03/26/08 Dirt / Plays & Playwrights 2008
02/19/08 Jamaica Farewell
02/07/08 Notes From Underground / Mortal Decisions
01/30/08 Semi-Permanent
01/14/08 Rum & Coke / Piaf Alumni
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FringeNYC 2007 Alumni Updates! |
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DIRT (FringeNYC '07) RETURNS
***Outstanding Actor Award - FringeNYC 07'***
"See this show!!!" - NYTheatre
"Riveting" - Time Out (4 stars)
"Stunning" - Back Stage (Critic's Pick)
DIRT returns after a critically acclaimed run at FringeNYC 07. Christopher Domig received the FringeNYC 2007 Outstanding Actor Award, while critics raved, calling DIRT "Riveting", "Stunning", and "Powerful".
With the help of the Austrian Cultural Forum DIRT is
returning to the stage for a limited engagement April
2-26 at Under St. Marks.
Dirt is a 75 minute solo play. Sad is its narrator. A
desperately alienated illegal immigrant from Iraq, Sad
lives on the fringes of Western society. He confronts
xenophobia, latent racism, and ethnocentrism as he
peddles roses to eke out an existence. Issues of
identity, anti-foreign sentiment, and self-worth are
brought hauntingly to life through the character's
disturbing psychological self-portrait.
See DIRT before it leaves for the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival 2008!
DIRT by Robert Schneider
Starring Christopher Domig
Directed by David Robinson
Publicist David Gibbs DARR Publicity
WHEN: April 2-April 26
WHERE: Under St. Marks
(94 St. Marks Place, btw 1st Avenue & Avenue A)
Official site: www.dirt-nyc.com
Tickets: www.smarttix.com (212-868-4444)
FringeNYC Fans receive a special discount with
the following code: Dreck1 |
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CLICK HERE & ENTER CODE: Dreck1 FOR TICKETS FOR DIRT!
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A CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THREE FringeNYC '07 SHOWS!
Here at FringeNYC we're BEAMING that three of the shows featured in FringeNYC 2007 have recently been published by the New York Theatre Experience as a part of their anthology, PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2008.
We hope you'll come celebrate with us at a special FREE event on Thursday, April 3rd.
EVENT DETAILS
WHERE: T. Schreiber Studio, Gloria Maddox Theatre
151 West 26th Street
WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 2008
WHAT TIME: Doors open at 6:45pm; performances begin at 7:30pm
HOW MUCH: Free!!!!
WILL BOOKS BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE? Definitely, $18 each.
Our three alumni playwrights will be present:
ANTARCTICA by Carolyn Raship
In this sometimes surreal fantasia on growing up, Magda and Winnie set out to become the first American Girls to make an expedition to the South Pole. Performed by Maggie Cino and Melle Powers.
IN OUR NAME by Elena Hartwell
A triptych of short, breathtaking one-acts about the ways that the War in Iraq has hit home, especially among American women. Performed by Elena Hartwell.
MARVELOUS SHRINE by Leslie Bramm
17-year-old Marvelous isn’t sure if he’s gay, but he knows he wants to play music. His parents battle over his destiny, and nobody wins in this moving drama. Performed by Paul Hufker and Sara Thigpen.
If you're unable to attend, but you know you need to add PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2008 to your library of wonderful new work, just click on the book cover to the left to go to the New York Theatre Experience's online store. |
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JAMAICA, FAREWELL is BACK!
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OFF-BROADWAY Premiere of: JAMAICA, FAREWELL (FringeNYC '07)
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The SoHo Playhouse Presents the OFF-BROADWAY Premiere of JAMAICA, FAREWELL!
JAMAICAN BEAUTY SMUGGLES A MILLION DOLLARS; HAS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRED?
Written & Performed by Debra Ehrhardt
Directed by Wallace Norman
Produced by Darren Lee Cole
Not black enough, not white enough, "experts" said she'd never get an acting job until she lost her Jamaican accent. Playwright-performer and captivating storyteller Debra Ehrhardt is a Kingston native and a Lost Angeles resident who is bringing her acclaimed FringeNYC show back to the SoHo Playhouse!
"A TERRIFIC STORY WITH WIT AND PANACHE...SUSPENSFUL ENOUGH FOR A THRILLER AND DELICIOUSLY FUNNY." - LA WEEKLY
"HUMOROUS...INTRIGUING...LIVELEY AND COLORFUL...A TRULY PLEASUREABLE EXPERIENCE." - BROADWAYWORLD.COM
The SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue & Varick
Call (212) 691-1555 or |
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TWO Special Offers for FringeNYC Fans!
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NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (FringeNYC '99) at The Brick!
The Brick Theater, Inc. presents
Notes from Underground
a disgusting play
Descend into the squalid, candlelit dwelling of Dostoevsky's Underground Man. Sit on his broken furniture and battered books. Experience his wretched loneliness. Feel his penetrating anguish. Fear his outbursts of manic rage.
Voices from the auditorium ring out, belittling and degrading the man. Are the voices his? Are they yours? Hear the Underground Man address you, a command audience of his imagination, assembled to ridicule and debase him in an intricate call-and-response ritual he practices nightly. And witness him delight in his own pain.
Notes from Underground is a five-part dramatic oratorio exploring the Underground Man's desperate masochism. This dark, environmental production returns for a limited time after a critically acclaimed run in the 1999 New York International Fringe Festival. |
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CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
"At the 1999 Fringe Festival I saw [Robert Honeywell] perform a rather startling solo version of Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground in almost complete darkness. There was only a small candle that drew all the attention to his face. Even then, the man wanted his spotlight."
Jason Zinoman – The New York Times Review of "Every Play Ever Written", June 27, 2007
Adapted and Directed by Michael Gardner
Featuring Robert Honeywell, Heath Kelts*, Mick O'Brien,* Alyssa Simon* and Moira Stone*
Assistant Directed by Gyda Arber, *Appearing courtesy of AEA
90 minutes
February 15 to March 22 ONLY!!!
Thu-Sat at 8pm
Tickets: $15
Call 212-352-3101 or click the link above!
For more information, visit www.bricktheater.com |
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MORTAL DECISIONS: A DIARY OF THE DONNER PARTY
(FringeNYC '98) at the Metropolitan Playhouse
METROPOLITAN TELLS THE HIDDEN STORY OF AN AMERICAN SAGA
STU RICHEL REVEALS THE TRUTH BEHIND THE TALES
COURAGE AND COMPASSION IN THE FACE OF FEAR
(February 8 -16)
Metropolitan Playhouse presents Stu Richel in his solo performance: Mortal Decisions: A Diary of the Donner Party, at the theater's home (220 E. 4th Street) February 8th through 16th, 2008.
Stu Richel brings to life one of the most terrifying and infamous tales of the American Frontier. In 1846, thirty-three souls set out from Springfield, MA, in search of a new life out West. Instead, they discovered the limits of human compassion and endurance in the snowbound Sierra Nevadas.
Commonly known as a sensational tale of cannibalism and depravity, the trials of the party are seen in vivid detail through the eyes of a lucky survivor in Mortal Decisions. Mr. Richel's stirring vision casts new light on this harrowing story: a saga of impossible choices and defiant courage.
Called "A true work of sublime genius" by the New York Observer, Mortal Decisions was derived from revisionist histories of the oft-told history. The play debuted in San Jose in 1994, and has since played at the Depot Theatre and the New York International Fringe Festival. |
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Call 212-995-5302 to GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Director and Actor Stu Richel has written and toured three solo stage shows…. Mortal Decisions: a Diary of the Donner Party; Everyone's War; and Theodore Judah and the Transcontinental Railroad.
At Metropolitan, he has appeared in East Village Chronicles, Vols. 3 and 4. The film Death in Love, in which he plays opposite Josh Lucas, Lukas Haas, and Jacqueline Bisset, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Mortal Decisions begins on Friday, February 8th, and runs through Saturday, February 16th. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8pm.
Tickets are $15 for General Admission, $12 for Seniors and $10 for Students and Children under 12. Call 212-995-5302 to purchase tickets, or visit www.metropolitanplayhouse.org for more information. |
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| And don't forget, applications for FringeNYC 2008 are DUE FEBRUARY 14TH! |
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| FringeNYC SMASH HIT SEMI-PERMANENT RETURNS! |
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FEBRUARY 3 - MARCH 23 ONLY!
On the heels of its sold-out run at FringeNYC 2007 (where it was selected as Outstanding Solo Show), SEMI-PERMANENT returns to NYC.
This behind-the-scenes look at the worlds of fashion and entertainment is guided by high-energy Hollywood hairstylist Rick Gradone, who has coifed the likes of Naomi Campbell, Kelly Ripa, Jamie Lynn Spears, Heidi Klum, Katherine Heigl, Mariah Carey, Nicollette Sheridan, Tyra Banks and even FringeNYC's own Elena K. Holy, among others.
In the course of the evening, Gradone wittily attempts to elevate hairdressing to the level of high art as he explores the social implications of popular hairstyles, from the classic to the ridiculous.
One lucky audience member WINS A FREE POST-SHOW HAIRCUT by Gradone as the evening turns into an impromptu salon with cocktails and a celebrity DJ. Sundays at 8pm.
SPECIAL OFFER: Use code "FringeNYC" to get $15 tickets at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
SEMI-PERMANENT opens February 3rd at Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones at Lafayette (inside ACME) |
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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR FringeNYC FANS! |
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JANUARY 2008 |
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RUM & COKE ('06) OPENS AT ABINGDON! |
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PIAF: LOVE CONQUERS ALL ('07) EXTENDED AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE! |
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