Dating. Dating in DC. A play about dating in DC. “This must be dystopian,” I thought as I entered Caos on F to take in the latest world premiere by Nu Sass Productions. To my delight, what the piece turned out be was nothing I had expected. 50 Ways to Date Your Aubrey is an energetic […]
Perfecting the Kiss. A Capital Fringe Peek
Perfecting the Kiss came into the world almost on a dare. Sometime around the turn of the millennium, I was at a brunch for theater folk and someone (I can’t recall who) pondered aloud, “why has no one written a Noises Off! for Off-Off-Broadway?” Why, indeed…? Around that time, my dear friend and collaborator, Paula […]
Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother. A Capital Fringe Peek
My interior critic sounds like Jackie Hoffman as Mamacita and for years she grimly told me I’d never be a writer or performer. My exterior champion Mama Jean—part Auntie Mame, part Mama Rose—relentlessly chanted, “you should be a writer, that’s what you should be doing!” When I put down the bottle I finally silenced Mamacita […]
Review: America’s Wives at Capital Fringe
Farah Lawal Harris’ America’s Wives is an extended metaphor, really. Its central two characters are both married to a distant, narcissistic, unfair man named America.
Review: The City Of… at Capital Fringe
Playwright Matthew Capodicasa has tapped into a truly terrifying idea in The City Of… The premise: What would happen if an entire town just gradually started forgetting everything about each other, themselves, and even about how to be human?
Review: Andromeda Breaks at Capital Fringe
There are certain individuals who haunt the Capital Fringe festival (and I’m not talking about the reviewers). Antigone and Medea always seem to make an appearance. And, of course, every character from even the most obscure work of Shakespeare. But, thanks to the new Fringe Curated Series commissioning program, other mythical figures are having their […]
Review: O Monsters, Capital Fringe
What happens when a man and a woman love each other very much? In the case of O Monsters, they spend a glorious night together before the man disappears and leaves his lover (now pregnant) behind to raise their triplets in a sort of subterranean limbo, haunted by the specter of their disappeared patriarch. While […]
PolySHAMory, for women who find themselves in a pickle
Carrie Fisher once said to “take your broken heart and make it art.” I aim to live by these words, which is why all of my solo shows have been derived from my real life experiences–experiences so crazy that fiction can’t even compare.
David Rodwin: How a holdup and online dating brought him to Fringe
Four years ago I was held up at gunpoint an hour after my girlfriend broke up with me. That’s how my show begins. I didn’t realize it was the beginning of a show at the time – much less a comedy – I was just happy my grandma taught me if I were ever mugged […]
Usually fearless Aubri O’Connor gets ready for a terrifying show at Fringe, 50 Ways to Date Your Aubrey
I’m going to be honest with you guys – I’m scared out of my mind to do this Fringe show, 50 Ways to Date Your Aubrey.
The night we all remember from 2016: This Historic Night at Capital Fringe
On November 8, 2016, I was watching MSNBC cover what would become one of the most shocking moments in our nation’s history. That election felt like a catastrophe. The future had never seemed so dark or uncertain.
Creators of Fringe game show Movie Magic Live! want to help DC lighten up
Movie Magic Live! answer our questions. Where did the idea for your show come from? While the submission process was in progress, my friends at Fringe mentioned that there were quite a few serious shows, exploring very deep topics. I love compelling theater as much as anyone, but I also know that Fringe is better when […]