NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
** 9th ANNUAL FESTIVAL TO RUN AUGUST 12th - 28th **
"the biggest, funniest, sauciest, silliest, wildest, kinkiest, freakiest, screwiest, wackiest,
artiest, funkiest, feistiest, scrappiest theatrical showcase of the year" -- Time Out
The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest mulit-arts festival in North America, will present the 9th annual Festival from August 12th - 28th, 2005. Each year the festival presents programming by nearly 200 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies. Tickets to all shows are $15 each. For more information visit www.fringenyc.org or call 212-279-4488.
In 2005, many of New York City's most prominent downtown performance venues will host productions from around the globe as part of FringeNYC, which will offer performances covering a wide range of disciplines, including theater, performance art, dance, children's theater, spoken word, puppetry, and multimedia. FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy.
In 1997, New York City became the seventh US city to host a fringe festival, joining Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Houston, Orlando and San Francisco. In its first eight years FringeNYC has presented over 1500 performing groups from the U.K., Canada, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Germany, the Czech Republic and across the U.S., prompting Switzerland’s national daily, The New Zurich Zeitung, to declare, "FringeNYC has become the premiere meeting ground for alternative artists." The festival has also been the launching pad for numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway transfers, long-running downtown hits, and regional theater productions including Urinetown, Never Swim Alone, Last Train to Nibroc, Debbie Does Dallas, The Joys of Sex, Pith!, Sides: The Fear is Real and Matt & Ben.