The Fartiste at the Harry De Jur Playhouse

The Fartiste, story and book by Charlie Schulman, music and lyrics By Michael Roberts, plays at the Harry De Jur Playhouse from 11 - 20 Aug 2006, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

The Fartiste is the strange but very true, story of Joseph Pujol. Pujol was an ordinary French baker with a case of ambition and an unusual and ass-tonishing talent�the ability to manipulate a limitless supply of odorless gas from his rectum - fashioning an amazing assortment of musical numbers, imitations, and ass- tounding tricks. With focused determination, Pujol took his talent to the famous Moulin Rouge where he put his bakers hat behind him as his derriere soon catapulted him to stardom.

Directed by John Gould Rubin and choreographed by Richard Move, The Fartiste features Kevin Kraft (The Fartiste, Joseph Pujol), Mark Baker (Toulouse Lautrec), Jim Corti (Charles Zidler), Lyn Philistine (La Goulue), Nick Wyman (Aristide Bruant), Molly Curry, Leslie Frankel, Rachel Kopf, Rebecca Kupka, Charly Seamon and Steven Scott.

Set design by Clint Ramos, with costumes by Melinda Basaca, lighting by Nicole Pearce and sound by Betsey Rhodes.

The Fartiste is presented by Wet Knee Productions, Loose Canon Productions, and DRD Productions in Association with The Drama Center.