FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS Set for FringeNYC, Now thru 8/23

"As the fattest kid in school, Tommy lives a lonely, living nightmare. When the skinny kids' taunting goes too far, Tommy takes revenge without amends. A dark spoken-word musical diving into the lunchtime of life, where bullies are delicious."

Mind The Art Entertainment, the award-winning producers that brought you, DIE: ROLL TO PROCEED, THE TIMING OF THE DAY, and STORY TIME WITH MR. BUTTERMEN, is set to present the dark, spoken word musical FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS, directed by Mind The Art Entertainment's Artistic Director Christian De Gré, this summer at the:

Flamboyan at The Clemente (107 Suffolk Street)

Fri 8/15 @ 7:00-8:10
Sun 8/17 @ Noon-1:10
Wed 8/20 @ 7:30-8:40
Thu 8/21 @ 7:15-8:25
Sat 8/23 @ 3:00-4:10

Tickets: $18 at www.Fringenyc.org

FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS tells the story of Tommy, an overweight kid struggling to get through that most wretched time of life: childhood. Days, weeks, and years of teasing from his schoolmates have taken their toll on the mild-mannered boy, but still he's doing his best to continue on in whatever way he can. But when the people he thought were his friends join in with the others, will he be able to forgive them...or will he snap?

FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS features original music and orchestrations by Christian De Gré, lyrics by Joseph Reese-Anderson, and is based upon a dark children's book by author Serrana Gay. The show's aesthetic and costume design are inspired by Ashley Soliman, who also provided the illustrations found in the book.

The show will feature: Jason Sofge, Emily Brewster, Malcolm Jenkins Yancey, Mallory Campbell, Kelsey Flynn, Caroline Wilson, Vinnie Urdea, Mia Moretti Thomas, Taylor Lane Ross, Aaron Butler, Mattie Kaiser, Darcie Kozlowski, Jeffrey Hodes, Jessica Rose Futran and Isaac Harold. The creative team includes Aaron Butler (Musical Director), R. Patrick Alberty (Associate Director), Ashley Soliman (Costume/Set Design), Priya Ayer (Stage Management), Kate Marley (Make-up), Rachel Esterday (Photography). Christian De Gré, R. Patrick, Alberty, Ariana Paganetti and Serrana Gay are producing for Mind The Art Entertainment.

For previous BWW reviews of Mind The Art Entertainment productions, click here, here, and here.