| Daddy Day
Bert Hana
Writer: Created by the Ensemble
Best of Amsterdam Fringe Daddy Day
A confronting and personal slide-show
Haven’t been away this summer? Be sure to head over to Daddy Day. A delightful slide-show evening where Bert Hana reports on his summer holiday with his daughter.
International Amsterdam, The Netherlands Performance Art
Staycation:Family Vacation My NYC Story
www.berthana.nl
|
| 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
|
| Hello, I Must Be Going
M&M Productions Acting Company, Inc.
Writer: Albi Gorn
Director: Alan Fox
Your newborn son in one arm, your stillborn daughter in the other, your stroke-ravaged father smiling inscrutably. You don't know whether to laugh or cry. Chances are when you see Hello, I Must Be Going you'll do both.
Local Hastings on Hudson, NY Drama Comedy
Staycation:Family Vacation My NYC Story
|
| In Loco Parentis
Writer: Michael DeVito
Director: Jonathan Warman
When her mother died three years ago, Carly thought she'd learned everything she needed to know. Now she's studying Hamlet with Mr. Browning. Getting an A is going to be tougher than she thinks.
Local New York, NY Drama FringeHIGH
Staycation:Family Vacation Literary Lane
www.inlocoparentisplay.com
|
| Vinnie Vidivici
Panther Canyon Productions
Writer: Vince Santoro
Director: Vince Santoro
"Watch the palomino dive from the Steel Pier into an eight ounce glass of water!" Childhood angst, beat poetry, drums, intense stories. Dad makes 'killer' sauce from Vinnie's pet bunnies, a twisted road trip, and big bro returns from Nam.
National Nashville, TN Comedy Solo Show
Staycation:Family Vacation "Dude" Ranch
www.vincesantoro.com
|
| 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
|
| VIVA LA EVOLUCION!
AtomicTuna Productions & Travel Large
Writer: Diana Yanez, developed by Diana Yanez & Marjorie Duffield
Director: Marjorie Duffiled
Don't tell my mother about my one-woman show! First generation Cuban-American comedian Diana Yanez makes 'mojitos out of the limones' of her life with hilarious yet poignant tales of growing Cuban and queer in Miami. (1st Prize, Drama Queens Competition)
National Los Angeles, CA Comedy Solo Show
Staycation:Family Vacation Ride the Rollercoaster of Love
www.vivalaevoluciontheshow.com
|
| How My Mother Died of Cancer, and Other Bedtime Stories
Robert Intile, Jr. and Alina Gutierrez in association with The Dreamscape Theatre
Writer: Chris Kelly
Director: Laura Moss
Kate Morgan, 25, copes with her mother's death by writing a comedy about cancer and its impact on her family. She's also cast her family and friends as themselves. When they hijack the performance, the results are disastrous.
Local Queens, NYC Comedy Drama
Staycation:Family Vacation Backstage
www.cancerplay.com/
|
| My Dad's Crazier Than Your Dad: A Scientific Inquiry
Dragonchase Inc.
Writer: Katharine Heller
Director: Nell Balaban
Think your dad's bizarre? Sit in on an interactive, multimedia experiment that dissects the relationship between a diet-guru-turned-Disney-fanatic and his bewildered family. You'll laugh, and cringe, as Katharine attempts to prove her hypothesis.
Local Brooklyn, NYC Comedy Solo Show
Staycation:Family Vacation My NYC Story
www.mydadscrazier.com
|
| Questions My Mother Can't Answer
Coyote REP Theatre Company
Writer: Andrea Caban
Director: Rachel Eckerling
Andrea’s on a mission: she interviews eight “women-of-a-certain-age” including a sexy Moroccan ballroom dancer, a donations-only prostitute, and her Aunt Shirley, about getting pregnant, staying married and finding a flow. What happens when this solo-artist learns she's not alone anymore?
Local New York, NY Solo Show Drama
Staycation:In Someone Else's Shoes Family Vacation
www.questionsmymothercantanswer.com
|
| Lost and Found
Rogue Machine Theatre
Writer: John Pollono
Director: Andrew Block
A stranger appears on the Broncato's doorstep, unearthing buried secrets. Cultures clash and beliefs shatter, forcing this Boston cop family to grapple with love, grieving and homophobia in a darkly comic, emotionally violent saga of forgotten pasts and broken trust.
National Los Angeles, CA, Manhattan, NYC Comedy Drama
Staycation:Family Vacation In Someone Else's Shoes
www.RogueMachineTheatre.com/FringeNYC
|
| War Zones
Writer: Laura Brienza
Director: Laura Brienza
One woman investigates four male bodies at war with themselves in the form of Alzheimer's, bipolar disorder, anorexia, and bulimia, learning that our lives are shaped by the bodies we love along the way.
Local Manhattan, NYC Drama Spoken Word/Poetry
Staycation:Spa Getaway (Mind & Body) Family Vacation
www.warzonestheplay.com
|
| The Swearing Jar
The Bridge Theatre Company in Association with 6AM Tango Productions
Writer: Kate Hewlett; Music and lyrics by Kate Hewlett, arranged by Christopher Stanton
Director: Rosemary Andress
"You are the love of my life, you asshole." When Carey performs at Simon's fortieth birthday celebration, she is forced to come to terms with the greatest lie her husband ever told. A comedy about marriage, music, migraines...and swearing.
Local Manhattan, NYC Comedy Drama
Staycation:Ride the Rollercoaster of Love Family Vacation
www.thebridgetheatrecompany.com
|
| Tangled Yarn
Tangled Lines Productions
Writer: Anais Tekerian, Kevork Mourad
Director: Kevork Mourad
Spurned by fate, Ismene knows no future. Her mother dies, her sister Antigone kills herself, and Ismene must untangle her eccentric grandmothers' stories to discover her destiny. In this multi-media performance, real-time painting propels the story toward its ultimate unraveling.
Local New York, NY Multi-Media Drama
Staycation:Absurdly Surrealist Dream Family Vacation
Sat 15 @ 5:45
Sun 16 @ 9:15
Tue 18 @ 4:45
Thu 20 @ 6:15
Fri 21 @ 7
|
| MADE IN TAIWAN
MIT Productions
Writer: Michelle Krusiec
Director: Andy Belser
"A Chinese American Sandra Bullock" (NY Post). Krusiec's comedy-drama entwines dysfunctional family, cultural confusion, and suburban desperation. Pimped out by a Chinese mother, cowed by an American naval father, this coming of age story is both poignant and hilarious.
National Los Angeles, CA Comedy Drama
Staycation:Family Vacation Ride the Rollercoaster of Love
www.michellekrusiec.com/mit.html
|
| Headscarf and the Angry Bitch
Zehra Fazal
Writer: Zehra Fazal
Join Zed Headscarf, 'The Muslim Weird Al,' on a folk-rock comedic exploration of faith, love, sex and what it means to grow up Muslim in America. This beef ain't halal! Winner of Best Solo-Show Award, 2009 Capital Fringe Festival.
National Washington, DC Solo Show Comedy
Staycation:In Someone Else's Shoes Family Vacation
www.zehrafazal.com
Sat 15 @ 4:30
Tue 18 @ 10:15
Fri 21 @ 9
Mon 24 @ 5:15
Fri 28 @ 9:15
|
| Happy Birthday, Mom
Teaspoon Productions
Writer: Meghan Gambling
Director: Meghan Gambling
Olivia flies home from college to surprise her mother on her 55th birthday, only to discover Mom, clad in leather, waiting for a ripped young man she met on Craigslist to come over for sex.
National Los Angeles, CA Comedy Drama
Staycation:Family Vacation In Someone Else's Shoes
www.happybdaymom.biz
|
| 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
|
|
