FringeNYC's THE STORYTELLERS Begins Performances at Flamboyan Theater Tonight

Performances for THE STORYTELLERS, a new play based on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Robert W. Service and W.W. Jacobs, begin Friday, August 9 as a part of the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival at New York City's Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street). Adapted and directed by Abigail Strange (FringeNYC/CapitalFringe's Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame, NYMF's Requiem for a Lost Girl) with original music by Louis Aquiler (Theatreworks USA!), tickets for THE STORYTELLERS range from $15 - $18 and are available at www.FringeNYC.com. The playing schedule for THE STORYTELLERS is as follows: Friday, August 9 at 4:45pm; Saturday, August 10 at 7:15pm; Monday, August 12 at 4:45pm; Wednesday, August 14 at 2:00pm; and Saturday, August 17 at 9:15pm.

As thrilling tales of murder and mystery spiral into reality, THE STORYTELLERS brings to life the tales of notorious suspense artists Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Robert W. Service and W.W. Jacobs, exploring life, death and the art of storytelling through inventive stagecraft and original music.

Starring Louis Aquiler, Tyler Gattoni, Patrick Harman (Rated M for Mature - FringeNYC 2012), Bethany McNamara, Kristin Nemecek, andChristopher Wentworth, THE STORYTELLERS has lighting design by Joseph Robert Walls (NYMF's The Brontes, Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame) and features original music by Louis Aquiler.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE STORTELLERS VISIT: www.fringeNYC.org.