FringeNYC Opening Ceremonies: Please Come

On Saturday, August 14, I will be hosting the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival’s Opening Ceremonies. We begin at 10AM and the event lasts until 12:30pm — it’s at The FringeNYC Stage at SUMMER STREETS, at Spring Street & Lafayette Street. It is, of course, free. And it’s one of the very best ways for you to get a taste of FringeNYC.

That’s because, in about 150 minutes, we’ll be presenting short excerpts from about a dozen shows, as well as mini-interviews with artists from dozens more. The lineup of participants is changing/expanding constantly at this point, but as of right now I am expecting to welcome artists from the following FringeNYC shows during the Opening Ceremonies:

• Bagabones
• Banshee of Bainbridge
• Burning in China
• Classically Trained, Practically Broke
• Driving the Saudis
• Eternity in an Hour
• For Kingdom and Fatherland
• Getting Even with Shakespeare
• Hamlet Shut Up
• Heron & Crane
• In Loco Parentis
• Interfaith Understanding with the Rev. Bill & Betty
• Love in the Time of Swine Flu
• Miss Kim
• Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown
• Monetizing Emma
  
• My Broken Brain
• Picture Incomplete
• Playing By Air
• Questions My Mother Can’t Answer
• Richard 3
• South Pathetic
• Standing Up: Bathroom Talk & Other Stuff We Learn from Dad
• Stripes: The Mystery Circus
• The Beatitudes
• The Height of the Eiffel Tower
• The Pig, The Farmer, And The Artist
• The Princes of Persuasion
• T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!
• Trick Boxing
• West Lethargy

And it wouldn’t surprise if we are joined by many others on Saturday!

The goal is to have as many FringeNYC artists on hand as we possibly can, to let the audience know about their work. And the other goal is to put a fantastic show!

I am very excited about doing this event, and I hope we meet lots of new people there as well as see many, many familiar faces! Please stop by between 10am and 12:30pm to kick off FringeNYC in style!

(And we will be giving away a FringeNYC VIP pass to one lucky audience member! Come early to find out about that.)