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Saving Throw Versus Love Rhetorical Question Players Writer: Larry Brenner Director: Dann Fink Carol thinks her fiancee Sam goes to a weekly poker game. But Sam has a terrible secret-he’s a seventh level Elven thief. Will Carol be able to accept Sam’s hobby? And can Grolock the Barbarian slay the evil Werewolf? 1h 40m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Comedy       Staycation: Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   Outer Space Zombie Adventure    www.savingthrowvslove.viviti.com/    VENUE #10: Players Theatre           Sun 15 @ 4  Wed 18 @ 2  Fri 20 @ 2:15  Sat 21 @ 7  Tue 24 @ 9

SCARED SKINNY: a one (hundred pound lighter) woman show Small Pond Entertainment Writer: Mary Dimino Director: Lisa Milinazzo Fat kids playing with Quija Boards. Perverted Grandmothers. Mutant genitalia. Boyfriends trying to off themselves in Mister Softee Trucks. What in God's name? Growing up flabby, funny and afraid in an Italian family from Queens. Come laugh your fat off. 1h 17m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Solo Show   Comedy    Staycation: Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)   Culinary Capers    www.scared-skinny.com    VENUE #8: Tom Noonan's Paradise Factory           Fri 13 @ 7  Sat 14 @ 3  Sun 15 @ 5  Tue 17 @ 9:30  Thu 19 @ 9:30  Sat 21 @ 5

The Scavenger's Daughter Ar Dair Dog and Drama Co. Writer: Colm Magner The Irish are drinking, the funeral's afoot. Finnegan's body floats down the river. And every hour as the mourners' cars swoosh by on their way to the cathedral, the dogs who live beside the highway watch each other, and talk. 1h 10m   Local   Bronx, New York    Comedy   Drama    Staycation: Through Heaven & Hell   Rock and Roll Rebellion    www.thescavengersdaughter.org    VENUE #4: 4th Street Theatre           Thu 19 @ 5:30  Sat 21 @ 8:30  Tue 24 @ 4  Wed 25 @ 10  Sat 28 @ NOON

The Secretaries TOSOS Writer: The Five Lesbian Brothers--Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron Director: Mark Finley Choreographer: n/a Join this cult of murderous Slim-Fast drinking, high-heel wearing, big-haired secretaries who work the desks of the Cooney Lumber Mill in Big Bone, Oregon. It's just like your office, only with chainsaws. 1h 30m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Comedy   Comedy    Staycation: Summer Camp(y)   In Someone Else's Shoes    www.thesecretariestosos.com    VENUE #12: Lucille Lortel Theatre           Fri 20 @ 7:45  Mon 23 @ 6:30  Tue 24 @ 7:15  Thu 26 @ 2:15  Sun 29 @ NOON

A Separate Peace Running Horse Productions Writer: John Knowles (based on his novel), adapted by Brian Foyster Director: Jason McConnell Buzas Gene was an introverted academic. Phineas was a handsome, daredevil athlete. Their lives collided at school one summer and boys at play became men on the brink of war. "Vividly alive ... heartbreakingly beautiful." -Los Angeles Times 1h 15m   National   Los Angeles, CA    Solo Show   FringeHIGH    Staycation: Literary Lane   Battleground Tour    www.aseparatepeace.info    VENUE #2: Connelly Theater           Sun 15 @ 7:45  Wed 18 @ 6:45  Wed 25 @ 2  Fri 27 @ 4:45  Sat 28 @ 2:30*

SHAHEED: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto Off-Chance Productions Writer: Anna Khaja Director: Heather De Michele Award-winning writer and performer Anna Khaja depicts eight characters who illuminate the lives and historical forces surrounding slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto. These people form the prism through which we view this enigmatic international figure in her final moments. 1h 30m   National   Los Angeles, CA    Solo Show   Drama    Staycation: Political Junket   In Someone Else's Shoes    www.ShaheedThePlay.com    VENUE #1: Dixon Place           Fri 13 @ 11  Sat 21 @ 6:45  Thu 26 @ 5:30  Sat 28 @ 9  Sun 29 @ 2

Shh! New Exhibition Room Writer: Created by the Ensemble, Theo Goodell, A. Nora Long and Dawn M. Simmons Director: A. Nora Long Psst! Shh! needs you to shout what you can’t say, think, or do in America and all the cheeky, contradictory, offensive and constitutionally questionable gore of censorship. Warning: contains nudity, violence, adult language and catchy tunes. 1h 15m   National   Boston, MA    Comedy   Improv/Sketch/Stand-up    Staycation: In Someone Else's Shoes   Fantasy Island Excursion    www.newexhibitionroom.org    VENUE #14: The Cherry Pit           Thu 26 @ 7:15  Fri 27 @ 1  Fri 27 @ 10:15  Sat 28 @ 2:45  Sat 28 @ 9:30

SHINE: A Burlesque Musical The Wet Spots Writer: Cass King, John Woods (The Wet Spots) and Sam Dulmage Director: Roger Benington SHINE is a tassel-twirling original musical about an infamous downtown burlesque theater and the family of talented misfits who try to save it from demolition or worse - respectability. 2h 0m   International   Vancouver , Canada    Musical   Vaudeville/Sideshow/Magic/Burlesque    Staycation: "Lingerie and DVD" Store   Backstage    www.shinemusical.com    VENUE #7: The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA           Fri 13 @ 8:15  Sat 14 @ NOON  Mon 23 @ 9:45  Thu 26 @ 2  Sat 28 @ 2

SOUTH BEACH RAPTURE The Plum Writer: David Caudle Director: Michelle Bossy A sultry night. A deserted beach. Meteors streak the sky. A pretty New York socialite encounters two very different men. But which meeting was written in the stars? The forty-ish artist, or the sexy Latino? Or both? 1h 30m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Drama   Comedy    Staycation: Fantasy Island Excursion   My NYC Story    www.southbeachrapture.com    VENUE #1: Dixon Place           Sun 15 @ 7  Sat 21 @ 11  Sun 22 @ 4:15  Mon 23 @ 3:45  Wed 25 @ 7:45

SOUTH PATHETIC New Conservatory Theatre Center Of San Francisco/Trash de Blanc Writer: Jim David Director: Peter Smith An unemployed comedian directs North Carolina's worst community theatre in "Streetcar Named Desire." Blanche played by "family values" crusader, Stella's a stripper, Stanley's a porn star. Nominee Outstanding Solo Show, San Francisco Theatre Critics. "Hilarious." - SF Weekly "Sidesplitting." - TalkinBroadway.com 1h 15m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Comedy   Solo Show    Staycation: Backstage   Down South & Out West    www.jimdavid.com    VENUE #8: Tom Noonan's Paradise Factory           Sat 14 @ 5:15  Sun 15 @ 7:15  Mon 16 @ 10  Wed 18 @ 6  Fri 20 @ 7  Sat 21 @ 3

Spellbound- A Musical Adventure Mind The Art Entertainment & Robert R. Blume Writer: Paul Deakin & Christian De Gré; Music, Lyrics & Orchestrations by Paul Deakin & Christian De Gré Set in a fantasy world of magic, wizards, and warlocks, Spellbound is a musical for all ages. Join Herianne on her adventure through mystical lands to rescue her family and fulfill her life-long ambition to become a Grand Wizard. 1h 55m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Musical   Drama    Staycation: Fantasy Island Excursion   Time Traveler    www.SpellboundTheMusical.com    VENUE #7: The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA           Sun 15 @ 5:45  Wed 18 @ 5:45  Wed 25 @ 2:30  Thu 26 @ 7  Fri 27 @ 10:15

Squeeze the Dollar, Change Your Life Writer: Sigal Shoham Director: David Ford Ever suspect that other people are having better sex than you? Are you embarrassed to say how much you earn? Are you being just like your mother? Put your life in San Francisco Guru Dr. Amelia's hands. Squeeze and a path opens. 1h 5m   National   San Francisco, CA    Solo Show   Comedy    Staycation: Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)   Backstage    www.facebook.com/SqueezetheDollar    VENUE #15: The Studio @ Cherry Lane Theatre           Sat 14 @ 1:45  Tue 17 @ 2  Wed 18 @ 6:15  Sat 21 @ 9:30  Mon 23 @ 7:45

STAND FAST Barrow Street Productions Writer: Ron Brawer & Tom Wirtshafter Director: Michael Page HOTTY-TODDY! GOSH-ALMIGHTY! To save his political dynasty, Mississippi Governor Jerry Davis plunges his National Guard into a War on Nutria (swamp rats), thereby thrusting the President -- and one Strangelovian General -- into a Constitutional miasma. Stand fast, America. 1h 30m   Local   New York, NY    Comedy   Multi-Media    Staycation:    Down South & Out West    VENUE #17: HERE Arts Center- Mainstage Theater           Fri 13 @ 5  Sun 15 @ 7  Fri 20 @ 9:45  Sat 21 @ 5:30  Thu 26 @ 7

Standing Up: Bathroom Talk & Other Stuff We Learn From Dad Only40Entertainment Writer: Tracey Conyer Lee Director: Kevin R. Free A thirtysomething waitress challenges her lost-soul father to say goodbye to his dying mother. Hilarity ensues. Open-wound truthtelling kills careers and saves lives in this love letter to crazy and testament to getting sane. And there's poop! 1h 25m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Solo Show   Comedy    Staycation: Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   Through Heaven & Hell    www.tleestandingup.blogspot.com    VENUE #10: Players Theatre           Tue 17 @ 2  Mon 23 @ 10  Wed 25 @ 5:15  Fri 27 @ 9:15  Sat 28 @ 4:45

Strange Love in Outer Space The Contasia Players Writer: Janyia Antrum, Music by Nick Morgan Director: Christopher Mirto A one-armed, four-eyed alien princess. A four-mile-long, mad-scientist worm. It was love at first fight ... until a bloodthirsty merman and a doggish pirate stole their hearts away! Love just got a whole lot stranger in this new musical! 1h 0m   National   New Haven, CT    Musical   Comedy    Staycation: Outer Space Zombie Adventure   Ride the Rollercoaster of Love    www.strangeloveinouterspace.com    VENUE #14: The Cherry Pit           Sat 14 @ 2:15  Tue 17 @ 10:30  Thu 19 @ 8  Sat 21 @ 5:30  Mon 23 @ 4

Stripes: The Mystery Circus Wayward Productions Writer: Sarah Hayward, in collaboration with Marguerite Witvoet Director: Johanna Mercer, Music Director: Marguerite Witvoet Choreographer: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg People-pleasing Pollyhymnia will do anything to get into the circus. She brazenly reinvents eight iconic circus acts: The Two-Headed Lady, High-Wired Act... "The shows defining moment, which hangs like a suspended breath, is her juggler..." E.Clarke -See Magazine, Edmonton 1h 0m   International   Vancouver, B.C., Canada    Comedy   Solo Show    Staycation: Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   In Someone Else's Shoes    www.sarahhayward.ca    VENUE #15: The Studio @ Cherry Lane Theatre           Fri 20 @ 2  Sat 21 @ 2  Tue 24 @ 8  Wed 25 @ 6:15  Sat 28 @ 7:15

Swaha: Rituals of Union Trinayan Dance Theater Director: Taiis Pascal-Charles and Leena Mohanty Choreographer: Guru Durga Charan Ranbir, The Late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Taiis Pascal-Charles Enter the world of Odissi Dance- Fluid, statuesque, grounded, vibrant, pulsating movements. Born in Orissa,India and passed from Gurus to Disciples, these evocative traditional-inspired solos, duets, and ensemble work, promises a journey along a thin line between humanity and divinity. 1h 10m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Dance   Performance Art    Staycation: Overseas Adventure   Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)    www.trinayan.org/swaha    VENUE #1: Dixon Place           Sun 15 @ 2  Mon 16 @ 6:15  Wed 18 @ 8  Sat 21 @ NOON  Sun 22 @ 10:45

The Swearing Jar The Bridge Theatre Company in Association with 6AM Tango Productions Writer: Kate Hewlett; Music and lyrics by Kate Hewlett, arranged by Christopher Stanton Director: Rosemary Andress "You are the love of my life, you asshole." When Carey performs at Simon's fortieth birthday celebration, she is forced to come to terms with the greatest lie her husband ever told. A comedy about marriage, music, migraines...and swearing. 1h 15m   Local   Manhattan, NYC    Comedy   Drama    Staycation: Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   Family Vacation    www.thebridgetheatrecompany.com    VENUE #2: Connelly Theater           Sat 14 @ 7  Sat 21 @ 5:30  Tue 24 @ 2  Sat 28 @ 10:15  Sun 29 @ NOON

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