FORTUNA FANTASIA
| Open: 08/09/14 Close: 08/24/14
A theater company from Yale presents a madcap comedy that begins when Claire accidentally breaks Jeffrey's left foot. What follows is the strangest month of their lives, featuring such things as a hostage situation, pork buns, bad poetry, and murder.2h 20m Local New Haven, CT
Comedy
Tejas Luminous
| Open: 08/09/14 Close: 08/24/14
Her eyelid flickers, time stands still. Her ankle bells ring and time soars at lighting speed. With each movement of these Bharatanatyam dancers, journey through afternoon's liveliness, dusk's harmony, evening's rituals, night's passion, and morning's purity and renewal.
1h 20m Local Queens, NY
Dance FringeHIGH
Teddy's Doll House
| Open: 08/09/14 Close: 08/23/14
1985, Alphabet City explodes with change while Teddy's family-owned beauty salon barely holds on. Forced to face the failure of youthful dreams, surprising events awaken him to a new future. Realizing "everything old is new again" Teddy triumphs over defeat.2h 0m Local Manhattan, NY
Comedy Drama
Wing to the Rooky Wood
| Open: 08/08/14 Close: 08/23/14
Inspired by physical theatre, Psychological Gesture and Butoh technique, classical scenes surrender spoken text to the emergence of subtext expressed through dynamic physical gesture: Chekhov's "The Seagull," Wuthering Heights and Shakespeare's "MacBeth." Enriched by photographic imagery and choral movement. 1h 0m Local Brooklyn, NY
Drama Dance
The Sun Experiment
| Open: 08/13/14 Close: 08/22/14
This reimagining of TWELFTH NIGHT entangles three illicit love triangles. The pursuit of Eros leads philosopher Wittgenstein to test the physics of longing and to spin a theorem for the heart. Layer in gender-bending for a startling, provocative exploration of desire.1h 45m Local Manhattan, NY
Drama Comedy
THE MORMON BIRD PLAY
| Open: 08/08/14 Close: 08/21/14
A Mormon fantasia!* Six men play little girls who become birds that manifest themselves as Mormon temple workers and pioneer women. A darkly-twisted comedy where a mute girl's silence acts as a Rorschach test for an entire community. *(Burlesque Included!)2h 0m Local Queens, NY
Comedy Drama
His Majesty, the Devil – a play with music
| Open: 08/10/14 Close: 08/20/14
"We all have the choice: to create or destroy." A mysterious gentleman visits a dangerous young man on the eve of annihilation. Wit, wisdom, foolishness and drama intertwine with violins. A quest for meaning! Does belief guide or blind us?1h 20m Local Manhattan, NY
Drama
The HVAC Plays (Or, Adventures in Living Without Basic Necessities, Like Heat and Air Conditioning)
| Open: 08/08/14 Close: 08/20/14
When Ice Pete, a young Juggalo from Alabama, discovers that his grandmother needs a new kidney, he and his friends take drastic but misguided measures to insure her survival.
Bacchae Redux puts a modern twist on the classic tale of divine vengeance. The gruesome rivalry between the god Dionysus and the mortal king Pentheus serves as both feast and fodder for Dionysus' infamous female disciples, The Bacchae.