FringeNYC - "New York's Best Staycation"



Trains, planes...and public bathrooms

If half the fun is getting there. . . then these shows will take you on quite a ride! Get your $15 tickets and hit the road for some true train stories, an interesting airport companion, bizarre bathroom behavior, and characters that will take you there.


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!
Local   Manhattan, NYC   Solo Show   Comedy   
Staycation:Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   Through Heaven & Hell   
www.tleestandingup.blogspot.com   



A Matter of Choice
Freed Purple Monkey Theatrics
Writer: Chad Beckim
Director: Alicia Dempster and T.C. Burtt
Faced with eviction because of the construction of the Second Avenue subway, a group of roommates must reexamine their lives and friendship. What do you do when progress kicks you out on your ass? First, get high. But then what?
Local   Queens, NYC   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:My NYC Story   Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   
www.freedpurplemonkeytheatrics.com   



The Twentieth-Century Way
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Writer: Tom Jacobson
Director: Michael Michetti
Based on a little-known incident in Southern California history, this theatrical thrill ride explores the collision of reality and fantasy as two actors juggle various roles to entrap homosexuals for “social vagrancy” in public restrooms in 1914 Long Beach, California.
National   Pasadena, CA   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:Backstage   Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   
www.tinyurl.com/Twentieth-Century   



Gate B23
greymatters productions
Writer: Debbie Slevin
Director: Debbie Slevin
Flight 7051: Palm Beach-Newark…DELAYED. A divorcée, a 20-something guy, a surly teen, his Dad and a dementia-addled woman plagued by pungent memories of the Jersey Turnpike, are stranded at the gate to wrestle their ‘baggage’ and themselves.
Local   Demarest, NJ   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:Trains, planes...and public bathrooms   Family Vacation   
web.me.com/greyslev/GreyMatters_Productions/GATE_B23_FringeNYC_2010.html