Drama

Turing Test No Future Productions Writer: Dominick DeGaetano Director: Taylor Edelle Stuart A riveting, cerebral sci-fi thriller about life, death, and creation. David, a cash-strapped poet, is coerced into joining a top-secret government experiment. But what happens when that secret has a name, and no longer wants to be kept? 1h 40m   Local   FringeNYC Drama              FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue SAT 13 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 2:45  ||  MON 15 @ 9:15  ||  THU 18 @ 4:30  ||  SAT 20 @ 5:00

Late Night at the Serpent Writer: Ally Sass Director: Elizabeth Callahan Set in a porn shop in New Hampshire, Late Night at the Serpent is a drama about an accidental run-in between two former high school friends and the secrets revealed when an intense snowstorm traps them in the store. 40m   Local   FringeNYC Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Purple SUN 21 @ 8:15  ||  MON 22 @ 7:30  ||  THU 25 @ 7:30  ||  SAT 27 @ 9:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 2:30

Among the Furies Writer: David Scala Director: David Scala At a sweltering South Carolina McMansion, two couples clash over cocktails, class, and the cost of letting your past catch up to you. Add enough liquor to turn any night into a Greek tragedy – and stir, darling. THIS. PLAY. SEETHES. 1h 25m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Silver WED 17 @ 9:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 3:30  ||  WED 24 @ 4:45  ||  THU 25 @ 4:45  ||  SAT 27 @ 7:00

Spare Some Change: L This Is Not A Theatre Company Writer: Colin Waitt Director: Erin B. Mee Spare Some Change: L invites audiences to participate in the multi-sensory experience of a site-specific audio play for the subway, and consider their role in the performance event that is the Big Apple. Download the Subway Plays app and begin! 1h 5m   Local   FringeBKLYN Drama   Multi-Media           Podplay Download Now - iPhone  ||  Download Now - Android

Devices of Torture The Skeleton Rep Writer: Caroline Bennett Director: Ria T. DiLullo Four dominatrixes navigate their daily work, life, and relationships in the days following the 2016 election. Love isn't the only thing that hurts. 1h 55m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Purple SAT 13 @ 8:45  ||  MON 15 @ 9:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 6:30  ||  SUN 21 @ 5:30  ||  MON 22 @ 9:00

Damper Felts: N This Is Not A Theatre Company Writer: Jessie Bear Director: Erin B Mee Damper Felts: N invites audiences to participate in the multi-sensory experience of a site-specific audio play for the subway, and consider their role in the performance event that is the Big Apple. Download the Subway Plays app and begin! 60m   Local   FringeQNS Drama   Multi-Media           Podplay Download Now - iPhone  ||  Download Now - Android

The Queensborough Theatre Project in Collaboration with Hit the Lights! Theater Company Writer: Based on text by Washington Irving, Adapted by Steve Wargo Director: Steve Wargo A chilling immersive play utilizing story theatre, puppetry, and spookhouse effects that explores the question of how ghosts become ghosts and legends become legends, despite dire, real world consequences. Local   FringeQNS Drama   Puppetry           FringeQNS The Secret Theatre FRI 19 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 2:00  ||  TUE 23 @ 7:00  ||  WED 24 @ 3:00  ||  WED 24 @ 7:00  ||  THU 25 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 3:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 28 @ 2:00  ||  SUN 28 @ 7:00

Caddywhompus Hungry People Theatre Writer: David Couter Director: Yossef K Once all dreams were carefree. Then Mr. Caddywhompus crept in, opening his briefcase full of waking terrors. A collegial dinner turns nightmare when Frank finds himself zip-tied to Alex's furniture, and must face his fears if he plans to survive. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy    FringeNYC Flag - Pink FRI 12 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 13 @ 4:30  ||  WED 17 @ 8:30  ||  THU 25 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 1:00

The Long Rail North C.A.G.E. Theatre Company Writer: Michael Hagins Director: Brock H. Hill Private Thomas Morgan, a Black Union soldier, escapes via train with a Southern White girl he rescued from a plantation fire of a nearby Civil War battle. He will protect her from both Union and Confederate forces pursuing them...at all costs. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   FringeHIGH              FringeNYC Flag - Silver SAT 13 @ 4:45  ||  MON 15 @ 9:30  ||  SAT 20 @ 7:00  ||  TUE 23 @ 4:45 *  ||  SAT 27 @ 12:15

Serving Brûlée Writer: Soné Anandpara Director: Chelsea B. Lockie In our cooking show’s premiere episode, we explore how modern women batter & blister themselves into delectable, camera-ready perfection. Flawlessness is in! However, a tiny misstep reveals that its highly-coveted recipe comes with a dark secret. 50m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - Light Blue FRI 12 @ 7:30  ||  SUN 14 @ 3:00  ||  WED 17 @ 9:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 7:00  ||  WED 24 @ 9:00

Salome M-34 Writer: Oscar Wilde (trans. James Rutherford) Director: James Rutherford Choreographer: Jess Goldschmidt A cloud cuts across the face of the moon. A woman dances to kill. A clown king’s rule begins to crumble. A tragic parable of queer longing, SALOME is Oscar Wilde’s surreal symbolist masterpiece of forbidden desire and social destruction. Local   FringeBKLYN Drama   Dance / Physical Theatre    FringeBKLYN Irondale Center SAT 6 @ 8:00  ||  MON 8 @ 8:00  ||  WED 10 @ 8:00  ||  THU 11 @ 8:00  ||  FRI 12 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 13 @ 8:00  ||  MON 15 @ 8:00  ||  WED 17 @ 8:00  ||  THU 18 @ 8:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 8:00  ||  MON 22 @ 8:00  ||  WED 24 @ 8:00  ||  THU 25 @ 8:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 8:00

The Gibson Girl Writer: Mike Amato With a funeral to plan and a father losing his wits, disgraced writer David Alan Roach is barely holding onto his inheritance. But when a strange and beautiful fire performer appears, he stands to lose everything. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Silver SAT 13 @ 2:30  ||  THU 18 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 5:45  ||  FRI 26 @ 9:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 4:45

The Information War Synapse Theatre Ensemble Writer: Louis Aquiler & Chris D'Amato Director: Paul Mancini Is Alex Jones, famed alt-right conspiracy theorist, completely insane or a skilled con-man? Did Barack Obama turn the frogs gay? Have the Globalists taken over FringeNYC? Why has the entire world gone crazy? Find out in this dark satire! 1h 25m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Silver SAT 13 @ 9:15  ||  SUN 14 @ 5:45  ||  MON 22 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 2:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 2:00

OPENING NIGHT Devin and Kristina Comedy Writer: Kristina Grosspietsch and Devin O'Neill Director: Matt Alspaugh 8 characters played by 2 actresses experience 1 Broadway premiere very differently. Old Hollywood icons feud, stagehands flirt and everyone else? They’re just trying to keep up in this fast-paced homage to the theater. Anything can happen on OPENING NIGHT! 1h Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - White SUN 14 @ 7:00  ||  TUE 16 @ 9:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 9:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 5:15  ||  SUN 28 @ 1:45

SIMPLE MATH: solving for the neurobiology of assault Writer: Lisa Danielle Buch, with Music by Frank G. Schiro Director: Ben Stockman Choreographer: Maridee Slater (mentor x power) + (drive x trust) = Wh(y)-- An aspiring actress filled with chutzpah faces a confounding calculation when her trusted mentor is revealed to be a sexual predator. Using SIMPLE MATH she solves for “wh(y)” 1h 30m   National   FringeNYC Solo Show   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - Yellow SAT 13 @ 4:30  ||  THU 18 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 12:15 +  ||  FRI 26 @ 4:00  ||  SUN 28 @ 7:15

Do This One Thing for Me Jane Elias Writer: Jane Elias Director: Tracy Bersley My dad was taken from Greece and survived Auschwitz. All he wants now is to see his Janoula (that's me) happy (translation: married with children). Not happening. But could my trip to Poland better honor the family legacy? Let's go. 1h 15m   Local   FringeNYC Solo Show   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - Yellow SUN 14 @ NOON  ||  SAT 20 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 6:30  ||  THU 25 @ 4:30  ||  SAT 27 @ 4:30

The Elsewhere Ensemble Writer: stories by Anton Chekhov, Original Music and Adaptation by Colin Pip Dixon Director: Colin Pip Dixon Three unforgettable Chekhov stories come to life through music. Take a soaring ride through snowy Saint-Petersburg, down a treacherous slope, and into the mysteries of the heart. Powerful, funny, tender and heartbreaking. Two actors and a string trio. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Spoken Word/Poetry           FringeNYC Flag - Red TUE 16 @ 5:45  ||  WED 17 @ 7:45  ||  THU 18 @ 7:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 5:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 1:00

Observance Writer: Elyssa Nicole Trust Director: Susanna Wolk While studying abroad in Israel, Gabby transitions into a Ba’al Teshuvah, a non-religious Jewish person who becomes traditionally observant. Gabby's surprising shift to religious observance create shockwaves with her secular parents and boyfriend, who have difficulty understanding her new lifestyle. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy        FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue SAT 13 @ 2:15  ||  SUN 14 @ 12:30  ||  MON 15 @ 7:00  ||  THU 18 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 9:15

The Improvement Association Writer: Lucius Robinson Director: Lucius Robinson Concerned neighbor Mitchell Barnes has spent the last fourteen years defending his suburb from the forces of Hell. Now, a new threat forces Mitch to take to the cul-de-sac and reveal the demonic truth about the changeling boy next door. 45m      FringeNYC Solo Show   Drama

The Church Of St. Luke In The Fields Difficult Hour Writer: Jim Shankman Director: Jim Shankman Two NYC prep school kids who desperately need to connect. A solitary old man who is looking to bury his past. Three lost New Yorkers find each other one evening at the Church Of St. Luke In The Fields. 1h 25m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy        FringeNYC Flag - Silver SAT 13 @ 7:00  ||  MON 15 @ 4:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 2:45  ||  THU 25 @ 9:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 4:15

Salt PT Works Writer: Peter Turo An older boyfriend, that one ex, and a woman waiting for the R train who won't stop eating pistachios. Megan is having an increasingly not-normal night, even for New York. 1h 15m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy        FringeNYC Flag - Silver SUN 14 @ 8:00  ||  THU 18 @ 5:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 5:00  ||  WED 24 @ 9:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 7:00

The International Local: 7 This Is Not A Theatre Company Writer: Jenny Lyn Bader Director: Erin B. Mee International Local Trail: 7 invites audiences to participate in the multi-sensory experience of a site-specific audio play for the subway, and consider their role in the performance event that is the Big Apple. Download the Subway Plays app and begin! 60m   Local   FringeQNS Drama   Multi-Media           Podplay Download Now - iPhone  ||  Download Now - Android

(DE)CODED Starchild New Works Writer: Lizzie Guest Director: Melissa Mowry and Lizzie Guest Choreographer: N/A (DE)CODED is an ensemble absurdist comedy that follows high school senior Hannah, a video game nerd and social outcast, as she is zapped into her favorite simulation game to be tried for her crimes against virtual humanity. 1h 45m   National   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama        FringeNYC Flag - Orange FRI 12 @ 7:45  ||  SUN 14 @ 5:30  ||  MON 15 @ 5:30  ||  WED 17 @ 7:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 3:15

Grand Rounds P Pop & G Writer: Chris Adrian Director: Polly Noonan How do we make sense of the insensible? A physician teaching on the topic of “narrative medicine” finds the story line running amok. Caroline Luft performs this mordantly funny, heart-rending study of an unraveling psyche. 1h Local   FringeNYC Solo Show   Drama        FringeNYC Flag - Pink SUN 14 @ 3:30  ||  TUE 16 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 20 @ 8:45  ||  WED 24 @ 9:00  ||  SUN 28 @ 2:00

Crawling with Monsters Now Latino Theatre Initiatives Writer: Anonymous, with Interviews Anonymous college student storytellers craft a homemade docudrama to tell the story of the war next door. Come hear from the missing and the murdered (from just-across-the-border Mexico). Photographs, video, social media posts and live music tell their story. 1h 20m   National   FringeNYC Drama   Multi-Media        FringeNYC Flag - Silver WED 17 @ 4:45  ||  FRI 19 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 12:30 +  ||  SUN 21 @ 8:00  ||  TUE 23 @ 7:00

The Existence Formula The Juice Factory Writer: Sarah Rickman and devised by the company. Director: Or Benezra-Segal A dark comedic commentary on the unstoppable pace of life and the chaos of existence. Two unborn twins engage in a philosophical debate moments before birth. Years later, three strangers collide seconds before death. And in-between? Life somehow happens. 1h 10m   International   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Silver MON 22 @ 5:00  ||  TUE 23 @ 9:15  ||  WED 24 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 9:15  ||  SUN 28 @ NOON

A Step Beyond the Rain Art of Warr Writer: Merridith Allen Director: Joshua Warr A Step Beyond the Rain is about a failed singer who returns home to care for her ailing grandfather, and finds she must bury her own ghosts in order to give her dreams one more shot. 1h 40m   Local   FringeNYC Drama    FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue SAT 13 @ 11:45 AM  ||  MON 15 @ 4:30  ||  WED 17 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 9:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 2:15

33 (a kabarett) Big Empty Barn Productions Writer: Bremner Duthie Director: Dave Dawson Choreographer: Tracy Darin and Julie Tomaino The vanquished impresario of a ruined cabaret sings for his life. Celebrates the power of music and the courage to keep going. "Absolute joy to watch" (NoLaDefender). "Incredible one-man show" (PBS). "Stunning theatrical achievement" (Vue Magazine). FIVE STARS "Breathtaking" (Broadway Baby) 1h 10m   National   FringeNYC Musical/Opera   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - White SUN 14 @ 8:45  ||  TUE 16 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 5:30 +  ||  SAT 20 @ 5:30  ||  SUN 21 @ 8:30

Miserable Mrs. Madison Laughing Affairs Writer: Felicia Madison Director: Felicia Madison Choreographer: Felicia Madison Felicia's life is turned upside down when her parents send her to private school. Follow this funny and heartwarming journey of insecurity and guilt and eventual enlightenment after her father passes. 45m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama        FringeNYC Flag - Pink FRI 12 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 5:30  ||  TUE 16 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 4:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 7:00

An Attempt to Heal in the Contemporary World Institutional Quality Productions in Association with Beware of Sharks Productions Writer: David Tolchinsky Director: David Tolchinsky A man grapples with the feeling that something is wrong with his body although he can’t point to what, leading him to ponder the bizarre theories of 1950s rogue scientist Wilhelm Reich, as his marriage crumbles. A dark, screwball comedy. 2h National   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue TUE 16 @ 4:15  ||  THU 18 @ 9:15  ||  THU 25 @ 9:15  ||  SAT 27 @ 2:00  ||  SUN 28 @ NOON

One Christmas Eve Schondeikkan Productions in Association with The Journey Company Writer: Gretchen Cryer, Lynne Halliday, James Hindman, Arlene Hutton, and Craig Pospisil, Song by Gretchen Cryer Director: Chris Goutman Six interlinked stories in a Midwestern shopping mall on Christmas Eve - a time for last-minute choices and reckonings, regrets and laughter, second chances and flights of daring. 1h 20m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Dark Green FRI 12 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 7:30  ||  WED 17 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 7:15  ||  WED 24 @ 7:00

Eulalia: A Bedtime Story Pretty Bird Theater Company Writer: Sarah Cuneo, based on the writings of Infanta Eulalia of Spain Director: Brad Wilson What if moving forward meant losing what you love? Using toys, humor, and fairytale tropes, “Eulalia” tells the tragic, true story of a Spanish princess’ struggle for freedom. Life isn’t a fairytale, and sometimes the princess has to save herself. 45m   Local   FringeNYC Solo Show   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Yellow FRI 12 @ 8:45  ||  TUE 16 @ 3:45  ||  WED 17 @ 8:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 4:15  ||  MON 22 @ 3:30

There Has Possibly Been An Incident Mind The Gap Theatre Writer: Chris Thorpe Director: Paula D'Alessandris "Something has happened, or failed to happen. And I think I'm the only real person in this crowd." When life offers you a choice between heroism and compromise- how do you know you chose right? 1h 20m   Local   FringeNYC Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Red TUE 16 @ 3:45  ||  FRI 19 @ 7:15  ||  SAT 20 @ 2:45  ||  SUN 21 @ 6:30  ||  MON 22 @ 7:15

If It Isn't You Tess McGuinness Writer: Tess McGuinness Sophie's first love was the piano, then it was Charlie. A temporal exploration of a college relationship, an honest confrontation with the "boy meets girl" trope that examines how perfect beginnings sometimes have disastrous ends. Local   FringeQNS Comedy   Drama           FringeQNS The Secret Theatre THUR 25 @ 10:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 3:00  ||  MON 29 @ 6:00  ||  WED 31 @ 2:00

Saps Gregg Greenberg Productions Writer: Gregg Greenberg Director: Michael Rispoli The McKenna brothers receive a life-changing offer on their maple farm from a mysterious Wall Street buyer. Will the sale of their family syrup business sweeten their strained relationship or tear the two apart? Let’s just say it gets sticky. 1h 45m   Local   FringeNYC Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Silver FRI 12 @ 9:15  ||  SUN 14 @ 3:15  ||  THU 18 @ 9:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 1:00  ||  THU 25 @ 7:00

Turned On Writer: Michelle Bergamo Director: Gerry Appel Just days before her wedding, Sophia's life is turned upside-down when her friend, Megan, uncovers a major secret. An unconventional romantic comedy with a few big shocks, this play proves there's more to love than meets the eye. 1h 35m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue FRI 12 @ 7:30  ||  SAT 13 @ 4:30  ||  SUN 14 @ 7:00  ||  WED 17 @ 4:30  ||  SAT 20 @ 12:30

Escape Writer: Deya Danielle Drake Director: Lynnsey Ooten In the aftermath of a violent incident on a commercial jet, an airline CEO and Flight Attendant battle to control the narrative of a turbulent newscycle. "Control your story. Or other people will do it for you." A comedic drama with a tailwind. 1h 35m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Multi-Media           FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue SAT 20 @ 9:45  ||  SUN 21 @ 4:45  ||  TUE 23 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 4:30  ||  SAT 27 @ 9:30

The Shape Of A Girl New Zenith Theatre Writer: Joan MacLeod Director: Ed Wierzbicki, Producer: Cortney Novella, Designer: Ethan Sepa, Music: Doug Sobon Fifteen year old Braidie knows that bullying is wrong, but her best friend keeps picking on the awkward girl who only wants to belong. This gripping one-woman play examines teen aggression and a girl’s inner struggle with inaction. 1h 5m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   FringeHIGH        FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue TUE 23 @ 5:00  ||  WED 24 @ 9:30  ||  FRI 26 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ NOON *  ||  SUN 28 @ 7:30

Jackie and Johnny and the Whoracle Named Daphne Not the Normal Productions, in collaboration with Dry with a Twist Theatrics Writer: Kevin P. Joyce In this zippy, zany, and campy new comedy, a con man, a drag queen, and a hooker set up a psychic salon to get out of trouble with the mob. An irreverent and introspective romp about life, loss, and crabs. 2h 5m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama              FringeNYC Flag - Purple FRI 12 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 9:00  ||  THU 25 @ 9:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 6:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 6:00

The War Party Odelia Avadi & Jennifer Piech Pasbjerg in Association with One Viking Productions, Inc. Writer: Vincent Delaney Director: Don Stephenson; Assoc. Dir.: Amanda Kate Joshi It's 3am, election night, and the just-defeated senator and her young volunteer are locked in a vicious booze-fueled game of cat and mouse. When FDR's ghost arrives, everything we think we know is turned upside down! 1h 38m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Purple SUN 14 @ 4:30  ||  MON 15 @ 7:30  ||  WED 17 @ 9:30  ||  SUN 21 @ 9:45  ||  TUE 23 @ 7:30

Mary V Writer: Rebekah Carrow with help from William Shakespeare Director: Anna Rebek As the Henry V cast prepares for opening night, Mary V and her band of sisters arrive to stake their claim to the stage. But what are the consequences of power? Is leadership inherently masculine? Is violence? A timely investigation. With swordplay. 2h 10m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Orange FRI 12 @ 4:45  ||  MON 15 @ 2:30  ||  TUE 16 @ 7:15  ||  FRI 19 @ 7:15  ||  SUN 28 @ 11:45 AM

ONAJE Writer: Robert Bowie, Jr. Director: Pat Golden Picking up an eccentric hitchhiker, a headstrong cowboy and spirited waitress discover they're all inextricably linked by the past. Set in Maryland 1980 and 1967's civil rights riots, ONAJE traces the long journey from violent racism to a hopeful future. 1h 45m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Dark Green SAT 13 @ 7:00  ||  TUE 16 @ 9:45  ||  THU 18 @ 9:30  ||  SAT 20 @ 2:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 7:00

CrowPlay Invulnerable Nothings Writer: devised by the company The Irish Badb, intelligence studies around corvidae neurobiology from University Tubingen, marginalia from Edgar Allan Poe, and western Murder Ballads all collide in CrowPlay, as a conspiracy of ravens leads the audience through an expanding series of ritual and tableau. Local   FringeBKLYN Multi-Media   Drama              FringeBKLYN - Bushwick Industrial FRI 5 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 6 @ 8:00  ||  FRI 12 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 13 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 8:00

Skylar Theatrical Gems Writer: Jonathan G Galvez Director: Kristen Keim When Skylar, a trans high school student, ends up in the hospital after being attacked during a school dance, their girlfriend, father, and teacher consider the events that led them there 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   FringeHIGH           FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue TUE 16 @ 8:45  ||  SUN 21 @ NOON *  ||  THU 25 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 4:45  ||  SUN 28 @ 5:15

Almelem Gideon Productions Writer: Sean Williams Director: Jordana Williams ALMELEM is a biblical backstager, set in the first century C.E., about a small group of con artists and true disciples fumbling toward the greatest story ever told. From the team behind FringeNYC hits VIRAL, HAIL SATAN, and FLEET WEEK. Local   FringeBKLYN Drama   Comedy           FringeBKLYN The Brick Theater FRI 12 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 13 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 2:00  ||  MON 15 @ 7:00  ||  THU 18 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 2:00  ||  THU 25 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 27 @ 7:00

The Beautiful JBW Productions Writer: Jonathon Ward, adapted from a Nathaniel Hawthorne story Director: Emily Tetzlaff Owen urges Annie to run away with him to Paris to rediscover the beauty she has hidden from her blacksmith husband. Will she accept Owen's gift of freedom? Will he love the beauty she reveals to him? 55m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Comedy              FringeNYC Flag - Red SAT 13 @ 5:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 4:45  ||  FRI 26 @ 7:15  ||  SAT 27 @ 8:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 1:15

The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley Untitled Theater Company No. 61 Writer: Edward Einhorn Director: Edward Einhorn The TRUE STORY of a 1920's CON MAN who made a fortune selling his impotence cure: surgically implanted GOAT TESTICLES. He then became a radio star and a successful POLITICIAN. A Brechtian parable about AMERICAN GREATNESS, told with COUNTRY MUSIC. 2h Local   FringeNYC Drama   Musical/Opera           FringeNYC Flag - Orange FRI 12 @ 2:15  ||  SUN 14 @ 3:00  ||  THU 18 @ 7:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 5:45  ||  SUN 28 @ 6:45

Stranger Than A Rhino Little Joe Productions Writer: Robert Siegel Director: William Roudebush A director turns Ionesco's Rhinoceros inside out to reflect our paranoia about Muslims. As rehearsals progress and the new Rhino emerges,the tension between cast and play reveals a startling conclusion about our recent past. 1h 30m   National   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama        FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue FRI 12 @ 5:15  ||  SUN 14 @ 9:30  ||  WED 17 @ 9:30  ||  FRI 19 @ 4:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 7:30

Ferry Play This Is Not A Theatre Company Writer: Jessie Bear Director: Erin B. Mee Ferry Play, heralded as “spirited, meditative…mesmerizing” by The New York Times, invites audiences to participate in the multi-sensory experience of a site-specific audio play for the Staten Island Ferry. Download the Ferry Play app and start your journey! 40m   Local   FringeSI Drama   Multi-Media           Podplay Download Now - iPhone  ||  Download Now - Android

Cracks Writer: Jacob Marx Rice Director: Anna Strasser Nicole is trying to unboil an egg. Kat is trying to stop Global Warming. When romance sparks between the two, Nicole must confront the explosive ending of her last relationship, with the help of a giant egg named Humpty Dumpty. 1h 15m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Dark Blue FRI 19 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 20 @ 3:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 7:15  ||  WED 24 @ 5:00  ||  FRI 26 @ 9:00

(Mary) Moderately Well Known Productions Writer: Steve Silvestri Director: Andrew Guarisco ANNOUNCEMENTS: *Gus Perkins, your father will pick you up at 5:30. *Ritter, your application for "Poet Laureate" is incomplete without a last name. Also, the position does not exist. *Junior Prom is tonight! The theme is "Memories"! 1h 20m   Local   FringeNYC Comedy   Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Light Blue SAT 13 @ 3:15  ||  MON 15 @ 9:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 7:15  ||  SAT 27 @ 4:45

Starcrossed Ticking Clock Theatre Writer: Rachel Garnet In this Romeo and Juliet re-imagining, Tybalt and Mercutio now fill the roles of the star-crossed lovers. Constructed around Shakespeare's original dialogue and expanded upon, two beloved characters get new life in a world where their sexuality has no voice. 1h Local   FringeNYC Drama   Spoken Word/Poetry        FringeNYC Flag - Purple SAT 13 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 2:45  ||  THU 18 @ 7:30  ||  TUE 23 @ 9:45  ||  WED 24 @ 9:30

The Yellow Wallpaper Writer: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Adapted by Caitlin Ort Director: Caitlin Ort Choreographer: Caitlin Ort "I kept still and watched the wallpaper. The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out." Haunting and provocative, this adaptation combines the classic text with contemporary dance to examine toxic masculinity. 40m   Local   FringeNYC Drama   Dance / Physical Theatre              FringeNYC Flag - Red SUN 14 @ 2:30  ||  MON 15 @ 7:15  ||  SUN 21 @ 8:45  ||  SAT 27 @ 5:30  ||  SUN 28 @ 3:00

Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life The Salvage Company Writer: Dean Poynor Director: Joshua William Gelb After losing their child in a school shooting, Rebecca and Brian navigate a series of support group meetings for grieving parents, and must learn to live with their grief- and with each other- in this immersive, timely production. 1h 15m   Local   FringeNYC Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Purple SUN 14 @ 7:00  ||  WED 17 @ 7:30  ||  WED 24 @ 7:30  ||  FRI 26 @ 8:00  ||  SUN 28 @ 4:00 +

Not a Gift Zemi Dance Theatre Writer: Peter Myette Director: Heather Lanza In 1968 a presidential candidate called for compassion and sacrifice and the people cheered. Robert Kennedy's visceral embrace of those with little fueled a confrontational challenge to those with much. A racially diverse female cast bridges the distance between memorial and manifesto. 1h 40m   Local   FringeNYC Drama    FringeNYC Flag - Silver SAT 13 @ NOON  ||  MON 15 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 9:15  ||  MON 22 @ 9:15  ||  FRI 26 @ 4:30

AFTER BURN GARSHMAN PRODUCTIONS LLC Writer: Barbara J. Garshman Director: Suzanne Karpinski Based on interviews with combat soldiers returning to NYC from Iraq in 2005, this is the story of three men and one woman, all from the same squad, who discover that their biggest battle has just begun. 1h 30m   Local   FringeNYC Drama           FringeNYC Flag - Silver FRI 12 @ 7:00  ||  SUN 14 @ 1:00  ||  WED 17 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 19 @ 4:45  ||  SAT 20 @ 9:15

I Want a Country HDGP PRODUCTIONS and The Greek Cultural Center Writer: Andreas Flourakis Director: Lyto Triantafyllidou A group of people immediately, collectively and actively strive to create a new country. In the aftermath of a social crisis, they can only wonder: will the future bring hope or despair? 1h 15m   International   FringeNYC Drama   Performance Art           FringeNYC Flag - Orange SAT 20 @ 4:00  ||  SUN 21 @ 8:15  ||  THU 25 @ 7:15  ||  SAT 27 @ 4:15

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