Drama

K THEATER K - Theater Company Writer: Saehwan ( Ian ) Lim Director: Saehwan ( Ian ) Lim " K-Pop, K-Drama, K-Theater...the dark side of Korean society " Local   FringeMN Drama   Comedy        FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse FRI 25 @ 7:30  ||  SAT 26 @ 4:00  ||  SUN 27 @ 4:00

The Four of Us Putnam Manor Prod. Writer: Itamar Moses Director: Renata Soares & Emilio Maxwell Cerci The Four of Us follows Ben, whose first novel vaults him into literary stardom, and his friend David, a struggling playwright, who is thrilled by Ben's success...and crushed by it. From the dreams of aspiring youth to the realities of adulthood. Local   FringeBKLYN Drama   Comedy    FringeBKLYN - Irondale Center THU 17 @ 7:30  ||  FRI 18 @ 5:00  ||  SAT 19 @ 5:00  ||  SAT 19 @ 7:30

The Desert Rose Writer: Celeste Lanuza, Cynthia Morales and Federico Lanuza - Lyrics by Federico Lanuza and Celeste Lanuza Director: Celeste Lanuza and Eddie Gutierrez Choreographer: Celeste Lanuza The Desert Rose musical developmental world premiere, reveals the dangerous journey when assimilation compromises one’s identity. Challenging realities of multi-dimensional Latinx culture, are overcome through rediscovery of family, love and heritage. Featuring original live music, dynamic choreography and English-Spanish narrative. Local   FringeMN Musical/Opera   Drama        FringeMN - Kraine SUN 27 @ 7:00

A Conversation Before 2016 Randy Cordero Writer: Randy Cordero Director: Gregg Pica Set in early 2015, a libertarian conspiracy theorist and a centrist who works at the World Trade Organization, who just happen to be dating one another, argue politics amidst trying to resolve a grievance caused by an almost endearingly disastrous relationship mistake on the part of the boyfriend. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama        FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse WED 9 @ 7:30  ||  THU 10 @ 7:30  ||  FRI 11 @ 7:30

MISTRESSES The Infinity Theatre Group Writer: Liz Linkewitz Director: Liz Linkewitz A female cast shares the untold stories of real and alleged Presidential mistresses in this exploration of what it means to be "The Other" woman. From Monica Lewinsky to Kay Summersby, this play features women whose personal narratives rewrite history. Local   FringeMN Drama   Comedy              FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse SAT 26 @ 9:30

HI MOM! Monologues from the Characters of Climate Change Naked Light Writer: Reed Arnold, Lucero Ruiz De Chavez, Laura Delhauer, Micah Delhauer, Jamie Roach & Jason C Stuart Director: Laura Delhauer & Jonathan Zautner HI MOM! amplifies the voices and stories of the characters affected by climate change. Sometimes comical, sometimes heartbreaking, their stories present an insight into this global threat and seek to connect, inspire and motivate.    FringeMN Drama   Comedy        FringeMN - Kraine SAT 5 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 12 @ 8:00

FringeCLUB - Playing Opossum Bellhop Productions Writer: Ephraim Birney and Ryan Quigley On the eve of their first live performance, an amateur rock band falls down a pit of ridiculous debate and intense self-discovery as they wait for their sound board to start up. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama              FringeCLUB - Nuyorican MON 28 @ 6:30  ||  TUE 29 @ 6:30  ||  WED 30 @ 6:30

FringeCLUB - Nancy & the band Nancy McArthur in Collaboration with Omar Alsayyed and Ariana Taveras A generous blend of folk, rock, and melancholy. Sure to lull you into a dreamscape, open up your floodgates, and make your heart drool. We'll tell a joke for comic relief, then give you room to wallow in your grief. Local   FringeMN Musical/Opera   Drama           FringeCLUB - Nuyorican SAT 26 @ 2:00  ||  SUN 27 @ NOON

FringeCLUB - Sincerity Go, Potato! Productions Writer: Lila Elias Director: Gineiris Garcia Maggie and Jude wait patiently on the beach. Kate’s boat will dock any minute now. First developed and staged at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket as part of the Nantucket Emerging Theatre Artists Lab. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama    FringeCLUB - Nuyorican THU 24 @ 4:30  ||  FRI 25 @ 4:30

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Lone Star Theatre Co Writer: David Davila Director: Sidney Erik Wright Like two doomed stars circling a black hole, Michael and Harry can't seem to stay away from each other even as they burn toward oblivion. Psychosexual desires are torn apart in this explosive Daddy/Son romance. ***WARNING: violence and nudity*** Local   FringeMN Drama       FringeMN - UNDER St. Marks THU 10 @ 8:00  ||  SAT 12 @ 8:15  ||  WED 16 @ 9:00  ||  THU 24 @ 10:00  ||  MON 28 @ 8:30

PIE LESSONS Days of the Giants LLC Writer: Carrie Robbins Director: Jonathan Cerullo A TEACHER FROM THE "OLD COUNTRY" BELIEVES EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL TO RAISING A CHILD WELL. HE APPLIES HIS PEDAGOGIES TO HIS DAUGHTER, CHOOSING AFTERDINNER AS BEST LESSON TIME. BUT SOMETIMES DESSERT GETS IN THE WAY. HOMEMADE PIE AND KLEZMER SERVED. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama        FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse FRI 25 @ 9:30  ||  SAT 26 @ 1:00  ||  SUN 27 @ 6:00  ||  WED 30 @ 7:30  ||  THU 31 @ 7:30  ||  FRI NOV 1 @ 7:30  ||  SAT NOV 2 @ 1:00  ||  SUN NOV 3 @ 1:00

The Thin Man in the Cherry Orchard Everson/Coleman Writer: Bambi Everson Director: Job Ethan Christenson Dashiell Hammet's hard-boiled, glamorously pickled American sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles, meet the stoic inhabitants of Chekhov's Russian tundra. Naturally, a murder, and hilarity, ensues. Can Nick solve the crime before they run out of vodka? A charmingly sardonic mashup. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama              FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse THU 17 @ 7:30  ||   FRI 18 @ 7:30  ||  SAT 19 @ 7:30  ||  SUN 20 @ 4:00

FringeCLUB - MEDEA/BRITNEY presented by James Clements, Sophia Frank and Pablo Caldéron-Santiago Writer: Original Text by James Clements, with text from "Medea" by Euripides, translated by Robin Robertson, "MEDEAPLAY" by Heiner Muller and Vanessa Grigoria Director: James Clements, Performed by Sophia Frank, Production Design by Pablo Caldéron-Santiago A multi-media piece, MEDEA/BRITNEY juxtaposes the story of Medea with the tragedy and public consumption of Britney Spears. The performance explores the idea of proper femininity, the performative properties of public female bodies and the mythology of motherhood. Local   FringeMN Drama   Multi-Media    FringeCLUB - Nuyorican MON 14 @ 7:45  ||  TUE 15 @ 7:45  ||  WED 16 @ 7:45

Transfiguration The Arts Press Writer: Michael Miller Director: Graydon Gund You'll find Ralph lunching on sushi and sake—all deluxe. His neighbors were shooting each other dead in the street this morning. He alone survived. He kept his cool, but a guy has to move on, doesn't he? Local   FringeMN Solo Show   Drama              FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse SAT 12 @ 7:30  ||  SUN 13 @ 2:00

All About Image/We are The Elite Second Wing Writer: Marcina Zaccaria Director: Tony Tambasco Photographers, Videographers, Assistants, and their Subjects are under scrutiny. Capturing images, they affirm their aesthetics. What they see is under critique. What they present is a complete outpouring of their entire vision. National   FringeMN Multi-Media   Drama        FringeMN - Kraine THU 3 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 4 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 5 @ 5:15  ||  SUN 6 @ 5:30

SAVANA GLACIAL ut patet theater company Writer: Jo Bilac Director: Marina Montesanti A dark comedy that dives into a dangerous love triangle between a writer, his wife and their neighbor. In a world in which reality is just another game, not even the audience knows what's real. Everything is fiction, except the pain. Local   FringeBKLYN Drama   Comedy           FringeBKLYN - Irondale Center WED 23 @ 8:00  ||  THU 24 @ 8:00  ||  WED 30 @ 8:00

Nothing Human Cross-Eyed Bear Productions Writer: Duncan Pflaster Director: Aliza Shane In 2011, a computer programmer named Alberto is developing an AI to deal with his survivors' guilt and paranoia from escaping 9/11; meanwhile his brother Alex, who thinks Alberto’s dead, is developing a screenplay about the human capacity for evil. Local   FringeMN Drama   Multi-Media              FringeMN - Chain Mainstage TUE 15 @ 7:00  ||  WED 16 @ 7:00  ||  THU 17 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 18 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 19 @ 7:00  ||  THU 24 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 26 @ 7:00

You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again Writer: Zach Stephens A new comedy about the woman who brought you Taxi Driver, The Sting, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind from the people who brought you nothing like that yet. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama    FringeMN - Metropolitan Playhouse WED 23 @ 7:30  ||  THU 24 @ 7:30  ||  SAT 26 @ 7:30  ||  SUN 27 @ 1:00

No Hablo Español: MixTape of a MexiCan’t Happily Bohemian Writer: Mateo Moreno Director: David Rey Understand the culture of me, not the culture of what you expect me to be. My story is the story of one Mexican, in a sea of Americans, and they all speak better Spanish than me. Welcome to my Mixtape. Local   FringeMN Solo Show   Drama              FringeMN - Chain Studio TUE 29 @ 8:30  ||  WED 30 @ 8:30  ||  FRI NOV 1 @ 8:30  ||  SAT NOV 2 @ 5:00  ||  SUN NOV 3 @ 2:00

FringeCLUB - Marshall Epic Theatre Writer: Kevin Broccoli Director: Kevin Broccoli A human and an android face off in an audition to see whether technology can create art, or if it's still a job strictly for humans. National   FringeMN Comedy   Drama              FringeCLUB - Nuyorican TUE 22 @ 6:30  ||  WED 23 @ 6:30

140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER Nasus Media Writer: Susan Lieu, Performed by Susan Lieu Director: Sara Porkalob Susan's mother dies from plastic surgery malpractice when Susan was 11 years old. Nineteen years later, Susan reaches out to the killer's family -- uncovering the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty. National   FringeMN Solo Show   Drama           FringeMN - Kraine THU 17 @ 8:30  ||  FRI 18 @ 6:30  ||  SAT 19 @ 8:30  ||  SUN 20 @ 2:00

Bootstraps Writer: Kathryn Funkhouser Director: Chris Morrissey The reality show Bootstraps was cancelled weeks ago, and nobody told the cast. So why are they still on set? Just because there's no game doesn't mean there can't be a winner. A dark comedy about power and perception. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama              FringeMN - Chain Mainstage TUE 22 @ 8:30  ||  WED 23 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 26 @ 2:00  ||  SUN 27 @ 5:00  ||  MON 28 @ 6:00

Shelter In Place Playful Substance Writer: Raphael Perahia Director: Raphael Perahia When the fire alarm goes off in Jahoose's Adult Education Drawing class (Mondays at 4:00pm) the FDNY issues a mysterious command to "Shelter In Place". Five misfits realize that they are more invested in one another's lives than they expected. Local   FringeMN Comedy   Drama              FringeMN - UNDER St. Marks THU 24 @ 7:00  ||  FRI 25 @ 7:00  ||  SAT 26 @ 7:00  ||  THU 31 @ 7:00  ||  FRI NOV 1 @ 7:30  ||  SAT NOV 2 @ 7:30

David's Play ExpressLane Productions Writer: Tom Rowan Director: Greg Pragel A group of close college friends reunites in New York to celebrate a milestone. Can a recently discovered manuscript get their lives back on track? A serious comedy about love, loss, musical theatre, and the power of friendship. Local   FringeMN Drama   Comedy        FringeMN - Chain Mainstage SUN 27 @ 8:00  ||  TUE 29 @ 6:00  ||  THU 31 @ 8:30  ||  SAT NOV 2 @ 2:00  ||  SUN NOV 3 @ 4:00

FringeCLUB - Lifers Kat Scott in Association with Bellwether Project Writer: Kat Scott Director: Bellwether Project Lifers: An Autobiographical multi-media piece of a sober queer person's intersection with abuse processed through their experience with the real-life events of three women in wrongfully convicted life sentences. A staged reading workshop with Bellwether Project, Kat Scott's first play. Local   FringeMN Drama   Multi-Media           FringeCLUB - Nuyorican MON 14 @ 6:30  ||  TUE 15 @ 6:30  ||  WED 16 @ 6:30

REEKING of INDISCRETION: Madame X's Allerton ptmcplaywriting.com Writer: Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc Director: Patrick Aran Madame X declared Robert Allerton Chicago's most eligible bachelor in 1906. His relationship with her & John Gregg, his longtime-companion,adopted-as-an-adult son are imagined in correspondence. An epistolary intrigue of historical truth, fiction & LGBTQ issues. Local   FringeMN Spoken Word/Poetry   Drama              FringeMN - Chain Studio MON 7 @ 8:30  ||  WED 9 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 12 @ 8:30  ||  SUN 13 @ 1:00  ||  MON 14 @ 8:30  ||  WED 16 @ 8:30  ||  FRI 18 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 19 @ 1:00  ||  SUN 20 @ 1:00  ||  MON 21 @ 8:30

Blood & Water Writer: Rachel Brill Director: Page Clements Blood & Water is Romeo and Juliet meets the Israeli Palestinian conflict, in modern NYC.  It is the true story of a Jewish woman who fell in love with a Palestinian man. Forced to confront their beliefs, families, and society. International   FringeMN Solo Show   Drama        FringeMN - UNDER St. Marks FRI 4 @ 8:30  ||  SAT 5 @ 8:30  ||  SUN 13 @ 7:00  ||  TUE 15 @ 7:00

WOLFPACK 534 Theater Company Writer: Jack Saleeby developed with Emilio Maxwell Cerci Director: Emilio Maxwell Cerci Discovering who you are is scary enough. Showing who you are can be even more terrifying. WOLFPACK sinks its teeth into just how hard it is to be vulnerable and truthful to those who helped shape you. Local   FringeBKLYN Drama              FringeBKLYN - Irondale Center WED 16 @ 8:30  ||  THU 17 @ 5:00  ||  FRI 18 @ 7:30

Back to top

ALL

#

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z