The first annual Festival of One: New York's (and perhaps the world's) Only One Show Festival is the "haiku of summer festivals" *.

The festival's sole show Paul Pierog (not your president) was selected to inaugurate the festival after a lengthy adjudication process by festival creator Aaron Beall (he co-created the New York International Fringe Festival and is known for his many theater festivals including the Hamlet Festival and the Obie award winning Faust Festival amongst many others). With Festival of One: New York's Only One Show Summer Festival he feels that the event is a "synthesis of all the festivals I have done".

Paul Pierog (not your president) is alternative comedy at it's edgiest and fringiest an evening of epigrams, short monologues, political fantasy, wild dances, stealth poetry, lip syncs and media commentary.

Sometimes its funny. Sometimes its not. It is however out there. Way out there. As out there as we at Paul, Inc, Los Burros Locos, Medicine Show, Todo con Nada, and the Festival of One: New York's Only One Show Summer Festival could get it.

Performance comedian Paul Pierog "plays" an American corporate executive--our unpresident-- dangerously unmoored from reality or perhaps he is just speaking the truth...

Paul Pierog is one of NYC's sharpest up and coming comedians and has been described as "The young Andy Kaufman" ** (He's 62) and a mash-up of "John Kerry and Frankenstein" ** and " a great dancer" **.

"If Al Gore and Marshall McLuhan had a love child it would be Paul Pierog (not your president)" **.

Paul Pierog (not your president) has been described "stand-up tragedy" **, "stealth poetics" **, as well as "Modern American Butoh Dance" **.

Strange and Funny. Disturbing and Weird. It is hopefully a show you will take with you for a long time after you experience it.

We look forward to your attendance. 

A festival pass is $15 American and it entitles you to see any show in the festival.

* (fes-tiv-al of one: new york's only one show sum-mer fes-tiv-al = 16 sylables = a haiku of sorts--alright, maybe a senryu--displaying a non-traditional but accepted 5-6-5 poetic structure, for more on haikus click haiku )

 ** Most quotes by Aaron Beall from rehearsals of Paul Pierog (not your president)