Monday, August 23, 2010

NYC FRINGE 2010 & around the world!!!

NEWS ALERT!!!! Former EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH cast members making waves at the Fringes in NYC & around the world!!!

Go see Michael Hirstreet in MY BROKEN BRAIN http://www.mybrokenbrain.net/. Sad to say Michael was only with us briefly. This amazing young talent was way to busy with some great projects for us to hold him down. Now playing at the The Players Loft @ 115 MacDougal St. 3rd Fl., New York N.Y. 10012
Show Times Remaining: 8/27 Friday 5:45 PM & 8/28 Saturday 10:00 PM. The revies so far have been great http://adaumbellesquest.com/2010/08/15/review-mbb/

Today (8/23/10) is opening night for former EIGHT member Killy Dwyer in GIRL BALLS FREE at the Edinburgh Fringe. Killy was a valuable member of the cast for over a year in our early days at the Laugh Factory. If you are over seas anywhere in Europe, jet set over to see this amazing show that has already taken NYC by storm. http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/music/girl-balls-free

Know any other former cast members at the festivals let us know!
I was never impressed with the idea of THE FRINGE festivals until I participated last year. Well, to be fair I did not have a huge respect for showcases in general. Moved to NYC in 1997 already with a couple paid jobs under my belt. Mostly DT and church gigs, but I have always been anti-non-paid gigs. But it was just recently that I realized how good and innovative and artistic the theater becomes in many of these situations. Or perhaps, although fun, I discovered how non-artistic working on a TV or commercial set can be. I think every artist defines "Living the Dream" in their own way. I used to think it would be being on Broadway or at the MET Opera. Now I realize being able to create real characters and experiencing the world thru fresh eyes while not having to work in restaurants is pretty much a dream come true. Bway and the MET would be a bonus right now.

Anyway, if you have not had the pleasure of checking out the NYC Fringe or others, please do. If you are an up and coming artist, this is a must check out festival. Going on last summer - LAST MINUTE - as an understudy I received more critical acclaim than anything else in 10+ years of professional work. And I was just there as a back up for an ailing talent. Plus the chances I would otherwise get to work on a stage like the Minetta Lane are slim to none.
FROM 2009 International Fringe Festival, New York City
GUTTERSTAR, THE PAPERBACK MUSICAL

Minetta Lane Theater
"Walt Frasier ... gave the best-sung and most assured performance to be found in the show.... His supple baritone and confident manner gave the show an anchoring dramatic weight."
TALKIN' BROADWAY REVIEW by Matthew Murray

FRINGE FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre http://www.accofestival.co.il/english/   
Adelaide Fringe Festival http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/default.aspx Australia
Amsterdam Fringe Festival http://www.amsterdamfringefestival.nl/
Athens Fringe Festival http://www.fringefestival.gr/
Atlantic Fringe Festival http://www.atlanticfringe.ca/ Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Bath Fringe Festival http://www.bathfringe.co.uk/
Berkshire Fringe http://www.berkshirefringe.org/index.htm
Brighton Festival Fringe www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk/
Budapest Fringe Festival http://budapestfringe.hu/
Buxton Fringe Festival http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/index.php
Calgary Fringe Festival www.calgaryfringe.ca/
Capital Fringe Festival (Washington, DC) www.capfringe.org/
Couch Soup Fringe Festival (New Zealand) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch_Soup
Curitiba Fringe www.festivaldeteatro.com.br/
Cincinnati Fringe Festival http://www.cincyfringe.com/
Dublin Fringe Festival www.fringefest.com/
Dunedin Fringe Festival http://www.dunedinfringe.org.nz/index.asp
Edinburgh Festival Fringe http://www.edfringe.com/
Edmonton International Fringe Festival http://www.fringetheatreadventures.ca/festival.php
FRIGID New York www.frigidnewyork.info/
Fringe Wilmington(Wilmington, DE) http://www.fringewilmingtonde.com/
FronteraFest - Austin Texas http://www.hydeparktheatre.org/site/index.html
Hamilton Fringe Festival - Hamilton Ontario Canada http://www.hamiltonfringe.ca/
Hamilton Fringe Festival - Hamilton New Zealand http://www.hamiltonfringe.com/
Houston Fringe Festival (produced by BooTown) http://www.houstonfringefestival.org/
Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival www.indyfringe.org/
Kansas City Fringe Festival http://www.kcfringe.org/
Llangollen Fringe Festival http://www.llangollenfringe.co.uk/
London Fringe (produced by London Bridge Festival 2010) http://www.londonbridgefestival.com/
London Fringe Theatre Festival (Ontario) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fringe_Theatre_Festival_(Ontario)
Malvern Fringe Festival http://www.malvernfringe.co.uk/
Singapore Fringe Festival http://www.singaporefringe.com/
Melbourne Fringe Festival www.melbournefringe.com.au/
Minnesota Fringe Festival www.fringefestival.org/
Montreal Festival Fringe http://www.montrealfringe.ca/
National Arts Festival (Grahamstown, South Africa) http://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/
New Orleans Fringe Festival http://www.nofringe.org/index.html
New York International Fringe Festival http://www.fringenyc.org/
Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival http://www.orlandofringe.org/
Ottawa Fringe Festival www.ottawafringe.com/
Piggyback Fringe Wakefield Quebec http://www.piggybackfringe.ca/
Prague Fringe www.praguefringe.com/
Rogue Performance Festival www.roguefestival.com/
Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival www.25thstreettheatre.org/fringe/
San Francisco Fringe Festival http://www.sffringe.org/
Time-Based Art Festival (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) www.pica.org/tba/
Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival www.fringefestival.co.uk/
Stroud Fringe Festival www.stroudfringe.co.uk/
Sydney Fringe www.thesydneyfringe.com.au/
Tokyo Fringe Festival http://www.thegarageinternational.com/text/tokyo/text/tokyowelcome.htm
Toronto Fringe Festival www.fringetoronto.com/
Vancouver Fringe Festival www.vancouverfringe.com/
Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival http://www.intrepidtheatre.com/fringe2009/
Wellington Fringe http://www.fringe.org.nz/
Windsor International Fringe Festival http://www.windsorfringe.com/
Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival http://www.winnipegfringe.com/
Woodstock Fringe Festival http://www.woodstockfringe.org/

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