Annually, The International Fringe Encore Series provides opportunities to emerging artists who show exceptional talent at each season’s Fringe Festivals both artistically and commercially. In recognition of their excellence, SoHo Playhouse offers these special shows an extended run Off Broadway in New York City. This extended run gives these worthy shows a platform for future productions and success. Many of the previous productions featured in the series have gone on to extensive Off Broadway runs and international success including Drama Desk Nominee Krapp 39 (FringeNYC 2008), Jamaica Farewell (FringeNYC 2009), Triassic Parq (FringeNYC 2012), We Live By The Sea (Edinburgh 2016) and Rap Guide To Religion (Edinburgh Fringe 2015).
This year's series includes:
Stories from India
India's beloved spoken word artists bring you their tales of love, hope and humanity. An award-winning, five star-rated storytelling show that is heartfelt, humorous and Indian to its core.
My Mother's Funeral: The Show
Abigail needs money for her mum's funeral. Luckily, the theatre will pay her to write something gritty, raw, working-class… just like her. An award-winning play about the cost of turning your life into art, written by Kelly Jones.
Bill Posley's The Day I Accidentally Went to War
From the award-winning comedy team behind mega hit The Day I Became Black (Off Broadway Alliance Best Solo Performance) comes this hilarious and powerful true story, offering perspective on the American Veteran experience.
Gwyneth Goes Skiing
The sell-out worldwide sensation Gwyneth Goes Skiing is coming to NYC—prepare to lose half a day of skiing!
FAMEHUNGRY
An experience unlike anything you’ve seen before, cult London performance artist Louise Orwin brings you FAMEHUNGRY: a helter-skelter nosedive into the TikTok universe and a grudge match with the attention economy, asking what lengths we will go to be seen and what it means to be an artist now.
The Whisper of the Waves
No matter who you are, alone or have company when the flood comes, sitting, watching the tide surge, no one is lonely anymore.
In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
1 expert with 5 wines, 2 comedians with no idea.
IO//ODIO
Racist hatred, this is the belief of the protagonist: a fierce man, in an ancestral way, devoted to verbal violence without limits, reservations or shame.
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology is a fierce band of spoken word artists spittin' fire and blazin' stages with the powerful intensity of truth.
Emilio's A Million Chameleons
Emilio's A Million Chameleons is a heartwarming family musical about a circus led by Emilio Jr. and a magical chameleon named Juan, as they both learn to let their inner sparkle shine!
A Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First
From three time consecutive Fringe First Award winners Xhloe and Natasha comes an absurdist take on American childhood, the Vietnam War and the boys caught in between.
Juliet: A Revenge Comedy
What if Juliet doesn’t kill herself? A fast-paced, action adventure comedy that follows Juliet on the literary adventure of the century as she recruits a team of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters to find out why they’ve been forced to die!
Wounded
Welcome to Wounded. In this darkest of comedies, a trio of lost souls cross in a take-no-prisoners battle of psychological warfare.
