Fishing for Alaska
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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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Most theater people get their adventure from a bad review. Sturgis Warner went to Alaska. In Fishing for Alaska, a mid-career New York theater artist who has just directed a play about Alaska gets pulled into the real thing: the state's commercial fishing industry, where the hours are long, the weather does not care about your feelings, and the coworkers are unforgettable.
Warner wrote the piece and performs it solo, so it's one man, one stage and a lot of very cold water. Michael John Garcés directs, and Twilight Theatre Company produces. Expect close calls, salty characters and a big dose of what the show calls the power of Alaska herself.
It plays Paradise Factory on East 4th Street, a small black-box house where you'll be close enough to smell the brine (figuratively, we hope). Performances run Mondays and Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7pm, with Sunday matinees at 3pm. Running time is about 1 hour 35 minutes, and it's recommended for ages 13 and up.
This is a short run that ends October 25, 2026, so don't wait for the next boat.
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