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Overseas Adventure

The romance of traveling to a foreign county - for only $15! Israel, Ireland, Africa, Greece, Antarctica, and even the depths of the ocean are yours to explore via our Overseas Adventure shows.


Ah Kua Show
Talk Sense Pte. Ltd.
Writer: Leona Lo
Director: Richard Chua
Definition: noun.& adj.: derog. 1)effeminate man 2)male transvestite. WRONG! Tender, raw, amusing, naughty, nice –the voice of Southeast Asia’s transgender women (formerly typecast as ladyboy showgirls) sets the record straight. We may be ladies - we are definitely not boys!
International   International, Singapore   Solo Show   Drama   
Staycation:In Someone Else's Shoes   Overseas Adventure   
www.ahkuashow.wordpress.com   



For the Birds
Blue Wren Collective
Writer: Siobhan Donnellan, Jen Browne
Ita finally finds who she's been looking for but first she must get through Helen. Set in Ireland and New York over twenty years, For the Birds follows this unexpected pairing where things are not what they seem.
International   Ireland, NY   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:Family Vacation   Overseas Adventure   
www.bluewrencollective.com   



FOR KINGDOM AND FATHERLAND
Shabana Rehman in Association with American Comedy Institute
Writer: Shabana Rehman
Director: Stephen Rosenfield
Witness the Kingdom of Norway's most famous Muslim comedians life-saving escape from Norway, as she recounts her own fathers journey from Karachi, Pakistan to Oslo. Where is home? Brooklyn, Oslo or Karachi? Groundbreaking,funny,sensual and provocative about migration of hearts.
International   OSLO, NORWAY   Comedy   Drama   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   My NYC Story   
www.shabana.no   
Sat 15 @ 2:15
Tue 18 @ 8
Thu 20 @ 9:45
Fri 21 @ 3
Mon 24 @ 9:45



Omarys Concepcion Lopez Perez Goes to Israel (to speak to God at the Wailing Wall)
Writer: Leila Arias
A Persian/Puerto Rican Catholic Bronx girl travels to Israel (to speak to God). Upon arrival, she encounters International characters who help and hinder as she makes her way to have the conversation of her life with the Divine!
National   Los Angeles, CA   Solo Show   Comedy   
Staycation:Through Heaven & Hell   Overseas Adventure   
www.leilaarias.com   



THE FOURTH ESTATE
Writer: GLENDA FRANK
Join the journalists who confront danger. Afghanistan: a veteran and rookie dodge grenades and romance. North Korea: two women condemned to death as spies. St. Louis: environmental poisoning and corporate threats. Dublin: Will Valerie face down the mobsters or fold?
Local   Manhattan, NYC   Drama   Multi-Media   
Staycation:Battleground Tour   Overseas Adventure   
www.glendafrank.com   



Burning In China
Dark Light Theater
Writer: Gary Moore
Director: Caleb Deschanel
An American professor in China navigates comic culture collisions trying to get his students to express themselves openly and discovers the danger in their secret longings when he's drawn with them into the tragedy of Tiananmen Square.
National   Woobury, VT   Drama   Solo Show   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   In Someone Else's Shoes   
www.burninginchina.com   



AK-47 Sing-Along
ERA
Writer: Samara Weiss
Director: Lucy Cashion
Children's television is a dangerous business in Gaza. Little Salwa and cuddly rabbit Nisr teach morals, manners, and martyrdom on Hamas TV, while Sesame Street veterans Hassan and Jakob struggle to speak across borders. Sing along now, boys and girls...
Local   Manhattan, NYC   Drama   Comedy   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   Battleground Tour   
www.ak47singalong.com   



RASH
Jennikins Productions
Writer: Jenni Wolfson
Director: Jen Nails
What if your dream job could kill you? A Scottish woman's journey as a UN human rights worker, living and loving under fire in post-genocide Rwanda, where she experiences human nature at its worst and love at its best.
Local   Brooklyn, NYC   Solo Show   FringeHIGH   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   Through Heaven & Hell   
www.rashsolo.blogspot.com   



MISSIONARY POSITION
gEveryman Productions
Writer: Steven Fales
What goes on in a mission, stays in a mission. Until now! Steven Fales (Confessons of a Mormon Boy) returns to FringeNYC with this outrageous, funny and touching coming-of-age tale based on his journals as a missionary in Portugal.
Local   Manhattan, NYC   Solo Show   Comedy   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   Fantasy Island Excursion   
www.mormonboy.com   



Swaha: Rituals of Union
Trinayan Dance Theater
Director: Taiis Pascal-Charles
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, this evocative traditional-inspired show promises a journey along a thin line between humanity and divinity.
Local   Manhattan, NYC   Dance   Performance Art   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)   
www.trinayan.org/swaha   



Two Girls
Written and Performed by Gabrielle Maisels
Writer: Gabrielle Maisels
Director: Joey Brenneman
A friendship -- and hope -- grows in the "new" South Africa. Two girls, one black, one Jewish, take on the trauma that apartheid left behind. From the granddaughter of Advocate Isie Maisels, successful defender of Nelson Mandela in the "Treason Trial" of 1958.
Local   Brooklyn, NYC   Solo Show   FringeHIGH   
Staycation:Overseas Adventure   
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www.twogirlstheplay.org