THE WEIRD TREE to Premiere at FringeNYC

Invisible Wall Productions is proud to present The Weird Tree as part of the 19th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

Princesses are often found in Fairy Tales but only the Slovenian fairy tale The Weird Tree has Eighteen Princesses. In a Tree. (There's also another Princess on the ground). Add in the Moon, the Sun, the Wind, the Devil, and their Mothers, and you have the tale of a Man who starts out on a quest to win a Princess but instead discovers how far people will go in order to determine their own destiny.

Ever since he listened to the original fairy tale on a cassette in his youth, Slovenian Director Peter Petkovsek has been drawn to The Weird Tree's elegant symbolic quality. "It's a beautiful allegory of how life often steers us off the path we set ourselves on," he says, "and puts new challenges in front of us. The Weird Tree represents a spiritual journey where one needs to ask oneself, 'Who am I really and what is important to me in this moment?' It puts man in perspective with himself, but also in a relationship with the wider cosmos."

Initially developed as part of Petkovsek's studies at Columbia University's MFA Theatre Arts Program, The Weird Tree is a devised piece developed by the Ensemble using text by Tingying Ma, Peter Petkovsek, Jocelyn Shratter and Laura Zlatos. The show features Grace Denoncourt, Michael Donaldson, Ken Jackson, Eunyoung Bona Jung and Jean Lauren Smith. Original music by Peter Zargi. Lighting Design by Sarah Lang. Production Stage Manager is Krystle Henninger. Graphic Design by Eva Mlinar.

www.invisiblewallproductions.com/the-weird-tree/

Venue 15 - Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios

440 Lafayette St, 3rd Floor.

Sunday August 16 - 2:45pm

Thursday August 20 - 7pm

Sunday August 23 - 9:15pm

Thursday August 27 - 2:45pm

Saturday August 29 - 5:15pm

Running time: 65 minutes