Welcome to Yeast Nation
If you can’t get into Yeast Nation, there’s always Book of Mormon
From the Tony Award winning team that created Urinetown: the Musical, comes the new rock musical that boldly answers the question – How did we get here? Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life) premieres at the fifteenth annual New York International Fringe Festival, this August 12th – 28th, at the Ellen Stewart Theater at La Mama ETC (Venue #9) .
There are only FIVE chances to witness Yeast Nation! Performance dates are:
Aug. 13 @ 8 p.m.
Aug. 18 @ 5:15 p.m.
Aug. 21 @ 2:15 p.m.
Aug. 22 @ 8:15 p.m.
Aug. 25 @ 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now! $15 or $18 at the door (if available).
Come with us to the year 3,000,458,000 B.C. and experience the world’s first salt-eating yeasts as they float through creation in the brine of the primordial sea. This dangerous and newly formed world is inhabited by the brave and tragic yeasts, all named Jan. More concerned with survival than a complex naming system – the Jans must find a way to survive and build the foundation for the world we live in today. The cast, led by Tony Award winning actress Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie, “Desperate Housewives,” “Frasier”), and director, Tony Award winning co-creator Greg Kotis (Urinetown: the Musical), fearlessly answer the questions of creation, evolution, and our responsibility to our ancestors.
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it certainly isn’t a surprise that Yeast Nation is sold out for the rest of the FringeNYC run, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it is granted an extension and the time before it makes it to Broadway is likely short. If you have a chance to get a ticket, take it. You won’t be sorry.
The music of Yeast Nation is exciting and energetic, with the catchy tunes, inspiring ballads, and powerful choral numbers we expect (hope for) from Kotis and Hollmann. The cast’s voices soar and the so do the hearts of the audience. That’s right, I saw some people wiping tears in that dark theatre.
The whole show is hilarious. Youʼll split your sides laughing
- Chicago Tribune
Hollmann’s accomplished rock score and Kotis’s book, which deals in twisted Shakespearean themes between the metatheatrical jokes, are thoroughly enjoyable
- Time Out Chicago
It might be considered the bastard child of Euripides and Casey Kasem.
- Variety
See more of what the press has to say about YEAST NATION (The Triumph of Life).
