THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT ARTISTS

BY GINGER KEARNS

THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT ARTISTS

By Ginger Kearns

Directed by Nicole Rosner

New York International Fringe Festival

AUG 9, 2013 - AUG 18, 2013

VENUE #2: CSV FLAMBOYAN

THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT ARTISTS by Ginger Kearns plunges the audience between two ex-lovers as they use art to relive and explore their tragic love affair. The journey is an absurdly funny, unexpectedly charming battle of inspiration, lust and identity. Workshopped at Shelter Sundays and originally produced as part of THE SHELTER PRESENTS: ART (NYC-ARTS “Coolest Things To Do”), the comedy returns bigger, better and more hilarious than ever as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

Cast

  • Ginger Kearns
  • Michael Kingsbaker
  • A. E. Kieren
  • Shane LaRule

Creative Team

  • Technical Director: Meghan E. Jones
  • Production Manager: Lily Robbins
  • Lighting Design: Cate DiGirolamo
  • Sound Designer: Jessica Paz
  • Projectionist: Michael William Bernstein
  • Publicity: Heller Highwater, LLC
  • BEST OF FRINGENYC

    Martin Denton, Indie Theater Now
  • Nicole Rosner, the director keeps the show moving forward but slows down enough to allow the tender moments to land. I imagine working on this piece would have to be an extremely collaborative process. The hard and specific work by all is evident.

    Maura Kelley, nytheatre.com
  • ARTISTS is a play for creators and lovers ... Kearns has written a woman both bold and vulnerable ... surrounded by three talented men ... delectable conversations about art’s intersection with love ... ultimately rests on the miracle of collaboration.

    John Rowell, Show Business Weekly
  • The commitment, the acting and emotional connection between Kearns and Kingsbaker is the glue that holds this show together and makes it interesting. There is a strong sense of history between the pair. You completely 'buy' that these two had a past relationship and are currently still hurting from the break-up. Kearns, who is also the writer, goes deep beneath the layers and adeptly jumps back and forward in time to varying degrees of emotion. The writing is strong because the story is strong. The language is poetic and heightened in some instances and funny and stupid (in a good way) in the next.

    Maura Kelley, nytheatre.com