North America’s Largest Arts Fest Celebrates 10 Years
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
** 10th Anniversary Festival runs August 11- 27 **
"the biggest, funniest, sauciest, silliest, wildest, kinkiest, freakiest, screwiest, wackiest, artiest, funkiest, feistiest, scrappiest theatrical showcase of the year" -- Time Out
New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will present the 10th Anniversary Festival from August 11 - 27, 2006. This year, the festival will be the largest ever, presenting programming by 216 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies. Shows represent 11 countries (including Poland, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, France, Japan and Ireland) and 20 US States (including Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey and Wisconsin).
Performances cover a wide range of disciplines including theater, dance, performance art, children's theater, spoken word, puppetry, and multimedia. Festival shows will be hosted by 21 of New York City's most prominent downtown performance venues ranging in size from 50 to 250 seats. FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy. A complete list of shows available at FringeNYC.org.
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 nine years, FringeNYC has presented over 1500 performing groups from the U.K., Canada, Singapore, Germany, the Czech Republic and every state in 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, Debbie Does Dallas, Dog Sees God, 21 Dog Years, The Joys of Sex, Matt & Ben and the forthcoming Silence! The Musical.
Tickets are $15 each, available at: FringeNYC.org., 212-279-4488 (inside NYC), or 1-888.FRINGENYC (outside NYC). Discount passes for multiple show packages are also available. For complete and up-to-date information on the festival visit FringeNYC.org.
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August 11-27, 2006
Tickets are $15 each, available at: FringeNYC.org., 212-279-4488 (inside NYC), or 1-888.FRINGENYC (outside NYC).
For complete and up-to-date information on the festival visit FringeNYC.org.
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