Starting at around ten minutes after the lights come up on MOTHS, you may begin to worry that you’ve gone mad. Don’t panic – this is a perfectly appropriate response to this perfectly bizarre comedy, written by Stephen Notes and directed by Roma Rogers.
Last Train to Nibroc
There’s a quiet magic that happens in Last Train to Nibroc. It doesn’t occur often, but when it does, it’s a blissful reminder of how transcendental theater can be.
The Tragical Mirth of Marriage and Love at Capital Fringe 2013
Think Chekhov. Sub-zero winters, utter hopelessness, and suicide in Act III. In other words, Russia, and on a sunny July Saturday, beer in hand, Russia may not be your destination of choice.
My Civil War
There is a sensation you get when walking into a very good museum exhibit – the ones that you know will make you think and possibly reconsider how you view the world. The ones that will touch you in some way, even though they deal with the history and stories of individuals long since dead […]
A Guide to Dancing Naked
Brynn Tucker enters her show with nerve.And instantly, she exercises a rawness you’ll see often in the course of 60 minutes—and not just the rawness of exposed flesh, but of emotion, joy, as she asks, and seeks to answer, “What’s so important about dancing?”
Tickets to an Event
Traffic cops, tourists, a policeman, families, bystanders, Fringe goers, Delta Sigma Theta sisters, and Borealis Theatre. This was the cast of performers who created Tickets to an Event spontaneously on Saturday at 7pm.
One Night in New York!
What does it feel like to be in New York City for the first time when you’re young, gay and from Iowa? An adrenaline rush. A sensory overload of sights, sounds and action. A constant stream of insights and new experiences. Oh, and an unforgettable introduction to Grindr.
In Search of the Perfect G-String
It’s Fringe season, so when you tell folks at the tent you’re off to In Search of The Perfect G-String they’re to be forgiven for their assumption you’re headed to one of the several burlesque troupes competing for your Baldacchino-bucks. But smile knowingly, educated Fringe-goer, and explain that your destination is of a more gentle, […]
21 King
What was once a cautionary tale painting strong women as whores has been triumphantly transformed into a case study in the complex, turbulent, often vicious history of female power. 21 King, presented by True Wit Productions, explores the question of what it really means to be called a Jezebel.
Detective Pimbley and the Case of the Rich Dead Lady
The scene is set: a heavy rain pours and the black gauze of deception hovers over Detective Pimbley as he drowns his sorrow. Whiskey neat is his drink of choice, and Jim Beam’s the only friend he’s got. But, wait! A knock at the door! A case! A crime! A box of Crayolas!
Marsha
Otherness. It can be frightening. We humans have a tendency, old as the lizardian mush portion of our brains, to congregate and socialize with those resembling ourselves, shunning outsider; this was a fundamental survival tool for keeping the tribe genetically intact and safe from would-be competition. Marsha is a play about a kind of extreme otherness […]
Photos from the Capital Fringe Baldacchino tent
July 11, 2013 — Fringe gets the party started. Thursday night brought the summer’s eighth annual Capital Fringe Festival roaring to life, with over 30 productions opening on Thursday and scores more making premieres over the weekend.