American Gypsy

By Oumar Berte

Put a little bit of comedy, a large dose of magic, and lots of storytelling in a pot, mix them all together, and you have American Gypsy.

American Gypsy shows the transmission of a passion for magic from a famous magician to his apprentice. All of the characters in the play are played by one actor, Ben Whiting. The play is influenced by his own experiences of learning magic.

Ben’s goal is to share with us his love of magic, as he says in the play, “Magic is to make difficult things seem easy, and make simple thing beautiful.” I’m not personally a fan of magic, but Ben Whiting made me respect his art.

American Gypsy is a captivating play built on strong relationships surrounded by magic.

*Plog Pick

Schedule and ticket information here.

The Nightmare Story

By Oumar Berte

The Nightmare Story is a play performed by college students who come from Pittsburgh to New York for the New York Fringe Festival.

The play uses magic realism to tell the story of a son who goes in search of a flower to save his mother who is suffering from nightmares. He has to find the flower because one day his mother doesn’t wake up.

The play is a mix of jokes, shadows and music. I think that the goals of the play are to show a different side of nightmares and to make people have fun – and these goals are reached.

I’ve seen a lot of plays (both high and low budget), but I’ve never had so much fun in a theatre in my entire life. The Nightmare Story is the should-see-play of this year’s Fringe Festival.

*Plog Pick

Schedule and ticket information here.