59E59 Theaters Announces The Line Up For The 2011 East to Edinburgh Fest

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) announces the 2011 line up for the 7th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning on Tuesday, July 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 31. The performance schedule varies. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets to each EAST TO EDINBURGH show range from $10 - $20 ($7 -$14 for 59E59 Members). Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org.

Each July, 59E59 Theaters hosts a plethora of innovative US productions en route to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland, EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Festival, while giving them a clean, comfortable and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This whirlwind three-week festival reflects some of the most adventurous theater across the United States.

The 2011 East to Edinburgh line up is:

G.I. Joe Jared, Based on One Really Bad Date, written and directed by Amy E. Witting
With Kerry Fitzgibbons, Tiffany May McRae, Billy Weimer
Tue July 12 at 7pm, Wed July 13 at 7pm, Thur July 14 at 7pm, Sat July 16 at 2pm
Ticket price: $20 ($14 for 59E59 Members)
Two women realize the importance of friendship through a random blind date, G.I. Joe tarot cards, and a couple of vodka sodas. "One of those shows that leaves you feeling fulfilled, happy, and uplifted." Martin Denton, nytheatre.com.

Naked in a Fishbowl, directed by Laura Brienza
Created and performed by Katharine Heller, Brenna Palughi, Lauren Seikaly, Molly Knefel, Daliya Karnofsky and Rachel Axelrod
Tue July 12 at 9pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
This outrageous improvised sitcom chronicles the hilarious and startling honesty between five friends in NYC. Each episode features ‘knockout' performances that WCBS calls ‘Smart, honest, and definitely fearless.'

rogerandtom, written by Julien Schwab, directed by Nick Cotz
Wed July 13 at 9pm, Wed July 20 at 9pm, Wed July 27 at 9pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
Why does Othello trust Iago night after night? Why do we continue to wait for Godot? Solve this inherent paradox of the theatre in a roller-coaster ride through the fourth wall. Consider not only the choices of the characters in the play, but those of the actors on stage...as well as your own choice to take part in it all. "Part Pirandello, part Twilight Zone'"LA Weekly.

SMUT: Art That Should Carry a Parental Advisory Label, created and hosted by Desiree Burch
Guests include: Corn Mo, Greg Walloch, David Rees, Daniel Ajl Kitrosser and Nathan Phillips
Thur July 14 at 9pm, Fri July 15 at 9pm, Sat July 16 at 9pm
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)
Huffington Post comedian Desiree Burch hosts a reunion of this legendary Brooklyn performance series, featuring "art that should carry a Parental Advisory label" (NY Times).

David Lee Nelson...Status Update, written and performed by David Lee Nelson, directed by Adam Knight
Fri July 15 at 7pm, Sat July 16 at 7pm, Fri July 22 at 7pm, Sat July 23 at 7pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
A stand up comedy tragedy about divorce, getting sober, and finding the humor underneath. "Like a young Andy Kaufman...trying to maintain a tenuous grasp on his comedic soul" (Dallas Magazine). "Should come with a giant ‘Like" button' (Theater Jones)

Jonathan Prager: My Damage is My Gift!, written and performed by Jonathan Prager
Sat July 16 at 4pm, Sun July 17 at 4pm, Tue July 19 at 7pm
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)
An intelligent show filled with laughter, fun and original song bringing new meaning to the term 'Musical Comedy' - by New York Times/BBC featured NYC standup comedian Jonathan Prager.

The Truth About Suburban Black Girls, written, performed and directed by Liora Harvin
Sunday, July 17, at 2pm & 7pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
A provocative real-life coming of age story of a girl wrestling with her Black Middle Class Latina American roots and identity in White 1980's Suburbia.

Interpretive Dances to my Diary!!! (72% Non-fiction), written and performed by Ryan Good and Ryan Scammell
Tue July 19 at 9pm, Sat July 23 at 4pm, Sun July 24 at 4pm
Ticket price: $10 ($7 for 59E59 Members)
The sublimely surreal duo performs their anthology of everyday truths and untruths. Ryan and Ryan deliver an evening of: clapping monkeys, personal miscalculations, jumpsuits, woodchopping, radio theatre, bird crap, flailing limbs, deconstructions, intergalactic law, slow motion dance parties, momentary interrogations, fruit kisses, dance flags, 135 paper slips and a fishbowl.

To Hold an Apple, written and directed by Alexandra Zelman-Doring
With Alexandra Zelman-Doring and Marie Godeau
Wed July 20 at 7pm, Sat July 23 at 2pm, Tue July 26 at 9pm
Ticket price: $12 ($8.50 for 59E59 Members)
A new play by prizewinning playwright A.S. Zelman-Doring. Two master improvisers find themselves at crisis point, arguing about the nature of today's theater. After a near break-up, they decide to improvise one last time: a fierce impromptu encounter ensues, as German poet Rainer Maria Rilke meets French painter Paul Cézanne.

Wonder Bread, written and performed by Danusia Trevino and directed by Aleksey Burago
Thur July 21 at 7pm, Sun July 24 at 2pm
Ticket price: $12 ($8.50 for 59E59 Members)
With greater aspirations than growing tomatoes for her scheming father in communist Poland, a young woman escapes with a one-way ticket to New York. A romp through the exotic takes her from the Valley Stream Burger King, to marriage, to Iggy Pop and finally back to her roots and herself.

Radio Deluxembourg, written and directed by Andrew Hopper, with music by Matthew G. Park
With Andrew Hopper, Matthew G. Park, Niamh McCormally, Amy Frances Quint, and Hugo Armstrong
Thur July 21 at 9pm, Fri July 22 at 9pm, Sat July 23 at 9pm
Ticket price: $10 ($7 for 59E59 Members)
Radio Deluxembourg is a madcap rock'n'roll comedy explosion that features a pop?duo, their burnt out manager, and a sexy robot spy trapped in space.

Dr. Apple's Last Lecture, devised and written by Hole in the Sky Theater Company, directed by Carly Hoogendyk
With Mark Junek, Patrick Barrett, Stephanie Lane, Nessa Norich, and Eva Peskin
Sun July 24 at 7pm; Thu July 28 at 9pm; Sat July 30 at 9pm; Sun July 31 at 7pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
Observe as Dr. Apple's neuroscience lecture is interrupted by an unexpected trip into a subconscious world of tricksters, shamans and dropouts. A comedic and highly physical take on consciousness expansion and psychedelic history, featuring original music.

Unanswered, We Ride, written by Jaclyn Villano, directed by Elena Araoz
With Joy Barrett, Joe Tippett, Martha Wollner
Tue July 26 at 7pm, Sat July 30 at 4pm, Sun July 31 at 4pm
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)
When her daughter falls at school and life changes forever, Reese O'Leary does what any devoted mother would do - runs away from home. Unanswered, We Ride explores the people and places that define what home really means.

God's Fool, written and directed by Deborah Dennison
Wed July 27 at 7pm; Thur July 28 at 7pm, Fri July 29 at 7pm, Sat July 30 at 7pm, Sun July 31 at 2pm
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)
A provocative new play about Francis of Assisi, revolutionary, environmentalist, feminist, who traveled to Egypt through the carnage of the Fifth Crusade to beg the Sultan for peace. That historic meeting spawned a debate on ecumenism which still rages today.

Funny as a Crutch, written by Rich Orloff, directed by Douglas "Chip" Rome
With Hannah Bunting, Brennan Laskas, Kyle Lynch, Chris Keihl, Katie Kuzin, Carys Meyer, Allison Poms, Lauren Rainford, Jason Rath, Hannah Sikora, Mary Cate Turgeon and Jackson Viccora
Fri July 29 at 9pm, Sat July 30 at 2pm
Ticket price: $15 ($10.50 for 59E59 Members)
Uproarious yet touching exploration of disability guaranteed to make you laugh and raise your consciousness at the same time-you'll roll with laughter (lock brakes)!

 

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