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• or to be more exact
• POWER HOUSE: The Disco Energy Dancing Along Show
• From Bouncing Ball, written by Shawn Northrip and directed by Shirley Serotsky:
• At Source Theatre
• Thurs, July 17 at 6 . Thurs, July 17 at 10 . Sat, July 19 at noon . Sun, July 20 at 7:30 . Wed. July 23 at 9:30 . Fri, July 25 at 10

–  It’s big, it’s b-a-a-d, it’s more beautiful than ever.  Washington, get ready for the 3-peat of Capital Fringe’s takeover of your July calendar. For the first time, the Fringe has a home - they call it Fort Fringe, a former Italian restaurant tricked out with a gorgeous outdoor performing space under tents. It’s Fringe box office and party central at 607 New York Avenue NW. (more…)

The 2008 Capital Fringe Festival - unjuried, risk-taking independent performing arts. Join us July 10-27, 2008 to celebrate the performing arts in the nation’s capital.

NEW THIS YEAR!! THE FRINGE BUTTON! Buttons are REQUIRED for entrance into all Fringe Venues. One button per person, one time purchase. Proceeds from the sale of the will be shared equally will all Fringe run venue participants. Support the artists and BUTTON UP!

The Fringe features more than 600 individual performances involving over 200 companies in 30 venues, located all around the District. The mission of Capital Fringe, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is to connect exploratory artists with adventurous audiences by creating outlets and spaces for creative, cutting-edge, and contemporary performance in the District of Columbia.

Click here for a master calendar of all events in the Capital Fringe Festival.

Click here to see the schedule and order tickets.

Less than 24 hours before opening, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival announced they had sold out all reserved seats for the entire 5 days.  There are, they tell us, some walk-in tickets available.

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July 7 – The New York-based  Hip-Hop Theater Festival 2008 opens in DC on July 8th and stays for five days and nights.

This year’s tour includes Sekou tha Misfit & Steve Connell who return with The Word Begins, last seen at Signature. The range of hip-hop culture is represented from B-Boy crews, spoken word, theatre, and dance. The artists fill stages from the Kennedy Center, to Studio Theatre, Dance Place, Chief Ike’s Mambo Room, a round table discussion at Flashpoint, an all day series of workshops,swim party and BBQ at DC Urban Arts Academy and a final wrap party at the Pacific Cafe Lounge .

All events are free and open to the public, including the final wrap party. Reservations are strongly suggested.  We’ve listed the full program and ticket info here.

Washington poet/journalist Porscha ‘Lynk’ Coleman will be covering the festival for us.  Check back here to read Porscha’s take on the events, and to add yours.

Here’s where you get complete show details and buy tickets.  Theatermania.com

For everything else: Capital Fringe

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!!!
Click HERE FOR DETAILS

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It’s been a wild ride producing seven different pieces in 5 different Fringe slots. Exciting and insane and amazing. It’s hitting me that I myself perform tomorrow and then again on Sunday with a completely different piece. Going over my Molly project has been incredible. It’s been seven years of research and debate and four plays written. I’ve been heckled, scoffed at, and called “clever” by an Irishmen. I’ve broken into abandoned buildings, become obsessed with cemeteries, and attempted bizarre late night exorcisms. I’ve stayed in many a hotel room, eaten perogies, and taken private dungeon tours. A woman possessed, perhaps obsessed. The only thing I haven’t toured is the Yeungling factory…driven by it a lot. Each coal town had it’s own brewery. Until prohibition. But Yeungling bottled water then. So, they are the only ones that still stand.

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I guess there was a nasty arguement that turned into a near brawl at my last show on Tuesday. I am happy to announce that we were the first show at the Fringe where security had to be called. What great publicity! If only it had happened at my first show, I could have used it. We were sold out and some guy who had already attended once wanted to bring his friends. The festival is strict about not letting people in after the seats have sold and this guy went off the deep end. I was filled in on all the great details after the show was over. I was wondering why my stage manager looked so ruffled at the two minute call. Now it all makes sense.

Two great shows I saw yesterday- NORMAL-C and MAY 39TH. My wife and I thought they were both great. CONFESSIONS OF AN INVISIBLE WOMAN was also outstanding but like mine, the show has finished