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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
Sunday, August 5. 8pm - 11pm

LAUNCH PARTY
Sunday, August 5 - 8pm - 11pm
Home - 532 West 27th Street

Free Admission / Complimentary vodka drinks 8-9pm.
21 & over with valid government-issued photo ID to enter only.

Come party with past and current participants, volunteers, press, and staff members of North America’s largest multi arts Festival. This is where the buzz begins (and we don't mean the alcoholic kind!).

New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, runs August 10 - 26, 2007. The Festival will present programming by 190 of the world's best emerging theater troupes and dance companies representing 9 countries (including Sweden, Japan, Australia, France, Ireland, England and Romania) and 17 US states (including Iowa, Utah, Minnesota, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Florida and Illinois). FringeNYC offers performances covering a wide range of disciplines, including theater, performance art, dance, children's theater, spoken word, puppetry, and multimedia.

In 2007, twenty of New York City's most prominent downtown performance venues will host productions from around the globe as part of FringeNYC. Host venues, ranging in size from 50 to 500 seats, include The Lucille Lortel, Soho Playhouse, Players Theatre, Bleecker Theater, Lafayette Theater, CSV Cultural and Educational Center, Village Theater, Schimmel Center, and Cherry Lane Theater. FringeCentral is located at 80 Carmine Street, at the corner of Varick.

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 decade FringeNYC presented nearly 2000 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, Debbie Does Dallas, Dog Sees God, 21 Dog Years, and Matt & Ben. This fall, FringeNYC alumni Silence! The Musical and Walmartopia are scheduled to open Off-Broadway.

Tickets are $15 each, available at 212-279-4488 (inside NYC) or 1-888-FRINGENYC (outside NYC). Discount passes to multiple shows are also available. For more information, including a complete list of shows and show descriptions, visit FringeNYC.org.