Daring artists. Debut shows. Bigger crowds. Every year, the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival has seen astounding growth, and in less than a decade’s time, we’ve become New York State’s largest multi-genre arts festival. But the most spectacular feats come from the performers we draw here each year. They’re attracted to a tradition we happily inherited from our namesake, Scotland’s original Edinburgh Fringe (b. 1947). It’s a thriving example of how artists, communities, and funders can come together to do wondrous things.
because they’re hungry for surprise. In Rochester, we combine that freshness with the best of Rochester’s signature cultures, flavors, and neighborhoods. There is truly something for everyone to discover here. The poignant. The irreverent. The splendid. The toe-tapping and side-splitting. You need only take one small step beyond your comfort zone to be moved like never before.
In recent years, hundreds of Fringe festivals have been born throughout the world. Audiences flock to them
Cordially,
So, go on. Leap a little. On behalf of the Fringe board, staff, and venues, welcome to the Fringe.
INTRODUCTION
WELCOME TO THE 2019 KEYBANK ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL
Erica Fee Festival Producer / Board President
A WORD FROM OUR TITLE SPONSOR
KeyBank’s purpose is to help the communities we serve thrive. Through 2018, we have made community investments in Rochester totaling more than $211 million dollars as part of our
ON THE COVER:
National Community Benefits Plan. Our goal is to help bring hope and opportunity to this community through investments in affordable housing and development, growing small businesses and jobs, mortgages for underserved communities, and transformative philanthropy. The support we give to Fringe is a big part of our commitment to Rochester and we are so happy that you are attending this can’t miss September tradition. Thank you for joining us as we “Leap a little” and celebrate our great city at the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. Gary Quenneville KeyBank Regional Executive
The 2019 Fringe Guide features four separate covers, each featuring a different Fringe fan: Olivia Mabelis, Nina Miguel, Jane Njoku, and Querell Strong. Photography by Erich Camping.
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We at KeyBank welcome you to the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. This unique celebration of art, culture, and community is one that we are proud to support and see grow. From the sweet sounds of Massaoke, to the dazzling display known as Plasticiens Volants, and the many shows that will make you laugh and cry, this annual celebration has become part of the fabric of our community and an event that brings thousands to Rochester each year.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Fringe Information
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Gospel Sunday
Erica Fee Festival Producer
Grants 4 Good LLC Fundraising Consultants
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Friday & Saturday on the Fringe featuring Plasticiens Volants
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Fringe Finale Weekend featuring Massaoke
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Mike Birbiglia
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SHOWS Key
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The Memory Palace
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SHOWS Comedy
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Spiegeltent
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SHOWS Dance
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Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion
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SHOWS Kids Fringe
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Shotspeare
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SHOWS Multidisciplinary
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Drag Brunch
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SHOWS Music
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Silent Disco
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SHOWS Spoken Word
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Disco Kids
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SHOWS Theatre
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Spiegelgarden
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SHOWS Visual Art & Film
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Bushwhacked
100
Matt DeTurck Designer
Day-by-day Schedule
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Kids Day
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Abby DeVuyst Site Specific Coordinator
Venues
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Pedestrian Drive-In
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Show Index
Jonathan Everitt Lead Copywriter
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Celebrating the Life of Paul J. Burgett
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Map
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Justin L. Vigdor (Board Chairman) Of Counsel, Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Chandra Freeman Director of Administration
Tickets & Box Office
Fringe Street Beat
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STAFF
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Chris Adams (Assistant Treasurer) Vice President - Finance, Canfield & Tack Devra A. Bevona (Treasurer) President & CEO, Bevona Business Solutions Mark A. Costello (Corporate Secretary) Partner, Boylan Code LLP Mark Cuddy Artistic Director, Geva Theatre Center Erica Fee (President) Festival Producer Rev. Imani Olear Senior Pastor, Reformation Lutheran Church and Owner, Tru Yoga
Missy Pfohl Smith Director of the Institute of Performing Arts and the Program of Dance & Movement (University of Rochester) and Artistic Director, BIODANCE Stephanie C. Reh Co-Owner, Kidden Prep LLC Lynn Rowoth Assistant Vice President, Rochester Institute of Technology Alexa Scott-Flaherty (Vice President) Manager, Donor Relations at Writers & Books, Theatre Director, and Actor Meredith Smith Vice President of Government Relations, del Lago Resort & Casino Darren Stevenson Founder and Artistic Director, PUSH Physical Theatre Robert M. Vigdor Attorney Thomas Warfield Director of Dance, RIT / NTID
Renee Anderson Director of Food & Beverage Deb Bennett Bookkeeper Big Slide Creative TV Commercials and Video Production Erich Camping Chief Photographer Sally Cohen Publicist Nate Derby Outdoor Production Manager
Ben Fang Outdoor Music and Gospel Sunday Booker Chris Fanning Associate Producer Rob Ferguson Logistics Lead & Volunteer Coordinator Kelly Flegel Spiegeltent House Manager Val Foote Spiegelgarden Designer & Production Associate
Dan Herd Asst. Producer Rich Huang Street Beat Coordinator Martin Leary AdHouse Productions Video Production Makeway Web Design & Development Gloria Smith of Media Connection LLC Marketing Consultant and Media Buyer / Planner Bonnie Miguel Creative Director Meghan Murphy Graphic Designer Danielle Raymo Director of Social Media Matthew Robinson Director of Sales Casey Sanders Associate Sales Director John Schlia Photographer Emily Stork Festival Lighting Designer Kate Sweeney Director of Production Lindsay Taylor Production Stage Manager Evan Vasquez Outdoor Stage Manager Madison Zaelit Intern
ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Sylvie Beaudette Director of Summer@ Eastman and Assoc Professor, Eastman School of Music Mike Calabrese Owner, Java’s and Good Luck Dr. Grant Holcomb Director Emeritus, Memorial Art Gallery
Ruby Lockhart Former Executive Director, Garth Fagan Dance Dr. Elaine Spaull Director, Center for Youth and Council Member, City of Rochester Deborah Stendardi Vice President, Rochester Institute of Technology Heidi Zimmer-Meyer President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation
Bi-fur-what-now?
Bifurcated. That’s how we describe the way
Rochester Fringe is organized.
1 part Fringe-curated.
ens Volants, and Mike Birbiglia.
We host headliners like Cirque du Fringe, Plastici
1 part venue-curated.
The vast majority of shows are chosen by venues
from hundreds of applications.
Equal parts awesome.
Whatever your taste, a spectacle awaits.
ber, Leap a Little.
So, dig into the guide right now. And in Septem
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
TITLE SPONSOR
NEW YORK STATE SUPPORT
FOUNDING HIGHER ED PARTNERS
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Ames Amzalak
Estate of
Marianne Rohack
memorial Trust
PUBLIC SUPPORT
SPIEGELTENT CO-PRODUCING SPONSOR
Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson Foundation
POWERED BY C OMIDA
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
CO-PRODUCING SPONSORS
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Ronald Fielding HIGHER ED PARTNER
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation LEAD HOTEL PARTNER
TELEVISION PARTNER
OFFICIAL CONSTRUCTION PARTNER
PRINT MEDIA PARTNER
OFFICIAL BEER
ASSOCIATE HIGHER ED PARTNERS
SPIEGELGARDEN SPONSORS
VIDEO ADVERTISING PARTNER
ASSOCIATE PRODUCING SPONSORS Gouvernet Arts Fund
Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
DIGITAL PARTNER
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The Community Foundation
The Rubens Family Foundation
KIDS DAY CO-PRODUCING SPONSOR
OFFICIAL SALON
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COMEDY HEADLINER CO-PRODUCING SPONSOR
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
CHECK-IN PARTNER
LEGAL SERVICES SPONSORS
FRINGE FANS
THE PALLET EXPRESS
FEE BROTHERS
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING Pres. Denise Battles (Geneseo) Jim Barger Pres. Daan Braveman (Nazareth) Dr. Melanie Blood John Bodine
Tim Brown
Kevin Gibson
Causewave
Grove Street Association
Rich DiMarco
Silvana Gulino
Bob Duffy
Ed Hourihan
Vinnie Esposito
Pres. Heidi Macpherson (Brockport)
Pres. Richard Feldman (UR)
Pres. Sarah Mangelsdorf (UR) Kate McClung Pres. David C. Munson (RIT) Matt Pitts
Kelly Reitnour Pres. Gerry Rooney (SJFC) Dean Jamal Rossi (ESM) Jeremy Sarachan
Reformation Lutheran Church
VENUE MANAGERS The Avyarium Central Library
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
THE LITTLE SPONSOR
FRINGE FRIEND
Blackfriars Theatre
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OFFICIAL PRINTER
OUTDOOR MUSIC SPONSOR
Virginia Monte and Jessamyn Slon Danny Hoskins and Dave Baxter Susan Lusignan and Ned Davis
Eastman School of Music
Greg Machin and Jessica Kaufman
Garth Fagan Dance Studio
Bill Ferguson and Norlene Remollata
George Eastman Museum Geva Theatre Center Java’s Joseph Avenue Arts and Cultural Alliance
The Little Theatre & RIT City Space Lyric Theatre MuCCC Nox Cocktail Lounge
Eliza Kozlowski and Nick Marshall
Lynn Rowoth and Lori Gentile and John Aasp Sue Cotroneo and Eric Johnson Karen Craft and Kevin Indovino Aaron Metras and Samantha Councilman
Caitlin Milizia
RMSC Planetarium
Steve Fentress
Ben Kruger and Mike Calabrese
School of the Arts
Adele Fico and Alan Tirré
Neil Scheier and David Pacific
Writers & Books
Dan Herd and Chris Fanning
Most Fringe venues manage and program themselves. Fringe programs the Spiegeltent, Spiegelgarden, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (Gospel Sunday only), Gibbs Street and Parcel 5.
in and around Downtown Rochester
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FRINGE FESTIVALS: A BRIEF HISTORY In 1947, eight theatre groups showed up–uninvited–to perform at the newly established Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland. Although not listed in the official program, the groups performed anyway at venues they found for themselves. The following year, a Scottish journalist coined the term “festival fringe” to describe these non-curated shows that began turning up annually. The Edinburgh Fringe is now the largest arts festival in the world: it breaks records year after year for performances, venues, audiences, and ticket sales. With 56,796 performances of 3548 shows in 317 venues in 2018, the breadth and diversity of talent offered were astounding. Today, there are more than
250 fringe festivals worldwide, with nearly 50 in the United States alone. The Rochester Fringe Festival was the first in Upstate New York and is now one of the most attended in the country.
What is a Fringe Festival?
The U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals agrees on the following definition: Performing arts-focused: Fringes are a performing arts smorgasbord that typically includes theater, comedy, dance, music, spoken word, and the like. Some–like Rochester’s Fringe– include film and visual arts as well. Uncensored: No one gets too fussy about swearing or nudity, but squeakyclean content isn’t discouraged either.
Low-entry participation: Fees are low for both audiences and artists. Show selection varies from festival to festival, but generally runs the gamut from amateur to professional. Multi-everything: Lasting a few days to several weeks, Fringe festivals involve lots of people at multiple venues. Rapid-fire: Typically, technical requirements (sets, lighting, etc.) are minimal and shows run an hour or less. Original always: Fringes feature a wide array of original material because they are, by nature and design, highly attractive to those looking to be creative.
INFORMATION
September 10–21,
The Rochester Fringe is a proud member of the U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals.
ABOUT ROCHESTER FRINGE Rochester is based on the Edinburgh model, in that the vast majority of shows are curated by the venues themselves. Like Philly Fringe, we are a bifurcated festival. That means: One part Fringe-curated: the Fringe hosts headline events including everything in the Spiegeltent, Spiegelgarden, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, some shows at Kilbourn Hall, Friday & Saturday on the Fringe at Parcel 5., and Fringe Finale Weekend at East & Chestnut.
One part venue-curated: The vast majority of the shows are curated by the venues themselves from artist applications submitted in April.
History Planning began back in 2008 with a small group of like-minded cultural organizations that grew into the current not-for-profit Rochester Fringe Festival. The inaugural Fringe in 2012 attracted more than 33,000 people over five days. Fast forward to 2018, when we drew more than 78,000 attendees in 11 days. This year, we are 12 days of jam-packed, all-out creativity.
How do I participate? On Stage: The artist online application process for presenting a Fringe show opens each spring for one month at rochesterfringe.com. It is absolutely FREE to apply. Off Stage: Become a Fringe volunteer (we know you want to) and sign up at rochesterfringe.com mid-July after we announce our entire Fringe lineup for September. We welcome the help. Not to mention, volunteers can qualify for a nifty t-shirt and free tickets. Win/win.
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Set-Up & Organization
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INFORMATION
VISITOR INFORMATION Accessibility
The Fringe has partnered with the Mary Cariola Center to provide current accessibility assessments for all our partner venues. Details, including ASL interpreted shows and progress updates, are available at rochesterfringe.com/visitor-info/ accessibility. In addition, individuals being dropped off may pull up to the front of any venue. For the Spiegeltent, please use the corner of Main & Gibbs Streets.
Accommodation
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Stay at the center of Fringe at Hyatt Regency Rochester. Fresh off a spectacular remodel, the newly transformed Hyatt is centrally positioned to be your Fringe hub during the festival. It’s not just a Hyatt, it’s Hyatt Rochester. And we’re proud to call them our lead hotel partner at Fringe.
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For exclusive offers at our hotel partner, go to rochesterfringe.com/ visitor-info. Book now and fringe in fine comfort and style minutes away from all of Rochester’s best cultural attractions. Looking for more options? Excellent information on Rochester accommodations can be found at Visit Rochester: visitrochester.com. Enjoy your stay in our favorite city.
Box Office & Info Booth
The Fringe Info Booth and Box Office are located at One Fringe Place (across from Eastman Theatre, corner of Main & Gibbs) and will be open daily, starting September 9. For hours and details, see page 15. There will be an
additional info booth at Parcel 5 (next to One East Ave) for Friday & Saturday on the Fringe (September 13 & 14).
Cash or Credit?
All Fringe venues, bars and food trucks, as well as our Box Office and Fringe Store, accept cash, credit and debit cards. Convenient for fringing.
Fringe Store
Located at One Fringe Place (across from Eastman Theatre, corner of Main & Gibbs) for the duration of the festival (September 10-21) with a popup at Parcel 5 (next to One East Ave) for Friday & Saturday on the Fringe (September 13 & 14), and on Chestnut & East (September 20 & 21). Limited edition merchandise and collectibles are forever popular. You love the Fringe. Why not keep it with you year-round?
Lost & Found
Don’t panic. Anything turned into the Fringe will be held at the Fringe office until the end of the festival. Contact the Fringe admin team at info@ rochesterfringe.com or stop by the Box
Office & Info Booth at One Fringe Place (corner of Main & Gibbs) to check.
Mobile App
Your Fringe-on-the-go is here. Download the free Fringe app at the App Store or Google Play. Search:
“Rochester Fringe” or “RocFringe.”
Parking
One Fringe Place is in downtown Rochester’s East End. Most venues are within walking distance of one another, which allows for one-time parking. Please check the map on page 119 prior to departure, however, as some of our venues are in satellite locations in NOTA (Neighborhood of the Arts). The Fringe recommends one of the many lots and parking garages located near One Fringe Place (corner of Main & Gibbs). See map on page 119 for parking recommendations. Please note that the City of Rochester charges a flat fee of $7/car for all festival parking.
Bike Parking
Because the Fringe is a pedestrian-
One cannot Fringe on an empty stomach. We have some great spots for refueling. Eat, drink, and be merry!
Fringe Bars & Eats
Neighborhood Venues
Grab a bite from our rotating lineup of outstanding food trucks. Chase it down with a drink at the many bars on site to take care of that big thirst.
Drinks Only
(OPEN DURING SHOWS) The Avyarium (Village Gate) Writers & Books (740 University Ave)
Parcel 5 (next to One East Ave):
open during events on September 13 & 14 – food trucks & drinks
Chestnut Street (at East Avenue):
open during events on September 20 & 21 – food trucks & drinks
Spiegelgarden (One Fringe Place
across from Eastman Theatre): urban lounge open for the entire festival September 10-21 (see page 38 for Spiegelgarden open hours) Theatre Bar and food trucks
friendly event, it’s also an ideal venue for those traveling by bicycle. We’re big fans of pedal pushers. One Fringe Place is easily accessible from East Avenue with many bike racks and loops nearby. Traveling into the city from the ‘burbs? Throw your bike in the car, park in one of the many city side streets off East Avenue, and bike in from there. Rochester also now has bike-sharing locations downtown. As always, lock your bike and wear a helmet. Let’s not ruin your Fringe.
Spiegeltent (One Fringe Place across
from Eastman Theatre): the crown jewel of Fringe; open September 10-21 during ticketed shows only (see page 22 for show list) - vintage glamorous bar
Food and Drinks (OPEN DURING SHOWS)
INFORMATION
FRINGE EATS & SIPS
Geva Theatre Center
(75 Woodbury Blvd) – café and bar
Java’s Cafe
(16 Gibbs St) – café and coffee
Lyric Theatre
(440 East Ave) – snacks and bar
School of the Arts
(45 Prince St) - food only
The Little Theatre
(240 East Ave) – café and bar
Venues
Additional Questions? Helpful Answers:
www.rochesterfringe.com info@rochesterfringe.com
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Speaking of venues, we have incredible ones in and around downtown Rochester. Experience them all. GO. For a list, see page 118. For a map, see page 119.
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INFORMATION
WORKSHOPS FOR FRINGE ARTISTS Ready to take your show on the road from Rochester Fringe to the holy grail that is Edinburgh Fringe? Want to know more about other fringes? We have two FREE workshops to get you started. For Participant Pass holders or prospective shows only, please. TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE: Email info@rochesterfringe.com with “Fringe Workshop” as the subject line.
Beyond Rochester: Which Fringe is Next? Saturday, September 21, 10-11am School of the Arts
Fringe festivals are fast becoming THE way to get your new work out to the world. Think you’re ready to take your show to another fringe but not sure where to start? Xela Batchelder, Ph.D (“Dr. Fringe”) is a foremost authority on fringe festivals around the country and the world, including how they resemble or differ from the Rochester Fringe.
Ready for the Big One? The Edinburgh Fringe!
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Saturday, September 21, 12-1pm School of the Arts
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Have you considered taking your show to the world’s largest performing arts festival? The Edinburgh Fringe can be very intimidating for newbies, to say nothing of the expense. If you don’t know where to start, this session is for you. Dr. Fringe (Xela Batchelder) will provide you with an overview, resources for research, ideas on budgets, and how to save money for an unforgettable experience at the biggest Fringe of them all.
Xela Batchelder, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at Waynesburg University and the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Fringe. For 14 years, Xela ran Rocket Venues, a multi-theatre, multi-location venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. She is a researcher of the Edinburgh Fringe and North American Fringe Festivals and a Fringe treasure.
at In person at 1 Online 4 WWW.ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM THE FRINGE BOX OFFICE (No additional fees)
Buying tickets could not be easier and takes only a couple of minutes! Visit our website to get your tickets right away. You can print your tickets at home or download directly to your smartphone. Paper tickets can also be printed at the Fringe Box Office at One Fringe Place starting Sunday, September 8.
2 (585) 957-9837 By phone
(Additional phone admin. fees apply.) BEFORE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Phones will operate as a voicemail-only for questions and sales. Leave your name and contact information, and you can expect a call back from the box office within one business day. PHONE HOURS BEGINNING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Phone lines are open during the Fringe Box Office hours.
person: VENUES 3 InTickets may be purchased at the door, if
FOR MIKE BIRBIGLIA TICKETS Book online at RochesterFringe.com or call 585-274-3000. The Eastman Theatre Box Office phone lines are open: Monday-Saturday 10am–3pm
BEFORE FRINGE Sunday, Sept. 8: Noon-4pm Monday, Sept. 9: 12:30-5:30pm DURING FRINGE Tuesday, Sept. 10: 12:30-10pm Wednesday, Sept. 11: 5-10pm Thursday, Sept. 12: 5-10pm Friday, Sept. 13: 5-11pm Saturday, Sept. 14: Noon-11pm Sunday, Sept. 15: Noon-10pm Monday, Sept. 16 –Thursday, Sept. 19: 5-10pm Friday, Sept. 20: 5-11pm Saturday, Sept. 21: Noon-11pm
All ticket sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
PLEASE NOTE:
All shows and times in this guide are subject to change. Please check rochesterfringe.com for up-to-date information.
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available, starting one hour before curtain. All venues accept cash, debit, and credit cards. See page 110 for a list of all Fringe venues.
LOCATION One Fringe Place (corner of Main & Gibbs Streets, Rochester, NY 14604 - across from the Eastman Theatre) Open hours listed below. The Fringe Box Office accepts cash, debit, and credit cards.
TICKETS & BOX OFFICE
4 WAYS TO PURCHASE FRINGE TICKETS
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FRI & SAT ON THE FRINGE KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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FREE. Outdoor. Spectacular. Spectacle.
Captivating the world on a grand scale for 40 years with its jaw-dropping form of spectacular street theatre, world-renowned French company Plasticiens Volants returns to the Fringe this year in Pearl: Secrets of the Sea. Featuring giant inflatables, this extraordinary show combines huge floating, underwater creatures with dramatic lighting and music to tell an unforgettable story. Plasticiens Volants’ two performances will begin with a promenade down Chestnut Street and East Avenue, as the creatures swim to Parcel 5, where a dramatic story will unfold for audiences of all ages.
Plasticiens Volants’ shows worldwide are supported by their sponsors Tarn Conseil General, Region Midi-Pyrenees, and Spedidam.
And with the support of
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Parcel 5
Friday, Sept. 13 at 8:00pm Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:00pm 80 mins ALL FREE See map on page 119
How to enjoy PLASTICIENS VOLANTS: The pre-show promenade will begin at the corner of East Ave. and Chestnut St. and proceeds down Main St. Viewing will be available from the sidewalks, and attendees are invited to follow the sea creatures as they “swim” to their final destination at Parcel 5. The main show, which begins at 8:20pm, is an immersive experience and will occur above and around attendees at Parcel 5. Limited seating in bleachers will be available, with priority given to those in need. In order to protect the safety of the performers, lawnchairs will be allowed in a separate, dedicated area only. Absolutely no pets allowed, with the exception of service animals.
PLUS: DJ ha-MEEN rocks Parcel 5 for the city’s biggest dance party. This master mixer from Ithaca makes dancefloors pump with his unique blend of Classic Hip Hop, R&B, Funk n’ Soul, House, Salsa, Boogaloo, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Bboy/Bgirl Breaks, and other miscellaneous funkiness.
FRI., SEPT. 13 • 5pm-11pm SAT., SEPT. 14 • 5pm-11pm
FRIDAY ON THE FRINGE
A FREE grand spectacular celebration downtown at Parcel 5 (next to One East Ave), with food, drink, and entertainment options both days—including buskers and other street performers ahead of each night’s performance by Plasticiens Volants.
5:00-8:00pm • DJ ha-MEEN 8:00-9:20pm • Plasticiens Volants Immediately following • DJ ha-MEEN
Food & Drink
Grab a bite from our outstanding food trucks and a drink from one of the Fringe bars. Please, no outside food and drink allowed.
Parking
Weather
In the event of inclement weather, please look for announcements and updates at rochesterfringe.com and Fringe Social on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Friday & Saturday on the Fringe is made possible with support from New York State through Market NY/Empire State Development under the Regional Economic Development Council initiative.
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See map on page 118 for garage locations; also see Visitor Information on page 10.
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HEADLINER
One Night Only!
AN EVENING WITH
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 7:30 PM
“In the last decade, Mike Birbiglia has emerged as one of America’s most gifted comedians.”
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- Tom Geier, The Wrap
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COMEDY Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Friday, Sept. 20 at 7:30pm 80 mins
18+
TICKETS
$29-85.50
Tickets may be purchased online at ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM, or by calling the Eastman Theatre Box Office at (585) 274-3000 • See all ticket purchasing methods on page 15 This show will be
ASL interpreted
Comedian MIKE BIRBIGLIA has performed for audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall. His shows, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes, were both filmed for Netflix, and his recent Broadway debut, The New One, garnered him the 2019 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. He wrote, directed and starred in the films Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice, while his NY Times bestseller, Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories, was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. As an actor, Mike has appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, HBO’s Girls and Broad City, and in the films Trainwreck, The Fault in our Stars and Popstar. He plays the role of Danny Pearson in Orange is the New Black and Oscar Langstraat in Showtime’s Billions. In 2017, Mike received the Kurt Vonnegut Award for Humor.
HEADLINER
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HEADLINER
Nate DiMeo
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THE MEMORY PALACE: LIVE
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Live and on stage! An international hit, The Memory Palace podcast brings a night from America’s past to the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. Nominated for a prestigious Peabody Award, the show has carved out a unique place in this new art form, even landing its host a gig as Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Master storyteller and creator Nate DiMeo presents an unforgettable evening culled from a decade of his transporting stories – along with a brand-new tale drawn from Rochester’s own history – accompanied by music and images.
SPOKEN WORD
High Falls
THE MEMORY PALACE: ON-SITE LISTENING EXPERIENCE: HIGH FALLS
Sound artist and master storyteller Nate DiMeo creates a specially commissioned episode of his popular history podcast, The Memory Palace, transporting the listener to an event of local lore at Rochester’s own High Falls. Using wireless headphones available on-site, audience members can experience the 10-minute podcast while in the story’s exact location, beginning on the hour and half-hour. Following the festival, it will be released and available for download from anywhere in the world.
SPOKEN WORD
High Falls
30 mins ALL FREE Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Thursday, September 19, 7:30pm Thurs. Sept. 19 show will be
ASL interpreted
Saturday, September 21, 7:30pm 90 mins
13+
TICKETS $28
Headphone collection: Granite Mills Commons 74 Browns Race, Rochester 14614
THROUGHOUT FRINGE: Every 30 minutes Mondays – Thursdays: 4pm thru 6:30pm Fridays: 11:30am thru 1:30pm and 4pm thru 6:30pm Saturdays: 2pm thru 6:30pm Sunday: 2pm thru 5:30pm
SPIEGELTENT
THE
SPIEGELTENT TICKET-ONLY ADMITTANCE TO ENTER, PLEASE PURCHASE A TICKET TO: Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion • page 24 Shotspeare • page 26 Drag Brunch • page 28
Be transported to a lavish place and time.
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Since 2013, Rochester has swooned over this sparkling marvel from Malle, Belgium. Spiegeltents originated around the turn of the 20th century as travelling dance halls. Today, only a handful of these “Mirror Tents” survive.
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For 12 days, the Cristal Palace Spiegeltent rises in Rochester, beckoning festival-goers with its taste of history. Stained glass windows. Faceted mirrors. Velvet draped ceiling. VIP booths fit for royalty. And a spectacular vintage bar. While the Spiegeltent only lives here briefly, the memories you’ll make within it will last forever.
LOCATION
One Fringe Place across from the Eastman
Theatre, at Main & Gibbs Streets, Rochester, NY 14604. See map on page 119.
SPIEGELTENT CREDITS Owner: West Coast Spiegeltents (westcoastspiegeltents.com) Pallets: The Pallet Express
Silent Disco • page 30 Disco Kids • page 31
SEATING OPTIONS Single tickets (General Admission): Single ticket seats
allow you to get “up close and personal” to the action. All seats are first-come, firstserved. Entrance is via the lefthand side door. Arrive early!
VIP Booths: These fabulous booths seat six and include dedicated table service. Entrance is via the right-hand side door. The Spiegeltent is wheelchair accessible. All shows are presented in-the-round.
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Photos by Erich Camping and Richard Bennett
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SPIEGELTENT ASTONISHING.
HILARIOUS. KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
UNFORGETTABLE.
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Join us in the dazzling Spiegeltent for an evening of zany theatrics from the creators of past years’ sold-out hits SideShow and Eclectic Attraction. There’s simply no way to fully prepare you for Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion, a world premiere created especially for Fringe by Las Vegas legends Matt and Heidi Morgan.
With whip-cracking wizards, gravity-defying phenoms, and masters of magical mayhem, this irreverent duo bends every illusion into a full-on delusion with laugh-out-loud results. D’illusion introduces a pair of new characters to Fringe audiences: illusionist Rod Raven – hilariously portrayed by Matt himself – and his eccentric assistant Heidi.
“So wrong they’re –Broadwayworld.com hilarious” on Matt & Heidi
With credits that include the runaway Vegas hit Absinthe and a cast of performers from as far away as Japan, Ethiopia, Germany, and Mexico, this mischievous troupe will stop at nothing to entertain Fringe audiences.
Created and Directed by Matt Morgan
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY Spiegeltent
Tues., Sept. 10 thru Fri., Sept. 13: 7:30pm Sat., Sept 14: 2:30pm PERFORMANCES Sat., Sept 15 thru Fri., Sept 20: 7:00pm (EVERY NIGHT!)
EVERY NIGHT!
Sat., Sept 21: 2:30pm and 7:00pm Doors: 30 mins before showtime 90 mins, including a 20-minute intermission
13+ 5+
Please Note: All evening shows are appropriate for ages 13 and over.
Family-friendly Saturday matinees appropriate for ages 5 and over.
“Matt and Heidi just do not let down.”
TICKETS
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND -Jason Rohrer, stage and cinema WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 13+ : Single Ticket: $30 (increases to $35 on 9/1) VIP Booth (Seats 6): $174 (increases to $189 on 9/1) THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS 13+ : Single Ticket: $34 (increases to $38 on 9/1) VIP Booth (Seats 6): $189 (increases to $204 on 9/1)
Kids (Guests Aged 12 and Under) Ticket: $22
(increases to $25 on 9/1)
VIP Booth (Seats 6): $147
(increased to $153 on 9/1)
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain, and again at intermission.
Thurs. Sept. 20 show will be
ASL interpreted
“The talent was big and dangerous...” -Frank De Blase, CITY Newspaper
(on Eclectic Attraction)
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FAMILY-FRIENDLY SATURDAY MATINEES 5+ : Single Ticket: $30 (increases to $35 on 9/1)
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New for 2019!
“Fun, bawdy and completely irreverent.” –The Clothesline (Australia)
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With rave reviews from New York, Las Vegas, Adelaide Fringe, and last year’s Rochester Fringe, Shotspeare puts the “Lit” in Literature!
Five sword wielding actors, one lucky audience member, a ton of booze, the Wheel of Soliloquy, and an entire work of Shakespeare – all in 90 minutes. Equal parts bacchanal and classical theater, Shotspeare’s all new adaptation of Macbeth takes the world's most beloved playwright, soaks him in beer, and flips him on his head. You may know the Bard, but you’ve never experienced him like THIS, Rochester! The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
“Brilliantly conceived.” –Timeout New York
COMEDY
Spiegeltent
Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 9:15pm Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 9:15pm Thursday, Sept. 19 at 9:15pm Friday, Sept. 20 at 9:15pm Saturday, Sept. 21 at 9:15pm Doors: 30 minutes before showtime 90 mins, incl. a 10-minute intermission
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Please Note: this performance contains adult subject matter and is unsuitable for anyone under the age of 21. Admittance is with ID only.
TICKETS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,THURSDAY: SINGLE TICKETS: $21 (increases to $25 on Sept. 1) VIP BOOTHS: (Seats 6): $123 (increases to $147 on 9/1) VIP booths have dedicated table service. FRIDAY, SATURDAY:
SINGLE TICKETS: $25 (increases to $30 on Sept. 1) VIP BOOTHS: (Seats 6): $147 (increases to $165 on
9/1) VIP booths have dedicated table service. Thurs. Sept. 18 show will be
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COMEDY
Spiegeltent
Sunday, Sept. 15 at 12:15pm Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2:45pm 105 mins
TICKETS: SINGLE TICKETS $38 Tickets are VERY limited.
The Popular Edibles Drag Brunch Takes Over The Spiegeltent!
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The hairspray. The outfits. The honey baked ham. Sunday morning under the glittering Spiegeltent, an ensemble of Rochester’s most dazzling drag queens will help every bite go down easy as they serenade guests in a show built just for the Fringe. Mrs. Kasha Davis, Darienne Lake, Keke Velasquez Lord, and Wednesday Westwood–each a living legend– will serve up the glamour and camp. And Edibles Restaurant of Rochester will serve up exquisite menu of treats, from Baked French Toast to Chicken Caesar Wraps. Of course, the bar will be stocked and ready to pour Mimosas, Bloody Marys, or whatever other boozy breakfast drink you like to sip. Stock your wallet with singles for this interactive, tip-worthy spectacle. And brace yourself for the tastiest, bawdiest brunch of your life.
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TOTAL SELL-OUT 2013 - 2018! (You’ve been warned.)
The glamorous Spiegeltent will be filled once again with a giant dance party. But with a twist: you don’t hear a sound until you slip on a set of headphones. Wait! Is that YMCA on one channel, Calvin Harris on the second, and Cardi B on the third? A three-channel system and live DJs let you switch up your music (and mood) at the touch of a button. Hugely popular at Bonnaroo and Burning Man, it’s an unforgettable experience you have to see – and not hear – to believe! The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open throughout. Last call at 1:30am.
AVOID THE LINES: Headphones collection
available starting at 10pm, following check-in. Arrive early to avoid the lines and get your groove on at the THEATRE BAR in the Spiegelgarden.
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Spiegeltent
Friday, Sept. 13 at 11:00pm Saturday, Sept. 14 at 11:00pm Friday, Sept. 20 at 11:00pm Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11:00pm 3 rockin’ hrs
18+ with ID
TICKETS $14 Single tickets (general admission) Please Note: Headphone use with ID or credit card only. Returned upon exit.
ATTENTION DANCING QUEENS: FREE! Before you hit the dance floor, get your five-minute DISCO LOOK makeover! From 10pm - midnight in the Theatre Bar, adjacent the the Spiegeltent. Courtesy of our friends at SCOTT MILLER.
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Big party for pint-size dance machines takes over the glamorous Spiegeltent. The next generation of club kids is here, popping and pouting up a storm. Disco Kids is a nonstop, fun-filled, dance extravaganza that is the talk of kid town. Lights, music, and glow sticks. Welcome to the Fringe’s not-so-silent disco.
(Book early to avoid disappointment. And meltdowns.)
PLEASE NOTE: Disco Kids is not Silent Disco for
kids. There are no headphones involved. Only DJs. And loads and loads of fun. Mimosas and coffee will be available in the SPIEGELTENT BAR. You’re welcome, parents.
KIDS
Spiegeltent
Saturday, Sept. 14 at 12:30pm Saturday, Sept. 22 at 12:30pm 1 hour
ALL AGES
TICKETS $6 Single tickets (general admission) FREE for those aged 1 or under. DJs supplied by Wildbyrd
MORE FOR KIDS! The fun continues after the boogie with a kid-friendly matinee performance of Cirque du Fringe in the Spiegeltent, plus family-friendly entertainment at many other venues. Check the Kids Section on page 64 for shows.
Fun for the whole family Saturday 9/14 at 11:30 am Saturday 9/21 at 11:30 am
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Stand-up comedy off the cuff! Can Rochester’s best comedians be just as funny if they’re unprepared? Let’s find out!
Adults: $10 Kids 12 & Under: $5
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THE
SPIEGELGARDEN Everyone’s favorite pop-up urban lounge. LOCATION
The Fringe Hub is conveniently anchored by One Fringe Place, across from the Eastman Theatre at Main & Gibbs Streets. That’s where you’ll also find the Spiegeltent, Spiegelgarden, Box Office, Info Booth, Fringe Store, restrooms, an ATM and more. “Meet me in the Spiegelgarden” is a common call for friends who gather at the Fringe. The central location and laid-back vibe of this downtown pop-up garden make it an ideal place to chill. Right next to the Spiegeltent, the Spiegelgarden is the No. 1 spot to find rest, relaxation, refreshments, and friends during the festival.
Here you’ll be greeted with a green-themed haven, gorgeously outfitted with lush plant life from Broccolo Tree & Lawncare, comfy lounge furniture, giant games, firepits, and outdoor movies. This is where you’ll find the fabulous Theatre Bar, serving curated wines and a selection of beers including local legend Genesee. And come hungry–an ever-changing lineup of food trucks arrives each night to satisfy every craving. (Daily lineup: @rochesterfringe) The Spiegelgarden is also the location for sitespecific shows and events, a hotly contested trivia challenge, outdoor movies under the stars, and full-on shenanigans.
SPIEGELGARDEN OPEN HOURS Monday, Sept. 16 thru Thursday, Sept.19: 5pm-10pm Friday, Sept. 20: 5pm-11pm Saturday, Sept. 21: 12pm-11pm
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Tuesday, Sept. 10: 5pm-10pm Wednesday, Sept. 11: 5pm-10pm Thursday, Sept. 12: 5pm-10pm Friday, Sept. 13: 5pm-11pm Saturday, Sept. 14: 12pm-11pm Sunday, Sept. 15: 12pm-10pm
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SPIEGELGARDEN CREDITS Landscaping and Design: Broccolo Tree and Lawncare Tents and Furniture: McCarthy Tents & Events Design: Val Foote of Sungrove Blossoms Lighting Design: Emily Stork Construction: The Pike Company Movie Screen: Hamilton AV
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Rochester comedy improvisers Abby DeVuyst and Kerry Young – responsible for such off-the-wall hit shows including Bushwhacked Backyard, Dashboard Dramas, and Big Knockers – present three interactive shows for Fringe 2019 within the Spiegelgarden.
Bushwhacked British Bake Off Join the barmy ladies of Bushwhacked for the ultimate improvised baking battle of a lifetime. Over the course of one hour, audience members will tackle tricky trials and tasty tribulations in their quest to be crowned as the Bushwhacked British Bake Off Champion.
COMEDY
Spiegelgarden
Tuesday, Sept. 10 thru Thursday, Sept. 12 at 7pm Saturday, Sept. 14 at 12:15pm and 2pm Sunday, Sept. 15 at 1pm and 3pm Monday, Sept. 16 at 7pm Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7pm Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7pm Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2pm 13+
TICKETS
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SINGLE TICKETS (GENERAL ADMISSION): $26
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Bushwhacked BOOZY British Bake Off And if you fancy a lovely tipple while you’re at it, then the Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off is the cheeky show for you! That’s right! Audience members will enjoy an adult bevvy or two while attempting feats of hilarity cooked up by the ladies of Bushwhacked. On your marks, get set, get baked!
COMEDY
Spiegelgarden
Friday, Sept. 13 at 6pm Saturday, Sept. 14 at 5pm Friday, Sept. 20 at 7pm 21+
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS (GENERAL ADMISSION): $38
Bushwhacked Bonfire Total sell-out 2018. Back by popular demand, those madcap ladies of Bushwhacked have brushed off their hats, aired out the tent, and gone back to their roots. Join them to give summer the send-off it deserves with a night of campfire revelry under the moonlit sky. With your sassy input, this show will surely be filled with laughter, ridiculous bonding activities, and “s’more”. Nothing says Fringe like open flames and two irresponsible improvisers!
COMEDY
Spiegelgarden
Tuesday, Sept. 10 thru Thursday, Sept. 12 at 8:30pm Friday, Sept. 13 at 9:45pm Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7pm Monday, Sept. 16 at 8:30pm 13+
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS (GENERAL ADMISSION): $20
Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 8:30pm Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 9pm Thursday, Sept. 19 thru Friday, Sept. 20 at 8:30pm Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7pm
Limited number of tickets per show so reserve your spot now!
Saturday, Sept. 21
An ENTIRE day devoted to the youngest fringers in downtown Rochester. Ready for a full day of kid-friendly events, shows, and activities that the whole family can enjoy?
12:30pm - 1:30pm DISCO KIDS: $6 / Kids 1 and under - Free
The sell-out fun hit returns on both weekends! Back by pop and mom demand, it’s a big party for pint-size partiers at Disco Kids at Club Spiegeltent. Lights, music, and glow sticks! Welcome to Fringe’s not-so-silent disco. See page 64 for more details.
12 noon - 3pm
KIDS CHALK ART: Free
We bring the chalk, you bring the creativity! This fan and family favorite returns as one of our most popular FREE events at Kids Day. Help us transform the Spiegelgarden into a masterpiece. See page 64 for more details.
12 noon - 3pm
PUMPKIN PAINTING: $5
If it’s Rochester Fringe, that means fall is just around the corner. Kick off your autumn season with our pumpkin painting event. Imagination is key when it comes to how to paint your pumpkin. This event is for the young and old, all Great Pumpkin Painters are welcome!
3pm - 4pm
BROCCOLO GOES WILD!: Free
CIRQUE DU FRINGE: D’ILLUSION Kids 12 and under $22
Run to the Spiegeltent and join the circus! A brand new Cirque du Fringe is in town with a family-friendly act under the big top. This year you have TWO chances to catch this kid-friendly act Saturday, September 14 and Saturday, September 21. Appropriate for ages 5+. See page 64 for more details.
1pm - 5:30pm
FRINGE STREET BEAT: Free
You want it, we’ve got it. Fringe Street Beat is BACK. The excitement, the energy, the adrenaline-pumping action returns this year at a new location on Chestnut Street (near East Ave). Teams bring all they’ve got to the floor for this all-style dance completion. Get ready to cheer along. The energy is electric! See page 59 for more details
7:30pm
PEDESTRIAN DRIVE-IN: Avengers: ENDGAME: Free
Grab your infinity glove and dust off your shield and hammer. Fringe is bringing AVENGERS: ENDGAME to the big screen at Pedestrian Drive-In with our Silent Disco headphones. Grab a beanbag or snag a table and sit back, relax, and enjoy a FREE movie in the Spiegelgarden under the stars. See page 96 for other kid-friendly movies on other nights.
EVEN MORE FOR KIDS
All this PLUS check out family-friendly entertainment at many of our Fringe venues. Peek under KIDS in the SHOW listings.
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Roll up your sleeves and live on the wild side! Create a wildflower or you own wild creature at this hands-on rock painting activity with our friends from Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care. Show off your imagination and bring home some decorative rock art to spruce up your lawn or garden.
2:30pm - 4:00pm
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Kids Day
Little Fringe. BIG fun. Welcome to Kids Day at the Fringe!
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FREE!
PEDESTRIAN DRIVE-IN VISUAL ART & FILM
Enjoy movies outdoors in the Spiegelgarden! Grab a drink, a snack from a food truck, and experience a one-of-a-kind film event: outdoor movies on the big screen with personalized audio via our Silent Disco headphones. Seating is first-come, first-served. Please Note: headphone use with deposit of your license/ID (to be returned upon exit). Photo by Erich Camping
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Spiegelgarden
The THEATRE BAR will be open every night for the duration of Pedestrian Drive-In for your libations-with-movie pleasure.
8:00pm • RBG
Thursday, Sept. 12
8:00pm • Grease
Saturday, Sept. 14
(PG, 2018, Julie Cohen, Betsy West, 98 mins.) Multiple award-winning
(PG-13, 1978, Randal Kleiser, 169 mins.) Oscar-nominated
(NR, 2011, Paul Feig, 125 mins.)
documentary. At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior’s rise to the nation’s highest court has been largely unknown – until now.
Wednesday, Sept. 11 8:00pm
• Won’t You Be My
Neighbor?
(PG-13, 2018, Morgan Neville, 98 mins.) The feel-good, award-
winning hit of 2018! Fred Rogers pioneered the way for a sanctuary to gently discuss difficult topics that other children’s media providers wouldn’t touch. His creation of the iconic Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood influenced children around the world, and even authorities in government.
cult classic. Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) falls in love with greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) at the beach over the summer. At a Rydell High pep rally, Sandy’s Pink Ladies and Danny’s T-Birds butt heads. Danny isn’t the same man Sandy fell in love with at the beach.
8:00pm • Bridesmaids Blockbuster female-driven comedy! Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride’s best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. Starring Rochester’s own Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph.
Sunday, Sept. 15 Friday, Sept. 13
8:00pm • BlacKkKlansman (R, 2018, Spike Lee, 135 mins.)
Academy Award winner. The first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron Stallworth takes on a dangerous, undercover mission to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish partner, Flip Zimmerman. Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier.
8:00pm • Residente (NR, 2017, Residente, 90 mins.)
Presented by the Puerto Rican Festival in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. After leaving one of the most influential rap ensembles in Latin America during the midst of its wild success, Residente takes up a project to speak out against injustice and corruption. As he traces his DNA around the world, each location adds to his musical project. In Spanish with English subtitles.
7:30pm • Trivia City:
Wedding
A Fringe tradition now in its sixth year! Join host CITY Newspaper for an arts, culture, and all-thingsRochester trivia night in the gorgeous Spiegelgarden!
8:00pm • My Big Gay Italian (NR, 2018, Alessandro Genovesi, 90 mins.) Presented by ImageOut:
The Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival, it made its New York State Premiere at 2018’s ImageOut. In this merry movie of matrimony, happily engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paulo to the exquisite old Italian village of his birth to meet his headstrong parents and reveal his sexuality Starring Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore and Salvatore Esposito.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
8:00pm • See What I’m
Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
(PG-13, 2009, Hilari Scarl, 91 mins.) ASL FILM NIGHT.
This award-winning, heartfelt documentary follows four wellknown entertainers in the deaf community – a comic, a drummer, an actor and a singer – as they attempt to reach mainstream audiences and overcome great challenges on their way to personal triumphs and professional success. Starring CJ Jones, Robert DeMayo, Bob Hilterman and T.L. Forsberg. Closed Captioned.
An Arts & Culture Quiz
Thursday, Sept. 19
7:45pm • The Big Sick (R, 2017, Michael Showalter, 119 mins.) Academy Award Nominee for
Best Original Screenplay and Winner of the SXSW Film Festival Audience Award. Based on a true story, Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani (playing himself) and white grad student Emily Gardner (Zoe Kazan) fall in love, but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a serious mystery illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his disapproving family, and his true feelings. Written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.
Friday, Sept. 20
8:00pm • The Favourite (R, 2018, Yorgos Lanthimos, 119 mins.) Academy Award
winner. Bawdy, acerbic tale of royal intrigue, passion, envy and betrayal in the court of Queen Anne in early 18th century England. At the center of the story is the Queen herself (Olivia Colman), whose relationship with her confidante, adviser and clandestine lover Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), is turned upside down by the arrival of the Duchess’s younger cousin Abigail (Emma Stone).
Saturday, Sept. 21
7:30pm • Avengers: Endgame
(PG-13, 2019, Anthony Russo 181 mins.) Blockbuster hit. The
universe is in shambles after the shattering effects of the Titan Thanos’ actions in Infinity War. With those who are left, the Avengers must unite to repair the balance of the universe. This is the grand ending to a 22-film journey. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremey Renner and Don Cheadle.
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Monday, Sept. 16
Kick-Off Hispanic Heritage Month • Sunday, September 15th Wednesday, Sept. 18Join us in the Spiegelgarden starting at 7pm as we kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month with our
good friends from the Puerto Rican Festival. Complete with Latinx-themed food trucks, yummy sangrias, and a special screening of the award-winning documentary Residente at 8pm.
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HEADLINER KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF
Paul J.Burgett THROUGH MUSIC
MUSIC
Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Saturday, September 14, 3:30pm 60 mins ALL SINGLE TICKETS: $22 Paul Burgett (1946-2018), beloved friend of the Rochester Fringe Festival, Gateways Music Festival and all things Rochester, viewed the world through the lens of music. For Paul, music had the power to heal and to bring people together. This performance features some of the music Paul loved most – from classical to jazz – played by Gateways Music Festival's Brass Collective, a national touring group featuring musicians Courtney Jones and Herb Smith (trumpets), Eric Davis (French horn), Isrea Butler (trombone) and Richard White (tuba).
Becoming Grandma Kat: One Man Show! Performed in American Sign Language Voice interpreted • All are welcome!
Sat. Sept. 14th • 6:45pm Featuring: Queen Foreverr Tickets $10 • All Ages
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Sing, Sunday, SING. Reverend Rickey Harvey of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church leads an afternoon of sacred song by some of Rochester’s best gospel artists. Be uplifted by the renowned, all-female choir AKOMA and be moved by Pastor Harvey’s own group: Reverend Rickey Harvey and the Dynamic Dixie Wonders. Not to be missed. A Fringe favorite for the whole family. Photo of AKOMA, provided
MUSIC
Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2:00pm Doors: 30 mins before showtime 90 mins ALL FREE!
No tickets required. Seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Packed to capacity every year!
All-Star L Lineup ineup Tastings Food Tas stings & Auction n Pre-Event opens 5pm. Comedy starts 7pm.
SEPT 17 • 5PM • $20
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NATIONAL POST TORONTO
The epic dance-off is back this year.
DANCE
Chestnut Street (at East Avenue)
Now in its fourth year, Fringe Street Beat is an all-out dance battle featuring top talent from across the Northeast—along with DJ ha-MEEN of Ithaca, DJ Victorious and competition judges. Teams compete in 2x2 battles for the title of Fringe Street Beat Champions and a cash prize of $1,200. From breakdancing to all-style, teams bring their A-game–and their adrenaline–to every eye-popping round, starting with preliminary trials and leading to the final dance battle.
Saturday, Sept. 21 PRELIMS: 1:00 – 3:30pm FINALS: 4:00pm – 5:30pm ALL
FREE to watch
Please Note: In the event of inclement weather, our backup venue is the Spiegeltent. Please look for announcements and updates at rochesterfringe.com and Fringe Social on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Wanna compete? Have a team in mind? Sign-ups start NOW:
rochesterfringe.com/streetbeat
Remaining competing teams’ slots will fill starting at 12:00 noon day-of on Chestnut Street at East Avenue. $5 per team.
2 x 2 All Styles Max of 2 members per crew $1200 cash prize
FRINGE FINALE WEEKEND
FREE!
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FREE!
“This is THE party of the Fringe season.” –Great Scott
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HOW HARD CAN YOU ROCK?
LIVE Band. Hairbrush Anthems. Everybody sing! Direct from London and the hit of Fringe 2018, MASSAOKE is the live singalong sensation that’s sweeping the globe. And it’s all coming right here to the Fringe. One extraordinary band plays beloved pop, indie, and rock anthems on stage as giant screens display the lyrics. Get ready to belt out favorites with a few thousand of your friends at the year’s ultimate party.
MASSAOKE: MixTape
Friday, Sept. 20: 8:30-10pm
The Fringe’s No. 1 late night party. All new mixtapes featuring solid gold classics from the last four decades.
MASSAOKE: Night at the Musicals Saturday, Sept. 21: 8:30-10pm
If you have a few showtunes in you just aching to break loose, this is your night. Sing your heart out, Rochester! North American premiere.
MUSIC
Chestnut Street Stage
Friday, Sept. 20: 8:30-10pm Saturday, Sept. 21: 8:30-10pm 60 mins ALL FREE
See map on page 118
How to enjoy MASSAOKE: The show is an immersive, surround-you experience. Wear comfortable shoes as you’ll be standing, walking, and dancing on site. Get your smartphones out and tag us with #rocfringe19. We want your WOW. In order to protect the safety of performers, staff, and fans, lawn chairs will not be permitted.
FINALE
WEEKEND
Brace yourself for the big finish with fresh headliner entertainment, food and drink. Performances Friday & Saturday at 8:30pm. Not to be missed. Seriously.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 • 5pm-10:30pm 5:00pm • Food Trucks and Mobile Bars Open 6:00-7:45pm • HEY MAVIS Heartfelt vocals. Blazing instrumental solos. Undeniable chemistry. This Americana quartet has appeared on NPR’s Mountain Stage, NPR’s Whad’ya Know?, and PBS’s Songs from the Center. 8:30-10:00pm • MASSAOKE: MixTape
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 • 1pm-10:30pm 1:00-5:30pm • Fringe Street Beat More details, page 43 6:45-7:45pm • The Thigh Masters More details, page 72 8:30-10:00pm • MASSAOKE: Night at the Musicals
Grab a bite from our outstanding food trucks, and a drink from one of the Fringe bars. Please, no outside food and drink allowed.
Parking
See map on page 118 for garage locations; also see Visitor Information on page 10.
Weather Hey Mavis Photo Provided Other Photos by Mark Box and Trentino
In the event of inclement weather, please look for announcements and updates at rochesterfringe.com and Fringe Social on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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SHOW KEY
CONTENTS 47
Comedy
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Music
58
Dance
80
Spoken Word
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Kids Fringe
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Theatre
66
Multidisciplinary
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Visual Art & Film
SHOWS ARE ARRANGED by genre, and then alphabetical by show title. To find a specific show, browse the Show Index on page 114, or use the “Find a Show” search at rochesterfringe.com.
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Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv Presents: On The Spot MuCCC
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $10 Seniors / Veterans / Students (w/ ID): $8
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Witty, crazy, and just downright funny, Polite Ink. has a style that is unrepentant and never stale. ON THE SPOT includes original sketches written by the troupe and improv scenes based on audience suggestions, plus occasional singing and dancing. The show features an impressive cast of experienced local improvisers who will have you laughing until it hurts. But please take our word for it: “ON THE SPOT is the most exciting show you’ll see so far today!” YOU. WILL. LAUGH. www.politeink.com | Polite Ink. sketch & improv
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Ask Us Anything Booth
Writers & Books
Spiegelgarden
Wed., Sep. 11 8pm • Thu., Sep. 12 9pm • Fri., Sep. 13 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 10pm À 60 mins MA $15
“50 Shades of Gay” returns for a third outlandish year to Fringe and, this time, it takes on the fabulous 1980s. Join award-winning comedian Ike Avelli and his talented guests, Tym Moss and Vivian Darling, for a night of comedy, music, drag, costumes and – most importantly – audience participation and giveaways! You’re even invited to dress up in an iconic look from the decade. “The mastermind of creativity, Ike Avelli showcased a riveting adult variety explosion.” (Huffington Post) www.ikeavelli.net/50-shades-of-gay | Robert Iacovelli
A Happy Accident’s Dating Show
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 120 mins All Ages FREE
Need directions? Desperate for dating advice? Can’t remember the name of that song you have stuck in your head? Forget high-tech virtual assistants. Your favorite quirky improvisors, Joanne Brokaw and Sara Moore, are back to answer life’s most pressing questions with A Happy Accident’s “Ask Us Anything Booth!” Armed with road maps, dictionaries, giant dice and a ukulele, they’re proof that it doesn’t really matter if the answers are right as long as you leave laughing.
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50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ’80s
www.facebook.com/AHappyAccidentImprov A Happy Accident Improv
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 9pm À 45 mins 18+ $15
Tired of being catfished, ghosted and gaslighted? Recently dumped, sadly single, or just stuck in a romantic mire? Then come on down to “A Happy Accident’s Dating Game” and join Rochester’s quirky improvisers Joanne Brokaw and Sara Moore as they try to connect singles, solve relationship woes and make love connections. Whether you’re looking for The One or want to just watch the fun, it’ll be the strangest game show you’ve ever seen! Audience participation is highly encouraged, but not required. www.facebook.com/AHappyAccidentImprov
Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden
Tue., Sep. 10 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 9:45pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7pm • Mon., Sep. 16 8:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 9pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
See page 36 for details.
A Happy Accident Improv
An Evening with Mike Birbiglia Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm À 80 mins 18+ $29
MIKE BIRBIGLIA is a comedian, storyteller, director and actor who has performed in front of audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Broadway. His shows, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” and “Thank God for Jokes,” were both filmed for Netflix. His most recent show, “The New One,” just completed a Broadway run and garnered him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. www.birbigs.com
Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins MA $38
Join the barmy ladies of Bushwhacked for the ultimate, improvised, BOOZY baking battle of a lifetime! That’s right. Audience members will enjoy an adult bevvy or two as they attempt to tackle tricky trials and tasty tribulations in their quest to be crowned as the Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off Champion. There’s no telling what will happen when the ladies announce: “On your marks, get set, get baked!” Two drinks included. Only 24 tickets per show.
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Bushwhacked British Bake Off
www.amygibbsbrowncomedy.com
Spiegelgarden
Amy Gibbs Brown Comedy
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 12:15pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12:15pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm À 60 mins 13+ $26
Join the barmy ladies of Bushwhacked for the ultimate improvised baking battle of a lifetime. Over the course of one hour, audience members will tackle tricky trials and tasty tribulations in their quest to be crowned as the Bushwhacked British Bake Off Champion. On your marks, get set, bake! *No baking experience necessary. (The Bushwhacked gals have none, so why should they expect you to?) Only 16 tickets per show.
Charlie Landsman: Stand Up & Get Down Nox
Armed with an acoustic guitar, comedy songwriter and Rochester native Charlie Landsman delivers a unique blend of catchy melodies and irreverent humor as he skewers the NYC subway, toxic masculinity, online dating and much more. Charlie has worked for Comedy Central and has performed musical comedy on stages across the country, including at the North Carolina Comedy Festival and the NY Comedy Music Festival. He currently lives in Los Angeles and drives a bright orange Prius.
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
www.charlielandsman.com
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Cocktails & Comedy Nox
Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
It’s an all-new Dirk Darrow investigation, from the creator of “2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick,” WINNER of 14 fringe festival awards! “A side-splitter, rip snorter, rapid fire hipster that had the sold-out Geva crowd digging his jive.” (CITY Newspaper) “.” (Australian Stage, Vancouver Sun) Help this hilarious psychic detective as he hunts down a murderer in a 1930’s mental hospital, interrogating the colorful new characters trapped inside along the way. Five different characters, Five mind-blowing magic tricks! www.facebook.com/DetectiveDarrow Racing Sloths Productions
Tue., Sep. 17 8:00pm À 60 mins 18+ $10
Amy Gibbs Brown. Join us for laughter and libations! Adult Content.
Sat., Sep. 14 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 8:30pm À 90 mins MA $15
Stand-up comedy at Nox Cocktail Lounge! Featuring rising star and international touring comic Damon Sumner (EPIX’s “Unprotected Sets,” Prime Video’s “Indie Life” and Sirius XM’s “RAWDOG”), nationally touring comic and southern gentleman Nathan Owens (“Forth and Ten” podcast), and high-energy hilarity from hometown gal
Delirium School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Wed., Sep. 18 9pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:45pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 70 mins 13+ $15
World-traveling storyteller Martin Dockery spins a wild, hilarious and ridiculous true story about love and death. And monarch butterflies! You’ll bust a gut one moment and secretly grab for a tissue the next. “5 STARS: Renowned as one of the finest storytellers on the circuit, Dockery is a verbal magician.” (NOW Magazine, Toronto) “Best storyteller in the U.S.” (Orlando Sentinel) “Shoutit-from-the-rooftop acclaim for ‘Delirium.’ Sophisticated humor and a strong emotional punch.” (Fresno Bee) www.MartinDockery.com | Martin Dockery
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Diary of a Substitute Teacher – Trials, Tribulations and Tantrums
Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 35 mins 18+ FREE
Did you ever wonder what it’s like to be a substitute teacher – someone temporarily tasked with your child’s learning? Find out in this hilarious, first-person account! The comedy begins with the interview process and continues to teaching – from kindergarten to high school – including stops in gym, art and (of course) the library. From the mind of Jim Harney, this hysterical and slightly insane journey will show you exactly what it’s like to be the sub.
Drag Brunch Spiegeltent
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Sun., Sep. 15 12:15pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:45pm À 105 mins 18+ $38
The hairspray. The outfits. The honey baked ham. Sunday brunch under ! T the glittering Spiegeltent, an ensemS A FES R TIVA L FI ble of Rochester’s most dazzling drag queens will serenade guests. Mrs. Kasha Davis, Darienne Lake, Keke Velasquez Lord and Wednesday Westwood will serve up the glamor and camp. Brace yourself for the tastiest, bawdiest brunch of your life.
Five Minutes a Day School of the Arts: Club SOTA
A showcase of some of Fowl Play Comedy’s best original sketches.
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $14
James Harney Productions
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
The Little: Theatre 5
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
www.facebook.com/DiarySubtituteTeacher
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Fowl Play Comedy
Fri., Sep. 13 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
Comedian Abby Feldman presents stand-up comedy, sketches and original songs in an hour-long show that takes place within a five-minute meditation. From love to veganism to speaking Spanish to politics, Feldman reveals her quest to find her “higher purpose” and all the stumbling blocks that she’s hitting along the way. Abby was named one of Just For Laughs New Faces 2018 and writes for Netflix’s “The Fix.” IG & Twitter @abbyfeldman www.abbyfeldman.com
www.facebook.com/RitFowlPlay
God Is A Scottish Drag Queen School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
“A CROSS BETWEEN DAME EDNA & BILLY CONNOLLY WITH A DOLLOP OF EDDIE IZZARD!” National Post, Toronto “GOD IS GREAT! London Free Press. The 20time “Best of the Fest” award-winning show and top-selling, one-man comedy on the international fringe circuit comes to Rochester! God, dressed in a floral power suit, comes down to skewer everything from Adam & Eve to Star Wars in an unforgettable and hilarious comedy of biblical proportions! www.mikedelamont.com | Mike Delamont Ltd
Good Catch Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm À 60 mins 18+ $12
Good Catch – one of NYC’s longestrunning musical improv teams – creates an original, improvised, one-act musical before your very eyes. All the songs, scenes and bad choreography have never been done before and will never be seen again. Spin the Good Catch genre wheel and help determine what style of show you’ll be seeing that night. Two performances only! www.facebook.com/goodcatchimprov
Left For Dead Improv
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Wed., Sep. 18 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
Returning to Rochester Fringe! Random bingo numbers determine which joke or story NYC’s Shawn Wickens tells. Some are great. Some are not. The audience plays along on bingo cards to win PRIZES. Some are great. Some are not. www.shawnwickens.com | “Bad” Theater Fest
Writers & Books
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm À 50 mins 18+ $10
We are a local improv comedy group made up of performers aged 50 years and above. With more than four centuries of life experience, this team performs short and long-form improv, stand-up and sketch comedy. We started performing in assistedliving centers, cafes and theatre spaces around Rochester, and have graduated to shows and comedy festivals all over the Northeast. Catch us while you still can at the Fringe!
COMEDY
Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo
self produced
Jim and Kevin Rescue the Planet – Or So it Seems! MuCCC
Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $15
This is a comedy about a quest to save the planet from certain doom. A parody, it takes audience members on a wild and hilarious ride through the twists and turns of a farcical adventure. Our would-be heroes, Jim and Kevin, must avoid the perils of everyday life, along with those of the English language, and make their way through several detours to save the world. The laughs come from the minds of Jim Harney and Kevin Markham. www.facebook.com/JimKevinSavePlanet James Harney Productions
Jonathan Burns is (Extra) Ordinary
Let the Chips Fall: Improvised Stand-Up Blackfriars Theatre Main Stage
Stand-up comedy off the cuff! Can Rochester’s best comedians be just as funny if they’re unprepared? Let’s find out! With improvised stand-up, audience members text in topics. These stand-up comedians must then – on the fly – improvise comedy inspired by YOUR submitted topics. We never know what’s going to be said, until it’s too late. Presented by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons and Chris Thompson. www.facebook.com/letthechipsfallcomedy
Magic & Mentalism with Wade Live & Anthony Presciutti Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Jonathan Burns makes ordinary objects into something extraordinary! This audience-interactive variety show is a unique and hilarious exploration of the junk we have lying around our houses. Jonathan has been featured on “America’s Got Talent,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Late, Late Show with James Corden” and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” and was deemed “Extremely Funny” by The New York Times. www.flexiblecomedy.com | Big Name Entertainment
Wed., Sep. 18 8pm À 60 mins All Ages $20
Fun for all ages! Anthony Presciutti has traveled across North America entertaining fans of all ages. He performs both magic and mindboggling mentalism that will leave you scratching your head! “Exciting” and “unique” are two words used to describe the comedy magic of Wade Live. His show provides hilarious comedy, mind-blowing magic, tons of audience participation and a mind-reading yellow chicken! Together, Anthony and Wade put on an unforgettable show that will leave you in awe! Tony Napoli Events
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Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8pm À 60 mins 18+ $12
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Manifest This: A Tragicomic Odyssey Writers & Books
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 21 2pm À 50 mins 13+ $10
A great night of laughs, complimentary food tastings and auction items – all to support a wonderful cause! Sustain Inspire Survive (SIS) is a non-profit organization providing financial grants to patients undergoing treatment. Funds raised from SIS events are given directly to local patients battling breast cancer. Featured to appear are comedians Joe DeVito, Erica Spera and more, while event auctions include gift baskets from local businesses. More information can be found at http://helpsis. com.
Found Voice Communications
Sustain, Inspire, Survive Non-Profit Organization
MargOH! Channing is HUNG
Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv Presents: Give Us Your Word
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 9pm À 60 mins 18+ $15
MargOH! Channing, “The Boozy Chanteuse” is HUNG every morning! Experience what it’s like for her as she tells stories of fun, frolic and regret, along with fables from forgotten evenings of power drinking. We’ve all been there! Get HUNGover with MargOH! in her all-new show of booze, laughter and song. Musical Direction by Yasuhiko Fukuoka www.facebook.com/margohchanning MargOH! and the man Productions
My Big Funny Peter KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Tue., Sep. 17 5pm À 240 mins 18+ $20
Kelli Dunham’s “Manifest This” is a one-person, multimedia, live, comedic storytelling show about what happens when mid-western, genderqueer stubbornness disasterlife meets the Portlandia-esque world of The Secret, #manifesting, queerwoo, Kale As Religion and Ear Candling for Dogs. If anyone has told you that you can cure all your physical/ emotional ailments with good thoughts, remote reiki and chakra massaging, this show is for you. Also, if you just like funny nonbinary people. www.kellidunham.com/manifest-this
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Ninth Annual Laugh Out Loud with SIS (Sustain, Inspire, Survive)
www.helpsis.com
MuCCC
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
Witty, crazy, and downright funny, Polite Ink. has a style that is unrepentant and never stale. Our shows include original sketches; smart, creative improv scenes based on audience suggestions; and occasionally – singing and dancing. The show features an impressive cast of experienced local improvisers who will have you laughing, chuckling, giggling, cackling, guffawing, snickering and chortling until it hurts. But please take our word for it: this is the most exciting show you’ll see so far today! YOU. WILL. LAUGH. www.politeink.com | Polite Ink. sketch & improv
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 8pm À 60 mins 18+ $25
As seen on “Oprah,” internationally known comedian and Rochester native Peter Bisuito brings his comedy show home for the first time since his sold-out show at The Little Theater in December 2013. Peter travels the world, performs on cruise ships and is appearing in his very own upcoming sitcom this fall with co-star Jeff Roberson (the man behind iconic drag queen Varla Jean Merman). Visit his website www. MyBigFunnyPeter. com or follow him on social media @mybigfunnypeter. www.MyBigFunnyPeter.com | Bisuito Enterprises LLC.
MargOH! Channing is
HUNG! A HUNG! Over Comedy Cabaret
Fun Frolic Regret & Fables! “MargOH! is played with Heavy Lidded Charm.” - Scotsman UK Critics Pick - Time Out NY
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RIT Improv
Shotspeare
The Little: Theatre 5
Spiegeltent
Sat., Sep. 14 9pm À 90 mins 13+ FREE
RIT Improv performs improvised comedy for everyone. No script necessary – what you see has never happened before and will never happen again. You’ll laugh; you’ll cry (from laughing); you’ll give us suggestions that influence our performances. Our three performing troupes – BrainWreck, Improvessionals and Work-In-Progress – will be sure to knock your socks off! www.facebook.com/ritimprov/?ref=br_rs
ShMILF Life MuCCC
Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm À 60 mins 18+ $15
Dating is hard. Dating when you’re older is harder. Dating when you’re transgender is... harderer? Dating when you’re older AND transgender is harderest! Storyteller and comedian Penny Sterling (“Spy in the House of Men”) tells tales of navigating uncharted waters in the Sea of Love in this bittersweet, adults-only, one-woman show. www.penny-sterling.com | Penny: for your Thoughts
SHOCK! Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
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Wed., Sep. 18 8:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
SHOCK!: Magic That Will Kick Your @$$. A magic show with a side of mayhem. See why television shows such as “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” “Masters of Illusion” and “Showtime at the Apollo” have all sought out Las Vegas’ The Shocker: the Human Highlight Reel of Magic. SHOCK! is a show you will never forget…no matter how hard you try! www.shockermagic.com
Tue., Sep. 17 9:15pm • Wed., Sep. 18 9:15pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9:15pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9:15pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9:15pm À 90 mins MA $21-147 (increases on 9/1) ( 9/18)
The sell-out hit returns! Five sword wielding actors, one lucky audience member, a ton of booze, the Wheel of Soliloquy, and an entire work of Shakespeare – all in 90 minutes. Equal parts bacchanal and classical theater, Shotspeare’s adaptation of MACBETH takes the world’s most beloved playwright, soaks him in beer, and flips him on his head. You may know the Bard, but you’ve never experienced him like THIS, Rochester!
Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe MuCCC
Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $12
Produced by A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe goes for the gut. Enjoy a hilarious outburst of improvisational comedy performed by some of the brightest (and slightly twisted) teen minds in the Rochester area. Bring the whole family for this fast-paced, interactive show. Audience participation is encouraged, so let your goofy ideas tag along too. By the end of the explosive hour, you’ll be howling with laughter and only want more! Coach: Hilary Bluestein-Lyons www.mjtstages.com | A Magical Journey Thru Stages
Stand Up for Drag Writers & Books
Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 10pm À 60 mins 18+ $15
A FABULOUS evening of some of the best divas of drag and stand-up comedians that Rochester has to offer! Musical performances and stand-up comedy will provide an all-inclusive night of enjoyment. wwww.facebook.com/standupfordrag/
The Eulogy
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Thu., Sep. 12 9pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm À 60 mins 18+ $12
“Stand-Up Through the Ages” is back! Seven comedians, from their twenties to their eighties, share their unique and hilarious observations, proving that whatever your age, life is definitely a laughing matter. Popular performers from previous sold-out shows join with new friends to bring original jokes galore. Enjoy the wit of Charlie Frusci, Lynn Gislason, Tori Hosier, Miriam Zinter, Dan Mulcahy, John Sekol (9/12 &13;), John Rigney (9/19) and host Phyllis Reed. www.facebook.com/Stand-Up-Through-the-Ages
Writers & Books
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Wed., Sep. 18 8pm À 60 mins 13+ $16
Best Solo Performance, 2018 Boulder Fringe. Outstanding Performance, 2018 San Diego Fringe. Patrons’ Choice Award, 2017 PortFringe. Critics’ Choice Award, 2017 PortFringe. Best Comedy, 2016 Adelaide Fringe. Best Show, 2016 Pittsburgh Fringe. Critics’ Choice Award, 2016 Atlanta Fringe. After a completely soldout run at the 2016 and 2017 Rochester Fringes, “The Eulogy” (an absurd, theatrical parody of a funeral speech) returns. CITY Newspaper: “The kind of show you want to see again immediately.” Washington Post: “A comic gem.”
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Stand-Up Through the Ages
www.TheEulogyPlay.com | Michael Burgos
Thank You Kiss Presents: Secret Handshakes
The Laser Comedy Show Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Blackfriars Theatre Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm À 60 mins 18+ $12
Founded in 2013, Thank You Kiss (TYK) is a sketch-comedy group featuring Marc D’Amico, Megan Mack, John Forrest Thompson and Beth Winslow. TYK presents a unique blend of satire, sincerity and silliness through sketch, improvisation, video and music. Its members have studied and worked at such renowned comedy theatres as iO, The Second City and The Annoyance. Check them out on Facebook and YouTube! www.facebook.com/thankyoukiss/
The Decision is Yours! An Interactive Murder Mystery
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm À 50 mins All Ages $10
Be part of a murder mystery! Audience members – provided with various clues – will decide who killed Gordon Forrest, murdered during a Broadway review rehearsal. They’ll also decide which way the action goes and how the story ends. Terry Fyke, director. www.tfsdartsmsp.com | Terry Fyke’s Main Street Players
Wed., Sep. 11 8pm 18+ • Thu., Sep. 12 8pm 18+ • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm 13+ À 60 mins $16
“The Laser Comedy Show” is a one-of-a-kind storytelling/art show by Chicago comedian Chris Fair. Fair hand-illustrates characters and worlds in real time while voice-acting the characters – kind of a live comic-book-meets-puppet show. Having studied improv, sketch comedy and acting at Chicago’s famous Second City Theater, Fair has taken his show to more than 40 comedy festivals across the U.S. and Europe. www.lasercomedyshow.com | Laser Comedy Show, LLC
The Phil Shakespeare Show MuCCC
Thu., Sep. 19 8:30pm À 50 mins All Ages $10
Will Shakespeare’s cousin Phil has escaped plague-filled London and descended upon your town with his particular brand of Jacobean silliness. There will be acting! There will be puppetry! There will be music! There may even be entertainment! (No promises, though.) bit.ly/PhilShakespeare
Shakespeare Company of Greater Rochester
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The Sammich: An Evening of Improvised Theatre The Avyarium
Tue., Sep. 17 8pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
The cast of SkittleFit has been performing its unique brand of improvised comedy since 2013. In addition to their regular shows at the Salt City Improv Theatre in Syracuse, they’ve performed at festivals and events including the Albany Improv Festival and the Del Close Marathon in NYC. SkittleFit will be performing the company’s original form known as “The Sammich.” With its multiple layers of delicious hilarity, The Sammich is a high-energy, five-act, improvised comedy. Sometimes twisted, often weird, always funny. www.saltcityimprov.com | Salt City Improv
This Year’s Models School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 55 mins 18+ $15
The freshest comedy show at Fringe! Comedian and broadcaster Woody Battaglia curates and hosts a hilarious showcase featuring the best of Rochester’s up-and-coming comedy talent. Each night spotlights a different group of funny folks guaranteed to keep the laughs coming. Don’t miss your chance to catch these talented newcomers. See one, then come back for more!
finally get a chance to see their own shows! It’s a must-see Fringe favorite. www.unleashedimprov.com | Unleashed! Improv
We Are Easily Amused (and we hope you are too!) School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm À 45 mins All Ages $10 Children 12 and Under $5
Your favorite entrepreneurs of silly business, Richard Hughson and Ward Hartenstein (Flower City Vaudeville) and Joanne Brokaw (A Happy Accident Improv) have teamed up to tickle your funny bone with their new comedy trio, Easily Amused. They invite you to join them for a one-of-a-kind Fringe show featuring their special brand of interactive comedy, music and shenanigans. It’s frolicking fun for the whole family!
www.facebook.com/Easily-Amused-263984261198872/ Easily Amused
You are (Still) No Match for Me Nox
Tue., Sep. 10 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm À 30 mins MA $10
In a follow-up to last year’s show, Erin Julian shares even more dating horrors and hilarity in “You Are (Still) No Match For Me.” Still searching for a prince, she has kissed a lot of frogs. Lucky for you, she’s not afraid to kiss and tell!
www.facebook.com/woodybattagliacomedy
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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Unleashed! Improv Presents: Other People’s Shows School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 7:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $12
“Other People’s Shows” is part genius, part drunk parrot: smart comedy with a shot of shameless mockery. You pick a show out of the Fringe Guide, and Unleashed! Improv will perform its interpretation of it on the spot – inspired only by the show’s description. Fringe performers will
You Gotta Try This! School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 11:30am • Sat., Sep. 21 11:30am À 50 mins All Ages $10 • Children 12 and Under $5
A madcap love letter to juggling, full of mayhem. Rochester’s Ted Baumhauer touches on the history of juggling and the FAQ’s people ask jugglers as he delightfully manipulates multiple objects and the audience. He keeps the entire family entertained and on the edge of their seats wondering, “what’s next?!” www.redtievariety.com | Red Tie Variety
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“A side-splitter” -City Newspaper
“He’s going to amaze you” -Edmonton Journal
WINNER! FUNNIEST SHOW London Fringe
WINNER! BEST MAGIC Adelaide Fringe
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Sept 18-21 Geva Theatre Center
Rochester's best-kept secret.
GVOC is a 44-year old community orchestra and chorus and is always welcoming new members!
• We offer diversified programs of classical, popular and new music. • All voices and orchestral instruments welcome to a no-pressure audition/chat with our Music Director. • Check out our upcoming season at www.gvoc.org
contact us: 585-223-9006 • info@gvoc.org • We invite you to join us today and share your love of music and talent with the Greater Rochester Community! Call today to schedule a time with our Music Director, Dr. Christopher Petit.
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See GVOC perform at Hochstein on November 23, 2019!
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A Moving Experience
Commotion Dance Theater
Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Sun., Sep. 15 1pm À 50 mins All Ages $10
As part of their 25th anniversary celebration, the Arc of Monroe’s modern dance troupe brings their message of love and inclusion back to the Fringe stage. This expressive and innovative ensemble’s unique repertoire includes movement styles that are as diverse as its dancers. www.arcmonroe.org/amovingexperience | Arc of Monroe
A Touch of Dance: RICOCHET Village Gate: Second Floor Atrium
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Returning to Fringe again this year! ATOD Performing Arts Studio presents an exciting “prism”-style performance in Village Gate’s 2nd floor atrium. Watch the light “Ricochet” from stage to stage in a journey of seamless transitions between different styles of dance. atouchofdance.com
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1:30pm À 50 mins 13+ $10
Commotion Dance Theater returns to Fringe with new dances that evoke scenes and characters both poignant and absurd. Using sound, text and props, Commotion creates “a realm of fantasy filled with mysterious sights and sounds” (The New York Times) and a “light-hearted performance that requires zero effort to enjoy” (CITY Newspaper). This show is sure to delight and astound.
Create A Space NOW Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $18
Through the eyes of choreographer/ director Hettie Barnhill comes an immersive and site-specific theatrical experience using dance, film and text to further the discussion around #BLACKLIVESMATTER and the recent events pertaining to race relations in America. For mature audiences. www.createaspaceNOW.org | Create A Space NOW
Black + White: A Theatrical Tango Dance Production School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
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Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins 18+ $20
“Black + White” is a theatrical dance performance that explores the concept of opposition through movement, music and imagery. A single black and white photograph is used to inspire each of the acts in the show. Conceptualized and choreographed by world-renowned tango artist Fernanda Ghi and featuring the music of Astor Piazzolla and photographs by Andres Mario de Varona, this unique fusion of art forms is a must-experience. www.fernandaghi.dance/current-projects.html
Desert Rhythms Belly Dance Troupe The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 14 6:15pm À 45 mins All Ages FREE
Experience the power and beauty of women through a journey of belly dance. This stunning and original choreography to a lively array of music will captivate and mesmerize audiences. The combination of each unique dancer and their dynamic sense of movement showcases the true allure of this art form. This interpretation of traditional belly dance is sure to delight attendees of all ages. www.desert-rhythms.com/
Fernanda Ghi Dance Company
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Fringe Street Beat Finals
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $5
The language of tap dance is a play on words and makes historic references to American culture. “Diggety Bop” is poetry in motion and ’sole’ music to be seen, heard and felt. “... Cheryl (Johnson) is a master and what she does... [she] showcased her extensive knowledge and homage to tappers from the past... she bounced and sang with the rhythm of her feet... Every nuance and action had an intent.” (Maxine Steinman, MSU 2019) Joined by dancing musical guests, Cheryl’s unique artistry will be showcased in this cadenced presentation. www.cjgroovin.com | cjgroovin
Elegant Belly Dance: Celebrating American Cabaret The Avyarium
Sun., Sep. 15 7:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:45pm À 45 mins All Ages $12
BEAUTIFUL! ENERGETIC! PLAYFUL! This family-friendly belly dance show features fast-paced finger cymbals, flowing veils and impressive balancing acts. Dancers will delight audiences of all ages as they present a show in the classic style of American belly dance that flourished in Middle Eastern restaurants in the 1960s and 70s. Join us as we travel across time and cultures to celebrate “Elegant Belly Dance!” www.RochesterBellyDance.com
ENDLESS School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sat., Sep. 21 4pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
Now in its fourth year, Fringe Street Beat is all-out dance battle featuring top talent from across the Northeast–along with MC ha-Meen of Ithaca, a surprise guest DJ, and competition judges. Teams compete in 2x2 battles for the title of Fringe Street Beat Champions and a cash prize. From breakdancing to all-styles, teams bring their A-game–and their adrenaline–to every eye-popping round, starting with preliminary trials and leading to this final dance battle.
Fringe Street Beat Prelims Chestnut Street (between East & Main)
Sat., Sep. 21 1pm À 150 mins All Ages FREE
Now in its fourth year, Fringe Street Beat is all-out dance battle featuring top talent from across the Northeast–along with MC ha-Meen of Ithaca, a surprise guest DJ, and competition judges. Teams compete in 2x2 battles for the title of Fringe Street Beat Champions and a cash prize. From breakdancing to allstyle, teams bring their A-game–and their adrenaline–to every eye-popping round, starting with these preliminary trials.
Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm À 60 mins All Ages $20
Relish new works and savor spectacular, critically acclaimed revivals during eight performances at the Garth Fagan Dance Studio. Get up close and personal with Tony and Olivier Award-winner Garth Fagan and Bessie Award-winner Norwood Pennewell, as well as weekend matinees with the Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble. “Consider the Fagan program prime example of the versatility and sophistication of concert dance in this new century.” (Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times) www.garthfagandance.org
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Thu., Sep. 12 7pm À 50 mins 13+ $10 “Endless” is a 45-minute dance piece set to the music of Frank Ocean's album, “Endless.” It looks deeper into relationships, love, insecurity, identity, depression, control and the complications that come with being alive. A constant flow of contemporary/modern-based storytelling movement, “Endless” is riddled with questions, but offers no answers. Audience perspective is the only meaning.
Chestnut Street (between East & Main)
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Geneseo’s Gajjada Bhangra Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 21 8:15pm À 75 mins All Ages FREE
Gajjda Bhangra is a collegiate level dance team from SUNY Geneseo that performs and competes throughout the Rochester area with a style of Indian dance, Bhangra. The performance combines traditional and reinvented Bhangra choreography and music. It is energetic, lively and always exciting to watch.
I Knew A Woman... Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 60 mins All Ages $15 $10 Seniors/Students
“I Knew a Woman...” is an exploration of female archetypes in relation to Theodore Roethke's poem “I Knew a Woman.” The show challenges the textbook definitions of each archetype and questions Roethke’s depiction of an “ideal woman.” Lines from Roethke’s poem are spoken and interwoven throughout the choreography. The show examines themes of idealized beauty, pressures of motherhood, opposition against female social constructs and attitudes towards aging. Catalyst DanceWorks
Merged VII Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 8:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins All Ages $12
International choreographers James Hansen and Heather Roffe return to Geva Theatre Center for MERGED VII. A repeat CITY Newspaper Critics’ Pick, this collaboration blends physically exciting dance with multi-media elements, including short films by collaborator/filmmaker Johannes Buckwoldt, for choreography that is simultaneously thought-provoking to seasoned dance viewers and accessible to first-time audiences. CITY wrote: “It seemed new and fresh, yet it was still accessible and, at times, even poignant (2014)” “I was captivated by ... some very exciting dancing (2017)” and “I was moved to tears.” www.facebook.com/events/332693640753195/
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Performing Valeska
Heather Roffe Dance, Assemblage Dance
The Avyarium
Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 9pm À 30 mins 13+ $15
“Performing Valeska” is a dance/ theatre solo based on the life of avant-garde performer, Valeska Gert. A unique, pioneering artist who thrived in Berlin during the 20s but was ultimately banned during WWII, Gert challenged her audiences with groundbreaking live performances. Oakland, CA’s Janet Collard embodies Valeska, recreating her costumes, words, and famous theatrical solos. Witness a resurrection of the incomparable artist Valeska Gert as Collard brings her wild, feminist artistry and anarchy to a 21st-century audience. www.janetcollard.com | Janet Collard Dance Theater
Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre
Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $25
A collaboration between the creator of “The Immersive Igloo” and Rochester Dance Theatre, “Ripple” is an exploration into the expressive and innovative combination of art and technology that merges the movement of sound and light with the movement of bodies. For this intimate performance, eight speakers are positioned in a circle, producing a 3D soundscape. Columns of light standing between each seat flow and emote with the music and dance to create a dream-like exploration of cause and effect. immersiveigloo.com
Rochester Dance Theatre and Tom Montagliano (Immersive Igloo)
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The Painter
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5:30pm À 30 mins 5+ $10
Rochester City Ballet’s “Rise Up Lights” is a non-stop thread of movement, shifting back and forth from solo work to ensemble pieces. The dancers follow the everchanging syncopation and eccentric music, showcasing and utilizing their athleticism and precision to bring the music to life. This celebration of power in dance emphasizes the force of female dancers. www.rochestercityballet.org | Rochester City Ballet
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pm À 45 mins All Ages $15
“The Painter” is a colorful performance directed and choreographed by local artist Corinne Fallone. Passionate local dancers interpret the artist’s creative process as well as interact with the over-sized canvas that Fallone paints right before your eyes! A combination of dance styles with a mix of classical, alternative, jazz and techno music, the performance is jam-packed with creativity, neon paint and a topsy-turvy masterpiece! “The Painter” will leave its audience energized and inspired.
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Rise Up Lights
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Silent Disco
Time to Change
Spiegeltent
Fri., Sep. 13 11pm • Sat., Sep. 14 11pm • Fri., Sep. 20 11pm • Sat., Sep. 21 11pm À 180 mins 18+ $14
TOTAL SELL-OUT SINCE 2013! The Spiegeltent will be filled once again with a giant dance party. But with a twist: you don’t hear a sound until you slip on a set of headphones. Wait! Is that Donna Summer on one channel, Calvin Harris on the second, and Cardi B on the third? A three-channel system and live DJs let you switch up your music. It’s an unforgettable experience you have to see – and not hear – to believe!
Somewhere In Between Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
“Somewhere In Between” is a collaborative work created with the intention of exploring individuality within the lens of gender expression. This evening-length work is comprised of dance, music and poetry, creating an all-inclusive atmosphere that will allow audiences to delve into their own experiences while witnessing this multi-disciplinary performance. Choreographed by Artistic Director Zachary Frazee and dancers, while accompanied by local poets and featured musician Greg Woodsbie, this performance should not be missed. www.frazeefeetdance.com | Frazee Feet Dance
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm À 60 mins 10+ $10
“Time to Change” premieres two original collaborations of dance, music and spoken word. “Nanosecond,” by choreographer Anne Harris Wilcox and composer Matthew Curlee, investigates the destructive and creative nature of change and its wide-ranging fallout from the immediate to the unknown. “My Life in Sweaters,” a memoir in dance and storytelling by Mariah Steele with original music by Yoshiko Arahata, knits together humor, passion, serendipity and numerous outfits to explore how clothing mediates our memories and experiences of change. Univeristy of Rochester
Tunnel Vision School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm À 30 mins 5+ $10
Rochester City Ballet’s “Tunnel Vision” manipulates phrases of dance to explore the best and the worst of the emotional capacity that makes us human. Through a developing physicality, the dancers question: “Are we an evolutionary mistake, or can we reconcile the incredibly ferocious acts of love and destruction that make us who we are?” Rochester City Ballet
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Wed., Sep. 11 6pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
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Broccolo Goes Wild!
Jedlie’s Magic Circus
Spiegelgarden
Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance @ Ave D Rec Center
Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Roll up your sleeves and live on the wild side! Create a wildflower or you own wild creature at this handson rock painting activity with our friends from Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care. Show off your imagination and bring home some decorative rock art to spruce up your lawn or garden.
Circus of Dreams Nox
Sat., Sep. 14
Jedlie’s Totally Interactive Magic Circus has been amazing families for more than 30 years. Award-winning children’s author and master magician Jedlie provides the energy and direction, but the real stars of this circus are in the audience. That’s right! Jedlie uses volunteers, selected at random from the audience, to perform his amazing tricks and illusions. Just imagine your reaction when you see one of your neighbors “floating” in the air!
www.jedlie.com | Jedlie's Magic Circus
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Explore the fascinating world of the circus through the eyes of a young girl. Brought into a world of the unique and extraordinary, she must find her own place in this strange troupe. She learns that appearances aren’t what they seem and that anything is possible if you follow your dreams. An original story interwoven with Broadway classics, this magical experience will enchant audiences of all ages.
Kids Chalk Art Spiegelgarden
Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 180 mins All Ages FREE
www.tfsdartsmsp.com | Terry Fyke’s Main Street Players
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Disco Kids Spiegeltent
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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Sat., Sep. 14 12:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $6
The sell-out disco returns! Big party for pint-size dance machines takes over the Spiegeltent. The next generation of club kids is here, popping and pouting up a storm. Disco Kids is a nonstop, fun-filled, dance extravaganza that is the talk of kid town. Lights, music and glow sticks. Welcome to the Fringe’s not-so-silent disco.
Cirque Du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent
Sat., Sep. 14 3pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Sat., Sep. 14 2:30pm Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pmÀ 90 mins 5+ kids 12 and under $22 Run to the Spiegeltent and join the circus! A brand-new Cirque du Fringe is in town with a familyfriendly act under the big top.
We bring the chalk, you bring the creativity. This fan and family favorite returns as one of our most popular FREE events at Kids Day. Help us transform the Spiegelgarden
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Children’s Opera Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Sun., Sep. 15 11am • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
“Little Red’s Most Unusual Day” is an operatic retelling of the “Little Red Riding Hood” story, in a way you have never seen before! This familyfun production introduces children to the world of opera by including iconic music from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and several Offenbach operettas. “Little Red” is part of John Davies’ Opera Tales Series and has been performed across the country. This immersive production will feature students and alumni from the Eastman School of Music.
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Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm À 60 mins All Ages $15 Join Lyric Voices and Lyric Voices Up for an amazing afternoon of song and dance! Lyric Voices features area performers ages 10-13, and Lyric Voices Up are high school-aged performers.
Pumpkin Painting Spiegelgarden
Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 180 mins All Ages $5
If it’s Rochester Fringe, that means fall is just around the corner. Kick off the colorful season and your imagination with our pumpkin-painting event for young and old alike.
Rhythm Delivered School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
dance W. Michelle Harris image Michael Burritt music Biodance
Eastman Percussion Ensemble
Rochester Museum & Science Center
space
Strasenburgh Planetarium
the
fragile Corridor
september 19-21 only • immerse yourself
NEXUS and Friends “The high priests of the percussion world" (NY Times)
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Lyric Voices Cabaret
Performing LIVE on Saturday, July 14 at Kilbourn Hall Show starts 7pm • Tickets: $10
Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 11:30am À 45 mins All Ages $15
DrumatiX, an innovative rhythm and dance company from Boston, presents “Rhythm Delivered.” This high-energy, interactive, fun-filled (and funny!) show is a rhythmic adventure where tap dance, body percussion and drumming meet, and percussive soundtracks are created live on stage using various drums, barrels, buckets, found objects, invented instruments and technology. You'll be moving and grooving at this performance that is sure to spark everyone’s imagination and creativity! (We’re a kids’ show, but parents have a ball with us too!) www.drumatix.weebly.com
Parcel 5
Fri., Sep. 13 5pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm À 150 mins All Ages FREE
Think you can create the most awesome, fastest, little rubber ducky of all time? Come and decorate your funky duck at our booth and then line up for the Great Race at our little “canal” as we cheer on your amazing duck! Win or lose, you get to take your duck home with you afterwards. www.fairportpublicart.weebly.com | Fairport Public Arts Committee
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The Great (Mini) Duck Race
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#Deaf Talent! Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6pm À 60 mins All Ages $7
In a world that sets audist barriers and defines limitations, bear witness and celebrate the unthinkable as we tear those barriers down. “A Deaf person can do anything a hearing person can, except hear.” “#DeafTalent!” is a multidisciplinary production of local Deaf performers showcasing fabulous artistries: ASL Poetry, Ballet, African Dance, Hip-Hop, Aerial Rope, Storytelling, Signed Music and more. Brought together by JPosh Productions, experience the joy of silence and the strength of determination in achieving the “impossible.” bit.ly/JPoshProductions| JPosh Productions
Brave Space School of the Arts: Gym
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $22
“Brave Space” is the building of a blanket fort, sneaking under a hoop skirt, an impulsive congregation in the tiniest of tents. Together with an all-female cast of bold acrobats, we will build a better world – if only for a few shared moments. Starting as a puddle of fabric on the floor, “Brave Space” grows to envelop us in a world that includes awe-inspiring feats of balance, strength and ultimate trust between artist and audience.
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
www.bravespaceshow.com | Aloft Circus Arts
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Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent
Tue., Sep. 10 7:30pm • Wed., Sep. 11 7:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 90 mins 13+ $22-204 From the creators of sold-out Spiegeltent hits “SideShow” and “Eclectic Attraction” comes another blockbuster world premiere created especially for Fringe by Las Vegas masterminds, Matt and Heidi Morgan. Starring illusionist
Rod Raven – irreverently portrayed by Matt himself – and his eccentric assistant Heidi, this cast of top international artists features whip-cracking wizards, gravity-defying phenoms, masters of magical mayhem and live, original music.
Holding on Through Song II: Embodying the African-American Spiritual with FuturPointe Dance and First Inversion Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 13 8pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
Hailed as “a gut-wrenching, educational and emotional performance that truly rang out to the heavens and called down the Ancestors,” (CITY Newspaper) First Inversion and FuturPointe Dance join forces this year to embody through sound and movement a selection of African-American spirituals involving choir, soloists, instrumentalists, dancers and the gathered community. Words from Rochester’s own Frederick Douglass and other African-American leaders, scholars and artists provide historical context and sacred story to illuminate our journey. www.firstinversion.org | First Inversion and FuturPointe
INFERNO BEMSHI! Writers & Books
Sat., Sep. 21 4pm À 60 mins 13+ $7
“INFERNO BEMSHI!” mixes and mashes the 1911 film “L’Inferno” with original libretto, music, soundscape and poetry by G. E. Schwartz and Dave Esposito in a real-time phantasmagorical performance, a journey deep into a no-go zone, filled with conspirators, the corrupt, collusionists and murderers. HELL WALK WITH US! And guess who's condemned to the lowest circle of this inferno! Word Consortium
The Avyarium
Sat., Sep. 14 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm À 45 mins 5+ $12
Monsters, Mimsy, and Movement. “Jabber!” is a whimsical romp through forgotten corners of Lewis Carroll’s world, one that discovers connections within a realm of nonsense. Characters and creatures alike come alive through the sheer zaniness of Jonathan Lowery’s unique performance. Bringing together his background in classical acting, physical theatre, acrobatics, mime and his life-long goal of becoming a human cartoon, this is a production not to be missed! www.facebook.com/jonlowerymime
Making Collaborative Fringe Art with Maker Faire Rochester Parcel 5
Music / Glass at Memorial Art Gallery with fivebyfive and Studio 34 Memorial Art Gallery: M&T Ballroom
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm À 60 mins All Ages $12
Audience members will take part in creating an original glass-fused piece of art during a performance by local modern chamber music quintet fivebyfive. Artists from Studio 34 will guide the glass-making process. This event highlights an upcoming collaboration between fivebyfive and the Memorial Art Gallery for the exhibition “The Path to Paradise,” featuring the stained glass artistry of Judith Schaechter. www.fivebyfivemusic.com| fivebyfive
River to Roof Tours Central Library: Harold Hacker Hall
Fri., Sep. 13 5pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm À 300 mins All Ages FREE
Make with the Community! Contribute to a collaborative community Fringe art project with the Maker Faire Rochester crew. Each night, we'll be creating a large piece of art using yarn, screws and your help. www.rochester.makerfaire.com | Maker Faire Rochester
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Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3:30pm À 75 mins 13+ $12 Tour the ‘backstage’ of the Rundel Memorial Building of Central Library from bottom to top.
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Jabber!
Muffin Theatre Presents: A Show With Cookies The Avyarium
Following last year’s sold-out performances of “The Extraordinary Muffin Theatre Spectacular,” Katherine Marino’s charming hostess returns to her actually-magical kitchen, hoping to make friends by making cookies, and to make cookies by playing with kitchen stuff. Along the way she spins trays, juggles hats, performs feats of balance and whimsy, and follows her heart into many hilarious misadventures. Bring your loved ones, have an actual cookie, be delighted and enjoy the finest clown-hospitality anywhere in Rochester! Instagram: @Katherine.Dances Muffin Theatre Co.
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Tue., Sep. 10 8:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6pm À 60 mins 5+ $12
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ROCeltic School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt Rochester Museum & Science Center: Strasenburgh Planetarium
Sat., Sep. 21 12:30pm À 45 mins All Ages $10
“ROCeltic” celebrates Irish heritage – past, present and future – through music and dance. Collaborative creations investigate “traditional” Irish art forms that exist, thrive, and even transform within this contemporary context. Progressive with a traditional foundation, “ROCeltic” strives to break down genre barriers. Composers, choreographers and performers hail from Rochester and its surrounding communities, presenting a sampling of our area's boundless creative potential. “ROCeltic” is a multidisciplinary show that will surely excite, intrigue and captivate artists and audiences of all ages.
Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm À 50 mins All Ages $18
BIODANCE/Missy Pfohl Smith and W. Michelle Harris return to Fringe to create The Fragile Corridor, an all-new show with percussion phenomenon Michael Burritt. A gorgeous, live, cinematic mix envelopes the virtuosic dancers, musicians and audience in a completely immersive experience. www.biodance.org
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BIODANCE/Missy Pfohl Smith, W. Michelle Harris, Michael Burritt
Silent Reading Party
The Theater World of John W. Borek
Central Library: Harold Hacker Hall
Sun., Sep. 15 1pm À 240 mins All Ages $8
Join with fellow readers to read silently in good company. Your ticket includes one coffee, soda or water. Enjoy the sounds of the Cobbs Hill Consort (Native American flute, harp, guitar and percussion) from 3 – 4 p.m. www.ffrpl.org
Something From Nothing (Marfa)
MuCCC
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm À 45 mins 18+ $5
“The Theater World of John W. Borek” explores more than a decade of presentations by the New York Times-derided, post-capitalist artist/producer who has brought to Rochester such important works as “Moose Murders,” “Dinner Theater” and “The Museum of Johnny.” Now in his seventieth year, Mr. Borek says, “It’s the theater that got small. This is my close-up.” With Justin Rielly and surprise guests. Image by Louie Podlaski John W. Borek Presents
Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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Tue., Sep. 10 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 9pm À 60 mins 18+ $7
An evening of twinkling commotion by Mike McGinnis and Leah Stacy. A journey through memory that starts with the senses. Traverse with us from the beginning to the end – and back again. Bright, light, dark and dim all play a role in this immersive spectacle of interactive, visual, spoken and musical whimsy. Join us in a collective “SHHH!” before we strike up the volume. **Phones strongly encouraged.**
The Unethical Dalai Lama Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Tue., Sep. 10 8pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
“The Unethical Dalai Lama” is a one-man show that explores the depth of a man’s morality and how it is challenged and expanded through his experiences in life. This dynamic show deconstructs everyday habits and social constructs and protests their validity and functionality through spoken word, song, dance, monologue, visuals and instrumentation. Its purpose is to have the audience take a deep look at their actions and morals and determine the motivation behind them. www.facebook.com/shaq.payne.3 | Starvin’ Artist
Which Bitch Did It?
UUU Art Collective
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
Sun., Sep. 15 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm À 60 mins 18+ $15
This immersive dance work investigates our need to express the human experience. Utilizing different media to stimulate a more engaging experience makes collaboration the center focus of the work. From live comedy to abstract visual projection, “this is us trying” strives to dig closer to the root of what it means to experience life. Audience members will feel fully immersed in this physical work due to the inviting proximity of the gallery space.
When “Clue” meets “Rupaul’s Drag Race,” audiences are forced to ask, “Which Bitch Did It?” A series of questionable and outrageous deaths occur in rapid succession at Stately Manor and the spooked survivors must band together to uncover the motives and identity of the cryptic killer. Join our drag performers in solving this hilarious, fast-paced AgathaChristie-meets-Monty-Python murder mystery, and test your deductive skills by attempting to guess, “Which Bitch Did It?”
Trivia CITY: An Arts & Culture Quiz
Word on the Street Theater
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Merriman Street (between Atlantic & University)
Spiegelgarden
Wed., Sep. 18 7:30pm À 90 mins 13+ FREE
Join host CITY Newspaper for an arts, culture and all-things-Rochester trivia night!
Wanted: Who Killed William Lyman? Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 20 5pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 240 mins All Ages $15
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Sat., Sep. 21 12:30pm À 120 mins All Ages FREE
What happens when a transportation engineer and an artist team up for safer streets? "Word on the Street Theatre" is an interactive NOTA neighborhood festival of music, drama and dancing. Your journey begins in the Intersection Intervention Crosswalk Dance Party. Next, Merriman Street comes alive in a series of short plays submitted by local playwrights, and you might win a walk-on role! Then, the Exercise Express Flag-Dance Team ushers in peace, love and unity with a whirlwind fanfare finale. tinyurl.com/wots-festival | Cassandra Kelly Music
YOGA MUSIC & UNWORLDLY DANCE School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Wed., Sep. 18 5pm À 60 mins 13+ $9
“Yoga Music & Unworldly Dance” expresses contemporary sounds and movements to enrich and elevate the spirit. The live performance is led by Heather Roffe Dance, national awardwinning dance educator from Nazareth College. Music is composed and performed by Tommy Gravino and Mary Monroe. Their yoga-inspired music is widely available on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud. See a preview, captured by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Timothy Brown on YouTube (https://youtu. be/eleTWk39D4U). tommygravino.us | TOMMY GRAVINO & MARY MONROE
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October 20, 1837. William Lyman was killed as he walked home from work. Rochester’s first murder. Octavius Barron, 18 in 1837, was executed for the crime – but did he really do it? STORYCHICK presents an opportunity to revisit Rochester’s early history as you gather clues across seven venues! Play as a team or on your own. Self-paced so you can sleuth and explore in-between shows. Complete all tasks for a chance to win great prizes!
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A Grand Night for Singing: A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
Bill Dresnack, Versatile CPA The Little: Café
Fri., Sep. 20 8pm À 60 mins 18+ FREE
Lyric Theatre: Formal Vestibule
Bill Dresnack, versatile CPA, performs originals and covers on guitar, harmonica and whatever else floats his boat.
Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5pm À 60 mins All Ages $15
Vocalist Casey Jones Costello returns to the Fringe, accompanied by pianist John Palocy, to pay homage to the prolific Broadway songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Featuring selections from their most iconic shows, including “Oklahoma!,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I” and “The Sound of Music,” Costello entertains and enlightens with songs and with anecdotes about the Broadway duo’s historic partnership. Sure to be an “enchanted evening” for audiences of all ages! www.caseyjonescostello.com
Al Biles and GenJam The Little: Café
Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Al Biles and GenJam play jazz, which doesn’t sound Fringey. Well, the music may be straight-ahead, but the band is far out. Al (a human trumpet player) and GenJam (the Genetic Jammer) improvise on tunes ranging from swing and bop to Latin and pop. Al and GenJam listen and reply to each other, but since GenJam is computer software that evolves its musical ideas in real time, it’s spontaneous, responsive and definitely on the fringe. igm.rit.edu/~jabics/GenJam.html
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Celebrating the Life of Paul J. Burgett through Music Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $22
Paul Burgett (1946-2018), beloved friend of the Rochester Fringe Festival, Gateways Music Festival and all things Rochester, viewed the world through the lens of music. For Paul, music had the power to heal and to bring people together. This performance features some of the music Paul loved most – from classical to jazz – played by Gateways Music Festival’s Brass Collective, a national touring group featuring musicians Courtney Jones and Herb Smith (trumpets), Eric Davis (French horn), Isrea Butler (trombone) and Richard White (tuba). gatewaysmusicfestival.org | Gateways Music Festival
Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading
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Al Biles Quartet
The Little: Café
Fri., Sep. 20 6pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Also known as the Steve Gates Quartet, Chuck Dye Quartet, or Bruce Goldman Quartet (depending on who gets the gig), the Al Biles Quartet plays straight-up jazz from Monk, Jobim, Ellington, Rollins, Gershwin, Porter and many others. Al plays trumpet and flugelhorn, Chuck is on guitar, Bruce on upright bass and Steve is the drummer. The four of them have played together in various overlapping groups for many years, but this quartet is truly special.
Wed., Sep. 18 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6pm À 60 mins 13+ $14
Playfully macabre musical duo Charming Disaster (Brooklyn’s Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris) perform an interactive musical tarot reading, with audience members selecting cards that not only determine the set list but also predict the future. Featuring original songs inspired by death, crime, folklore, fairy tales, ancient mythology and the occult, performed with ukulele, guitar, vocal harmonies, virtuosic foot percussion and theatrical flair. “Gothic tongue and cheek narratives ... comparable to something Tim Burton and Danny Elfman would have dreamed up.” (CITY Newspaper) charmingdisaster.com
Consensual Sax
The Avyarium
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $5
Checks and Exes blends blues, alternative and classic rock – while still satisfying the need for modern music tastes. They’ll entertain audiences with a number of recognizable songs as well as with their entire debut album, “Dead in the Dark.” www.facebook.com/ChecksandExes
Cigs Inside
Wed., Sep. 18 5:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Presented by Nazareth College, Consensual Sax features Chisato Eda Marling on saxophone, Sarah Rhee-Tirre on piano, and the Scio Sax Quartet. This is your unique opportunity to hear new exotic works by Octavio Vazquez and Aaron Siebert, including the highly praised “Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano.” And don’t miss the U.S. premiere of Siebert’s “Blue Vibrations,” dedicated to internationally acclaimed Spanish painter Rafael Úbeda.
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Checks and Exes
The Little: Café
Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 30 mins 13+ FREE
Cigs Inside – an RIT-based, alt-indie rock band with a passion for performing, music and getting rowdy – brings its distinctive sound to the Fringe.
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Cobbs Hill Consort Central Library: Rundel Arts Room
Sun., Sep. 15 3pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
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The Avyarium
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm À 60 mins 13+ $9
Marking their triumphant return to the Avyarium, Cottage Street brings their funk-centered grooves back to Fringe. This four-piece alternative rock band features cello, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals all of which combine to express an honest and vulnerable take on relationships and life. A familyfriendly show that will get you bouncing and thinking. cottagestreetband.com
Dave Rivello Ensemble Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Mon., Sep. 16 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Sharp angles contrasted with smooth textures and combined with dynamic solos make for an evening of continuous color in The Dave Rivello Ensemble | RED. Stretching boundaries, challenging expectations and spinning intricate webs of sonic exploration, this performance features all newly composed music by Dave Rivello, specifically created for Fringe 2019. Come and get lost in DRE I RED. www.daverivello.com
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The Cobbs Hill Consort is a unique Rochester acoustic ensemble featuring Native American flute, supported by the living sounds of harp, guitar, drums and percussion. The music is soothing, emotive and transporting, engaging audiences in a journey of the heart. The group returns to the Fringe for its fifth year to share the gift of healing energies and creative collaboration. Features Dr. Jefferson Svengsouk (Native American flute) and Sandy Gianniny (harp), as well as team members of UR Medicine Palliative Care.
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Dust Jackets, Premium Rock and Blues The Little: Café
Dust Jackets is a four-piece premium rock and blues band that plays both the classics and the lesser-known tunes from such artists as the Rolling Stones, Dylan, Tom Petty, White Stripes, Neil Young and Muddy Waters. Two guitars, bass, drums and harmonica – radio rock and jamming out are guaranteed.
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ELISION, an electroacoustic percussion show Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Tue., Sep. 17 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Percussion soloist and Eastman alumnus Cameron Leach debuts his newest solo show, "Elision," mixing electronic soundscapes with acoustic percussion instruments in a program made exclusively of new works. Contemporary marimba music, Biggie Smalls samples and retro synthesizer sounds meet Leach's signature combination of onstage athleticism and theatrical musicianship, making for an exciting performance. "Elision" features works by Paul Pinto, Vera Stanojevic, David Skidmore, Eastman professor Matt Curlee, and more. cleachmusic.com | Self-produced
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Java’s
Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins 13+ FREE
Approaching her graduation from Nazareth College with a BFA in Musical Theatre, Abby Hazlett is making her Rochester Fringe debut with this solo cabaret, featuring friends Amanda Reyngoudt, Demetrio Alomar, Kyle Critelli and Samantha Antoniewicz! With a mix of pop, musical theatre, folk, jazz and rock music, she will move, excite and surprise you while exploring the roller coaster of loving as a young person. Come sip your coffee and share in this two-night engagement you won’t want to miss! www.abbyhazlett.com
The Little: Café
Fri., Sep. 13 6:30pm À 90 mins 18+ FREE
Galileo Band: Dance To The Music Sat., Sep. 14 9pm À 75 mins All Ages FREE
The Galileo Band (Clap Your Hands Music) plays Michael Jackson, Bebe Rexha, Doobie Brothers, Bruno Mars, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Robin Thicke to name a few. They will have you snapping your fingers, singing along and even dancing if the mood strikes you. Join Galileo for some foot-stomping good music. The only requirement is that you have fun. www.reverbnation.com/thegalileoband
Geneseo A Cappella Hour Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 21 7:15pm À 50 mins All Ages FREE
Performances from Geneseo a cappella will include all five of the school’s groups: Exit 8, Between the Lines, Emmelodics, Southside Boys and Hips ’n Harmony. They’ll sing a mix of songs from repertoires that range from Billy Joel to Billie Eilish. Selections are arranged, directed and performed by the students.
Geneseo Chamber Music Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 21 5:30pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
Previous performances have featured the Geneseo Brass Quintet, the Geneseo Wind Quintet, the Geneseo String Quartet, the Geneseo Percussion Ensemble and the Geneseo Jazz Ensemble in a concert that spans 100 years of music from classical to contemporary pop.
Hey Mavis
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 21 3:45pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
The SUNY Geneseo Department of Music proudly presents a recital featuring the winners of the 2019 Honors Competition. Selected by a panel of professional judges, winners are: Brett Hammes, Musical Theatre; Annie Levine, Musical Theatre; Grant McElhany, cello; Kayla McGallian, Musical Theatre; Rocky Nardone, Musical Theatre; Kelsey Roberts, Musical Theatre; Sara Stoner, clarinet and Shotaro Toyoda, violin. Alternates: Kyle Johnson, Musical Theatre and Sydney Lyons, Musical Theatre. SUNY Geneseo
Gospel Sunday Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Grupo Calle Uno Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium
Mon., Sep. 16 5pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $15
For nearly ten years, Northcoast Americana band Hey Mavis has been igniting a following of dedicated fans. With heartfelt vocals, honest songwriting, blazing instrumental solos and an undeniable onstage musical chemistry, this quartet is the definition of great music. Hey Mavis has appeared on NPR’s Mountain Stage, NPR’s Whad’ya Know?, and PBS’s Songs from the Center. In 2018, Melissa Etheridge personally chose Hey Mavis as one of the headliners for her music cruise featuring Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan.
Hidden Garden Concert with Wildflowers: A Tribute to Tom Petty
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George Eastman Museum: North Lawn
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm À 90 mins All Ages $12
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tom Petty’s seminal album, “Wildflowers”, at the George Eastman Museum’s Hidden Garden Concert with musicians from Rochester bands Maybird, Honey Smugglers, Vacation Daze and Moho Collective. www.eastman.org
Jamall Youngblood and Soul Of The City Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium
Fri., Sep. 20 4:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Jamall Youngblood and Soul Of The City is Rochester’s hottest upand-coming R&B, Funk and Soul band, bringing powerful, soulful vocals and energetic performances. This dynamic group is composed of some of the best musicians in the area: James McGowan laying a tight foundation on drums, the funky Glenn Beard on the bass, the passionate performance of Rhys Brigida on keyboard, Ben Wood on sax and Adam Bradley on soaring guitar. The show is sexy, soulful, modern and classic. Soul Of The City
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Grupo Calle Uno captivates audiences with their incredible skill and warm audience rapport. They proudly offer two performances at the 2019 Fringe, featuring a program that traces the rich history of Salsa music. Grupo Calle Uno’s uber-rhythmic percussion, searing brass section and powerful vocal harmonies make for an exhilarating and engaging experience.
Fri., Sep. 20 6:00pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
Sing, Sunday, SING. Reverend Rickey Harvey of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church leads an afternoon of sacred song by some of Rochester’s best gospel artists. Be uplifted by the renowned, all-female choir AKOMA and be moved by Pastor Harvey’s own group: Reverend Rickey Harvey and the Dynamic Dixie Wonders. Not to be missed.
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JUMPING OVER THE MOON WITH Massaoke: MixTape A COW, CHICKENS, YAKS AND Chestnut Street Stage (between East & Main) YOU! HOWIE LESTER BEYOND Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE GRAVITY AND COMMON SENSE! The Little: Café
Fri., Sep. 13 9pm À 90 mins 13+ FREE
Winner at both the 7th and 8th International Folk Music Film Festivals, Howie performs with Fiddle, Sarangi, Banjostory and song from around the world, fusing and expanding traditions. Transcend the Mundane! Challenge the Devil! Join the International Kazoo Orchestra! Push the borders of the FRINGE! youtu.be/Y1jTJR-rhRs | Sleepy Lester & The Insomniacs
Live Coding Computer Music The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 30 mins 13+ FREE
Code, written live in front of the audience, will generate sonic processes and experimental music. Watch Steven Yi, Assistant Professor at RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media, live code using Csound to explore the intersection of timbres, beats, bytes and time.
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Massaoke: Night at the Musicals KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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Sat., Sep. 21 8:30pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
North American Premiere! Bring the sing to the greatest musicals of all time! Sing along with your favorites from Mamma Mia!, Grease, We Will Rock You, Evita, Dirty Dancing and many, many more! This is not karaoke. This is MASSAOKE. Where we sing and dance our collective hearts out in a unique live-gig setting that no one will ever forget. It. Is. Eurphoric. A celebration of some of the best musical theatre ever written. www.massaoke.com
The massive hit from 2018 Fringe returns with a new line up of songs! LIVE Band. Hairbrush Anthems. One massive singalong. Massaoke is the sensation that’s sweeping the global nation from Glastonbury and Edinburgh to Adelaide and Perth. One truly amazing live band plays the greatest pop, indie and rock anthems of all time. Hit after hit after hit. On stage and on a giant screen with lyrics. You belt it out with a few thousand of your friends. www.massaoke.com
NEXUS and Friends Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Toronto-based percussion quartet NEXUS, now in its 48th season of solo recitals and concerts with symphony orchestras worldwide, hosts an hour-long performance of improvised percussion music. NEXUS is four Grammy winners – Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Russell Hartenberger and Gary Kvistad – who will be joined by internationally recognized guest percussionists including Rochester’s own John Beck and Michael Burritt, along with Conrad Alexander, Ruth Cahn, Ray Dillard and Gordon Stout. “NEXUS – the high priests of the percussion world.” (NY Times) www.nexuspercussion.com | NEXUS Percussion
One Frogless Evening: A Tribute to the Amphibian Artiste Michigan J. Frog The Little: Theatre 5
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm À 60 mins 5+ FREE
Join the Flower City Lily Pads for a musical revue and tribute that tells the TRUE story of the Michigan J. Frog, the subject of Warner Brothers’ deeply flawed biopics “One Froggy Evening” and “Another Froggy Evening.” We’ll tell the true story of Michigan’s brief but deeply influential career. We’ll also play favorites from his catalog as well as some tunes by the artists influenced by his singular artistry.
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Piano Man The Little: Café
Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 15 mins All Ages FREE Come be entertained by RIT piano student, Garegin! soundcloud.com/garegin-grigoryan-1
RIT Jam Club The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 14 7:45pm À 45 mins All Ages FREE
The RIT Jam Club is a group of musicians, vocalists, creators and weirdos. We perform all sorts of music – from jazz to punk rock – and come together to have fun. Our performances are appropriate for all, so come laugh and dance with the jam fam!
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RIT Surround Sound The Little: Café
Pop Go The Bells
Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pm À 15 mins All Ages FREE
Lyric Theatre: Lyric Lawn
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12:30pm À 20 mins All Ages FREE
While you’re waiting in line for a fabulous show at The Lyric, enjoy a concert performed by Sandy and Amanda Gianniny on neighboring Third Presbyterian Church’s 92-yearold chimes. For decades, they have charmed the neighborhood with beautiful hymns.... but wait!! This is Fringe!! They’re playing their favorite pop tunes! Get in line early at The Lyric or take a stroll down historic East Avenue and join the fun. Third Presbyterian Church
RIT A Cappella Hour The Little: Theatre 5
to miss it! www.rit.edu
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE Join us for an hour to listen to four of RIT’s talented a cappella groups! You’ll hear from the Brick City Singers, Eight Beat Measure, Encore and Proof of Purchase…you don’t want
RIT Vocal Accent The Little: Café
Sat., Sep. 21 12:30pm À 15 mins All Ages FREE
Vocal Accent is the all-female a cappella group at Rochester Institute of Technology. This diverse group of talented young women delves deep into the realm of a cappella with a repertoire of strong, empowering and emotionally charged music. Keeping it entertaining and exciting, these women are a joy to watch, as they meld their hearts and voices and continue to break the boundaries of contemporary music. Vocal Accent is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! www.facebook.com/RITVocalAccent
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Surround Sound is RIT’s all-male barbershop a capella group, specializing in a fun combination traditional barbershop and modern music.
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RIT’s Encore A Cappella
Scheherazade.2
The Little: Café
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Sat., Sep. 21 3:45pm À 15 mins All Ages FREE
Encore has been active since 1996, but it wasn’t until 2003 that the group left behind its piano-accompaniment-based roots and truly become RIT’s first all-female a cappella group! Since then, Encore has been rocking events on and off campus, traveling all over New York State – and occasionally internationally – to perform music ranging from 50s swing to modern pop. m.facebook.com/RITEncore/?tsid=0.86952022945978 6&source=result
ROC City Ringers
This exciting program features four living composers. Mason Bates’ Mothership is an energetic piece that imagines the orchestra as a mothership, “docked” by visiting soloists. Einstein’s Dream by Cindy McTee reads like a diary, recording the dreams of Einstein as he worked on his theory of relativity. Reich’s Three Movement for Orchestra will engage audiences with its unexpected layout. The program concludes with world-renowned violinist Leila Josefowicz as soloist in Adams’ Scheherazade.2, a piece written for her.
SHERO
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Thu., Sep. 19 6pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Returning to the Fringe again this year, this talented group of ringers takes handbell music to another level. Besides performing concert pieces arranged specifically for handbell choirs, the Roc City Ringers will thrill you with arrangements from a huge variety of genres including rock, pop and disco! You’ll enjoy everything from Big Band to Broadway to the Blues. Come experience some of your favorite music in a whole new way, and visit us on Facebook at ROCCityRingers.
Thur., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Sat. 21 8pm À 120 mins +18 $24
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 9pm À 75 mins 13+ $15
Join Meredith Doyle and Shanna Pagán of SHERO, award-winning pop duo, as they return for their fourth Fringe. Familiar radio favorites will be woven into a narrative tapestry, promising an evening of laughs and earnest reflection on a decade spent pursuing a dream. Plus: a portion of ticket sales will be donated to a beloved local dog rescue! www.facebook.com/OfficialSheroMusic
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ROC City Singers KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
ROC City Singers, Rochester’s premier regional show choir with young talent from 19 different schools and five counties, was founded and directed by Judith Ranaletta. The group most recently presented its dynamic “Broadway & Pop” show in Sorrento, Italy, following many area performances that have included the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the International PGA Golf Championship, the Angels of Mercy, Center for Youth, and SMILES Annual Benefit Galas. This is the group’s eighth consecutive appearance at the Fringe. www.facebook.com/raparoccitysingers
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Siena Facciolo Nox
Tue., Sep. 10 6pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Mon., Sep. 16 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $14
Siena Facciolo is a soul-folk artist. Her powerful voice touches your soul and lets you roam through your memories. Her lyrics reflect a desire to explore, to become more raw and open with her listeners. Experiencing her performances is like gathering around a campfire, childhood story-time. Her music infuses soul into folk, creating a unique sensational sound, and her album, “Dear House”, was met with beautiful positive reviews. You’ll experience original songs performed with drummer Chris Palace. Photo: Aaron Winters www.sienafacciolomusic.com
Songs by David Temperley
Lyric Theatre: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm À 60 mins All Ages $20
“Sinatra at the Sands Reprise” recreates the 1966 show and features Frank Torchio’s rendering of the Chairman of the Board and The Russell Scarbrough Orchestra swinging like the Count. The Reprise Show includes many definitive readings of the songs that are most closely identified with Frank Sinatra, such as “Come Fly With Me,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “Luck be a Lady,” as well as comedy and impressions. www.sinatra-at-the-sands-reprise.com Frank’s Rat Pack
Sisters In Song Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Wed., Sep. 11 9pm • Wed., Sep. 18 9pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Enjoy sweet sibling harmony with The Ault Sisters! This Canadian vocal trio performs favorite tunes by famous sister groups such as The Andrews Sisters, The McGuire Sisters and The Pointer Sisters, as well as their own original tunes. The Ontario sisters recently released their album “Sisters In Song,” and can be seen on the hit Canadian television show, “Your All Time Classic Hit Parade.” Follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @theaultsisters. www.aultsisters.com | GKM Studios
Sladki Doumi Women’s Balkan Chorus Writers & Books
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm À 45 mins All Ages $8
Sladki Doumi Women’s Balkan Chorus performs traditional songs from the Balkans, celebrating a music with asymmetrical rhythms and radiant melodies that “makes your socks go up and down!” The singing style is focused and highly ornamented, harmonious and dissonant in turn. The songs tell stories of hard work, community, love, and pain. Sladki Doumi presents these songs in their original languages, as women (and sometimes men) have rendered them across time, and shares them lovingly with audiences of all ages. www.facebook.com/sladkidoumi | 1956
Wed., Sep. 11 8pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Temperley is a professor of music theory at Eastman School of Music, but in his spare time, he has written more than 100 songs. The style is a unique blend of rock, classical and cabaret, with engaging melodies, witty and touching lyrics, and intricate piano accompaniments. The songs will be sung by Alicia Ault, a recent Eastman voice graduate and up-andcoming soprano in the Toronto music scene, with Temperley at the piano. davidtemperley.com
Songs Of The Nightingale The Avyarium
Thu., Sep. 12 6:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm À 45 mins All Ages $15
Gather round for musical fairy tales by Baba Manouche, gypsy guitar prodigy, and the Nightingale, siren of the sky, as they perform music from the universe and beyond. Embark on the Mini Musical Journey of the Crystal Koi, and – with this whimsical Songstress at your side – you may learn things about yourself that you never dared to question before. www.facebook.com/SongsOfTheNightingale Songs Of The Nightingale
Standards Through The Decades Java’s
Wed., Sep. 11 6pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
Churchville-Chili native Daniel Henry returns with a variety of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Performing the timeless classics of yesteryear, this crooner has become the number-one choice of our senior population. Learn a bit of history before each song, and then listen to his rich and soothing tone deliver those time-honored treasures. Here’s the question: which decade? Which artist? Which standard? Find out for yourself! www.dhlentertainment.net
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Stereo Nest
The Thigh Masters
The Avyarium
Chestnut Street Stage (between East & Main)
Fri., Sep. 13 10pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
Stereo Nest uses the human mind as the central processor between thought, freely controlled looping machines, and electric guitar. “Stereo Nest – a one-man looping experience project by multi-instrumentalist Collin Jones (also of Ocular Panther and Haewa) – played an energetic set of organic jamtronica fusion as the floor filled up and got the people moving. Think Keller Williams gone EDM. Only a few shows deep into existence, Stereo Nest is proving to be a force to track.”(Upstate Live)
Sat., Sep. 21 6:45pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
For five years, Rochester’s very own party band has been bringing its high-energy mix of alternative rock to a host of venues and festivals around town. The lineup of Steve Smith, Tom Tills, Kevin Morin, Dave Mills and Scott Crook has selected a variety of songs from the ‘80s, ‘90s and today, including U2, The Revivalists, REM, Vance Joy, The Cure, Vampire Weekend and much more. So come out and sing along to the one-hit wonders and current hits that you love with The Thigh Masters!
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Terry Fyke’s Five Point Performance Company Broadway Revue
The Uptown Groove LIVE Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium
Wed., Sep. 18 6pm À 90 mins All Ages $14
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High-energy Motown, R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Rock and Current Top 40 Pop/Rock.
Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
The Five Point Performance Company Show Choir is thrilled to return to the Fringe! The company performs its dynamic Broadway-style and pop show, presented most recently at Walt Disney World as well as throughout the Rochester area. Terry Fyke, director. www.tfsdartsmsp.com | Terry Fyke’s Main Street Players
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Ukulele Club’s Ultimate Concert! The Little: Theatre 5
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The Quaternion Drifter(s): Offbeat Song & Dance Interactivator(s) The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 45 mins All Ages FREE
This show will be a dazzling revue of novel interactive “song & dance” routines that spotlight syncopated rhythms and out-of-the-ordinary polymeters. Numerous audienceparticipatory musical videos will be accompanied by an impromptu ensemble, uniting special guest artists with selected audience members who have the audacity to join in the fun. quaterniondrifter.blogspot.com
Sat., Sep. 21 1pm À 30 mins All Ages FREE The RIT Ukulele Club will be sharing some of their favorite songs for your enjoyment.
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Fri., Sep. 13 7pm À 90 mins All Ages $15
The University of Rochester Institute for Popular Music and the Eastman School of Music present “Fragile and More,” a concert devoted to Yes’s 1971 album “Fragile,” plus additional Yes tracks. Performed by nationally acclaimed Yes tribute band, Going for the One, along with faculty, students, staff and alumni of the University of Rochester and the Eastman School, this performance will include “Roundabout,” Long Distance Runaround,” “Heart of the Sunrise," “South Side of the Sky” and more. www.rochester.edu/popmusic
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to raise interest in both Japanese music and culture. www.facebook.com/roctaiko
Within the Quota Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
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Based on a ballet by Cole Porter, TableTopOpera’s “Within the Quota” looks at 100 years of U.S. immigration policy. The chamber group reworks a transcription of Porter’s score by William Bolcom and Richard Rodney Bennett and – in collaboration with George Eastman Museum – accompanies it with an array of historical and contemporary images and film clips. The ensemble has previously created multi-media projects with noted comic-book artist P. Craig Russell, photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin, and film composer Jeff Beal.
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Vocal Point and The YellowJackets Fringe Show School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 12pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
The University of Rochester’s Vocal Point and The YellowJackets will be performing an hour of a cappella covers from today’s popular artists. Vocal Point is the University’s only all-female a cappella group, and is currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The YellowJackets, founded in 1956, are an all-male a cappella group, and appeared on NBC’s “The Sing-Off ” in 2011. Both groups can be found on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, urvocalpoint.com and jackets. org. www.urvocalpoint.com
The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 20 mins All Ages FREE
WADAIKO is Rochester’s only taiko group. Based at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the group performs both traditional and modern pieces. WADAIKO’s mission is to share the art of taiko, Japanese performance drumming, and
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PARCEL 5: Fri., Sep. 13 6:45pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:45pm SPIEGELGARDEN: Fri., Sep. 20 5:45pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5:45pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
It’s like heckling, only nicer. Crackerjack will be out and about again this year. If she spots you strutting by, she may just have to yell at you about how fantastic you are.
lives through various talents. This showcase articulates views of life from different perspectives - students and teachers all being told through each individual’s artistic talent that expresses their souls on stage. Today is the day you won't want to miss school! Wake Up Music
Mental Graffiti Poetry The Little: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 14 4:45pm À 60 mins 18+ FREE
Creative Writing @ Geneseo Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE Creative writing students from SUNY Geneseo read their work as part of Geneseo Day at the Fringe. www.gandydancer.org
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Mental Graffiti is Rochester Institute of Technology’s slam poetry collective. Club members are passionate about writing and performing poetry and will be sharing original poems and
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Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $18
“Flirting Like An American” explores a first-generation immigrant’s funny observations and awkward misinterpretations of American culture. The show includes stories that were featured on PBS and won Story Slams at The Moth and National Storytelling Festival. www.sufianz.com | Sufian Zhemukhov
Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 75 mins 18+ $10
In the early 1990s, actor-monologist Spalding Gray attempted to write a novel, but his adventures in Los Angeles and on the New York stage seemed to get in the way of completing the book. After presenting “Swimming to Cambodia” at the 2015 Fringe, Aspie Works returns to Gray’s repertoire with this staged reading, adapted by Gray's widow Kathleen Russo and featuring company founder Justin Rielly. www.facebook.com/aspieworks | Aspie Works
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Knowledge is Currency Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
Welcome to the first day of “Lyrical School.” The teacher (Marvelous Marvin) gives gifted students life lessons. It’s “Show & Tell Your Life Day” and the students are more than ready to express their
Tue., Sep. 10 8pm À 60 mins 13+ FREE
Spoken word poetry from a National LGBTQ Slam Poem Winner and author of two books that were Lambda finalists. This poetry extravanganza is an exploration of the here, now and then intersections of race, sex, class and sexuality. It is about being Black, Queer, Female and Awake aka WOKE in the Dis-United States of America. It is a journey about survival, transgression and liberation. Dorchester, MA's Letta Neely will read “Juba,” “Here,” and from her newest book/ CD: “Geographies of Power.”
The Memory Palace: On-Site Podcast at High Falls
The Little Café
High Falls High Falls: Granite Mills Commons
Sat., Sep. 21 1pm À 75 mins 13+ FREE
Signatures, RIT’s award-winning undergraduate literary and arts magazine, is a collaboration between the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Art and Design. It’s won numerous awards, including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Star Award (2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) as well as the 2012 Design Award from ArtiST (Art in Science and Technology). RIT students who contributed to Volume 34 will read their poetry and prose. Come by for great readings, and pick up a free issue! www.signaturesmag.com
Spooky Stories in the Stacks Central Library: Library Stacks
Sun., Sep. 15 1:15pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3:45pm À 45 mins 13+ $12 True ghost stories in the secret stacks of Central Library's Rundel Memorial Building. Meet in Harold Hacker Hall. ffrpl.org
The Memory Palace Live Eastman School of Music Kilbourn Hall
Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 90 mins 13+ $28
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Throughout Fringe. Mondays – Thursdays: 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm • Fridays: 11:30am, 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm • Saturdays: 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm • Sunday: 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm À 30 mins All Ages FREE Sound artist and master storyteller Nate DiMeo creates a specially commissioned episode of the popular history podcast The Memory Palace, transporting the listener to an event of local lore at High Falls. Using wireless headphones available on-site, audience members can experience the 15-minute podcast while in the story’s exact location, beginning on the hour and half-hour. Following Fringe, it will be released and available for download from anywhere in the world.
The Nix Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 13 5pm • Sat., Sep. 14 12:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
Follow “The Nix” into the story of a river ghost and a woman who takes photographs. Like most ghost stories, there’s a little bit of a love affair. A little bit of death. And a tune that you might just hear if the wind is just right. The New Orleans Defender said: “Pasold successfully casts a spell over her audience with subtlety and grace.” Lisa Pasold is an award-winning Canadian writer and storyteller currently based in New Orleans. www.improbablewalks.com | Improbable Walks
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Live and on stage! The Memory Palace podcast brings a night from America’s past to the Fringe. The show has carved out a unique place in this new art form, even landing its host a gig as an Artist in Residence at the Met. Drawn from a decade of The Memory Palace episodes and including a new tale from Rochester’s own history, Nate DiMeo will present an unforgettable evening of stories, music, and pictures.
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A Fork In The Road
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 9pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5:30pm À 70 mins 13+ $15
In a ruined theater, an actor tumbles onto a dark stage. When the lights come up, he finds himself alone — his friends and colleagues disappeared, arrested by the authorities. Only their glittering, torn costumes remain. So, in tribute, he joyously and defiantly recreates the acts of the missing company. “Absolute joy to watch.” (NoLa Defender) “Incredible one-man show.” (PBS) “Stunning theatrical accomplishment.” (Vue Magazine). FIVE STARS “Breathtaking.” (Broadway Baby, Edinburgh) www.33kabarett.com | Big Empty Barn Productions
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 5pm À 60 mins 13+ FREE
In the tradition of “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits” comes “A Fork In the Road,” an interactive supernatural suspense dramedy presented by Impact Theatre. While visiting their son, a grieving couple encounters strange happenings and odd characters, all directing them to their final destination. Performed by the In Your Face Players, this original play – written and directed by NYC author Frank Irace – will surely astound. Admission is FREE (donations accepted), though seating is limited. Impact Theatre
“The Wild Design”by Sunshine 2.0 Aliens Like Us The Little: Theatre 5
Writers & Books
Sat., Sep. 21 2pm À 60 mins 5+ FREE
Inspired by the “Wild Designs” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, this traveling theatre troupe from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf combines American Sign Language and spoken English with storytelling, magic, dance and poetry. While the exhibit features works by artists who look to nature and living systems for ideas and solutions to human problems, Sunshine 2.0’s actors explore innovations in design, technology and art that model or engage nature to generate more sustainable solutions through performance.
Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
It’s Poetry! It’s Theatre! It’s Poetry with Props! After the collapse of human civilization, aliens land on earth and embark on an intergalactic scholarly mission to see what went so horribly wrong that it caused human society to implode. During their exploration, these beings rely on an obscure twenty-first century poet’s work to decode the many mysteries of earth and make their anthropological conclusions, both serious and funny – just as all theatre should be. www.facebook.com/karenfarisauthor
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21 Chump Street The Avyarium
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Mon., Sep. 16 6pm • Mon., Sep. 16 6:45pm À 15 mins 13+ $10
“21 Chump Street” by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights,” “Hamilton”) is a new, 14-minute musical based on a true story as reported in the series, “This American Life.” The show explores the ramifications of peer pressure, conformity and drug use in America’s schools. From the team that previously brought “Heathers: School Edition” and “Carrie, the Musical” to Fringe, “21 Chump Street” will serve as a unique, cautionary tale that packs a punch in the span of a traditional intermission. www.musicaltheatreeducation.com | MT Ed
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Altar Boyz Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
Rochester area premiere! This foot-stomping, rafter-raising musical comedy chronicles a fictitious Christian boy band on the last night of their “Raise the Praise” tour. Featuring five all-singing, alldancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham, “The Altar Boyz” will delight audiences with its tight harmonies and spectacular choreography. With a cast of Rochester favorites, Last Fool Productions’ Fringe offering delivers a message of unity: “There is no star as bright as its constellation, no harmony in a single voice.” www.instagram.com/yourlastfool | Last Fool Productions
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Sat., Sep. 14 1:30pm À 115 mins 13+ $10
The two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical “American Idiot,” based on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album of the same name by Green Day, boldly takes musical theatre where it’s never gone before. From the team that previously brought “Heathers: School Edition” and “Carrie, the Musical” to Fringe (Director: Tina CrandallGommel, Vocal Director: Heather Lonardo, Music Director: David Curry, Stage Manager: Beverly Bauman), this highoctane show will wake you up before September ends and give you the time of your life.
Becoming Grandma Kat: One-Man Show The Avyarium
Sat., Sep. 14 6:45pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
A young man witnesses a crime and is placed in the Witness Protection Program (WITSEC). Trapped in his new persona, he faces several scenarios that test his ability to keep his true identity hidden. This hilarious spoof will involve audience participation in order for Grandma Kat to stay safe during her journey in the program. Written and performed by Keith Banks, and featuring Sheena Lyles aka Queen Foreverr.
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An Evening of One Acts The Avyarium
The Avyarium
Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 8pm À 60 mins 18+ $10
Ladder Plays Trio presents “An Evening of One Acts” – “ three short pieces about crucial moments in our lives. Playwright Frank Canino uses dialogue, narration and soliloquy interchangeably to paint a complex portrait of people in crisis.
BardBending: Fight Club Edition The Avyarium
Between Fourth and Fifth
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
www.wallbyrd.com | WallByrd Theatre Co.
“Between Fourth and Fifth” is a devised play about the relationship that takes shape when two strangers are trapped in their apartment building's elevator. Swinging from teamwork to tear-downs, these strangers are forced to get over personal boundaries in order to find a way out. Suspended above certain death, the niceties disappear and instinct kicks in. The show features its creators, Michaela Buckley and Sean Ryan. Follow them on Twitter for a good time: @michaela_b321 and @soextrasean. Good Friends Bad Company
Between Silences School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Thu., Sep. 19 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins 18+ $15
“Between Silences” is a series of performance pieces for women. Written by published poet and playwright S.J. Henschel, these monologues take us into the lives and thoughts of a group of women of a certain age who have nothing and everything in common. Six actresses become twenty-two women, all delivering lightning bursts of clarity into their lives. Henschel’s insightful narrative poetry offers a thoughtful, honest and deeply moving theatrical experience.
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WallByrd Theatre Co. is back with a new action-packed mash-up of William Shakespeare’s greatest hits. This year they’re ”bending” convention to bring out the Bard’s inner beast! It’s stage combat in the center ring as “BardBending: Fight Club Edition” samples a slew of Shakespeare’s best-known (and a few unexpected) conflicts. Be it blades or bare knuckles, it’s a bloody free-forall featuring the company's signature blend of pop culture and classics.
Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
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BIG WIGS Featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune Blackfriars Theatre Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 20 10pm • Sat., Sep. 21 10pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
In this high-energy, Las Vegas-style show, Mrs. Kasha Davis (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) and Rochester legend Aggy Dune bring their dead-on celebrity impressions back to Fringe after performing to sold-out crowds all over the country. “Big Wigs” is a lightning-speed love letter to such divas as Cher, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, Joan Rivers, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler and many more. www.thebigwigsshow.com | Big Wigs Entertainment
Black Matter Wed., Sep. 11 6pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6pm À 50 mins All Ages $11
Following the 2018 sold-out reading of "Black Matter" at the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, director Aubrey Williams brings back a heartwrenching, gut-busting preview about Black love, Black life and Black taboos. Williams’ inspiring production combines West African and contemporary dance, call and response, modern music, traditional African drumming and enhanced special effects to create an intimate and thought-provoking atmosphere. Audiences will witness the creative process in flux while experiencing this workshop-in-progress draft of the final play. www.theactivistsperform.com
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Blindfolded Improv or The Larval Mask Play Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance @ Ave D Rec Center
Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill Show Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm À 60 mins 13+ $18
Direct from New York City, Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill – the queen and king of the dollar store – premiere their new show, “A Dollar And a Dream.” With homespun humor and familiar country songs, they’ll help you realize your big dreams on a budget. This cabaret-style show features audience participation (with dollar store makeovers as the highlight!) But as Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill say, “Don’t call us cheap – just call us frugal!” YouTube Calotta Cash & Dollar Bill Show Already Cast Productions
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Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 60 mins All Ages FREE
An improvised play with Shakespearean elements of love, danger and mischief – and oh, did we forget to mention that performers will be in masks and unable to see or talk? Watch the players come alive and take audience suggestions in an imaginative and interactive retelling** of “Romeo and Juliet.” A short talk-back will follow the show, so you can
Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess MuCCC
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm À 45 mins 18+ $10
When a psychiatrist – or a Siberian Monkey Goddess, beautiful and terrible in her wrath – is confronted by someone who believes themself to be Charlie Chaplin, she becomes determined to convince “Charlie” that they’re merely a very disturbed individual attempting to escape from their own unhappiness. A powerful exploration of the nature of reality, dream, art and identity, the play becomes an increasingly desperate yet farcical struggle over the nature of identity that neither party can afford to lose. outofpocketinc.com | Out of Pocket, Inc.
Colma! School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 9pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
Colma, California is a city of cemeteries, a necropolis filled with little else but graves and their, ah, inhabitants. To increase tourism, the mayor hires consultants who decide to use the city’s own ghoulish reputation as its main selling point.
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Dangerous Signs Presents Signed Shorts: A Collection of One Acts by Justin Rielly The Little: Theatre 5
Fri., Sep. 20 5:15pm À 45 mins 13+ FREE
“A Vicious Fairy,” “Millennial Date Prepping” and the struggle of “Writer’s Block” are among the fun and playful scenes explored in several short skits performed by award-winning ASL performance group Dangerous Signs. Added into the mix are select ASL performances of popular songs. The show promises 45 minutes of fun, accessible to both hearing and Deaf audiences. www.facebook.com/DangerousSign | Dangerous Signs
Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden
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Tue., Sep. 10 5:30pm • Tue., Sep. 10 6:30pm • Wed., Sep. 11 5:30pm • Wed., Sep. 11 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Tue., Sep. 17 5:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm À 50 mins 18+ $24
Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm À 70 mins 13+ $13
It’s November 21, 1963, and three young Marines have set out for a final boys’ night of partying and a little trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress whom he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of love and compassion. Filled with impressive melodies and an unexpected love affair, “Dogfight” is a powerful experience for all audiences. Performed by OFC Creations’ teens. www.ofccreations.com | OFC Creations
Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts: Courtyard
SOLD OUT FOR 2019
Thu., Sep. 12 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm • Wed., Sep. 18 5:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm À 60 mins 13+ $24 SOLD OUT FOR 2019! From the creative team behind Dashboard Dramas comes the classic-car edition of a Fringe favorite! This unique show takes place in the SOTA Courtyard, where the audience rotates through four vintage automobiles from Great Lakes Classic Cars in Hilton, NY. Each classic car features an original ten-minute play set in the period-specific era of that vehicle. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind and stylish experience. Only eight tickets per performance! www.facebook.com/stonesthrowproduction/?ref=bookmarks Stone’s Throw
UNPRECEDENT YOURSELF.
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SOLD OUT FOR 2019! This intimate theatre experience puts you so close to the action that you can smell the actors’ breath (if you’re lucky). You’ll find yourself immersed in four, all-new, 10-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird and totally one-of-a-kind show.
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All hell then breaks loose in the form of zombies, ghosts and a witch selling snow tires. A tale of magic, love and the undead. Written by Mark Jabaut, directed by Marcy Gamzon, and starring local favorites.
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Flawed Beautifully MuCCC
Sat., Sep. 14 4pm À 75 mins 13+ $15
“Flawed Beautifully” is Ashona’s search for love, guidance and acceptance amid a plethora of choices made for her and by her during her early years. Disappointment, sadness, loneliness and anger confined her, and while her hard life would mold her, it would not make her. No longer a seed, she is the root. Written by Ashona Pulliam; directed by Michael Atkins Yawn. This a guaranteed sell-out performance you don’t want to miss.
Frogpig School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $12
His father is a frog. His mother is a pig. He was confused, abused and destined for stardom. From New York to LA and back, the cultural phenomenon we have all come to know and love finally steps forward to tell his story. In song, naturally. Imagine Liza Minnelli in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” on “Avenue Q.” It’s the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational love letter to cabaret divas! This is “Frogpig.”
HERE Starring Kyle Marlett School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
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Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:15pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
In his attempt to prove that we’re all here together, Kyle Marlett's brand-new magic experience weaves intimate stories of his own life with magic unlike anything you’ve seen before. An award-winning magician from Las Vegas, Marlett has appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and is the star of the hit Facebook Watch series,“Mutant Powers.” Without a doubt, you will leave knowing that you were here. www.KyleMarlett.tv
Home Within: A Journey of a Black Deaf Son with his Father The Little: Theatre 5
Fri., Sep. 20 6:45pm À 60 mins 13+ FREE
This play explores the relationship between a Black, Deaf son and his hearing father. The son is trying to please and struggling to fit into two cultures, while the father is trying to show his son what the world is all about. They believe they understand each other but they don’t. This thought-provoking, humorous play full of drama (in ASL) shows how they overcome life’s hardships. This play is inspired by the real life experience of Black Deaf males.
Homo Familiarus MuCCC
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm À 60 mins 18+ $10
An exploration through movement, music and dramatic scenes of what it means to be human and to share intimacy. Emphasizing stories beyond simple romantic relationships between men and women, Grey Noise Theatre Company’s exquisite and moving show offers glimpses into human closeness with themes from love to lust to violence – all with fearless authenticity. Scenes are from beloved contemporary and classic works such as Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” and Shakespeare’s “Othello,” as well as original short plays and dance/movement pieces. greynoisetheatre.org | Grey Noise Theatre Company
Impossible Marriage by Beth Henley MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 7:30pm À 90 mins 18+ $10
Pandora Kingsley is to be wed to Edvard Lunt, a worldly artist twice her age, in a beautiful ceremony outside of Savannah, Georgia. Her family and friends, however, are less than thrilled at the match. Harboring their own secret hopes and desperate desires, they conspire to end the marriage even before it begins. Full of overblown gestures and witty observations, this comedy of manners and modern marriage pits passion against social norms. Which will win? A hilarious Southern Gothic comedy!
Off-Monroe Players Gilbert and Sullivan Revue
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Wed., Sep. 18 9pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm À 75 mins 18+ $20
The critically acclaimed offBroadway show based on the life of Josephine Baker returns! This six-time “Best of Fest” winner is a one-woman biographical musical that combines cabaret, theatre and dance to tell the story of the iconic Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century. “It’s is a perfect piece of theatre for the time we are currently in.” (Plays To See NYC) “riveting ... a beautiful celebration” (CITY Newspaper) josephinetheplay.com | Dynamite Lunchbox Entertainment
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The Off-Monroe Players Gilbert and Sullivan Revue presents: G&S backward and forward. The OMP Revue will take you on a journey from ending to beginning — with a couple of side trips — of the delightful, fun, sentimental and joyful songs from the Topsy Turvey World of Gilbert and Sullivan. If you think you know HMS Pinafore, Mikado or the Pirates of Penzance, you may be in for a few surprises. Join in the fun... there may even be some audience participation! Off-MonroePlayers.org | Off-Monroe Players
Oz and Effect
Mark Twain - Storyteller
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
MuCCC
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm À 50 mins All Ages $5
Wed., Sep. 18 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm À 50 mins All Ages $8
James Landers portrays Mark Twain, the storyteller, in two stories and a commentary from America’s most famous humorist. “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offences” and “What Struck the Bluejays” are performed in the style of Twain by the artistic director of Classics Theater of Rochester. www.facebook.com/groups/394327904016425/?ref=bo okmarks| Classics Theater of Rochester
THEATRE
Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm À 60 mins 13+ $10
“Oz and Effect” is a twisted tale that visits the land of Oz after Dorothy leaves. Witness the dark, unforeseen lives, actions and struggles of the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man after they come to terms with having been granted their prospective desires. MCC’s On The Edge Drama Troupe
People vs. Johnson MuCCC
No Bad News
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 5:30pm À 70 mins 13+ $10
Six women — all different, yet connected and walking towards fear — place us right in the middle of a health crisis. Based on actual occurrences, “No Bad News” takes audiences on a healing journey into their minds, hearts... and courage. Life’s more complicated than fiction, but when the reality is mixed, how does one interpret what’s strange? Just because you don’t talk about it doesn’t mean it’s not there. The “shadows of our minds” hold the answers... and in the secrets, more questions. www.mpactoday.com | {theatre}+{nafsi}
Mrs. Debbie Cakes (Kelli Briggs) is summoned for jury duty for the trial of “The State vs. Mr. Johnson,” a young man who allegedly murdered someone when he was a teenager. Was it murder or self-defense, and can the judge, the attorneys and the jury provide him a fair trial of his peers? This production will run two nights and features Rachel Barnhart (Deputy DA) and Ernest Flagler-Mitchell (Judge). Brought to you by Hoosevents, LLC dba D.A. Brown Consulting. www.dabrownconsulting.com | D.A Brown Consulting
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Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm À 60 mins 13+ $18
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PUSH Physical Theatre
Return to Varadero Beach
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 60 mins All Ages $18
It’s cool, it’s athletic, it’s a perfect metaphor-in-motion — the narratives of our lives played out with hope, strength and optimism. Award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre returns to Fringe following collaborations with Grammy-winning composer Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as well as sold-out performances with another Grammy winner: the Ying Quartet. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience acrobatic hi-jinx and new artistic creations from a Fringe favorite that the Democrat and Chronicle called, “An evening of irreverent fun.” www.pushtheatre.org/fringefestival.html
Blackfriars Theatre Main Stage
Wed., Sep. 18 7:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1:30pm À 90 mins 13+ $12
When Asuncion and her friends spend a day at the beach, they don’t travel light. They carry umbrellas, picnics, memories, desires, passions and many dirty little secrets. A new, hysterical comedy by Candide Carrasco and the people who brought you “Chocolate casi Amargo” and “Mlle Petit Pas.” In English and Spanish for mature audiences only.
RIT Players present “Too Much Light Makes Baby Go Blind” The Little: Theatre 5
Radio WHT’s Dangerous Hospital
Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm À 30 mins 13+ FREE
MuCCC
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Radio WHT presents “The Lonely Hearts of Sacred Heart Hospital” (or "Dangerous Hospital"). Travel back in time as “Les Liaisons dangereuses” (Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 naughty epistolary novel) is adapted for your imagination as a lost episode of a Golden Age of Radio soap opera. Deceit! Seduction! Medical personnel! Valentines?? You’ve seen the film, you’ve read the book, you've watched the ballet — but did you laugh? Writers Hybrid Theater (Radio WHT) has fixed that for you.
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With the help of the audience, the RIT Players will attempt to get through 15 short comic, tragic, political, personal and abstract plays in just 30 minutes.
Sat., Sep. 14 9pm À 40 mins 13+ $18
www.facebook.com/RITPlayers | RIT Players
Shoe Stories: “My Life with 400 Pairs of Shoes” The Little: Theatre 5
www.facebook.com/radiowht | Writers Hybrid Theater
RED: That Other Color Girl
Internationally awarded artist Thomas Warfield takes you on a whimsical journey through storytelling, music, and dance. Each pair of shoes connects to a story from over 40 years of travels to 200 cities and more than 100 countries. This performance explores adventures of cultural intersections from Warfield's travels and interactions around the globe. Stories of humor, struggle, success, loss, surprise, fearlessness, doubt, independence and joy make up a tapestry of experience as unique and colorful as each pair of shoes!
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
A Generational Curse has both destroyed and strengthened the bonds between a group of women for centuries. “Red" explores its beginnings, implications and possible resolutions. These women discover just how insidious a curse it is, as well as how common it is among women from all walks of life. Once quietly discussed, "Red" speaks boldly about colorism and self-hatred. There is humor, sadness and enlightenment in these stories about women not seen. RAPIER
www.rit.edu
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm À 90 mins 5+ FREE
MuCCC
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8pm À 50 mins 13+ $10
This is a comedy by William Gleason. Tawny Linkletter is “Miss Everything” in high school. She even won the school fight song contest with her entry, “We Bite.” Everything was going great until she was charged with stealing the tune from another source. Now she faces a charge of plagiarism in the second degree and is due in court for the school trial of the decade.
Tue., Sep. 17 6:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $10
The world has turned evil. Noah and his family have been tasked by God to build an Ark to survive a great flood that will destroy the world. After 40 rainy days and nights, they climb to the upper deck and see nothing but water. They learn to cope with the shock of a world turned upside down, and through faith in God, find hope for a new and better tomorrow. A theater-in-the-round musical triumph.
THEATRE
Somewhere Between Justice and The Ark Third Period The Avyarium
www.rarebirdsode.com | Rare Bird's Ode
hummingbird theatre co.
Suffragettes UNITE!
The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics
The Avyarium
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm À 45 mins 13+ $10
EMANCIPATION! “War if We Must!” Journey back to a time when women, oppressed and underestimated by society, fought valiantly against the status quo to achieve the rights that we enjoy today. Listen as the powerful, moving speeches of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth C. Stanton, Sarah C. Owen and more come to life. A one-woman theatrical interpretation by Ann Mitchell. “... well-acted and historically accurate.” (Patricia Uttaro, director of the Rochester Public Library & Monroe County Library System) www.facebook.com/SuffragettesUNITE
Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm À 50 mins 13+ $12
Victoria Woodhull, powerhouse presidential candidate, squares off with Susan B. Anthony in a notat-all-historical battle of temper vs. temperance. In 1872, Woodhull campaigned to become the first woman President of the United States. Her radical ideas made her a political target from both sides of the Suffrage movement. Come join the (political) party in the latest original comedy from Brad Craddock, author of the sold-out shows Learning Targets (Fringe ‘18) and Pink Ribbons (Fringe ‘13). www.facebook.com/brad.craddock.5
The 24-Hour Plays Writers & Books
What do you get when you take a group of actors, writers, directors and producers and give them 24 hours to create, rehearse and “tech” a handful of short original plays? Something uniquely amazing. The experience is profoundly exhilarating, culmulating in a thrilling performance with lights, sounds, props and costumes for a live theatre audience. www.wab.org
Writers & Books
Tue., Sep. 17 7pm • Wed., Sep. 18 2pm • Thu., Sep. 19 2pm À 60 mins 13+ $15
We present a program of short plays by and in tribute to Byron Wilmot, a wonderful local playwright who left us too soon five years ago. Some of these plays were written expressly for us and all display Byron’s unique humor. We leaven the program with a song or two (or three) from the Rochester Songbook, a collection of Rochester-centric songs compiled in 1910.
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Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Mon., Sep. 16 9pm À 60 mins 13+ $20
The Geriactors Present!
Geriactors
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THEATRE
The John Gray Laws School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm À 75 mins MA $10
Set in the USA, 50 years from now, the #metoo movement has been usurped by politicians, who — while trying to manage societal pressure and appeal to those “across the aisle” — decide on a reform of separate but equal gender divisions called “The John Gray Laws,” after pseudo-psychologist and author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus." A cautionary tale. www.facebook.com/thejohngraylaws
The Movement: An A Cappella Musical School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Wed., Sep. 18 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2:30pm À 60 mins All Ages $15
“The Movement” is a musical retelling of the Children’s Crusade of 1963, an historic civil rights event in which thousands of young children and teenagers marched against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. This award-winning musical features harmonious singing, percussive movement and narrative storytelling to highlight the courage exhibited by the young teens who were crusaders of the non-violence peace movement. Written and directed by Kathy D. Harrison; produced by LEAP, a nonprofit creative youth development organization.
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
MuCCC
Fri., Sep. 13 10pm À 50 mins 13+ $5
Shamanic imagery. Ancient dark fantasy. All align in an immersive, experiential performance of liveaction Tarot card readings. Audience members are directly engaged, some receiving a limited-edition original print upon entering the experience. As screams from darkness announce the drawn cards, the inanimate animates through improvisation and choreographed theatrics. Therapeutic expression blooms through ambitious mask-work and contact improv, while gongs and synthesizers create an intense, holistic soundtrack. After last year’s full-house debut, “The Velvet Noose” returns anew. PEACE. www.instagram.com/thevelvetnoose/
The Writer’s Fairytale (by Kindred Soles) The Avyarium
Wed., Sep. 11 6:30pm À 75 mins 13+ $10
LEAP (Learning though an Expanded Arts Program)
A writer creates an educational show about the structure of a story, with a fairy tale setting. All bets are off when the prince fights with his words, the princess is not all that she seems, and the evil queen just wants to show off. The duo of Aspie Works founder Justin Rielly and ex-Geva Comedy Improv artist Danielle Erway create this freeform love letter to writing, and what happens when “once upon a time” gets silly and fun.
The Telephone
Tiramisu
www.TheMovementMusical.com
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www.facebook.com/aspieworks | Aspie Works
MuCCC
Writers & Books
Fri., Sep. 20 10pm À 30 mins 13+ $15
Ben loves Lucy and Lucy loves... her phone? “The Telephone” tackles today’s epidemic of impersonal interaction through this charming, unconventional romantic comedy opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Lucy is your everyday millennial, glued to her phone. Her partner, Ben, is a no-frills kinda guy with one goal: to propose to Lucy before departing on a business trip. Audience members are encouraged to interact with Lucy during the performance using the Twitter handle @LUCYlovesBEN4ev. Don’t miss this ONENIGHT-ONLY performance! twitter.com/LUCYlovesBEN4ev
Thu., Sep. 19 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8pm À 60 mins 13+ $12
After a completely sold-out run at the 2016 and 2017 Rochester Fringes, Michael Burgos returns with his second show, “Tiramisu.” Several years after their relationship ends, Tony — a washedup American musician — realizes that Teresa — an Italian pastry chef — was the one who got away. Not knowing what else to do, Tony writes a musical about tiramisu and tours it globally, in the hopes that Teresa will see the show and fall in love with him again. www.MichaelJBurgos.com |Michael Burgos
Zing! A Tribute to Judy Garland
Writers & Books
Blackfriars Theatre Main Stage
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm À 50 mins 13+ $20
The Encounter (Baltimore-based magic team of Annie Montone and Brian Kehoe) is back at Rochester Fringe with their new narrative magic smash-up, “Town X.” There’s been an event in Town X, and the entire community — including you — is on hand for an emergency meeting. The doors are locked, the cell phones down, and the radio says something that sounds like invasion. Part theater piece, part magic show, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen The Encounter. www.EncounterMagic.com | The Encounter
You Gotta Try This! The Workshop Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance @ Lincoln Library
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm À 60 mins 5+ FREE
Learn some of the skills Ted Baumhauer uses in his show. Even if you’ve tried to juggle before, this workshop is for you! Starting at your level, Ted coaches you forward. Using scarves, balancing feathers or bean bags, he'll have you pushing the boundaries of what you thought you could do. As a bonus, Ted shares a method of breaking down tricks so that you can teach yourself any trick you want to learn.
Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm À 60 mins 18+ $20
ZING! The iconic songs she sang. The legendary stories she told. There will never be another Judy Garland. BUT — what would happen if someone took some of those old songs and sang them in a new way? Or revisited some of those old stories while sharing some new ones? Rochester’s own Dawn Sargent (vocalist) and Mark Alan DeWaters (pianist/composer) hope to find out! Together they share their unique interpretations of Judy Garland’s legacy while celebrating her immeasurable influence.
THEATRE
Town X
Wednesday Sept 11 &18 7pm lyric theatre: Cabaret Hall 440 east ave Tap Dance Poetry & ‘’SOLE’ music This show is supported by the University of Rochester Institute for the Performing Arts and the School of Arts & Sciences
$5
All Ages
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CANDIDE CARRASCO
www.redtievariety.com/teacher | Red Tie Variety
You Know the Old Slaying Nox
When a mysterious death befalls a cast member of a theater troupe's production, everyone is a suspect and everyone has a motive to commit the dastardly deed. Was it the director? Or the starlet? Perhaps the stage diva? This interactive and open-ended play requires audience participation to help solve the mystery, so it's up to you to decide who slayed our poor friend!
www.moorelandproductions.com | Mooreland Productions
9/18 • 7:30PM 13 & OVER 9/19 • 6:30PM 9/21 • 1:30PM BLACKFRIARS THEATER
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Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm • Mon., Sep. 16 8:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm À 90 mins MA $10
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VISUAL ART & FILM
Avengers: Endgame Spiegelgarden
Spiegelgarden
Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm À 181 mins 13+ FREE
(PG-13, 2019, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 181 mins)Blockbuster hit. The universe is in shambles after the shattering effects of the Titan Thanos’ actions in Infinity War. With those who are left, the Avengers must unite to repair the balance of the universe. This is the grand ending to a 22-film journey. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremey Renner and Don Cheadle.
Fri., Sep. 13 8pm À 135 mins 18+ FREE
Academy Award Winner. The first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron Stallworth takes on an ambitious mission to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish partner, Flip Zimmerman. Together, they go undercover to investigate the organization and expose their schemes. How long can they keep up this increasingly dangerous performance? Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier.
My Big Gay Italian Wedding
Spiegelgarden
Mon., Sep. 16 8pm À 90 mins 18+ FREE
Presented by ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival, it made its New York State Premiere at 2018’s ImageOut. In this merry movie of matrimony, happily engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paulo to the exquisite old Italian village of his birth to meet his headstrong parents and reveal his sexuality, setting out on a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition understand that love is love. Starring Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore and Salvatore Esposito. Closed Captioned.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists
Spiegelgarden
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Oscar-nominated cult classic. Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) falls in love with greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) at the beach over the summer. Unbeknownst to them, they both attend Rydell High and at a pep rally, Sandy’s Pink Ladies and Danny’s T-Birds butt heads. Danny isn’t the same man Sandy fell in love with at the beach.
Spiegelgarden
Thu., Sep. 12 8pm À 110 mins All Ages FREE
BlacKkKlansman
Bridesmaids
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Grease
The Little Theatre: Café Lobby
Sat., Sep. 14 8pm À 125 mins 18+ FREE
Blockbuster comedic hit! When her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) becomes engaged, Annie (Rochester's Kristen Wiig) insists on being the maid of honor. Despite her personal life being a chaotic mess, Annie shams her way through obscure and pricey wedding rituals. She knows she has one shot to get her friend’s wedding perfect and she'll do what it takes to get things right.
Buckle up, buttercup.
Tue., Sep. 10 5pm • Wed., Sep. 11 5pm • Thu., Sep. 12 5pm • Fri., Sep. 13 4pm • Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Mon., Sep. 16 5pm • Tue., Sep. 17 5pm • Wed., Sep. 18 5pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5pm • Fri., Sep. 20 4pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 300 mins All Ages FREE
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is a memberled organization that offers a wide range of academic cultural and social programs and activities to enrich learners over 50. It was founded in 1987 as The Athenaeum, an affiliate of RIT. In 2006, it became an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. joining a growing national network of more than 100 university-based centers. For more information visit www. osher. edu or call 585-292-8989. www.rit.edu/gcr/osher
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The Little Theatre: Theatre 5
Sat., Sep. 21 3:30pm À 45 mins All Ages FREE
“Out of Sync” is a unique audio-visual experience that brings together abstract art, avant-garde film and experimental music in an improvised, live performance that never repeats itself. Performer/artist Chuck Miller mixes film and video loops he has created to an evolving modular synth performance. As these elements fall in and out of sync with each other in unexpected ways, the result can be both dreamlike and hypnotic, while at other times jarring.
RIT City Art Space
Thu., Sep. 12 1pm • Fri., Sep. 13 1pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Thu., Sep. 19 1pm • Fri., Sep. 20 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm À 240 mins All Ages FREE
A collaborative exhibition featuring RIT School of Art Faculty members David Schnuckel, Suzanne Peck, Lydia Martin and John Shea, showing material research and explorations in glass, ceramics, metal, video, installation, and more. Part of City Art Space’s Faculty in Focus series. facebook.com/ritcityartspace
outofsync.info/
Photo House: Exposed The Little Theatre: Café Lobby
Tue., Sep. 10 5pm • Wed., Sep. 11 5pm • Thu., Sep. 12 5pm • Fri., Sep. 13 4pm • Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Mon., Sep. 16 5pm • Tue., Sep. 17 5pm • Wed., Sep. 18 5pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5pm • Fri., Sep. 20 4pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12pm À 300 mins All Ages FREE
“Photo House: Exposed” is a photographic exhibition of most recent and best work from its members, ranging from new RIT arrivals to current Juniors showing the range of abilities that RIT fosters. Works may include images from a previous semester or from the summer. A Special Interest House located on Rochester Institute of Technology’s campus, Photo House is group of students dedicated to expanding their knowledge and skills in photography. www.facebook.com/photohouserit/?ref=bookmarks
Residente Spiegelgarden
Sun., Sep. 15 8pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
(NR, 2017, Residente, 90 mins) Presented by the Puerto Rican Festival in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. After leaving one of the most influential rap ensembles in Latin America during the midst of its wild success, Residente takes up a project to speak out against injustice and corruption. He traces his DNA, which takes him around the world. Each location adds to his musical project, inspiring conversations about his ancestors and their struggles. In Spanish with English subtitles.
VISUAL ART & FILM
Out of Sync
RIT Photojournalism: Documentary Shorts The Little Theatre: Theatre 5
RBG
Tue., Sep. 10 8pm À 98 mins All Ages FREE
(PG, 2018, Julie Cohen, Betsy West, 98 mins) Multiple award-winning documentary. At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior’s rise to the nation’s highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now.
Compelling stories captured in documentary form by Photojournalism students at RIT. www.rit.edu/artdesign RIT Photojournalism
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Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm À 90 mins All Ages FREE
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RIT School of Film & Animation Honors Show 2019 The Little Theatre: Theatre 2
Sat., Sep. 14 12pm À 240 mins 18+ FREE
Students from the RIT School of Film and Animation produce more than 300 films, videos and animations each year. Several go on to be included in film festivals, often winning awards. The films presented here have been selected to represent every year of both graduate and undergraduate work, and to represent every genre of film. Many other works of the highest merit were created, but could not be included in this program.
The Big Sick Spiegelgarden
Thu., Sep. 19 7:45pm À 119 mins 18+ FREE
Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Winner of the SXSW Film Festival Audience Award. Based on a true story, Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani (playing himself) and white grad student Emily Gardner (Zoe Kazan) fall in love, but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a serious mystery illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his disapproving family, and his true feelings. Written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.
www.rit.edu/artdesign/school-film-and-animation
See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
The Favourite Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 20 8pm À 119 mins 18+ FREE
Spiegelgarden
Tue., Sep. 17 8pm À 91 mins 13+ FREE
ASL Film Night. This award-winning, heartfelt documentary follows four well-known entertainers in the deaf community – a comic, a drummer, an actor and a singer – as they attempt to cross over and reach mainstream audiences. These uniquely talented deaf entertainers of various disciplines overcome great challenges on their way to personal triumphs and professional success. Starring CJ Jones, Robert DeMayo, Bob Hilterman and T.L. Forsberg.
St. John Fisher College Student Film Festival The Little Theatre: Theatre 5
Mon., Sep. 16 7pm À 90 mins 13+ FREE
The Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher College presents the best student films of the 2018–19 academic year. This year’s entries include “Baby Doll,” in which the protagonist goes to terrifying lengths to win over the affection of the girl of his dreams; “Second Chance,” a story of new love and relentless jealousy; and “Endless Fall,” a personal documentary about surfing on Lake Ontario. Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the showing.
comm.sjfc.edu | St. John Fisher College Department of Media and Communication
(R, 2018, Yorgos Lanthimos, 119 mins) Academy Award for Best Actress (Olivia Colman). Bawdy, acerbic tale of royal intrigue, passion, envy and betrayal in the court of Queen Anne in early 18th century England. At the center of the story is the Queen herself (Colman), whose relationship with her confidante, adviser and clandestine lover Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), is turned upside down by the arrival of the Duchess's younger cousin Abigail (Emma Stone).
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Spiegelgarden
Wed., Sep. 11 8pm À 94 mins 13+ FREE
(PG-13, 2018, Morgan Neville, 94 mins) The feel-good, award-winning hit of 2018! Fred Rogers pioneered the way for a sanctuary to gently discuss difficult topics that other children’s media providers wouldn’t touch. His creation of the iconic Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood influenced children around the world, and even authorities in government.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
cident’s Dating Show School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 47)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Muffin Theatre PresentsA Show With Cookies The Avyarium • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67)
8:00pm-9:00pm • 50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ‘80s Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 47)
6:00pm-6:50pm • Black Matter Nox • $11 • Theatre (pg. 86)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Siena Facciolo Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 76) 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:30pm-7:30pm • Something From Nothing (Marfa) Geva Theatre Center • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 7:00pm-7:45pm • The Theater World of John W. Borek MuCCC • $5 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Altar Boyz Lyric Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36)
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
7:00pm-8:00pm • BardBendingFight Club Edition The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85)
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Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Notes from the Field Java’s • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 8:00pm-9:00pm • The Unethical Dalai Lama Geva Theatre Center • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 8:00pm-9:38pm • RBG Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 8:30pm-9:00pm • You are (Still) No Match for Me Nox • $10 • Comedy (pg. 56) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked
(pg. 96)
5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-6:50pm • Black Matter Nox • $11 • Theatre (pg. 86) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Somewhere In Between Lyric Theatre • $15 • Dance (pg. 63) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Standards Through The Decades Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 77) 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:30pm-7:45pm • The Writer’s Fairytale (by Kindred Soles) The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 94) 7:00pm-7:50pm • Off-Monroe Players Gilbert and Sullivan Revue MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 91) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Create A Space NOW Geva Theatre Center • Standard$18, Seniors$15, Students (w/ ID)$15 • Dance (pg. 58)
7:00pm-8:00pm • DIGGETY BOP Lyric Theatre • $5 • Dance (pg. 59)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent •
8:00pm-9:00pm • The Laser Comedy Show Lyric Theatre • $16 • Comedy (pg. 55) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Songs by David Temperley Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 77)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Somewhere In Between Lyric Theatre • $15 • Dance (pg. 63) 6:00pm-7:15pm • The John Gray Laws School of the Arts • $10 • Theatre (pg. 94)
8:00pm-9:34pm • Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
8:30pm-9:20pm • Jim and Kevin Rescue the Planet – Or So it Seems! MuCCC • $15 • Comedy
6:30pm-7:15pm • Songs Of The Nightingale The Avyarium • $15 • Music (pg. 77)
(pg. 51)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 8:30pm-9:30pm • An Evening of One Acts The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Merged VII Geva Theatre Center • $12 • Dance (pg. 62) 8:30pm-10:00pm • You Know the Old Slaying Nox • $10 • Theatre (pg. 95)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Sisters In Song Lyric Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 77)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 7:00pm-7:45pm • Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 86) 7:00pm-7:50pm • ENDLESS School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 59)
7:00pm-7:50pm • Left For Dead Improv Writers & Books • $10 • Comedy (pg. 51)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36)
1:00pm-5:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Diary of a Substitute Teacher – Trials, Tribulations and Tantrums Lyric Theatre • $14 • Comedy (pg. 50)
4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:00pm • Tunnel Vision School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 36) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-6:45pm • A Happy Ac-
7:00pm-8:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Good Catch Geva Theatre Center • $12 • Comedy (pg. 50) 7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56) 7:30pm-8:30pm • HERE Starring Kyle Marlett School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 90) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6) $189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
8:00pm-9:00pm • The Laser Comedy Show Lyric Theatre • $16 • Comedy (pg. 55) 8:00pm-9:50pm • Grease Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 8:00pm-9:00pm • BardBending continues on page 102
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continues from page 100 Fight Club Edition The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Siena Facciolo Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 76) 8:30pm-9:30pm • The Unethical Dalai Lama Geva Theatre Center • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 8:30pm-9:45pm • Monster in a Box MuCCC • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 9:00pm-10:00pm • 50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ‘80s Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 47) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Colma! School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre (pg. 86) 9:00pm-10:00pm • God Is A Scottish Drag Queen School of the Arts • $20 • Comedy (pg. 50)
(pg. 63)
7:00pm-8:10pm • Dogfight the Musical Lyric Theatre • $13 • Theatre (pg. 87)
5:30pm-6:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Good Catch Geva Theatre Center • $12 • Comedy (pg. 50) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-6:50pm • The Decision is Yours! An Interactive Murder Mystery School of the Arts • $10 • Comedy (pg. 55) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $38 • Comedy (pg. 36) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Cottage Street The Avyarium • $9 • Music (pg. 71) 6:00pm-7:00pm • One Frogless EveningA Tribute to the Amphibian Artiste Michigan J. Frog The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 74)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
6:00pm-7:00pm • Sinatra at the Sands Reprise Lyric Theatre • $20 • Music (pg. 77)
11:30am-12:00pm,12:00pm12:30pm,12:30pm-1:00pm, 1:00pm-1:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 1:00pm-9:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 1:30pm-2:00pm, 4:00pm-4:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word 4:00pm-11:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98) 4:00pm-11:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts• $12 • Comedy (pg. 55)
(pg. 20)
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5:30pm-6:00pm • Rise Up Lights School of the Arts • $10 • Dance
4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
5:00pm-6:00pm • The Nix Spiegelgarden • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 81) 5:00pm-7:30pm • The Great (Mini) Duck Race Parcel 5 • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 65) 5:00pm-8:00pm • DJ ha-MEEN Parcel 5 • FREE • Music (pg. 17) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Making Collaborative Fringe Art with Maker Faire Rochester Parcel 5 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts • $12 • Comedy (pg. 55) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Standards Through The Decades Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 77) 6:00pm-7:30pm • Hidden Garden Concert with Wildflowers: A Tribute to Tom Petty George Eastman Museum • $12 • Music (pg. 73) 6:00pm-8:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:30pm-7:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:30pm-8:00pm • Dust Jackets, Premium Rock and Blues The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 72) 6:45pm-7:45pm • Complimentary Heckling Parcel 5 • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 7:00pm-8:00pm • The Eulogy Writers & Books • $16 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Flirting Like An American Geva Theatre Center • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Homo Familiarus MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 90) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Time to Change
7:00pm-8:30pm • UR IPM Presents Yes: Fragile and More
dard $10, Kids 12 And Under $5 •
Comedy (pg. 56)
12:00pm-1:00pm • Aliens Like Us Writers & Books • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84) 12:00pm-1:00pm • #Deaf Talent! Lyric Theatre • Standard $7,
Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall • $15 • Music (pg. 79)
Students (w/ ID) $5, Kids 12 And Under $3 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56)
12:00pm-1:00pm • Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe MuCCC • $12 • Comedy (pg. 54)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Checks and Exes The Avyarium • $5 • Music
12:00pm-4:00pm • RIT School of Film & Animation Honors Show 2019 The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
(pg. 71)
7:30pm-8:30pm • HERE Starring Kyle Marlett School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 90) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Holding on Through Song II: Embodying the African-American Spiritual with FuturPointe Dance and First Inversion Lyric Theatre • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66) 8:00pm-10:15pm • BlacKkKlansman Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 8:30pm-9:20pm • Somewhere Between Justice and Third Period MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 93) 9:00pm-10:00pm • 50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ‘80s Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 45) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Altar Boyz Lyric Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Five Minutes a Day School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 50) 9:00pm-10:10pm • ‘33(a kabarett) School of the ArtsE • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84) 9:00pm-10:15pm • SHERO School of the Arts • $15 • Music (pg. 76) 9:00pm-10:30pm • JUMPING OVER THE MOON WITH A COW, CHICKENS, YAKS AND YOU! HOWIE LESTER BEYOND GRAVITY AND COMMON SENSE! The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 74) 9:45pm-10:45pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 10:00pm-10:50pm • The Velvet Noose MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 94) 10:00pm-11:00pm • Stereo Nest The Avyarium • $10 • Music (pg. 78) 11:00pm-2:00am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • $14 • Dance (pg. 30)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 11:30am-12:20pm • You Gotta Try This! School of the Arts • Stan-
12:00pm-11:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 12:00pm-11:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 12:15pm-1:15pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 12:30pm-1:30pm • Disco Kids Spiegeltent • Standard$6, Kids 1 And Under FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 31)
12:30pm-1:30pm • The Nix Spiegelgarden • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 81) 1:00pm-1:20pm • Pop Go The Bells Lyric Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 75) 1:00pm-1:45pm • We Are Easily Amused (and we hope you are too!) School of the Arts • Standard$10, Kids 12 And Under$5 • Comedy (pg. 56) 1:00pm-1:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill Show Lyric Theatre: • $18 • Theatre (pg. 86) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Circus of Dreams Nox • $10 • Kids Fringe (pg. 64) 1:00pm-2:00pm • RIT A Cappella Hour The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75)
1:00pm-2:15pm • River to Roof Tours Central Library • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 1:00pm-9:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 1:30pm-3:25pm • American Idiot MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85) 2:00pm-2:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 2:00pm-2:45pm • Sladki Doumi Women’s Balkan Chorus Writers & Books • $8 • Music (pg. 77) 2:00pm-2:50pm • Dashboard
2:00pm-2:55pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Lyric Voices Cabaret Lyric Theatre • Stan-
dard$15, Kids 12 And Under$8 • Kids Fringe (pg. 65)
2:00pm-3:00pm • Music / Glass at Memorial Art Gallery with fivebyfive and Studio 34 Memorial Art Gallery • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Oz and Effect School of the Arts • $10 • Theatre (pg. 91)
2:00pm-3:00pm • Time to Change School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
2:00pm-3:00pm • You Gotta Try This! The Workshop Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance @ Lincoln Library • FREE • Theatre (pg. 95)
2:30pm-3:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 2:30pm-4:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$147, Kids 12 And Under$22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
3:00pm-3:15pm • Piano Man The
Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75)
3:00pm-3:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 3:00pm-4:00pm • Jedlie’s Magic Circus Joseph Ave Arts Center @ Avenue D Rec Center • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 64)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Children’s Opera Lyric Theatre • Standard$10, Kids 12 And Under FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 64)
3:30pm-4:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 3:30pm-4:15pm • Rhythm Delivered School of the Arts • $15 • Kids Fringe (pg. 65)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Celebrating the Life of Paul J. Burgett through Music Eastman School of MusicHatch Recital Hall • $22 • Music (pg. 40)
5:00pm-7:30pm • The Great (Mini) Duck Race Parcel 5 • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 65)
4:00pm-4:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
5:00pm-8:00pm • DJ ha-MEEN Parcel 5 • FREE • Music (pg. 17)
4:00pm-4:30pm • Tunnel Vision School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
4:00pm-4:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 4:00pm-4:50pm • The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 93) 4:00pm-4:50pm • Left For Dead Improv Writers & Books • $10 • Comedy (pg. 51)
5:00pm-10:00pm • Making Collaborative Fringe Art with Maker Faire Rochester Parcel 5 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-7:00pm • Cocktails & Comedy Nox • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
4:00pm-5:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
6:00pm-7:00pm • The Eulogy Writers & Books • $16 • Comedy
4:00pm-5:00pm • Somewhere In Between Lyric Theatre • $15 • Dance (pg. 63)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Five Minutes a Day School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 50)
4:00pm-5:15pm • Flawed Beautifully MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
6:00pm-7:00pm • The Laser Comedy Show Lyric Theatre • $16 • Comedy (pg. 55)
4:30pm-5:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 4:45pm-5:45pm • Mental Graffiti Poetry The Little • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-5:30pm • Performing Valeska The Avyarium • $15 • Dance (pg. 62) 5:00pm-5:30pm • Rise Up Lights School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $38 • Comedy (pg. 36) 5:00pm-6:00pm • Colma! School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre (pg. 86)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 5:00pm-6:00pm • Flirting Like An American Geva Theatre Center • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 5:00pm-6:00pm • A Fork In The Road Lyric Theatre • FREE • Theatre (pg. 84) 5:00pm-6:00pm • A Grand Night for SingingA Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein Lyric Theatre • Standard$15, Students (w/ ID)$10, Kids 12 And Under$10 • Music (pg. 70) 5:00pm-6:00pm • The Nix Spiegelgarden • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 81)
(pg. 55)
6:00pm-7:00pm• People vs. Johnson MuCCC • $18 • Theatre (pg. 91) 6:00pm-8:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 6:15pm-7:00pm • Desert Rhythms Belly Dance Troupe The Little • FREE • Dance (pg. 58) 6:15pm-7:15pm • HERE Starring Kyle Marlett School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 90) 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:30pm-7:30pm • God Is A Scottish Drag Queen School of the Arts • $20 • Comedy (pg. 50) 6:45pm-7:45pm • Becoming Grandma KatOne-Man Show The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85) 6:45pm-7:45pm • Complimentary Heckling Parcel 5 • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 7:00pm-8:00pm • MargOH! Channing is HUNG Lyric Theatre • $15 • Comedy (pg. 52) 7:00pm-8:00pm • NEXUS and Friends Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall • $10 • Music (pg. 74) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent •
7:30pm-8:30pm • Create A Space NOW Geva Theatre Center • Standard$18, Seniors$15, Students (w/ ID)$15 • Dance (pg. 58)
7:30pm-8:30pm • ShMILF Life MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54) 7:30pm-8:45pm • The John Gray Laws School of the Arts • $10 • Theatre (pg. 94) 7:45pm-8:30pm • RIT Jam Club The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75) 8:00pm-9:00pm • My Big Funny Peter Lyric Theatre • $25 • Comedy (pg. 52) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Stand Up for Drag Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54) 8:00pm-10:05pm • Bridesmaids Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 8:30pm-9:15pm • Jabber! The Avyarium • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 8:30pm-9:30pm • PUSH Physical Theatre School of the Arts • $18 • Theatre (pg. 92) 8:30pm-10:00pm • Cocktails & Comedy Nox • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48) 9:00pm-9:40pm • Radio WHT’s Dangerous Hospital MuCCC • $18 • Theatre (pg. 92) 9:00pm-9:45pm • A Happy Accident’s Dating Show School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 47) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Altar Boyz Lyric Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Something From Nothing (Marfa) Geva Theatre Center • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 9:00pm-10:10pm • ‘33(a kabarett) School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84) 9:00pm-10:15pm • Galileo BandDance To The Music The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 72) 9:00pm-10:30pm • RIT Improv The Little • FREE • Comedy (pg. 54) 10:00pm-11:00pm • 50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ‘80s Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 47) 11:00pm-2:00am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • $14 • Dance (pg. 30)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 11:00am-12:00pm • Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Children’s Opera Lyric Theatre • Standard$10, Kids 12 And Under FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 64)
Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
11:30am-12:15pm • Rhythm Delivered School of the Arts • $15 • Kids Fringe (pg. 65)
7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56)
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3:00pm-4:00pm • Knowledge is Currency Geva Theatre Center • $15 • Spoken Word (pg. 80)
3:30pm-4:45pm • River to Roof Tours Central Library • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67)
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Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
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continues from page 103 Lyric Theatre • Standard $7, Students (w/ ID) $5, Kids 12 And Under $3 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
12:00pm-1:00pm • Vocal Point and The YellowJackets Fringe Show School of the Arts • $10 • Music (pg. 79) 12:15pm-2:00pm • Drag Brunch Spiegeltent • $38 • Comedy (pg.
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
Nightingale The Avyarium • $15 • Music (pg. 77)
dard$15, Kids 12 And Under$8, Kids 1 And Under$8 • Kids Fringe (pg. 65)
4:00pm-4:50pm • The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 93)
2:00pm-3:00pm • ROC City Singers School of the Arts • $10 • Music (pg. 76) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Songs by David Temperley Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 77)
4:00pm-5:00pm • Holding on Through Song II: Embodying the African-American Spiritual with FuturPointe Dance and First Inversion Lyric Theatre • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Five Minutes a Day School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 50) 7:00pm-8:00pm • A Touch of Dance: RICOCHET Village Gate • $10 • Dance (pg. 58) 7:00pm-8:10pm • Dogfight the Musical Lyric Theatre • $13 • Theatre (pg. 87) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent •
2:00pm-3:00pm • A Touch of Dance: RICOCHET Village Gate • $10 • Dance (pg. 58)
4:00pm-5:00pm • Oz and Effect School of the Arts • $10 • Theatre
2:00pm-3:30pm • Gospel Sunday
4:00pm-5:00pm • RED: That Other Color Girl MuCCC • $15 • Theatre
7:30pm-8:15pm • Elegant Belly DanceCelebrating American Cabaret The Avyarium • $12 • Dance
(pg. 92)
(pg. 59)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Flirting Like An American Geva Theatre Center • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 80)
(pg. 92)
4:30pm-5:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
1:00pm-1:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
2:30pm-3:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
1:00pm-1:50pm • The Decision is Yours! An Interactive Murder Mystery School of the Arts • $10 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2:30pm-3:15pm • Spooky Stories in the Stacks Central Library • $12 • Spoken Word (pg. 81)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Diary of a Substitute Teacher – Trials, Tribulations and Tantrums Lyric Theatre • $14 • Comedy (pg. 50)
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12:30pm-12:50pm • Pop Go The Bells Lyric Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 75) 12:30pm-1:30pm • The Nix Spiegelgarden • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 81) 1:00pm-1:50pm • Commotion Dance Theater MuCCC • $10 • Dance (pg. 58)
1:00pm-1:50pm • A Moving Experience Geva Theatre Center • $10 • Dance (pg. 58) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill Show Lyric Theatre • $18 • Theatre (pg. 86)
Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall • FREE • Music (pg. 41)
2:00pm-3:30pm • Shoe Stories “My Life with 400 Pairs of Shoes” The Little • FREE • Theatre
2:30pm-3:30pm • HERE Starring Kyle Marlett School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 90) 2:30pm-3:30pm • Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe MuCCC • $12 • Comedy (pg. 54) 2:45pm-4:00pm • Drag Brunch Spiegeltent • $38 • Comedy (pg. 28)
1:00pm-5:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
3:00pm-3:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
1:00pm-5:00pm • Silent Reading Party Central Library • $8 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36)
1:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
3:00pm-4:00pm • Cobbs Hill Consort Central Library • FREE • Music (pg. 71)
(pg. 96)
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2:00pm-3:00pm • Lyric Voices Cabaret Lyric Theatre • Stan-
1:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 1:15pm-2:00pm • Spooky Stories in the Stacks Central Library • $12 • Spoken Word (pg. 81) 2:00pm-2:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 2:00pm-2:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 3:00pm-4:00pm • Flirting Like An American Geva Theatre Center • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 3:30pm-4:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 3:45pm-4:30pm • Spooky Stories in the Stacks Central Library • $12 • Spoken Word (pg. 81) 4:00pm-4:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 4:00pm-4:45pm • The Painter School of the Arts • $15 • Dance (pg. 63)
4:00pm-4:45pm • Songs Of The
(pg. 91)
5:00pm-6:00pm • A Grand Night for Singing: A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein Lyric Theatre • Standard$15, Students (w/ ID)$10, Kids 12 And Under$10 • Music (pg. 70) 5:00pm-6:00pm • Knowledge is Currency Geva Theatre Center • $15 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56) 5:30pm-6:40pm • ‘33(a kabarett) School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre
Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Unleashed! Improv Presents Other People’s Shows School of the Arts • $12 • Comedy (pg. 56) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Impossible Marriage by Beth Henley MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 90) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Which Bitch Did It? Lyric Theatre • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69) 8:00pm-9:30pm • Residente Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 8:30pm-10:00pm • Cocktails & Comedy Nox • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48)
9:00pm-9:30pm • Performing Valeska The Avyarium • $15 • Dance (pg. 62) 9:00pm-10:00pm • MargOH! Channing is HUNG Lyric Theatre • $15 • Comedy (pg. 52)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
5:30pm-6:40pm • No Bad News MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 91)
4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
5:30pm-7:00pm • Cocktails & Comedy Nox • $15 • Comedy
5:00pm-6:00pm • Grupo Calle Uno Central Library • $15 • Music
(pg. 48)
(pg. 73)
6:00pm-7:00pm • #Deaf Talent! Lyric Theatre • Standard $7,
5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
(pg. 84)
Students (w/ ID)$5, Kids 12 And Under$3 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Muffin Theatre Presents: A Show With Cookies The Avyarium • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 6:00pm-8:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 6:30pm-7:30pm • God Is A Scottish Drag Queen School of the Arts • $20 • Comedy (pg. 50)
(pg. 96)
5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 95) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-6:15pm • 21 Chump Street The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 84) continues on page 106
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continues from page 104 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Siena Facciolo Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 76) 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:45pm-7:00pm • 21 Chump Street The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 84) 7:00pm-8:00pm • The 24-Hour Plays Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 93) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Dave Rivello Ensemble Eastman School of Music Kilbourn Hall • $10 • Music (pg. 71)
7:00pm-8:00pm • ExMenNot About Superheroes Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 72) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Grupo Calle Uno Central Library • $15 • Music (pg. 73)
5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:00pm-6:30pm, 6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:30pm-7:30pm • The Ark The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 93) 6:30pm-8:00pm • You Know the Old Slaying Nox • $10 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Homo Familiarus MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 90) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Children’s Opera Lyric Theatre • Standard$10, Kids 12 And Under FREE • Kids
7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36)
Fringe (pg. 64)
7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6) $174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
(pg. 98)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47)
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
7:00pm-7:50pm • Off-Monroe Players Gilbert and Sullivan Revue MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 91)
7:00pm-8:30pm • St. John Fisher College Student Film Festival The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
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5:00pm-9:00pm • Ninth Annual Laugh Out Loud with SIS (Sustain, Inspire, Survive) Lyric Theatre • $20 • Comedy (pg. 52)
8:00pm-9:30pm • My Big Gay Italian Wedding Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 8:30pm-10:00pm • You Know the Old Slaying Nox • $10 • Theatre (pg. 95) 9:00pm-10:00pm • The 24-Hour Plays Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 93)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
7:00pm-8:00pm • ELISION, an electroacoustic percussion show Eastman School of MusicHatch Recital Hall • $10 • Music (pg. 72)
7:00pm-8:00pm • The Geriactors Present! Writers & Books • $15 • Theatre (pg. 93) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Knowledge is Currency Geva Theatre Center • $15 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent •
Theatre Center • $12 • Dance (pg. 62)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent • Standard $21, VIP Booths (Seat 6) $123 • Comedy (pg. 26)
2:00pm-3:00pm • The Geriactors Present! Writers & Books • $15 • Theatre (pg. 93) 4:00pm-4:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-6:00pm • YOGA MUSIC & UNWORLDLY DANCE School of the Arts • Standard $9, Seniors $7, Students (w/ ID) $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little •FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Consensual Sax School of the Arts • $10 • Music (pg. 71) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-6:50pm • The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 93) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 70) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo Lyric Theatre • $10 • Comedy (pg. 51)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47)
6:00pm-7:30pm • The Uptown Groove LIVE Central Library • $14 • Music (pg. 78)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Charlie Landsman Stand Up & Get Down Nox • $10 • Comedy (pg. 48)
6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
(pg. 56)
8:00pm-9:31pm • See What I’m SayingThe Deaf Entertainers Documentary Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 39) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Merged VII Geva
7:00pm-8:00pm • DIGGETY BOP Lyric Theatre • $5 • Dance (pg. 59)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6) $174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
8:00pm-9:00pm • The Sammich An Evening of Improvised Theatre The Avyarium • $10 • Comedy
Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Licensed Detectives$10 • Comedy (pg. 48)
6:30pm-7:30pm • The Ark The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 93) 6:30pm-7:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Black + White, A Theatrical Tango Dance Production School of the Arts • $20 • Dance (pg. 58) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Crazy for Dick Tricks A Dirk Darrow Investigation
7:00pm-8:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance (pg. 62)
7:00pm-8:00pm • ShMILF Life MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Unleashed! Improv Presents: Other People’s Shows School of the Arts • $12 • Comedy (pg. 56) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$174 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Return to Varadero Beach Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Theatre (pg. 92) 7:30pm-9:00pm • Trivia CITY: An Arts & Culture Quiz Spiegelgarden • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69) 8:00pm-9:00pm • The Eulogy Writers & Books • $16 • Comedy (pg. 55)
8:00pm-9:00pm • An Evening of One Acts The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Magic & Mentalism with Wade Live & Anthony Presciutti Lyric Theatre • $20 • Comedy (pg. 56) 8:30pm-9:00pm • You are (Still) No Match for Me Nox • $10 • Comedy (pg. 53) 8:30pm-9:20pm • Mark Twain Storyteller MuCCC • $8 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8:30pm-9:30pm • SHOCK! Geva Theatre Center • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 9:00pm-10:00pm • The Movement An A Cappella Musical School of the Arts • Standard$15, Students (w/ ID)$10 • Theatre (pg. 94)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Sisters In Song Lyric Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 77)
9:00pm-10:10pm • Delirium School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48)
(pg. 91)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent • Standard$21, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$123 • Comedy (pg. 26)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1:00pm-5:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 2:00pm-3:00pm • The Geriactors Present! Writers & Books • $15 • Theatre (pg. 93) 4:00pm-4:30pm,4:30pm-5:00pm, 5:00pm-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:00pm-10:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5:00pm-10:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:00pm • Tunnel Vision School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Between Silences School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre (pg. 85) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 70)
(pg. 76)
6:30pm-7:20pm • The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt Rochester Museum & Science Center • $18 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68)
7:45pm-8:35pm • Elegant Belly DanceCelebrating American Cabaret The Avyarium • $12 • Dance (pg. 59)
6:30pm-8:00pm • Return to Varadero Beach Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Theatre (pg. 92)
7:45pm-9:44pm • The Big Sick Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 39)
7:00pm-7:50pm • Town X Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo Lyric Theatre • $10 • Comedy (pg. 51)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Black + White: A Theatrical Tango Dance Production School of the Arts • $20 • Dance (pg. 58)
8:30pm-9:20pm • The Phil Shakespeare Show MuCCC • $10 • Comedy (pg. 55)
1:30pm-2:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 4:00pm-11:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
4:00pm-11:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 4:30pm-5:30pm • Jamall Youngblood and Soul Of The City Central Library • $10 • Music (pg. 73) 5:00pm-9:00pm • Wanted Who Killed William Lyman? Spiegelgarden • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36)
5:15pm-6:00pm • Dangerous Signs Presents Signed Shorts: A Collection of One Acts by Justin Rielly The Little • FREE • Theatre
7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 70)
5:30pm-6:00pm • Rise Up Lights School of the Arts • $10 • Dance
7:00pm-8:00pm • Diary of a Substitute Teacher – Trials, Tribulations and Tantrums Lyric Theatre • $14 • Comedy (pg. 50)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
7:00pm-8:00pm • ExMenNot About Superheroes Java’s • FREE • Music (pg. 72)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Licensed Detectives$10
7:00pm-8:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59)
• Comedy (pg. 48)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Jonathan Burns is (Extra) Ordinary School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 51)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Let the Chips Fall: Improvised Stand-Up Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Comedy
7:00pm-8:00pm • Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv PresentsGive Us Your Word MuCCC • $10 • Comedy (pg. 52)
(pg. 51)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance (pg. 62)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance
9:00pm-10:00pm • Tiramisu Writers & Books • $12 • Theatre
(pg. 62)
(pg. 94)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Within the Quota Eastman School of MusicHatch Recital Hall • $10 • Music
9:00pm-10:10pm • Delirium School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy
(pg. 79)
9:00pm-10:15pm • Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre
7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts • $12 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 53)
6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Merged VII Geva Theatre Center • $12 • Dance (pg. 56)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard
7:30pm-9:30pm • Scheherazade .2 Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • $24 • Music (pg. 76)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
6:00pm-7:00pm • SHOCK! Geva Theatre Center • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6:30pm-7:15pm • Suffragettes UNITE! The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 93)
PalaceLive Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall • $28 • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
7:30pm-8:30pm • this is us trying: a collective UUU Art Collective • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 62)
7:30pm-9:00pm • The Memory
9:00pm-10:00pm • Frogpig School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 90)
(pg. 48)
(pg. 91)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent • Tickets starting at $25 • Comedy (pg. 26)
(pg. 87)
(pg. 63)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 5:30pm-6:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 5:30pm-6:30pm • The Movement: An A Cappella Musical Schoolof the ArtsEnsemble Theatre • Standard$15, Students (w/ ID)$10 • Theatre (pg. 94) 5:45pm-6:45pm • Complimentary Heckling Spiegelgarden • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 5:45pm-6:55pm • Delirium School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Al Biles Quartet The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 70) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 70) 6:00pm-7:00pm • Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Licensed Detectives$10
• Comedy (pg. 48)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo Lyric Theatre • $10 • Comedy (pg. 51)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
6:00pm-7:45pm • Hey Mavis Chestnut Street Stage • FREE • Music (pg. 73)
11:30am-12:00pm, 12:00pm12:30pm,12:30pm-1:00pm, 1:00pm-1:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Zing! A Tribute to Judy Garland Blackfriars Theatre • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
1:00pm-5:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Muffin Theatre Presents: A Show With Cookies The Avyarium • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67)
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Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87)
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9:00pm-10:15pm • Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre
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continues from page 107 Theatre (pg. 87) 6:30pm-7:20pm • The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt Rochester Museum & Science Center • $18 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 6:30pm-7:30pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 6:45pm-7:45pm • Home Within A Journey of a Black Deaf Son with his Father The Little • FREE • Theatre (pg. 90) 7:00pm-7:45pm • Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 86) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $38 • Comedy (pg. 36) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 7:00pm-8:00pm • PUSH Physical Theatre School of the Arts • $18 • Theatre (pg. 92) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance (pg. 62) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Tiramisu Writers & Books • $12 • Theatre (pg. 94) 7:00pm-8:10pm • Dogfight the Musical Lyric Theatre • $13 • Theatre (pg. 87) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47)
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year's Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56)
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7:30pm-8:30pm • Between Fourth and Fifth The Avyarium • $15 • Theatre (pg. 85) 7:30pm-8:30pm • I Knew A Woman... Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Seniors$10, Students (w/ ID)$10 • Dance (pg. 62)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Jonathan Burns is (Extra) Ordinary School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 51) 7:30pm-8:30pm • this is us trying: a collective UUU Art Collective • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69)
7:30pm-8:50pm • An Evening with Mike Birbiglia Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • Starting at $29 • Comedy (pg. 18) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Bill Dresnack,
Versatile CPA The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 70) 8:00pm-9:00pm • Thank You Kiss PresentsSecret Handshakes Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Comedy (pg. 55)
dard$10, Kids 12 And Under$5 •
erary and Art Magazine The Little • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 81)
12:00pm-12:20pm • WADAIKOTraditional Japanese Performance Drumming The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 79)
1:00pm-3:30pm • Fringe Street Beat Prelims Chestnut Street (between East & Main) • FREE • Dance (pg. 43)
Comedy (pg. 56)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Which Bitch Did It? Lyric Theatre • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69)
12:00pm-1:00pm • Aliens Like Us Writers & Books • $15 • Theatre
8:00pm-9:59pm • The Favourite Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
12:00pm-1:00pm • Terry Fyke's Five Point Performance Company Broadway Revue MuCCC • $10 • Music (pg. 78)
8:30pm-9:00pm • You are (Still) No Match for Me Nox • $10 • Comedy (pg. 56) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36) 8:30pm-9:30pm • People vs. Johnson MuCCC • $18 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8:30pm-10:00pm • Massaoke: MixTape Chestnut Street Stage • FREE • Music (pg. 44) 8:30pm-10:00pm • RIT Photojournalism: Documentary Shorts The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 9:00pm-9:45pm • Jabber! The Avyarium • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 9:00pm-9:50pm • The Fighting Girl's Guide to Politics School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 93) 9:00pm-9:50pm • Town X Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Altar Boyz Lyric Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 84)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Frogpig School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 90)
9:00pm-10:00pm • SHOCK! Geva Theatre Center • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54) 9:00pm-10:15pm • Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent • Tickets starting at $25 • Comedy (pg. 26) 10:00pm-10:30pm • The Telephone MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 94) 10:00pm-11:00pm • BIG WIGS Featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune Blackfriars Theatre • $20 • Theatre (pg. 86) 11:00pm-2:00am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • $14 • Dance (pg. 30)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 11:30am-12:20pm • You Gotta Try This! School of the Arts • Stan-
(pg. 84)
12:00pm-3:00pm • Kids Chalk Art Spiegelgarden • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 37)
12:00pm-3:00pm • Pumpkin Painting Spiegelgarden • $5 • Kids Fringe (pg. 37) 12:00pm-9:00pm • Wanted: Who Killed William Lyman? Spiegelgarden • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69)
12:00pm-11:00pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96) 12:00pm-11:00pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 12:15pm-1:15pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 12:30pm-12:45pm • RIT Vocal Accent The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75) 12:30pm-1:15pm • ROCeltic School of the Arts • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68) 12:30pm-1:30pm • Disco Kids Spiegeltent • $6 • Kids Fringe (pg. 31)
12:30pm-2:30pm • Word on the Street Theater Merriman Street
(between Atlantic and University) • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 69)
1:00pm-1:30pm • Ukulele Club's Ultimate Concert! The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 78) 1:00pm-1:45pm • We Are Easily Amused (and we hope you are too!) School of the Arts • Standard$10, Kids 12 And Under$5 • Comedy (pg. 56) 1:00pm-1:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66) 1:00pm-2:00pm • Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Licensed Detectives$10
• Comedy (pg. 48)
1:00pm-2:15pm • River to Roof Tours Central Library • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 1:00pm-2:15pm • Signatures Lit-
1:00pm-5:00pm • re|verb RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97) 1:30pm-2:20pm • Commotion Dance Theater MuCCC • $10 • Dance (pg. 58) 1:30pm-3:00pm • Return to Varadero Beach Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Theatre (pg. 92) 2:00pm-2:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 2:00pm-2:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 2:00pm-2:50pm • Manifest This: A Tragicomic Odyssey Writers & Books • $10 • Comedy (pg. 52) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26 • Comedy (pg. 36) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 2:00pm-3:00pm • Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 59) 2:00pm-3:00pm • “The Wild Design” by Sunshine 2.0 The Little • FREE • Theatre (pg. 84) 2:00pm-3:00pm • You Gotta Try This! The Workshop Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance @ Lincoln Library • FREE • Theatre (pg. 95)
2:00pm-3:10pm • Delirium School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48) 2:30pm-2:45pm • RIT Surround Sound The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75) 2:30pm-3:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 2:30pm-3:15pm • The Painter School of the Arts • $15 • Dance (pg. 63)
2:30pm-3:30pm • Creative Writing @ Geneseo Lyric Theatre • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 2:30pm-3:30pm • The Movement: An A Cappella Musical School of the Arts • Standard$15, Students (w/ ID)$10 • Theatre (pg. 94) 2:30pm-4:00pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$30, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$147 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
3:00pm-3:15pm • Piano Man The
Little • FREE • Music (pg. 75)
3:00pm-3:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experi-
School of the Arts • $10 • Dance (pg. 63)
3:00pm-3:50pm • The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt Rochester Museum & Science Center • $18 • Multidisciplinary
4:30pm-5:20pm • The Fighting Girl's Guide to Politics School of the Arts • $12 • Theatre (pg. 93)
(pg. 68)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Blindfolded Improv or The Larval Mask Play Joseph Ave Arts Center @ Avenue D Rec Center • FREE • Theatre (pg. 86)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Broccolo Goes Wild! Spiegelgarden • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 64)
3:00pm-4:00pm • Drive-In Dramas School of the Arts • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 3:00pm-4:00pm • I Knew A Woman... Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Seniors$10, Students (w/ ID)$10 • Dance (pg. 62)
3:00pm-4:15pm • Monster in a Box MuCCC • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 80) 3:30pm-4:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 3:30pm-4:15pm • Out of Sync The Little • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
3:30pm-4:45pm • River to Roof Tours Central Library • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 67) 3:45pm-4:00pm • RIT’s Encore A Cappella The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 76) 3:45pm-5:15pm • Geneseo Honors Recital Lyric Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 73) 4:00pm-4:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 4:00pm-4:50pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24 • Theatre (pg. 87) 4:00pm-5:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66) 4:00pm-5:00pm • Circus of Dreams Nox • $10 • Kids Fringe (pg. 64)
4:00pm-5:00pm • Thank You Kiss PresentsSecret Handshakes Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Comedy (pg. 55) 4:00pm-5:30pm • Fringe Street Beat Finals Chestnut Street (between East & Main) • FREE • Dance (pg. 43) 4:30pm-5:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 4:30pm-5:00pm • Tunnel Vision
7:00pm-7:30pm • Cigs Inside The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 71) 7:00pm-8:00pm • Brave Space School of the Arts • $22 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
5:00pm-6:00pm• Al Biles and GenJam The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 70)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20 • Comedy (pg. 36)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Between Fourth and Fifth The Avyarium • $15 • Theatre (pg. 85)
7:00pm-8:00pm • PUSH Physical Theatre School of the Arts • $18 • Theatre (pg. 92)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Between Silences School of the Arts • $15 • Theatre (pg. 85)
7:00pm-8:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance (pg. 62)
5:00pm-6:00pm • Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $38 • Comedy (pg. 36) 5:00pm-6:00pm • Merged VII Geva Theatre Center • $12 • Dance (pg. 62) 5:00pm-6:00pm • RED: That Other Color Girl MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 92)
5:30pm-6:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 5:30pm-6:00pm • Rise Up Lights School of the Arts • $10 • Dance
7:00pm-8:15pm • The John Gray Laws School of the Arts • $10 • Theatre (pg. 94) 7:00pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard$34, VIP Booths (Seat 6)$189 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 24)
7:00pm-9:00pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy (pg. 47) 7:15pm-8:05pm • Geneseo A Cappella Hour Lyric Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 72)
(pg. 63)
7:30pm-8:00pm • Live Coding Computer Music The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 74)
5:30pm-7:00pm • Geneseo Chamber Music Lyric Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 72)
7:30pm-8:25pm • This Year’s Models School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 56)
5:45pm-6:45pm • Complimentary Heckling Spiegelgarden • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 80)
7:30pm-8:30pm • BardBendingFight Club Edition The Avyarium • $10 • Theatre (pg. 85)
6:00pm-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
7:30pm-8:30pm • SHOCK! Geva Theatre Center • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6:00pm-6:50pm • Town X Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7:30pm-9:00pm • The Memory PalaceLive Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall • $28 • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts • $12 • Comedy (pg. 52)
7:30pm-10:31pm • Avengers: Endgame Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 93)
6:00pm-7:00pm • Zing! A Tribute to Judy Garland Blackfriars Theatre • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
8:00pm-8:50pm • Somewhere Between Justice and Third Period MuCCC • $10 • Theatre (pg. 100)
6:00pm-7:30pm •You Know the Old Slaying Nox • $10 • Theatre
8:00pm-9:00pm • Let the Chips Fall: Improvised Stand-Up Blackfriars Theatre • $12 • Comedy
(pg. 95)
6:30pm-7:00pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20) 6:30pm-7:00pm • RIT Players present “Too Much Light Makes Baby Go Blind” The Little • FREE • Theatre (pg. 92) 6:30pm-7:20pm • The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt Rochester Museum & Science Center • $18 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 68)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Mark Twain Storyteller MuCCC•$8•Theatre (pg. 91)
(pg. 51)
8:00pm-9:00pm • Tiramisu Writers & Books • $12 • Theatre (pg. 94) 8:00pm-10:00pm • Scheherazade .2 Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • $24 • Music (pg. 76) 8:15pm-9:30pm • Geneseo’s Gajjada Bhangra Lyric Theatre • FREE • Dance (pg. 62) 8:30pm-9:30pm • Siena Facciolo Nox • $14 • Music (pg. 76) 8:30pm-10:00pm • Massaoke: Night at the Musicals Chestnut Street Stage • FREE • Music (pg. 44)
9:00pm-9:35pm • Fowl Play Comedy The Little • FREE • Comedy (pg. 50) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation Geva Theatre Center • Standard$15, Licensed Detectives$10
• Comedy (pg. 48)
9:00pm-10:00pm • Jonathan Burns is (Extra) Ordinary School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 51) 9:00pm-10:00pm • Ripple Rochester Dance Theatre • $25 • Dance (pg. 62) 9:00pm-10:10pm • Delirium School of the Arts • $15 • Comedy (pg. 48)
9:00pm-10:15pm • Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play School of the Arts • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent • Tickets starting at $25 • Comedy (pg. 26) 10:00pm-11:00pm • BIG WIGS Featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune Blackfriars Theatre • $20 • Theatre (pg. 86) 10:00pm-11:00pm • Stand Up for Drag Writers & Books • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54) 11:00pm-2:00am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • $14 • Dance (pg. 30)
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4:00pm-5:00pm • INFERNO BEMSHI! Writers & Books • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 66)
5:00pm-5:45pm • The Quaternion Drifter(s)Offbeat Song & Dance Interactivator(s) The Little • FREE • Music (pg. 78)
6:45pm-7:45pm • The Thigh MastersChestnut Street Stage • FREE • Music (pg. 78)
DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE
ence at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 20)
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VENUES
FRINGE VENUES Throughout downtown Rochester
ONE FRINGE PLACE
Fringe venues are located in our main East End footprint, with two satellite locations in the Neighborhood of the Arts and the Historic Joseph Avenue Neighborhood. Venues are listed on pages 111-113.
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Corner of Main & Gibbs Streets, Rochester, NY 14604 GPS Address: 71 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604
Located across from the Eastman Theatre, our Fringe central includes the fabulous Spiegeltent, Spiegelgarden, Fringe Box Office & Info Booth, food trucks, the Fringe Store, free entertainment, and some site-specific shows.
OUTDOOR VENUES
SPIEGELTENT
SPIEGELGARDEN
Host location for Bushwhacked British Bake Off, Pedestrian Drive-In, and more. Plus the Theatre Bar: a festive lounge with a magical vibe. See page 34 for details and a list of shows.
This beloved piece of history boasts stained glass windows, a velvet draped ceiling and VIP booths fit for royalty. All shows are presented in the round. See page 22 for more details and a list of shows.
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Near East Ave and Main Street, Rochester
The orange dots indicate a venue’s number(s) on the map on page 119.
KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
CHESTNUT STREET East & Main
(site of FRIDAY & SATURDAY ON THE FRINGE)
(site of FRINGE FINALE WEEKEND)
Next to One East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604
NEW CHESTNUT STREET STAGE at Chestnut Street & East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
Friday, Sept. 13 & Saturday, Sept. 14 Location of Pearl: Secrets of the Sea by Plasticiens Volants. Free entertainment, food, beer, wine, and spectacular performances. See page 16 for more details.
(More than one dot means that a venue has multiple spaces, with different addresses.)
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KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE
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See page 43-45 for more details.
Rochester’s preeminent performance space is the prestigious venue for Scheherazade .2 and An Evening with Mike Birbiglia.
See page 18 and 76 for more details.
60 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604
SITE-SPECIFIC 10 SHOWS/VENUES
Friday, Sept. 20 & Saturday, Sept. 21 Location of Massaoke and Fringe Street Beat. Free entertainment, live music, food trucks, beer and wine.
High Falls (Granite Mills Commons)
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Rochester Dance Theatre
74 Browns Race Rochester, NY 14608
7250 Cumberland Street Rochester, NY 14609
Throughout downtown Rochester
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Memorial Art Gallery
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UUU Art Collective
Theatrical productions with a specially adapted location other than a standard theatre.
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Merriman Street
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Village Gate
500 University Avenue Rochester, NY 14607
(between Atlantic & University)
160 Merriman Street Rochester, NY 14607
153 State Street Rochester, NY 14614 (2nd Floor Atrium)
274 N. Goodman Street
The Avyarium
Avyarium
274 Goodman St. North (Suite D242) • Rochester, NY 14607 • www.avyarium.com
The Avyarium is an intimate black-box style theatre space in the Village Gate complex with flexible configuration for both staging and seating. It can accommodate a range of genres and styles of theatre for audiences of 60-85, as well as for other needs such as auditions, meetings and rehearsals. Home to WallByrd Theatre Co., it’s also available for rent by other theatre companies and organizations. For inquiries about rental and availability, contact Hello@Avyarium.com.
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Medea October 17-27
Blackfriars Theatre
BlackfriarsTheatre
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@bfriars
795 East Main Street, Rochester, NY 14605 • (585) 454-1260 •www.blackfriars.org
Blackfriars Theatre is a mid-sized professional theatre that has entertained audiences for 69 years in downtown Rochester, NY. Its mission is to enrich, entertain and inspire the community through exceptional theatrical arts while engaging local talent.
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Guys & Dolls August 30-September 15 Detroit ‘67 October 18-November 3 Peter and the Starcatcher December 13-31 Next to Normal February 7-23 Silent Sky March 27-April 11 Calendar Girls May 15-31
Central Library
of Rochester and Monroe County
FriendsAndFoundation
115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604 • (585) 428-8323 • www.ffrpl.org
Central Library strives to engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff. The Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (venue manager for Fringe events) raises funds, presents programs, supports special projects, and purchases supplemental materials and equipment for the Rochester Public library.
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‘Crafting Democracy’ Exhibit August 1-October 25 ‘Books Sandwiched In’ Reviews Tuesdays, September-November, 12:12-12:52pm ‘Art of the Book’ Exhibit November 6-January 8
Eastman School of Music
Concerts at Eastman @concertsateastman
26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • (585) 274-3000 • www.EastmanTheatre.org
Established in 1921, the Eastman School of Music is regarded as one of the world’s finest music schools and is home to over 700 performances annually, ranging from classical and jazz to opera, new music, and more.
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Trifonov & Babayan October 2 Jon Batiste October 5 Time for Three October 10
Garth Fagan Dance
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis October 30 Slatkin conducts Beal November 8 Kat Edmonson November 13
@garthfagandance #garthfagandance
50 Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • (585) 454-3260 • www.garthfagandance.org
Now in its 49th season, Garth Fagan Dance creates cultural, educational, and charitable activities that include the furtherance of dance theatre of the highest quality, the development of new works by its Founding Artistic Director, and the growth of future dancers and new audiences.
Upcoming Events
Home Season at Nazareth College Arts Center December 11-15
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George Eastman Museum
georgeeastmanmuseum @eastmanmuseum
900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14609 • (585) 327-4800 • www.eastman.org
The George Eastman Museum is the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the largest film archives in the United States, located on the historic estate of entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography.
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Free Day! September 21 The Art of Warner Bros Cartoons through October 6 Tanya Marcuse: Woven through January 5 Anderson & Low: Voyages and Discoveries October 19-January 5 A History of Photography: Photographs by US Immigrants October 26–April 15 Film series: Stephen King’s Dollar Babies October 17 & 31
Geva Theatre Center
Geva Theatre Center
@GevaTheatre
75 Woodbury Blvd, Rochester, NY 14607 • (585) 232-Geva (4382) • www.GevaTheatre.org
Geva is Rochester’s leading professional theatre, the most attended regional theatre in the Northeast, and one of the 25 most subscribed in the country, serving up to 160,000 patrons annually, including more than 16,000 students.
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La Cage aux Folles September 3-October 6 A Christmas Carol November 27-December 29 Slow Food January 14-February 9 The Niceties October 22-November 17 Once February 19-March 22 Queen November 7-November 24
Java’s
JavasCafe
@javascafe
16 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • (585) 232-4820 • www.javascafe.com
A hip, art-adorned gathering spot where the doors are open to let in the breeze. Located downtown next to the Eastman School of Music on Gibbs Street, an epicenter of culture from around the world.
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Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance (585) 454-2787 • www.josephavearts.org
Joseph Avenue Arts
@jaacaroc
A non-profit founded in 2014, JAACA is committed to bringing music, dance, theatre, and visual arts to families and children in the Northeast Quadrant and throughout Rochester. The centerpiece of its efforts: transforming a landmark synagogue into an 11,000 square-foot performance and gallery space. While they’re at it, they’ve partnered with two neighborhood venues for this year’s Fringe: • Avenue D Recreation Center 200 Avenue D, Rochester, NY 14621
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• Lincoln Branch Library 851 Joseph Avenue, Rochester, NY 14621
Check website for the latest listings. All JAACA events are free and open to the public.
The Little Theatre
TheLittleTheatreROC
@TheLittleRoch
240 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604 • (585) 258-0400 • www.thelittle.org
The Little Theatre is the premiere cultural center for the presentation of American independent and foreign films, visual arts and music for the greater Rochester community. Through educational events, the Little Theatre provides local artists a place to share and discuss their visions with a diverse audience.
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Please visit website for the latest listings.
Lyric Theatre
LyricTheatreRochester
@LyricTheatreRoc
440 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • (585) 256-0444 • www.LyricTheatreRochester.org
Lyric Theatre offers world-class performances, educational opportunities, and community collaborations. This breathtaking mid-sized theatre, housed in a 100-year-old former church, is expanding the theatre opportunities for performers and patrons throughout the Greater Rochester Area.
Upcoming Events
Sal The Voice Valentinetti October 4 Don Potter: Anthology October 5 Vic DiBitetto Live October 12
MuCCC
MuCCC
142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.muccc.org
MuCCC Theatre (Multi-use Community Cultural Center) was founded in 2009 in a converted church with a mission to provide a space for independent theatre at affordable prices.
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Three Short Plays by Samuel Becket October 3-6 FRANKENSTEIN – A Live Radio Play October 9-13 Arden of Feversham October 17-20 Boom, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb October 25-November 2 The Amish Project, by Jessica Dickey November 6-10 Shakespeare: A Comedy of Errors November 14-23
noxcocktailroc
@noxcocktail
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302 N. Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607 • (585) 471-8803 • www.noxcocktail.com
Nox is a secret library of cocktails and comfort food hidden in the Village Gate. Nox offers a full dinner and bar menu, daily happy hour and nightly events. A private event room accommodates up to 65 guests and is the perfect place to host birthdays, showers, workshops, book launches, small weddings and more. Check the website for latest events, readings, music and other happenings.
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Anneke Nordmark Belly Dancing August 22 Bossy Diversity Seminar September 29
RIT City Art Space
Steampunk Ball October 12 Annual Yule Ball November 29
RITCityArtSpace
@ritcityartspace
280 E. Main Street, Sibley Tower, First Floor, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.cityartspace.rit.edu
RIT City Art Space (formerly Gallery r) is the College of Art and Design’s new exhibition and event venue in downtown Rochester. Located inside the historic Sibley Tower Building at Liberty Pole Plaza, City Art Space brings RIT’s creative community to the heart of our city, where exhibitions, events and programming by RIT students, faculty, alumni and more are always rotating.
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Process & Purpose Group Exhibition August 2-24 Re|verb RIT Faculty in Focus September 6-22 Metaproject Retrospective RIT Industrial Design October 4-20
Rochester Museum & Science Center: @rocRMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • (585) 697-1945 • www.rmsc.org
Renovated for its second half-century, the Planetarium’s Star Theater features all-new lighting, an upgraded sound system, and flexible, moveable seating for any event from a produced show to dinner under the stars. Call its hospitality experts at (585) 697-1943 to start creating your event.
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Digistar space shows, classic rock laser shows, star shows for young children, Holiday Laser and more are coming this fall. Showtimes are listed on the museum’s website.
SOTA - School of the Arts
45 Prince Street, Rochester, New York 14607 • (585) 324-3535 • www.sotarochester.org
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee October 25-November 2 It’s A Wonderful Life December 6-14 The Laramie Project January 31 & February 1
Writers & Books
Dance Concert 2020 February 28-March 1 Grease April 24-May 2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream June 5 & 6
Writers & Books
@writersandbooks
740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • (585) 473-2590 • www.wab.org
Writers & Books is Rochester’s literary center, fostering lifelong reading and writing among individuals of all ages for nearly 40 years.
Upcoming Events
Hnossa presents Erik & The Wolf September 26 Reading: Reenah Golden and Sally Bittner Bonn October 8 Reading: Sarah Freligh and Gail Hosking November 12 Reading: James Longenbach and Joanna Scott December 10 Reading: Sonja Livingston and Rachel Hall January 14
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School of the Arts serves city school students and offers traditional academics complemented by an arts-based curriculum. Nestled in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts, SOTA’s Mission is Student Success… Academic, Artistic and Humanistic.
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Alphabetical by show title ’33(a kabarett)................................... 84 “The Wild Design” by Sunshine 2.0..... 84 #Deaf Talent!..................................... 66 21 Chump Street................................ 84 50 Shades of Gay Takes On The ‘80s.... 47 A Fork In The Road............................. 84 A Grand Night for Singing: A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein............... 70 A Happy Accident’s Dating Show.......... 47 A Moving Experience........................... 58 A Touch of Dance: RICOCHET.............. 58 Al Biles and GenJam........................... 70 Al Biles Quartet.................................. 70 Aliens Like Us.................................... 84 Altar Boyz.......................................... 84 American Idiot................................... 85 An Evening of One Acts....................... 85 An Evening with Mike Birbiglia............ 18 Ask Us Anything Booth........................ 47 Avengers: Endgame............................. 96 BardBending: Fight Club Edition.......... 85 Becoming Grandma Kat: One-Man Show............................... 85 Between Fourth and Fifth.................... 85 Between Silences............................... 85 BIG WIGS Featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune...................................... 86 Bill Dresnack, Versatile CPA................. 70 Black + White: A Theatrical Tango Dance Production..................................... 58 Black Matter...................................... 86 BlacKkKlansman................................ 96 Blindfolded Improv or The Larval Mask Play............................................... 86 Brave Space....................................... 66 Bridesmaids....................................... 96 Broccolo Goes Wild!............................ 64 Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE........ 36 Bushwhacked Boozy British Bake Off... 36 Bushwhacked British Bake Off............. 36 Calotta Cash and Dollar Bill Show........ 86 Celebrating the Life of Paul J. Burgett through Music................................ 40 Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess......................................... 86 Charlie Landsman: Stand Up & Get Down............................................. 48 Charming Disaster: A Musical Tarot Reading......................................... 70 Checks and Exes................................ 71 Chestnut Street (Fringe Finale Weekend).................. 43 Cigs Inside......................................... 71 Circus of Dreams................................ 64 Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion................. 24 Cobbs Hill Consort.............................. 71 Cocktails & Comedy............................ 48 Colma!.............................................. 86 Commotion Dance Theater................... 58
Complimentary Heckling..................... 80 Consensual Sax.................................. 71 Cottage Street.................................... 71 Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation................................... 48 Create A Space NOW.......................... 58 Creative Writing @ Geneseo................. 80 Dangerous Signs Presents Signed Shorts: A Collection of One Acts by Justin Rielly............................... 87 Dashboard Dramas VI.......................... 87 Dave Rivello Ensemble........................ 71 Delirium............................................ 48 Desert Rhythms Belly Dance Troupe..... 58 Diary of a Substitute Teacher - Trials, Tribulations and Tantrums................ 50 DIGGETY BOP.................................... 59 Disco Kids......................................... 31 DJ ha-MEEN...................................... 17 Dogfight the Musical........................... 87 Drag Brunch....................................... 28 Drive-In Dramas................................. 87 Dust Jackets, Premium Rock and Blues.72 Elegant Belly Dance: Celebrating American Cabaret........................... 59 ELISION, an electroacoustic percussion show.............................................. 72 ENDLESS.......................................... 59 ExMen: Not About Superheroes............ 72 Five Minutes a Day............................. 50 Flawed Beautifully.............................. 90 Flirting Like An American.................... 80 Fowl Play Comedy............................... 50 Fringe Street Beat Finals..................... 43 Fringe Street Beat Prelims................... 43 Frogpig.............................................. 90 Galileo Band: Dance To The Music....... 72 Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal........................ 59 Geneseo A Cappella Hour.................... 72 Geneseo Chamber Music..................... 72 Geneseo Honors Recital...................... 73 Geneseo’s Gajjada Bhangra.................. 62 God Is A Scottish Drag Queen.............. 50 Good Catch........................................ 50 Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo................... 51 Gospel Sunday................................... 41 Grease............................................... 96 Grupo Calle Uno................................. 73 HERE Starring Kyle Marlett................. 90 Hey Mavis.......................................... 73 Hidden Garden Concert with Wildflowers: A Tribute to Tom Petty..................... 73 Holding on Through Song II: Embodying the African-American Spiritual with FuturPointe Dance and First Inversion................................. 66 Home Within: A Journey of a Black Deaf Son with his Father......................... 90 Homo Familiarus................................ 90 I Knew A Woman................................ 62
Impossible Marriage by Beth Henley..... 90 INFERNO BEMSHI!............................ 66 Jabber!.............................................. 67 Jamall Youngblood and Soul Of The City.73 Jedlie’s Magic Circus.......................... 64 Jim and Kevin Rescue the Planet Or So it Seems!.............................. 51 Jonathan Burns is (Extra) Ordinary....... 51 Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play..................................... 91 JUMPING OVER THE MOON WITH A COW, CHICKENS, YAKS AND YOU! HOWIE LESTER BEYOND GRAVITY AND COMMON SENSE!................... 74 Kids Chalk Art.................................... 37 Kids Day............................................ 37 Knowledge is Currency........................ 80 Left For Dead Improv.......................... 51 Let the Chips Fall: Improvised Stand-Up....................................... 51 Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Children’s Opera............................................ 64 Live Coding Computer Music............... 74 Lyric Voices Cabaret............................ 65 Magic & Mentalism with Wade Live & Anthony Presciutti.......................... 51 Making Collaborative Fringe Art with Maker Faire Rochester..................... 67 Manifest This: A Tragicomic Odyssey.... 52 MargOH! Channing is HUNG................ 52 Mark Twain - Storyteller....................... 91 Massaoke: Night at the Musicals......... 44 Massaoke: MixTape............................. 44 Mental Graffiti Poetry.......................... 80 Merged VII......................................... 62 Monster in a Box................................ 80 Muffin Theatre Presents: A Show With Cookies.......................................... 67 Music / Glass at Memorial Art Gallery with fivebyfive and Studio 34........... 67 My Big Funny Peter............................ 52 My Big Gay Italian Wedding................. 96 NEXUS and Friends............................ 74 Ninth Annual Laugh Out Loud with SIS (Sustain, Inspire, Survive)................ 52 No Bad News..................................... 91 Notes from the Field........................... 80 Off-Monroe Players Gilbert and Sullivan Revue............................................ 91 One Frogless Evening: A Tribute to the Amphibian Artiste Michigan J. Frog.. 74 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists.96 Out of Sync........................................ 97 Oz and Effect..................................... 91 Parcel 5 (Fri. & Sat. on the Fringe)....... 16 Pedestrian Drive-In............................. 38 People vs. Johnson............................. 91 Performing Valeska............................. 62 Photo House: Exposed......................... 97 Piano Man......................................... 75 Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv Presents: continues on page 116
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continued from page 114 Give Us Your Word.......................... 52 Pop Go The Bells................................ 75 Pumpkin Painting............................... 37 PUSH Physical Theatre....................... 92 Radio WHT’s Dangerous Hospital......... 92 RBG.................................................. 97 re|verb............................................... 97 RED: That Other Color Girl................... 92 Residente.......................................... 97 Return to Varadero Beach.................... 92 Rhythm Delivered............................... 65 Ripple............................................... 62 Rise Up Lights................................... 63 RIT A Cappella Hour........................... 75 RIT Improv......................................... 54 RIT Jam Club..................................... 75 RIT Photojournalism: Documentary Shorts........................ 97 RIT Players present “Too Much Light Makes Baby Go Blind”.................... 92 RIT School of Film & Animation Honors Show 2019.................................... 98 RIT Surround Sound........................... 75 RIT Vocal Accent................................ 75 RIT's Encore A Cappella...................... 76 River to Roof Tours............................. 67 ROC City Ringers................................ 76 ROC City Singers................................ 76 ROCeltic............................................ 68 Scheherazade .2................................. 76 See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary.. 98 SHERO.............................................. 76 ShMILF Life....................................... 54 SHOCK!............................................. 54 Shoe Stories: “My Life with 400 Pairs of Shoes”........................................... 92 Shotspeare......................................... 26 Siena Facciolo.................................... 76 Signatures Literary and Art Magazine.... 81 Silent Disco....................................... 30 Silent Reading Party........................... 68 Sinatra at the Sands Reprise................ 77 Sisters In Song................................... 77 Sladki Doumi Women’s Balkan Chorus.. 77 Something From Nothing (Marfa)......... 68 Somewhere Between Justice and Third Period............................................ 93
Somewhere In Between....................... 63 Songs by David Temperley................... 77 Songs Of The Nightingale.................... 77 Spiegelgarden.................................... 34 Spiegeltent........................................ 22 Spooky Stories in the Stacks................ 81 St. John Fisher College Student Film Festival.......................................... 98 Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe.54 Stand Up for Drag............................... 54 Standards Through The Decades.......... 77 Stand-Up Through the Ages................. 55 Stereo Nest........................................ 78 Suffragettes UNITE!........................... 93 Terry Fyke’s Five Point Performance Company Broadway Revue............... 78 Thank You Kiss Presents: Secret Handshakes......................... 55 The 24-Hour Plays.............................. 93 The Ark............................................. 93 The Big Sick...................................... 98 The Decision is Yours! An Interactive Murder Mystery............................... 55 The Eulogy......................................... 55 The Favourite..................................... 98 The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics...... 93 The Fragile Corridor: BIODANCE, Harris & Burritt............. 68 The Geriactors Present!....................... 93 The Great (Mini) Duck Race................. 65 The John Gray Laws............................ 94 The Laser Comedy Show...................... 55 The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls.................. 20 The Memory Palace: Live..................... 20 The Movement: An A Cappella Musical.94 The Nix............................................. 81 The Painter........................................ 63 The Phil Shakespeare Show................. 55 The Quaternion Drifter(s): Offbeat Song & Dance Interactivator(s)................. 78 The Sammich: An Evening of Improvised Theatre......................... 56 The Telephone.................................... 94 The Theater World of John W. Borek..... 68 The Thigh Masters.............................. 78 The Unethical Dalai Lama................... 68 The Uptown Groove LIVE..................... 78 The Velvet Noose................................ 94 The Writer’s Fairytale
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(by Kindred Soles).......................... 94 this is us trying: a collective................ 69 This Year’s Models.............................. 56 Time to Change.................................. 63 Tiramisu............................................ 94 Town X............................................... 95 Trivia CITY: An Arts & Culture Quiz...... 69 Tunnel Vision..................................... 63 Ukulele Club’s Ultimate Concert!......... 78 Unleashed! Improv Presents: Other People’s Shows...................... 56 UR IPM Presents Yes: Fragile and More.79 Vocal Point and The YellowJackets Fringe Show............................................. 79 WADAIKO: Traditional Japanese Performance Drumming................... 79 Wanted: Who Killed William Lyman?..... 69 We Are Easily Amused (and we hope you are too!)............... 56 Which Bitch Did It?............................ 69 Within the Quota................................ 79 Won’t You Be My Neighbor?................. 98 Word on the Street Theater.................. 69 YOGA MUSIC & UNWORLDLY DANCE.. 69 You are (Still) No Match for Me............ 56 You Gotta Try This!.............................. 56 You Gotta Try This! The Workshop......... 95 You Know the Old Slaying.................... 95 Zing! A Tribute to Judy Garland............ 95
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VENUES 1 • The Avyarium 274 Goodman St. N. (Suite D242) (Village Gate, 2nd floor) 2 • Blackfriars Theatre 795 E. Main St. 3 • Central Library: ■ Harold Hacker Hall ■ Kate Gleason Auditorium ■ Library Stacks ■ Rundel Arts Room 115 South Ave. 4 • Chestnut Street 5 • Chestnut Street Stage (at Chestnut & East) 6 • Eastman School of Music: ■ Hatch Recital Hall 433 E. Main St. 7 • Eastman School of Music: ■ Kilbourn Hall 26 Gibbs St. 8 • Garth Fagan Dance Studio 50 Chestnut St. 9 • George Eastman Museum 900 East Ave. 10 • Geva Theatre Center: ■ Fielding Stage 75 Woodbury Blvd. 11 • High Falls: ■ Granite Mills Commons 74 Browns Race
21 • Nox Village Gate 302 N. Goodman St. 22 • Parcel 5 275 East Main St. 23 • RIT City Art Space 250 East Main St. 24 • Rochester Dance Theatre 7250 Cumberland St. 25 • Rochester Museum & Science Center: ■ Strasenburgh Planetarium 657 East Ave. 26 • School of the Arts: ■ Allen Main Stage Theatre ■ Black Box Theatre ■ Club SOTA ■ Courtyard ■ Ensemble Theatre ■ Gym 45 Prince St. 27 • Spiegelgarden One Fringe Place Corner of Main St. & Gibbs St. (GPS Address: 71 Gibbs Street) 28 • Spiegeltent One Fringe Place Corner of Main St. & Gibbs St. (GPS Address: 71 Gibbs Street)
29 • UUU Art Collective 153 State St. 30 • Village Gate 274 Goodman St. N. (2nd floor atrium) 31 • Writers & Books 740 University Ave.
PARKING GARAGES P1 • Court St. Parking Garage 194 Court St. (near Dinosaur BBQ) P2 • Mortimer St. Parking Garage 83 Mortimer St. P3 • Washington Sq. Parking 111 Woodbury Blvd. P4 • Midtown Garage E. Broad St. and S. Clinton Ave. P5 • Five Star Bank Plaza 100 Chestnut St. (near Dr. MLK Park) P6 • East End Garage at East Ave. & Scio St. (near One Fringe Place) P7 • South Ave. Garage 39 Stone St.
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12 • Java’s 16 Gibbs St. 13 • Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance @ Avenue D Rec Center 200 Avenue D 14 • Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance @ Lincoln Library 851 Joseph Ave.
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16 • The Little: ■ Café ■ Little Theatre Café Lobby ■ Theatre 2 ■ Theatre 5 240 East Ave. 17 • Lyric Theatre: ■ Cabaret Hall ■ Formal Vestibule ■ Lyric Lawn ■ Main Stage 440 East Ave. 18 • Memorial Art Gallery: ■ M&T Ballroom 500 University Ave. 19 • Merriman Street (between Atlantic & University) 20 • MuCCC 142 Atlantic Ave.
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