Scranton Fringe Preview Party!
Join us for a FREE, all ages event hosted by Molly “Balloons” Munyan at the Scranton Cultural Center on Thursday, September 29 from 6-9 PM! There are so many great performances planned for the 2016 Fringe Festival that you may not know where to start planning your weekend! We want to help you maximize your festival time and choose shows that match your interests, so we’re throwing a party to help Fringe patrons do both at the same time. Meet the team behind Scranton Fringe as well as artists of every stripe who have worked hard to bring this special weekend of entertainment to NEPA!
Retrospective: Journey to the Center of the Salacious Pop Icon
Theater/Dance/Spoken Word
Written by Simone Daniel & Jessica McDonough
Presented by New Vintage Ensemble
The internet/media is drowning in stones about Kanye West, and everyone has an opinion about him. Most of them negative, and understandably so. But if we look at the persona the way he sees himself we can maybe see ourselves In a new way too. This performance piece will attempt to dislodge the audience from assumptions and use their senses to understand the work of a true artist and one’s own Journey to rightful confidence. To love ourself like Kanye loves Kanye.
Friday, September 30 at 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 10 at 5:30 pm
Sunday, October 2 at 5:30 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG-13
Escape from Applebee’s
Theater
Written by Anthony Mercado
Escape From Applebee’s depicts a painfully typical night in the lives of Tim and Michele Hagner, a cute but harmless suburban couple enjoying a night out at their local Applebee’s with their fresh baby. But when they attract the (un)wanted attention of a beautiful waitress, who is definitely not from around here, their casual dinner becomes anything but. Save room for a triple chocolate meltdown in this new comedy about the politics of sex, marriage, and dessert.
Friday, September 30 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 1 at 4:00 pm
The World Will Stop If We Make A Mistake
Theater/Puppetry
Created by Patrick Holmes and Sarah Regan
Judy and Zack are just like you. They have loving relationships, families of their own and full-time jobs. When Zack finds a box containing several notes, cards and letters Judy has sent to him over 25 years, they discover a comic strip they created as kids. The friends find that their childhood selves have a lot to offer; and they begin to believe that they’ll be able to weather their uncertain futures with courage and good humor.
Friday, September 30 at 9:00 pm
Sunday, October 2 at 2:30 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG-13
The Playboy of the Western World
Theater
Written by John Millington Synge
Directed by Mark Mallecoccio
The Playboy of the Western World is a comedic romp through turn-of-the-century Ireland, written by J.M. Synge. Set in Michael James Flaherty’s public house it tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than In condemning the immorality of his murderous deed, and in fact, Christy’s tale captures the romantic attention of the bar-maid Pegeen Mike, the daughter of Flaherty.
Saturday, October 1 at 1:00 pm
Sunday, October 2 at 4:00 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG
Club Funny Presents: The Black Box Players
Comedy/Improv
Club Funny serves but one purpose: to create laughter
through improvisational games and skits. Comedy is our
means, inspiration our end. Club Funny strives to bring
joy to its’ viewers and offers a fun, unique, and inspiring
experience with every performance. The audience will
participate a once in a lifetime viewing of scenes they help
to create as the black box players create scenes based on
the suggestions given Watch. Play Laugh.
Saturday, October 1 at 2:30 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG-13
Escape from Applebee’s
Theater
Written by Anthony Mercado
Escape From Applebee’s depicts a painfully typical night in the lives of Tim and Michele Hagner, a cute but harmless suburban couple enjoying a night out at their local Applebee’s with their fresh baby. But when they attract the (un)wanted attention of a beautiful waitress, who is definitely not from around here, their casual dinner becomes anything but. Save room for a triple chocolate meltdown in this new comedy about the politics of sex, marriage, and dessert.
Friday, September 30 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 1 at 4:00 pm
Retrospective: Journey to the Center of the Salacious Pop Icon
Theater/Dance/Spoken Word
Written by Simone Daniel & Jessica McDonough
Presented by New Vintage Ensemble
The internet/media is drowning in stones about Kanye West, and everyone has an opinion about him. Most of them negative, and understandably so. But if we look at the persona the way he sees himself we can maybe see ourselves In a new way too. This performance piece will attempt to dislodge the audience from assumptions and use their senses to understand the work of a true artist and one’s own Journey to rightful confidence. To love ourself like Kanye loves Kanye.
Friday, September 30 at 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 10 at 5:30 pm
Sunday, October 2 at 5:30 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG-13
Cody Clark: A Different Way of Thinking Magic Show
Magic
Cody Clark has a different way of thinking and, it’s safe to say, a different way of seeing he world. Whether it’s finding the magic in an everyday moment, or creating an everyday
moment in his magic, the magician’s art is never far from his mind. But it isn’t the only thing. Cody discovered his love for magic at age eleven, almost ten years after his parents
discovered he had autism. Through stage magic and story, sleight of hand and journey of mind, Cody will show you the world through his eyes. Maybe you’ll find that his way of thinking isn’t all too different from yours.
Saturday, October 1 at 7:00 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG
Shakespeare’s Will
Theater/Solo
Presented by the North American Cultural Laboratory
By Vern Thiessen
Performed by Tannis Kowalchuk, Directed by Mimi McGurl, Music by Kurt Knuth
Tannis Kowalchuk performs the role of Anne Hathaway in NACL’s lively song-filled solo performance about the life of the wife of William Shakespeare. The play begins on the afternoon of Shakespeare’s funeral. Anne knows she must read her husband’s will but before she does, the widow relives her life as mother, wife, and woman in 17th century Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Saturday, October 1 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, October 2 at 3:00 pm
60 minutes – Rated PG