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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

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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.