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On this week's #ScotsinUS, we celebrate the start of the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh by speaking to some leading talents on and off stage to bring you the best the festival has to offer. Make sure to comment down below which shows this year are your favorite.

First, the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Shona McCarthy, welcomes American audience members to the Fringe in a message that highlights the historic mission of the festival.

Camilla G Hellman MBE, President of the American Scottish Foundation is in conversation with Anthony Alderson, Director of the Pleasance Theater Trust for over 17 years, about a few outstanding productions the Pleasance will be producing. All of the shows mentioned will be linked below.

ASF Podcast Producer, Avery Withers speaks with the multitalented writer and star of How to Find and Husband in 37 Years or Longer, JJ Pyle. The one-woman show produced with Solo Heros and directed by Mark Cirnigliaro was most recently seen at 59E59 Theaters as part of their East of Edinburgh series. Now it is playing in Edinburgh from August 7th to the 26th. Tickets can be found below.

Lastly we include a performance from Noisemaker on New York Tartan Day, when they performed a number from their new musical, SCOTS. SCOTS is now playing at the Fringe from August 14th to the 27th. Tickets can be found below.

All episodes of #ScotsinUS are available on Spotify, Anchor, and Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to watch the video recording, please check out our Facebook and Youtube pages. New episodes are released on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. For more information on the American Scottish Foundation, visit our website: americanscottishfoundation.org

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To purchase tickets for How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer please visit https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22How%20to%20Find%20a%20Husband%20in%2037%20Years%20or%20Longer%22

To purchase tickets for SCOTS please visit https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22SCOTS%22.

To learn more about 59E59 Theaters, please visit https://www.59e59.org

To learn more about the Pleasance Theater Trust and buy tickets for all their shows this summer, please visit https://www.pleasance.co.uk/events/location/Edinburgh

Below are links to tickets of the shows mentioned playing at the Pleasance Theater. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/public-musical https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/bampots https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/burns-musical
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tony-tony-blair-rock-opera https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/comedy-operas
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/dark-noon

To find all of the shows playing at the Fringe, please visit https://tickets.edfringe.com.