Photo Preview: FringeNYC's 'Dirt'

The 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival and Dreck Productions will present the U.S. Premiere of Dirt, the acclaimed European award-winning one-man show written by Robert Schneider, directed by David Robinson and performed by Austrian actor Christopher Domig. Performances run from August 10 - 22, 2007 at The Players Theatre Loft Space (115 MacDougal St.) in NYC.

Dirt was the most frequently performed solo show in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the 1990's. The influential German theatre magazine Theaterheute awarded Robert Schneider Best New Playwright Of The Year (1993) for Dirt. "The play centers on Sad, an illegal immigrant from Iraq, who sells roses on the streets to make ends meet. He is charming, cynical, humorous, violent and sad. Although he loves the English language and American culture, he misses his homeland. As Sad continues to talk it becomes increasingly clear that he has a love-hate relationship with himself, his heritage and the western world he currently lives in. Haunting and compelling, Dirt is a telling story about racism and the havoc it wreaks on the human spirit," state press notes. Dirt is translated by Paul Dvorak, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who teaches German language, literature and culture

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by calling 212-279-4488 or 1-888-FringeNYC (outside NY) or visiting www.fringenyc.org. For more info visit www.dirt-nyc.com. The running time is 75 minutes with no intermission.

Photos by Jordan Craven

Christopher Domig

Christopher Domig

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