Orlando Fringe Festival wraps another successful year, DigiFringe keeps the fun going
ORLANDO, Fla. — The 31st annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival wrapped up another successful year of music, shows and fun. Orlando Fringe was held from May 17 to May 30 at Loch Haven Park and participating venues around Orlando. This year, Fringe hosted over 200 shows - that’s 759 performances by over 1,600 artists. According to a news release, Orlando Fringe paid out over $400,000 to Fringe artists who performed this year. Orlando Fringe is the longest-running theatre festival of its kind in the United States, and this year it hosted the World Fringe Congress.
wftv.comOrlando Fringe festival kicks off this week with new partnership announcement
ORLANDO, Fla. — The longest-running theater festival of its kind in the U.S. returns to Central Florida this week. The Orlando Fringe festival kicks off its 31st year with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at 7 p.m. at its outdoor stage at Loch Haven Park. The 14-day arts festival lasts through May 30, followed by an online component June 3-17. Fringe will also include visual fringe, a visual art portion, a free festival for children and families on Saturdays and Sundays during Fringe, and the return of the free outdoor stage. READ: Come Out with Pride working to bring WorldPride event to OrlandoThis year’s Fringe festival starts with some expansion too.
wftv.comOrlando Fringe Festival returns to Loch Haven Park with new venues and shows
ORLANDO, Fla. — Fringe is back with some new changes to make this year’s Orlando Fringe one to remember. Orlando Fringe announced details for the 31st Annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. Orlando Fringe is the longest-running theatre festival of its kind in the United States, and this year will host the World Fringe Congress. The WFC is a meeting of Fringe producers, managers, directors and leaders, aiming to strengthen the World Fringe sector through learning and sharing. To find more information about the Fringe Festival, click here.
wftv.comOrlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘Seen,’ ‘Arden,’ ‘Tired Old Whore,’ ‘My First Miracle,’ ‘Dangerous When Wet,’ ‘Designated Debaters,’ ‘Dogtanic’ and ‘The Frogpig and Friends Variety Hour’
Seen Terapia Di Danza, Orlando, FL Yellow Venue, $12 Belly dancer Serafina Schiavo uses her art to take audiences on an esoteric exploration of self-empowerment...
orlandoweekly.comOrlando Fringe best exemplified the ingenuity shown by our artists in this pandemic year
Under the leadership of executive director Alauna McMillen and producer Lindsay Taylor, Orlando Fringe hosted nearly two solid weeks of daily streaming content, providing a financial lifeline for festival performers whose livelihoods were on lockdown. Most importantly, Orlando Fringe, with some assistance from the Federal Paycheck Protection Program, managed to both stay solvent, and also keep the majority of its staff employed [full disclosure: including this writer's spouse]. Carrying the banner for in-person entertainment at the Winter Mini-Fest will be Unhappy Accident, an original site-specific satire of television's late "happy little trees" painter Bob Ross. The remaining in-person performances at Winter Mini-Fest will actually be part of Kids Fringe, held only on Saturday, Jan. 9. As a longtime Fringe follower, I can't think of a better way to finally blow off 2020 and welcome in a brighter new year.
orlandoweekly.comOrlando Fringe returns to (some) in-person programming with Winter Mini-Fest in January
click image Photo courtesy Orlando Fringe/FacebookOrlando Fringe's annual Winter Mini-Fest is usually a harbinger — a teaser, if you will — of Fringey delights to come later in the year at the big fest.Well, Winter Mini-Fest is on for January 2021, and in its fifth year the event will take on an added role as a means of reconnecting Fringe audiences and performers after 2020's Fringe Fest was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Offering a timely hybrid of virtual performances from Fringe faves like Martin Dockery and Ryan Adam Wells, as well as site-specific in-person outdoor shows from Fringe lifers,the option to watch the virtual shows on the Mini Lawn behind Orlando Shakes (if you wish), it seems that Fringe organizers have all the bases covered.And there are Kids Fringe events too, so yes, all bases are covered.Winter Mini-Fest happens Jan. 7-10, 2021. The majority of the events will be available for virtual viewing for the duration of the event. Tickets are on sale now
orlandoweekly.comOrlando Fringe offers a virtual First Friday this week celebrating trans and gender-nonconforming artists
click to enlarge Photo courtesy the artist and Orlando FringeNovember's Fringe First Friday virtual event – set for this very week – will shine a spotlight on trans and gender non-conforming artists, both local and from around the country.Co-sponsored by the City of Orlando Office of Multicultural Affairs, the shindig will include everything from dance to comedy, trivia to music, storytelling and even drinking a Mtn Dew as performance art. Par for the Fringe course, in other words.The six performances on offer:by DANA Movement Ensemble;by Found Voice Productions and comedian Kelli Dunham;by DulceArt Works, Inc. and Fringy Mime Queen PeeVira;by Salvation Mercy;by JG Productions; andby Lightup Showbox.Since the event is a herald of sorts for the upcoming Trans Awareness Week (starting on Nov. 13), Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan will read the City's Proclamation to recognize the week. Fringe First Friday happens at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 can be viewed live through the Orlando Fringe's social media accounts, on its YouTube channel and on the Fringe website It's free, but you should be a good patron of the arts and donate to the performers. Every little bit helps.
orlandoweekly.comOpera del Sol and Orlando Fringe to present virtual opera-burlesque hybrid 'Nightwear on Elm Street'
click image Photo courtesy Cabana Macabre/FacebookLocal company Opera del Sol is teaming up with Orlando Fringe and some of our city's burlesque all-stars to present a creepy cabaret called " Nightwear on Elm Street " in November on the internets.A best-of-both-worlds situation combining the realms of burlesque and opera, "Nightwear" sees the return of Miss Foxy to Opera del Sol, this time joined by luminaries including Cabana Macabre, Sirena Rose, Nina Divina, and Tush.The performers will be backed by Opera del Sol’s studio artists and in-house pianist-composer Julian Bond on the night. The event promises a night of "glamour and gore," so get ready. "Nightwear on Elm Street" happens on a very appropriate Friday the 13th – Nov. 13, to be exact – in the virtual realm. A $10 ticket will get you access to the YouTube Premiere live video feed.
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