1. NY Fringe Festival needs venue directors
   
2. French juggler needs housing this weekend
   
3. Hilary Chaplain performing at Here
   
4. 1st Witch, 2nd Witch, 3rd Witch at Chashama
   
   
   

Hey there ya'll

Some of you know me and some of you do not. My name is Krista Jean Robbins and I am the Production Manager of FringeNYC. I have been involved with Fringe every year except for last year. (I was out busy getting married don't cha know).I am sure if any of you all worked with Steve last year then you have not met me. This year Steve will be going to Edinburgh and I am back with Fringe.(If any of you know Casey Kennedy, she will also be back this year).

I am once again out recruiting Venue Directors for the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival.

I gotta tell you all, I am really excited about this year. We are really ahead of the game and have some really incredible theaters. Nothing needs to be built from scratch this year. All of the theaters should pretty much run themselves. I cannot begin to tell you how much easier that will make it.

I have rewritten the Venue Director job description so if any of you want a copy of it (or just want to forward it to someone you think might be interested in this) then let me know.

If you were a VD last year then you already know this but if you were involved before 2001 it's a little different now.

The Venue Directors are now the only person in charge of the space (other then the theater owner). We are not using Technical Director's per venue anymore. We will have a TD on call if there are any problems but for the most part the Venue Director is on their own in the space. If you are one of the people (like myself) who is technically challenged, then you can attend our training sessions before the festival starts. This includes learning how to change a bulb in a theater lamp, rigging, getting a sound system up and going. It's all pretty easy. Anyway - because the Venue Director is the only one in charge of the space it means the money has doubled. Woo - Hoo. Again it's the same as last year but doubled from 2000.

The dates this year are Friday, August 9th through Sunday, August 25th. Of course you will need to be around a few days before the festival for tech. There are also TWO dark days this year. That means the days that your theater is dark you can either sleep for a full 24 hours or you can get out and see other shows. Either way, this is a good thing.

If any of you live a far distance, we do have a "youth hostel" set up this year. We will have six to eight cots set up at the Present Company this year so if you get involved early enough you can "claim" a cot and stay at the Present Company.

I am holding a Venue Director Informational meeting a week before the regular meetings start. So come on down to that or send someone who might be interested.

Wednesday, June 5th
6:00
Present Company

For any of you that have never heard of me or the New York International Fringe Festival then someone has passed your name along to me. Again, I can send an attachment of the Venue Director job description to you. In a nut shell though, a Venue Director is a Stage Manager/Company Manager/House Manager/Theater Manager and Technical Director all rolled up into one job.

Let me know

Krista Jean Robbins
FringeNYC 2002
(212) 664-0456

"A LIFE IN HER DAY" at PSNBC at HERE on Wednesday, June 26, at 7:30 pm

HERE is 145th Sixth Ave. at the corner of Dominic St. between Broome and Spring St.
Admission is free, but PLEASE make reservations as these shows sell out!
212-647-0202 x 301
Many of you receiving this notice will have seen a previous performnace of a previous version of this show. It is VERY much changed! It is now a "Clown" show rather than a show about being a clown! Here's what I will tell you.

Unconventional and nutty, physical comedienne Hilary Chaplain invites us into some of her most intimate moments with "A Life In Her Day" presenting us with a quirky and whimsical slice of life that defies even gravity.

This is a solo plain clothes clown show for adults. The universe of this clown involves a stuffed dog, a vertical bed perched on it's end, a breakfast table set with a bowl of marshmallows, a roll of paper towels and a dummy. Using sight gags and physical comedy, Hilary's character confronts everyday dilemmas and creates inventive solutions while exposing universal truths and human vulnerability. We see the span of a day that embraces a lifetime from waking to retiring, from courtship to childbirth, and from failure to success. The audience imagines that, come the next day, it all starts over again.