nytheatre Festival Calendar
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May 12 - May 18
One Woman Standing. A week-long developmental series for one-woman shows, presented by Emerging Artists Theatre and curated by Stacy Mayer and Jennifer Lee Mitchell. There are performances daily; tickets are $10.
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May 15 - Jun 15
Gayfest NYC. A festival of new gay-themed work, including three fully produced productions, readings, and more.
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May 15 - May 17
The Bushwhack Series. A three-day festival devoted to the development of new work within the neighborhood of Bushwick. Five performing artists/groups will present new and developing work—participating artists work in experimental theater, dance theater, opera, multi-media, and puppetry, and include: The National Theater of the United States of America (NTUSA), Amanda Maddock, Ann and Alexx Make Dances, Chris Ajemian, and Bushwick's own ConLab. Click here for ticketing info. All performances are at The Bushwick Starr.
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May 16 - May 24
Tiny Theater!.
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May 18 - May 26
DanceAfrica 2008. The Memorial Day Weekend tradition also includes the DanceAfrica bazaar, art exhibition, dance master classes, African films, outdoor performers, and live music in BAMcafé.BAM presents their annual festival of African dance, featuring Ceesay Kujabi and the Bachinab, Giwayen Mata, LaRocque Bey School of Dance Theatre, Inc., and BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
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May 20 - May 25
One Man Talking. A week-long developmental series for one-man shows, presented by Emerging Artists Theatre and curated by William Reinking and Tom Greenman. There are performances daily; tickets are $10.
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May 23 - May 25
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. Theater for the New City presents the 13th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. More than 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and many others—all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side—will participate in this festival, including: jazz musician David Amram; talk show host Joe Franklin; performance artists Reno and Penny Arcade; downtown favorites Jim Neu, Black Eyed Susan, and Epstein & Hassan; theatre and dance companies such as Rod Rodgers Dance Company, The Wendy Osserman Dance Company, Joe's Pub, New York Theater Workshop, The Mariana Bekerman Dance Company, The Red Bastard, and many more. Plus, there will be new works by established and rapidly rising playwrights including Barbara Kahn, Lissa Moira, Larry Myers, Bina Sharif, James Rado and others.
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May 23 - May 31
Toy Theatre Festival. Great Small Works presents their 8th annual festival of toy theater, including works by puppet theatre companies and miniaturists, at St. Ann's Warehouse. Participants include: Paul Zaloom; veteran puppeteer Lynn Jeffries; Frank Maugeri of Redmoon Theater; renowned French puppeteer Alain Lecucq; and Ravi Gopalan Nair and Parvathy Baul connecting West Bengal traditional puppet theater and Toy Theater of Victorian Europe.
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May 30 - Jun 29
The Film Festival: A Theater Festival. The Brick Theater presents its annual summer festival: "Theater as it was meant to be seen. In front of screens and on TVs, laptops, iPods, and cell phones."
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Jun 2 - Jun 7
Catch a Cabaret. A week-long developmental series for cabaret shows, presented by Emerging Artists Theatre and curated by Jonathan Warman and Damon Boggess. There are performances daily; tickets are $10.
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Jun 2 - Jun 15
TeatroStageFest.
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Jun 4 - Jun 28
Summerworks 2008.
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Jun 12 - Jun 14
SketchFest NYC.
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Jun 18 - Jul 2
soloNOVA Arts Festival.
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Jul 1 - Jul 28
Summer Play Festival (SPF).
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Jul 8 - Jul 27
East to Edinburgh.
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Jul 9 - Aug 24
Ice Factory '08.
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Jul 11 - Jul 27
Fresh Fruit Festival.
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Jul 14 - Aug 10
Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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Jul 15 - Jul 20
Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival.
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Jul 21 - Aug 10
Bad Musicals Festival.
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Aug 8 - Aug 24
New York International Fringe Festival.
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Sep 5 - Sep 28
NY Clown Theatre Festival.
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Sep 15 - Oct 5
New York Musical Theatre Festival.
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Oct 16 - Nov 24
A.N.T. Fest.
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