Running through Aug. 2, the festival hosts American productions prior to their runs at Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. 59E59 Theaters serves as a vital testing ground by simulating the same production constraints as the Edinburgh Festival.
The complete East to Edinburgh line up follows:
Written by George Griggs
Directed by Paul Andrew Perez
Featuring Maxine Builder, Erin Nelligan, Christine Barnwell, Conner Ives, Natalie Tiffany, Carlie Yaroscak, Rachel Farmer, Elizabeth Campolongo, Matt Rodriguez and Christopher Goodwin. (July 14-22)
Written and performed by Carlo D'Amore
Directed by Margarett Perry
"No Parole takes you on a wild, hilarious and gut-wrenching journey through the real life of a flamboyant con artist mother. From Peru to New York, No Parole provides a look into the life of an extraordinary woman, and the son who must save her from herself." (July 14-19)
By Concrete Generation
Directed by Quentin "Q" Talley
Featuring Sultan Omar El-Amin, Randolph Ward, Quentin "Q" Talley, Chris Pennix, Charles "CP Maze" Perry, Filmore Johnson, Boris "Bluz" Rogers, Kendrea "Mekkah" Griffith, Carlos Robson, Sherry "Swan" Cole and the Stephen Gordon Quintet.
"Concrete Generation and the Stephen Gordon Quintet, award-winning poets and musicians, explore the genius, experiences and differences of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, two of jazz's most influential figures, using theatre and music." (July 16-18)
Written and performed by Jeff Kreisler
Directed by Jeff Kreisler and Anne Teutschel
"Bill Hicks Spirit Award winner reveals proven schemes to make you filthy rich and ruin the world. Everyone's cheating: Why not you?" (July 16-30)
Written and performed by Desiree Burch
Directed by Isaac Byrne with Jessica McVea
"A salacious evening of storytelling and stand-up created by acclaimed performer Desiree Burch. The alt-comedy diva deals out card games and dirty stories with her deck of experience from the city that never sleeps with the same person twice." (July 16-18)
Written and directed by Steven Kaliski
Featuring Joie Bauer, Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, Jeffrey Feola, Graham Halstead and Suzanne Lenz
"This comic take on American pioneers follows two couples who have stalled on their Westward journeys." (July 17-25)
"New York Times featured comedian Jonathan Prager's insight into families, relationships, politics and life’s incongruities is both touching and hilarious." (July 18-26)
Written and performed by Carolyn Castiglia
Directed by Baron Vaughn
"A mix of stand-up, characters and hip-hop, Brown Ambition chronicles the life of Carolyn Castiglia (Miss CKC from MTV, VH1) as she moves from her small town in Upstate NY to the streets of Harlem and back again. A black comedy about a white girl you won't soon forget." (July 19-22)
Written and performed by Susan Stein
Directed by Austin Pendleton
"Etty Hillesum, seen by many as an adult counterpart to Anne Frank, asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz, but to let her have a say in what she hopes will be a new world." (July 23-26)
Written and performed by Vicki Ferentinos
"Vicki Ferentinos takes audiences on a journey to find her inner superhero." (July 23-Aug. 1)
Written by Dylan Dougherty
"Saving the planet has never been so wrong. Two eco-scam artists turn Obama's Green idealism into a money machine. But a darkly comical change of heart could ruin everything. Greed, betrayal and a dead tortoise." (July 28-Aug. 2)
Written and performed by Brianne Berkson
Directed by Daniel Kutner
"Before 'Flavor Flav' or 'Rock of Love,' there was Chad Longhardt: the first Rock-Superstar to seek love on a televised dating-love-competition-show… and there’s a reason this show never aired." (July 29-Aug. 2)
By Carey Lovelace
Directed by Judith Stevens-Ly
Featuring Jack Gilpin, James Kennedy and Anna Margaret Hollyman
"Boy loves girl, boy gets therapist, therapist gets girl…and then? This quirky comedy explores psychotherapy, New York-style. A fast-paced, language-driven journey into relationships, love triangles and Freud." (July 31-Aug. 1) For tickets phone (212) 279-4200 or visit TicketCentral.
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