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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   
Staycation:Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   My NYC Story   
www.betheatrecompany.org       
VENUE #5: Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street - The Lafayette Street Theatre      
Sat 15 @ 9:45  Tue 18 @ 5:15  Wed 19 @ 7  Sun 23 @ 12  Sat 29 @ 8:15  


Savage International
MeanBoy Productions
Writer: Manny Liyes
Director: Manny Liyes
Love. Hell. Or Earth. A woman sentenced to hell must choose between love with a suspected killer, eternal damnation or an illegal return to earth. Two detectives of the afterlife chase her and their own truth in this sci-fi western.
1h 30m   Local   Queens, NY   Drama      
Staycation:Through Heaven & Hell   Time Traveler   
www.petiterican.com/monologues.html       
VENUE #5: Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street - The Lafayette Street Theatre      
Fri 14 @ 7:15  Sun 16 @ 12:30  Wed 19 @ 9:45  Mon 24 @ 5:15  Fri 28 @ 9:15  


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   
Staycation:Backstage   My NYC Story   
www.scandalouspeople.com       
VENUE #10: Minetta Lane Theatre   
Wed 19 @ 10:30  Fri 21 @ 6  Sat 22 @ 4:45  Fri 28 @ 9:15  Sat 29 @ 2:15  


Scattered Lives
Samurai Sword Soul
Director: Yoshihisa Kuwayama
Choreographer: Yoshihisa Kuwayama
the sword rips through flesh...all is lost. Shido stumbles through drunken battles against countless warriors in search of his way back to Bushido. Samurai underscored by a driving fusion of traditional Japanese and rock. Sure to be a "Thriller".
0h 50m   Local   New York, New York   Performance Art   Drama   
Staycation:Action Adventure Flick   Overseas Adventure   
www.samuraiswordsoul.com       
VENUE #6: The Robert Moss Theater      
Sat 15 @ 3:30  Wed 19 @ 5:15  Sun 23 @ 7:45  Fri 28 @ 9:30  Sat 29 @ 4:30  


The Secret of Our Souls-A Kabalistic Love Story
Filmus, Inc.
Writer: Book and Lyrics by Ben Goldstein Music by Phillip Namanworth
Director: Ben Goldstein Music Director: Kat Sherrell
Choreographer: Kathryn Sullivan
A seeming bumpkin from the Carpathian Mountains ultimately reveals himself as the great 18th Century spiritual master, the Baal Shem Tov. Supported by his beloved soul-mate, Chana, he defies Church, State, and Satan himself to save his oppressed people.
2h 10m   Local   Manhattan, NY   Musical   Drama   
Staycation:Through Heaven & Hell   In Someone Else's Shoes   
www.filmusinc.com       
VENUE #10: Minetta Lane Theatre   
Sat 15 @ 10:15  Sun 16 @ 5:15  Mon 17 @ 4:45  Wed 19 @ 7:30  Sun 23 @ 12  


Series 6.2: Paint on Canvas
HumanWell Productions
Writer: Becca Hackett and Katherine Randle
Director: Ilana Becker
Armed with words and paint, two artists engage in a playful battle on a life-sized canvas. Tackling their greatest demons and joys, they bring new artwork to life with each unrestrained, paint slinging performance. Do YOU human well?
0h 35m   Local   Brooklyn, NY   Performance Art      
Staycation:Absurdly Surrealist Dream   In Someone Else's Shoes   
www.humanwellproductions.com       
VENUE #17: HERE Arts Center - Mainstage Theater   
Sun 23 @ 9:15  Wed 26 @ 6:15  Fri 28 @ 4:30  Fri 28 @ 7  Sat 29 @ 2:30  


Sex and the Holy Land
Happy Belly Productions
Writer: Melanie Zoey Weinstein
Director: Lee Gundersheimer
Lili plunges into a stereotype-shattering sexploration of Israel. Her best friends and a string of men lead Lili out of slavery from the chorus of Jewish Mothers in her mind. A coming of age comedy about liberation, religion, and love.
1h 30m   Local   NYC, NY   Comedy   Drama   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   Through Heaven & Hell   
www.sexandtheholyland.com       
VENUE #8: The Players Theatre   
Sat 15 @ 8:15  Mon 17 @ 8:45  Thu 20 @ 10:30  Mon 24 @ 5:15  Fri 28 @ 2  


Shelf Life
The Arcade
Writer: Molly Goforth
Director: JV Mercanti
Beat the Heat: Come see the coolest show at FringeNYC! Shelf Life puts you in the middle of the drama unfolding behind the closed door of an ordinary refrigerator. You'll never look at your fridge in the same way again.
1h 25m   Local   Manhattan, NY   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:Absurdly Surrealist Dream   Culinary Capers   
www.arcadetheatre.info       
VENUE #2: CSV Cultural and Edu. Cntr. Flamboyan   
Fri 14 @ 7:15  Sun 16 @ 1:30  Thu 20 @ 3:30  Sat 22 @ 4  Wed 26 @ 2  


SINGIN' WID A SWORD IN MA HAN'
GreenGurl Productions
Writer: Vienna Carroll, Music - African-American Spirituals
Director: Keith Johnston
"I'll be back for you soon Topper I swear. North to Freedom." Now we escapin slavery, the Gap Gang huntin us, we searchin for that Underground Railroad to our family in Columbia PA. A Griot Chorus helps tell our tale.
1h 0m   Local   Harlem, NY   Musical   Drama   
Staycation:Time Traveler   Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   
www.singinwidasword.com       
VENUE #8: The Players Theatre   
Sun 16 @ 3:45  Mon 17 @ 2:30  Wed 19 @ 10:15  Thu 20 @ 5:15  Fri 21 @ 7:15  


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   
Staycation:Working Vacation   My NYC Story   
www.jeananndouglass.com       
VENUE #6: The Robert Moss Theater      
Sun 16 @ 12  Tue 18 @ 7:45  Fri 21 @ 7  Sun 23 @ 5:45  Thu 27 @ 3:45  


The Songs of Robert
Writer: John Crutchfield
Director: Steven Samuels
The Songs of Robert tells the story of the difficulties facing a teenage boy in the South. Replete with a motley cast of characters, all played by writer/actor John Crutchfield and live clawhammer banjo and slide guitar songs.
1h 30m   National   Asheville, NC   Solo Show   Musical   
Staycation:Down South & Out West   In Someone Else's Shoes   
www.johncrutchfield.com       
VENUE #1: CSV Cultural and Edu. Cntr. Milagro   
Thu 20 @ 3  Fri 21 @ 5:30  Fri 21 @ 9:30  Sat 22 @ 12  Sat 22 @ 7:45  


Sorority Queen in a Mobile Home
The Fundamentally Wrong Co.
Writer: Kevin Mahoney and Michael DiGaetano
Grace and Dennis got divorced. She got the mobile home, he got the 52-inch TV with the Proctor Sylex iron shaped hole in the screen. She blames him. He blames her. Friends blame them both. Think Rashoman on cement blocks.
1h 45m   Local   Manhattan, NY   Comedy   Drama   
Staycation:Ride the Rollercoaster of Love   Down the Aisle   
Sororityqueentheplay.com       
VENUE #16: The SoHo Playhouse   
Sat 15 @ 12  Thu 20 @ 3:30  Sun 23 @ 2:15  Wed 26 @ 2  Sat 29 @ 7:30  


SPERMALOT: The Musical
The Change Co-Operative
Writer: David Brooks, Larry Mahlstedt, Kevin Spire, Karen Swanson, and Thatcher Williams. Music and Lyrics by David Brooks and Karen Swanson
Director: Thatcher Williams, Musical Direction by David Brooks.
... is coming! Have a ball as the Lady of the Labia sends our spunky knights on their quest for the Holy Egg. SPERMALOT is a vas deferens from other musicals that have come before. Slip into something comfortable and enjoy.
1h 0m   National   Des Moines, IA   Musical   Puppetry   
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion   Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)   
www.theaterforachange.com/          
VENUE #2: CSV Cultural and Edu. Cntr. Flamboyan   
Fri 21 @ 10:15  Sat 22 @ 2:15  Sun 23 @ 6:45  Mon 24 @ 9:15  Wed 26 @ 4:15  


Spitting In The Face Of The Devil
John Montgomery Theatre Company
Writer: Bob Brader
Director: Suzanne Bachner
The sins of the father go on and on from son to son until someone chooses to end them. Little Bobby took a knife and nearly killed his father, the Bob Sr. nobody knew. Now his son tells all.
1h 28m   Local   Manhattan, NY   Solo Show   Drama   
Staycation:Through Heaven & Hell   Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   
www.jmtcinc.com       
VENUE #9: The Players Loft   
Fri 14 @ 10:30  Sat 15 @ 5  Mon 17 @ 4:15  Sat 22 @ 3:45  Mon 24 @ 10  Sat 29 @ 7  


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   
Staycation:"Lingerie and DVD" Store   My NYC Story   
www.theimpulseinitiative.com      
VENUE #8: The Players Theatre   
Sat 15 @ 10:30  Mon 17 @ 6:15  Fri 21 @ 4:45  Mon 24 @ 7:30  Thu 27 @ 7:45  


Stress Positions
Snapping Turtle Productions
Writer: Daniel Sweren-Becker
A desperate Colonel confronts a detainee who won't break. As both men reach the limits of their endurance, their struggle reveals that the trauma of torture can have shocking consequences.
1h 30m   Local   NYC, NY   Drama      
Staycation:Battleground Tour   Action Adventure Flick   
www.stresspositions.com       
VENUE #16: The SoHo Playhouse   
Wed 19 @ 10:30  Thu 20 @ 10  Sun 23 @ 7:45  Thu 27 @ 7:30  Fri 28 @ 4:45  


Sunday Best
Azddak Performances
Writer: Laura Canty-Samuel, Music by Laura Canty-Samuel and Ethan Forrest Wagner
Hallelujah! One woman, ten characters and a wicked romp through the devilishly funny minds of members of a Black Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn. Questions of faith, loss, and hat size abound amid irreverent “ridiculosity”, punctuated with live gospel music.
1h 30m   Local   Brooklyn, NY   Solo Show   Comedy   
Staycation:Through Heaven & Hell   In Someone Else's Shoes   
www.sundaybestplay.com       
VENUE #3: Dixon Place   
Sat 15 @ 9  Sun 16 @ 1:30  Sat 22 @ 11:45  Tue 25 @ 10  Fri 28 @ 6