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EAST TO EDINBURGH 2010
YO GIRL!, presented by Claire Unabia. Written
and Performed by Natalie Kim. Directed by
Kenneth Heaton
Dates: Tuesday, July 13 - Wednesday, July
14 at 7 PM; Tuesday, July 20 at 7 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Yo Girl! is a one woman journey to face
love and three mothers: her adoptive mother,
her Korean birth mother and her stepmother.
NO TRAVELER, presented by Mighty Little Productions.
Written and Performed by Penny Pollak. Directed
by Samantha Jones
HI, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?, presented by Mighty
Little Productions. Written and Performed
by Scout Durwood. Directed by Lucile Scott
Dates: Wednesday, July 14 - Friday, July 16
at 9 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
No Traveler combines vaudeville, music and
monologues to explore the heartbreaking act
of suicide with the one thing that helps us
keep going... laughter. Hi, How Can I Help
You? is a musical look at the silly rather
than sexy side of working as an S&M mistress.
GIBBY STONE AND HER PROBLEM, presented by
Infinity Repertory Theatre Company and Main
Street Arts. Written by Paul Andrew Perez.
Music and Lyrics by George Griggs. Directed
by Paul Andrew Perez. Performed by Natalie
Tiffany, Carlie Yaroscak, Christine Barnwell
and Carolyn Stark
Dates: Thursday, July 15 - Sunday, August
1
Times: Tue - Sat at 7 PM, Sun at 2 PM
Tickets: $12 (59E59 Members $8.40)
Her acne triggers a musical eruption! Teen
angst at its worst, Gibby searches for love.
A dermatological wonder. Her face lights the
way!
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, presented by The Fifth
Wall. Written by Gyda Arber and Wendy Coyle.
Directed by Gyda Arber
With Gyda Arber, David Arthur Bacharach, AaRon
Baker, Wendy Coyle, Ian W. Hill, Heath Kelts,
Iracel Rivero, Brandi Robinson, Heather Lee
Rogers, Ariana Siegel, Ken Simon and Moira
Stone.
Dates: Saturdays July 17, 24 & 31 at 1:30,
2:30, 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30 PM
Tickets: $20 (59E59 Members $15.50) Ticket
price includes a drink at the E:Bar.
Advanced reservations are required.
Part theater, part live video game, this
interactive experience uses iPods to immerse
you directly into the gritty world of film
noir, where not everything is black and white.
“A distinctly 21st-century form of participatory
theater. A singular experience. You'll be
smiling!” New York Times.
MARY&WILLIAM, Written and Performed by
Mary MacDonald Hamill. Directed by Eddie Lew
Dates: Saturday, July 17 at 4 PM; Sunday,
July 18 at 7 PM; Wednesday, July 21 at 7 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Shakespeare’s words have a powerful
resonance in the life of a woman seeking intimacy
and her place in the world. The voices of
Hamlet, Prospero, Ophelia, Juliet... intertwine
with a deeply personal autobiography.
TWO ISLANDS: ISLAND BLOGOSPHERE & THE
JEWISH NUN, presented by New Light Foundation
and Krane, Inc. Written and directed by Vanessa
Garcia (Island Blogosphere) and Wendy White
(The Jewish Nunn) Performed by Nicole Garcia,
Casey Dressler and Vanessa Garcia
Dates: Saturday, July 17 at 2 PM & 9 PM;
Sunday, July 18 at 4 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Two Islands shows the worlds of two different
women and comprises two stories: that of an
Island Blogosphere in Cuba and that of a Jewish
Nun in Manhattan. Funny, Political, Relevant.
CITY LOVE SONG, presented by Four Fins Ink.
Written, directed and performed by Jack Finnegan
Dates: Tuesday, July 20 - Wednesday, July
21 at 9 PM; Tuesday, July 27 at 9 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
For all the talk about the state of America,
there’s no better way to know than to
go and see for yourself. Jack Finnegan narrates
an expressive and philosophical journey through
the United States from the window of a train
and the sidewalks of two dozen American cities.
RIGHTEOUS MONEY, presented by Wolf 359. Written
by Michael Yates Crowley. Directed by Michael
Rau. Performed by Michael Yates Crowley.
Dates: Thursday, July 22 - Saturday, July
24 at 9 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Profane, sexually rapacious, and filthy rich,
this TV provocateur dishes advice on buying
stocks, seducing assistants, and what’s
wrong with America today.
A PERHAPS-TOO-INTIMATE EVENING OF MUSIC AND
HILARITY, presented by The Young Dads. Written
by Jesse Andrews and Micah Shapiro. Directed
by Jesse Andrews. Performed by Jesse Andrews
and Micah Shapiro.
Dates: Thursday, July 22 - Saturday, July
24 at 9 PM
Tickets: $12 (59E59 Members $8.40)
This charming comedic duo mixes catchy original
music with witty comedic musings about pirates,
the meaning of existence and how tough it
is to be a teenage girl. Their vocal harmonies,
strangely compelling choreography and subversive
Power Point presentation will have you laughing
to the point of irreversible face damage.
RETREAT, presented by Red Chair Players
East. Written by Steven Levenson, Directed
by Dawn Fuller. Performed by Lucinda Allen,
Yasmeen Audi, Cristina Cortes, Tate Daugherty,
Joey Doyle, Caroline Johnson, Nikhil Mehra,
KC Morse, Ben Prout, Alexa Salamé and
Anna Skelsey.
Dates: Friday, July 23 - Sunday, July 25 at
7 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
In Retreat, rebellious young women are caught
at the intersection between modernity and
madness. These characters explore the perils
of self-discovery in a psychiatric clinic,
circa 1906.
SKINNY BITCH JESUS MEETING, Written and
performed by Katie Hartman and Leah Rudick
Dates: Wednesday, July 28 - Saturday, July
31 at 9 PM
Tickets: $10 (59E59 Members $7)
Delightfully dark duo Katie Hartman and
Leah Rudick turn daisies into daggers and
filth into fancy with their absurd and disarmingly
fun show. Named "biggest revelation"
by the Guardian at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe,
the pair returns to the 2010 festival with
their bizarre world of giggles and nightmares.
CONSIDERING GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, presented
by One Voice Productions. Written, directed
and performed by Allison Hetzel
Dates: Saturday, July 31 at 2 PM & 4 PM;
Sunday, August 1 at 4 PM
Tickets: $15 (59E59 Members $10.50)
Considering Georgia O'Keeffe is a unique
and honest look at O'Keeffe's life as a female
artist in a man's world. A compelling portrayal
of one of the most iconic American artists
of the 20th Century. “Hetzel’s
theatricality made the play about her life
highly engaging. Alison owned the stage with
her powerful voice” Three Weeks.
COMING SOON:
SUMMER SHORTS 4, presented by Throughline
Artists with J.J. Kandel and John McCormack.
With new plays from Christopher Stetson Boal,
Roger Hedden, Wendy Kesselman, Neil Koenigsberg,
Neil LaBute, Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason and
Alan Zweibel.
Dates: Friday July 30 – Thursday September
2
Times: SERIES A: 7/30 AT 8:15, 7/31 AT 8:15,
8/1 AT 3:15, 8/3 AT 7:15, 8/4 AT 7:15, 8/12
AT 8:15, 8/13 AT 8:15, 8/14 AT 2:15, 8/17
AT 7:15, 8/18 AT 7:15, 8/21 AT 8:15, 8/22
AT 3:15, 8/26 AT 8:15, 8/27 AT 8:15, 8/28
AT 2:15, 8/31 AT 7:15.
SERIES B: 8/6 AT 8:15, 8/7 AT 8:15, 8/8 AT
3:15, 8/10 AT 7:15, 8/11 AT 7:15, 8/14 AT
8:15, 8/15 AT 3:15, 8/19 AT 8:15, 8/20 AT
8:15, 8/21 AT 2:15, 8/24 AT 7:15, 8/25 AT
7:15, 8/28 AT 8:15, 8/29 AT 3:15, 9/1 AT 7:15,
9/2 AT 8:15.
Tickets: $18 (59E59 MEMBERS $12.60)
Summer Shorts returns for another summer
of new American one-acts featuring original
plays by the country's top playwrights. Representing
some of today's best writing, directing and
acting talents, Summer Shorts 4 offers eight
world premiere one-act plays, in two separate
evenings. The two series will run in rotating
repertory. The New York Post declared "one-act
shorts fit nicely in summer heat!"
WOLVES, presented by Kids With Guns. Written
by DELANEY BRITT BREWER. Directed by MIKE
KLAR. Performed by a cast of nine.
Dates: Wednesday August 4 – Saturday
August 21
Times: TUE-WED 7:30, THU-SAT 8:30, SUN 3:30
Tickets: $18 (MEMBERS $12.60)
Wednesdays all tickets $10
A wolf collides with a young couple’s
automobile on a snowy New Year’s Eve,
igniting this triptych on the violence of
deception. Unfolding across three relationships,
an impotent novelist grasps for affection
from his resentful fiancé, a woman
longs for the specter of her overbearing ex-girlfriend
and a child discovers her unwitting role in
her parents’ divorce.
Special post-performance talk-backs every
Wednesday
59E59 THEATERS is located at 59 East 59th
Street, between Park and Madison Avenues.
www.59e59.org
TICKETS can be purchased by phone through
Ticket Central at 212-279-4200, online at
www.59e59.org or in person at the
59E59 Theaters Box Office.
BOX OFFICE HOURS: Monday 12:00 PM - 6:00
PM, Tuesday 12:00PM – 7:30PM,
Wednesday - Saturday 12:00PM - 8:30 PM and
Sunday 12:00 PM – Final Curtain.
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