| Dream of the Marionettes / Le Rêve des Marionettes
Les Marionettes Productions
Writer: Johanna Divine and Christy Leichty, Music by Johanna Divine and Daniel Coolik
Choreographer: John Vincent
When the Puppetmaster loses control, Les Marionettes take over. Feathers fly, heads spin, and everyone begs, "Please, punish me!" A rompin' burlesque-inspired musical with a live band direct from La La Land. Think "Cabaret meets Lord of the Flies."
National Lafayette, LA Musical Comedy
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Summer Camp(y)
www.dreamofthemarionettes.com
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| 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.
National Boston, MA Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up
Staycation:In Someone Else's Shoes Fantasy Island Excursion
www.newexhibitionroom.org
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| Bourbon Barrel Ensemble Presents: Tiny Geniuses
Bourbon Barrel Ensemble
Writer: Emily Feldman
Director: Jay Briggs
An idealistic teacher battles precocious students, petulant parents, and a very peculiar principal. Fresh from the bourbon barrels of Louisville, this ensemble premieres a wacky story about the values we teach and learn. First grade has never been this wild.
National Louisville, KY Comedy Drama
Staycation:Family Vacation Fantasy Island Excursion
www.tinygeniuses.tumblr.com
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| 3boys
Merrily3 Productions
Writer: Becca Schlossberg
Director: Madeleine Rose Parsigian
Sit. Stay--for this twisted allegory about Lee, a young dog struggling to guard puppy Zip against the human ideals of obedience, devotion, and masculinity. But when alpha Comet returns, Lee learns that rebellion only comes back to bite them.
Local Manhattan, NYC Drama Comedy
Staycation:To the Zoo Fantasy Island Excursion
www.3boysnyc.com
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| I am what I am not
The New Young Choreographers
Choreographer: Gessica Paperini and Marjolayne Auger
Our esthetic is part of theatre dance.Poetry has inspired our dance movements. We question our identity, our life purpose throught our dance. We resolve those questions celebrating and magnifying our everyday life throught the art of performance.
Local Sunnyside, NYC Dance Performance Art
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Absurdly Surrealist Dream
www.imwhatimnot.blogspot.com
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| American Gypsy
MagicMouth Theatre Company
Writer: Ben Whiting
Director: Two-Time Emmy Award Winner, Alexander "Sandy" Marshall
How do you build connection in an art-form based on deception? Theatre unites with sleight-of-hand magic as the greatest magician nobody’s ever heard of clashes with his teacher over the significance of a life on the street.
National Chicago, IL FringeHIGH Vaudeville/Sideshow/Magic/Burlesque
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion In Someone Else's Shoes
www.magicmouth.org
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| 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?
Local Manhattan, NYC Drama Comedy
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion My NYC Story
www.southbeachrapture.com
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| Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown
Cheryl King Productions
Writer: Joe Hutcheson
Director: Cheryl King
Miss Magnolia Beaumont, Southern debutante, finds herself trapped in the body of Joe, a gay New Yorker visiting Provincetown, MA. The pair spend the trip contemplating how two souls can collide in this celebration of the beauty and magic of P-town.
Local Manhattan, NYC Solo Show Comedy
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Cross Country
www.MissMagnoliaBeaumont.com
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| the tim&micah project: SELECTION
the tim&micah project
Writer: tim&micah
Director: tim&micah
Choreographer: tim&micah, with additional choreography by joe
dear chris, i just saw this show. i think it was sketch comedy? all i know is it was "physical and fast-paced...bizarre and brainy"(TimeOut), definitely a hilarious manipulation of my emotions. go see it! your friend, steve
National Chicago, IL Comedy Performance Art
Staycation:Absurdly Surrealist Dream Fantasy Island Excursion
www.timandmicahproject.com
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| Getting Even with Shakespeare
Self Fulfilling Productions
Writer: Matt Saldarelli
Director: Laura Konsin
Five tragic heroes walk into a bar...and they're pissed. When not dying nightly, Macbeth plays paintball, Juliet deals ecstasy and Lear (unsuccessfully) avoids storms. Enter a lawyer who proves the play is the thing to catch the Playwright King.
Local Manhattan, NYC Comedy
Staycation:Backstage Fantasy Island Excursion
www.gettingevenwithshakespeare.com
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| PigPen Presents: The Nightmare Story
PigPen Theatre Co.
Writer: Alex Falberg, Arya Shahi, Ben Ferguson, Curtis Gillen, Daniel Weschler, Matt Nuernberger, Ryan Melia
A boy's beloved mother shows symptoms of the mythical "Nightmare Disease". Now he must journey into the unknown to find a cure... before it's too late. Actors from Carnegie Mellon University; PigPen combines storytelling, music, puppetry, and shadow-play. NYC Debut!
National Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Drama Puppetry
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Summer Camp(y)
www.PigPenTheatre.com
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| VIVA LOS BASTARDITOS!
Jake Oliver (Productions)
Writer: Jake Oliver
Director: Terry Berliner
A sublimely ridiculous and heartfelt tale of love, music and revolution. When dastardly villains use a phony land grant to take over Western Massachusetts, three rock heroes emerge to unite The People against the would-be dictators. Join the revolution!
Local Leonardo, NJ Musical Comedy
Staycation:Rock and Roll Rebellion Fantasy Island Excursion
www.bastarditos.com
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| Friends of Dorothy: An Oz Cabaret
Conatus Productions
Writer: Rita MenWeep, Scot Marshall
Director: Megan Doss
Pasties, and glitter, and drag, Oh My! Follow Dorothy to the fantastical Land of Bras where she encounters the fierce and fabulous Wicked Bitch of the West and some colorful new friends in this extravaganza of striptease, aerial, magic, and visual delight.
Local New York, NY Vaudeville/Sideshow/Magic/Burlesque Comedy
Staycation:Summer Camp(y) Fantasy Island Excursion
www.conatusproductions.com
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| 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
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| Jurassic Parq: The Broadway Musical
Writer: Emma Barash, Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo
Director: Marshall Pailet
Choreographer: Hayley Podschun
Boldly re-imagined and retold from the perspective of the dinosaurs, Jurassic Parq is an unflinching meditation on gender, sexual, and racial identity in an evolving landscape destined to stun you with its importance. And you should probably see it drunk.
Local Manhattan, NYC Musical Performance Art
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Absurdly Surrealist Dream
www.JurassicParq.blogspot.com
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| THE PRINCES OF PERSUASION: Recipes For Romance
Writer: Ithai Benjamin & Rebeca Raney
Director: Ithai Benjamin
The beautiful and talented Destiny Mazursky stars in this wild indie-pop musical adventure featuring Ithai Benjamin and an international cast of hilarious and off-beat robotic puppets. Pop songs, sing alongs, vegetable casseroles and animal assholes: It’s a Recipe for Romance!
Local Manhattan, New York Puppetry Musical
Staycation:Rock and Roll Rebellion Fantasy Island Excursion
www.princesofpersuasion.com
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| Good Good Trouble On Bad Bad Island
Endstation Theatre Company
Writer: Joshua Mikel
Director: Chad Larabee
A bad, bad, Idol challenges good, good Rosa with a series of impossible tasks -- but what happens when she starts doing the impossible?! This wildly inventive adventure finds that sometimes family and good goodness can be found in the most unlikely of places.
National Sweet Briar, VA Comedy FringeJR
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Absurdly Surrealist Dream
www.endstationtheatre.org
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| The Battle of Spanktown
The Potluck
Writer: Jeffrey Pfeiffer
Director: Heidi Handelsman
A hallucinatory historical pageant concerning the denizens of Spanktown, New Jersey in the year 1777, and the heroic battle betwixt the Mole and the Badger for the soul of a budding nation. A bawdy history lesson steeped in legend.
Local Queens, NYC Comedy Drama
Staycation:Time Traveler Fantasy Island Excursion
www.thebattleofspanktown.wordpress.com
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| Hamlet Shut Up
Sacred Fools Theater Company
Writer: Story by William Shakespeare, Adapted by Jonas Oppenheim and the Ensemble, Music by Josh Senick
Director: Jonas Oppenheim
Classic tragedy. Silent comedy. Shakespeare's masterpiece, without all that pesky dialogue. Award-winning production from Los Angeles-based Sacred Fools features vaudeville, puppetry, live original piano score, and a shark. Holy shhhhh!
National Los Angeles, CA Comedy Clown/Mask
Staycation:Literary Lane Fantasy Island Excursion
www.hamletshutup.com
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| UBA BOUNCE
Eva Dean Dance
Director: Eva Dean
Choreographer: Eva Dean
UBA, a large rambunctious circus globe, acts as ‘Ring Master’ in a world where brightly colored balls and courageous dancers are equal partners. By balancing, spinning, and gliding they create rollicking dances filled with imagination, beauty and humor.
Local Brooklyn, NYC Dance FringeHIGH
Staycation:Fantasy Island Excursion Spa Getaway (Mind & Body)
www.evadeandance.org/
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