International CringeFest - "BAD" Plays, Musicals & Films You Don't Want to Miss

Themes rotate, so check the definitive schedule: www.NYartists.org or www.Theatermania.com. The audience goes for the night and gets to vote at the end for winners of the Golden Pineapple, Silver Tomato, and Bronze Banana. and Jack Lemons for the actors.

For one ticket, you get to see a number of wacky works within a 2-hour timespan, including intermission. The Producers' Club has a charming, inexpensive bar & lounge for before the show, at intermission, and at the end where you can mingle with performers.

In the first week of the festival, Honorary Golden Pineapples will be presented to important people in the industry. Last year, Pineapples went to Taylor Mead, Mink Stole, Joe Franklin, Ginny Louloudes, and Michael Musto. Previous recipients include legendary actress Marilyn Sokol, cabaret star Sidney Myer, and Warhol muse Ultra Violet. Director Tom O'Horgan (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) was honored in 2007.

The program for This Year

SEX ENCOUNTERS OF A DISTURBED MIND (dir. Robert Bartley)
Chat Room by Melanie Wallner
Would Ya? by Bruce Post
Clean up, Aisle Six by Paul J. Lawrence
Bagel Shopping by David Schrag
Jump! by George J. Bryjak
Phil in Customer Service by David Schrag
INTERMISSION
After Life by Jon Brooks
Bullwhips & Boo Boo Bird by Catherine Pelonero (dir. Eva Minemar)
Zombie Strippers (musical) by Mark LaPierre

PSYCHO BITCH PARTY (dir. Kenny Howard)
Ashley Saves the World by Tom Baum
The Surprise Party by Jeff Stolzer
Lori at a Fetish Party (musical)
Book & lyrics Melanie Zoey Weinstein, composer Cecilia Woodcrest
Psycho Bitch & the Throbbing Blue Veiner by Barbara Lindsay
INTERMISSION
New Rochelle by John Ryan

IS THAT A CORNCOB IN YOUR POCKET? (dirs. Sharon Einhorn, Mark Falconer, Kenny Wade Marshall)
Sweet Talk by Jim Inman
Red Dirt, White Trash by Jean Hart
Whittlin' Dixie (musical) by Bud Twang
INTERMISSION
The Clothing Line by Eve Crusto
The Great Pig Robbery (musical), dir. Kenny Wade Marshall)
Book & lyrics by Blake Hackler, composer Michael Kooman

SEX, THUGS & ROCKIN' ROLES (dir. Tom Amici)
69 Stories by Frank O'Donnell
Torrid Taxes by Laurie Spector
Four Characters in Search of a Play by John Lane
The Greatest Play Ever (If You Don't Think
So, You're a Basket of Farts) by John Hendel
Godot, Act 3 by Ira Hauptman
Nanny Lends a Hand by Jean Hart
INTERMISSION
Fingerman by Hope Weiner
Don't Write a Bad Play, or a Cautionary Tale about the Brutality of the War on Terror and the Futility of Using Violence to Stop Violence by Jack Karp
The Artistic Integrity of a Damned-Fine Love Story by Robin Rodriguez

DOW JONES MEETS DEEP THROAT (dir. Kareem Fahmy)
The Alopecia Plot by Jules Tasca
The Hedge Fun by Raeder Lomax
Sarah Opts Out! by Shirley King
INTERMISSION
Small World by Jeff Stolzer
The Patent Application by Stephen Delos Treacy

NO HOLES BARRED (late-night Saturday) (dir. Kenny Wade Marshall)
Oh my Josh! by Doron Braunshtein aka Apollo Braun
The Queen's Privy (musical) by Michael Paul Girard
INTERMISSION
It Came from Uranus (musical) by Lance Theo Carpenter

PLUS, a few short films, including "Adolf Hitler Gets Some Bad News" by David Schrag.

For more information or reservations, call 212-242-6036 or visit NYArtists.org For online ticketing: TheaterMania.com Grand Theatre at the Producers Club, 358 W. 44 St., betw. Eighth/ Ninth Aves., July 19-August 8. Tickets are $25 full price or $20 advance sales (deadline July 1), student tix $15. Tix may be further discounted for early weekend shows.