Writer: Created by the 2008-2009 GirlPower Ensemble Director: Ashley Marinaccio and Elizabeth Koke Girlpower: Voices of a Generation is an empowering, ensemble-driven collection of words written and performed by teenagers. Through monologues and spoken word, the young women share their perspectives on love, identity, relationships, the future, and finding power through theatre. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY FringeHIGH Drama www.theatresource.org/estro/index.html |
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IMAGINE Imagine Project Inc Writer: Children of Imagine Project workshops Director: Bill Bartlett Choreographer: Annie Faulkner All original music and story lines are a result of improvisations created by the young actors. More than half the performers have been cast from the children participating in our creativity programs in NYC homeless shelters. 1h 5m Local Brooklyn, NY FringeJR Musical www.imagineproject.org |
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It's My Wonderful Life raven's nest productions Writer: Charles Michael Edmonds Director: Alexander Yanhis Stephano Michael gets caught up in the world of drugs, sex and money. He's about to lose his job, his family and his life when he discovers an easy way out or so he thinks. 1h 15m National Venice, California Solo Show Drama |
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just don't touch me, amigo Fernando Gambaroni Writer: Fernando Gambaroni Director: Jose Zayas A comedy about loneliness in the city and the alienating process of becoming a resident alien. 1h 10m Local New York, NY Solo Show Comedy justdonttouchmeamigo.blogspot.com/ |
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Penumbra Intangible Collective Writer: Anthony Fascious Martinez Director: Shidan Majidi A one man Hip Hop musical about growing up in the Bronx and discovering manhood in the absence of a father in prison. Described as "Bold, daring, and fearless…truly innovative,” by HBO Def Poetry’s Producer, Kamilah Forbes. 1h 0m Local Bronx, New York FringeHIGH Musical www.fascious.com |
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Poke Until Wince Writer: Matthew Chesmore Director: Matthew Chesmore In this dark comedy, six relationships reach their tipping point. Vanities and fantasies get exposed like raw nerves. You don’t want to poke at them. But you’re gonna, anyway. 0h 50m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy Drama |
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Sadie, Sadie BE Theatre Company Writer: Ben Izzo Director: Samantha Shechtman In this seriocomedy, Sadie meets Jon on the Staten Island Ferry. As their relationship develops, a death in her family drives Sadie to desperate means. They must sort through the cosmic mess to put all the pieces back together. 2h 0m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy Drama www.betheatrecompany.org |
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Scandalous People A Sizzling Jazzical MyChurch Productions Writer: Music by Benny Russell, Book and Lyrics by Myla Churchill Director: Fredi Walker-Browne Choreographer: Obediah Wright With the backing of notorious mobster Dutch Schultz and infamous siren Mae West, a Harlem showman’s dream of mounting a daring interracial revue on the Great White Way seems within reach...but at what cost? 2h 0m Local Brooklyn, NY Musical Dance www.scandalouspeople.com |
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Some Editing and Some Theme Music Jean Ann Douglass Director: Jean Ann Douglass With diaries replaced by tell-all YouTube channels, three people discover themselves in an increasingly complicated web of narcissistic self-marketing. If only we could control our lives the way we control our online presence. 1h 15m Local Brooklyn, NY Multi-Media Comedy www.jeananndouglass.com |
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State of Undress The Impulse Initiative Writer: Katie Naka Director: Katie Naka, Music Director: Alex Knox Choreographer: Miriam Wasmund Fun-Loving-Neo-Burlesque-Titty-Show with live band seeks mature audience that wants to have mind blown. Must love dancing girls, rock 'n roll, and a good time. Bring a shot glass and smile, we'll be looking for you. 1h 45m Local Brooklyn, NY Vaudeville/Sideshow/Magic/Burlesque Drama www.theimpulseinitiative.com |
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Tales From The Tunnel James Valletti and Troy Diana Writer: Troy Diana and James Valletti Director: Troy Diana and James Valletti It's dirty, hot, sticky and you probably just got off...the NYC Subway is a million little stories that make up a big city. Hop on board for a show based on over 150 TRUE STORIES from underground! 1h 30m Local Staten Island, NY and Roselle Park, NJ Comedy Drama www.talesfromthetunnel.com |
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Terranova Monreale Productions in Association with StageFace Productions Writer: Pamela Monk and Dennis Loiacono Sixteen year old immigrant Josefina Terranova, abused, bound between the Old World and the New, brutally kills her family choosing freedom by deadly measures in 1906 New York. Murder or self defense? Terranova chronicles the price of her survival. 1h 45m Local New York, NY Drama monrealeproductions.com |
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The Books Imperfect People Writer: Michael Edison Hayden Director: Matt Urban "The Books" chronicles the off-beat love story of an American-Egyptian dominatrix and her white client over four sessions at his Queens apartment. Through dark and light comedy, the play examines the experience of sex in the modern age. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Drama Comedy www.imperfectpeople.com |
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The Boys Upstairs Writer: Jason Mitchell Sex, Dating, Friendship, and all the blurry lines in between...this New York story invites you upstairs to the fabulous living room of city boys who handle relationships, careers, and the city with style, scandal, and specialty cocktails! 2h 0m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy Drama www.TheBoysUpstairs.info |
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The Green Manifesto Two Cookies in association with m2 Productions Writer: Book and Lyrics by Anne Berlin, Music by Andy Cohen Director: Valentina Fratti Madison's in love with Adam, an environmental lawyer building NYC's greenest housing complex. But she's falling for Patrick, an impassioned conservationist. Join Pete the talking puffin as he marvels how well-intentioned people lose sight of what's really important. 2h 15m Local Manhattan/Brooklyn, NY Musical Comedy www.greenmanifestomusical.com |
| UNION SQUARED Bay Bridge Productions Writer: David S. Singer Director: Jose Vayas A romantic comedy about a woman who falls in love with her husband's mistress. And,of course, there's a Jewish Mother. Directed by Jose Vegas ("House of Spirits") 1h 40m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy Drama www.unionsquaredtheplay.com |
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A World Elsewhere! Arias in the Key of Clown Wide Eyed Productions Writer: Created by Ben Newman Director: Ben Newman This funny & inspirational ensemble collaboration depicts the migration of artists to NYC & all the possibilities therein. Inspired by traditional European clowning techniques, actors use movement & gibberish to tell the tale of love, loss and A World Elsewhere! 1h 0m Local Astoria, NY Clown/Mask Comedy www.wideeyedproductions.com |