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AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY 2010
EAST TO EDINBURGH, presented by 59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer).
Dates: Tuesday July 13 – Sunday August 1
East to Edinburgh returns this year with 12 shows using 59E59 Theaters to tune up ahead of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the biggest Fringe in the world! See them all and soak up some early Edinburgh atmosphere!
GIBBY STONE AND HER PROBLEM, presented by Infinity Repertory Theatre Company and Main Street Arts. Written by Paul Andrew Perez. Music and Lyrics by George Griggs. Directed by Paul Andrew Perez. Performed by Natalie Tiffany, Carlie Yaroscak, Christine Barnwell and Carolyn Stark
Dates: Thursday, July 15 - Sunday, August 1
Times: Tue - Sat at 7 PM, Sun at 2 PM
Tickets: $12 (59E59 Members $8.40)
Her acne triggers a musical eruption! Teen angst at its worst, Gibby searches for love. A dermatological wonder. Her face lights the way!
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, presented by The Fifth Wall. Written by Gyda Arber and Wendy Coyle. Directed by Gyda Arber
With Gyda Arber, David Arthur Bacharach, AaRon Baker, Wendy Coyle, Ian W. Hill, Heath Kelts, Iracel Rivero, Brandi Robinson, Heather Lee Rogers, Ariana Siegel, Ken Simon and Moira Stone.
Dates: Saturdays July 17, 24 & 31 at 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30 PM
Tickets: $20 (59E59 Members $15.50) Ticket price includes a drink at the E:Bar.
Advanced reservations are required.
Part theater, part live video game, this interactive experience uses iPods to immerse you directly into the gritty world of film noir, where not everything is black and white. “A distinctly 21st-century form of participatory theater. A singular experience. You'll be smiling!” New York Times.
CITY LOVE SONG, presented by Four Fins Ink. Written, directed and performed by Jack Finnegan
Dates: Tuesday, July 20 - Wednesday, July 21 at 9 PM; Tuesday, July 27 at 9 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
For all the talk about the state of America, there’s no better way to know than to go and see for yourself. Jack Finnegan narrates an expressive and philosophical journey through the United States from the window of a train and the sidewalks of two dozen American cities.
SKINNY BITCH JESUS MEETING, Written and performed by Katie Hartman and Leah Rudick
Dates: Wednesday, July 28 - Saturday, July 31 at 9 PM
Tickets: $10 (59E59 Members $7)
Delightfully dark duo Katie Hartman and Leah Rudick turn daisies into daggers and filth into fancy with their absurd and disarmingly fun show. Named "biggest revelation" by the Guardian at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, the pair returns to the 2010 festival with their bizarre world of giggles and nightmares.
CONSIDERING GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, presented by One Voice Productions. Written, directed and performed by Allison Hetzel
Dates: Saturday, July 31 at 2 PM & 4 PM; Sunday, August 1 at 4 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Considering Georgia O'Keeffe is a unique and honest look at O'Keeffe's life as a female artist in a man's world. A compelling portrayal of one of the most iconic American artists of the 20th Century. “Hetzel’s theatricality made the play about her life highly engaging. Alison owned the stage with her powerful voice” Three Weeks.
COMING SOON:
SUMMER SHORTS 4, presented by Throughline Artists with J.J. Kandel and John McCormack. With new plays from Christopher Stetson Boal, Roger Hedden, Wendy Kesselman, Neil Koenigsberg, Neil LaBute, Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason and Alan Zweibel.
Dates: Friday July 30 – Thursday September 2
Times: SERIES A: 7/30 AT 8:15, 7/31 AT 8:15, 8/1 AT 3:15, 8/3 AT 7:15, 8/4 AT 7:15, 8/12 AT 8:15, 8/13 AT 8:15, 8/14 AT 2:15, 8/17 AT 7:15, 8/18 AT 7:15, 8/21 AT 8:15, 8/22 AT 3:15, 8/26 AT 8:15, 8/27 AT 8:15, 8/28 AT 2:15, 8/31 AT 7:15.
SERIES B: 8/6 AT 8:15, 8/7 AT 8:15, 8/8 AT 3:15, 8/10 AT 7:15, 8/11 AT 7:15, 8/14 AT 8:15, 8/15 AT 3:15, 8/19 AT 8:15, 8/20 AT 8:15, 8/21 AT 2:15, 8/24 AT 7:15, 8/25 AT 7:15, 8/28 AT 8:15, 8/29 AT 3:15, 9/1 AT 7:15, 9/2 AT 8:15.
Tickets: $18 (59E59 MEMBERS $12.60)
Summer Shorts returns for another summer of new American one-acts featuring original plays by the country's top playwrights. Representing some of today's best writing, directing and acting talents, Summer Shorts 4 offers eight world premiere one-act plays, in two separate evenings. The two series will run in rotating repertory. The New York Post declared "one-act shorts fit nicely in summer heat!"
WOLVES, presented by Kids With Guns. Written by DELANEY BRITT BREWER. Directed by MIKE KLAR. Performed by a cast of nine.
Dates: Wednesday August 4 – Saturday August 21
Times: TUE-WED 7:30, THU-SAT 8:30, SUN 3:30
Tickets: $18 (MEMBERS $12.60)
Wednesdays all tickets $10
A wolf collides with a young couple’s automobile on a snowy New Year’s Eve, igniting this triptych on the violence of deception. Unfolding across three relationships, an impotent novelist grasps for affection from his resentful fiancé, a woman longs for the specter of her overbearing ex-girlfriend and a child discovers her unwitting role in her parents’ divorce.
Special post-performance talk-backs every Wednesday
59E59 THEATERS is located at 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. www.59e59.org
TICKETS can be purchased by phone through Ticket Central at 212-279-4200, online at www.ticketcentral.com or in person at the 59E59 Theaters Box Office.
BOX OFFICE HOURS: Monday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Tuesday-Saturday 12:00PM - 8:30 PM and Sunday 12:00 PM – Final Curtain. ###
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