SEPTEMBER 10-21, 2024
WELCOME TO THE 2024 ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL!
Entering our 13th season with ever more recognition as a leading multidisciplinary performing arts event, we look forward to seeing you in and around downtown among the 600-plus shows at more than 30 venues. Lose yourself in the wonderment of Architects of Air, the brilliant luminarum experience direct from the U.K. that has wowed visitors worldwide. Take in remarkable shows curated by our partner venues, ranging from poignant considerations of loss to mesmerizing magic or hilarious improv. Enjoy the comedic spectacle of the all-new Cirque du Fringe: Varieté in the Spiegeltent. Observe the humanity of our three inspiring honorees in Craig Walsh’s second and final Rochester installment of MONUMENTS, projecting the images of extraordinary citizens onto trees. And don’t forget to try something new.
We are honored to be the current winner of CITY Magazine’s “Best of Rochester” award for best arts event. The New York Times recently discovered our Fringe’s success, naming us “one of the country’s more prominent multidisciplinary events.” As of last fall the non-profit Rochester Fringe had drawn nearly 750,000 people to more than 5,000 performances by regional, national and international artists.
Rooted in the daring of eight theatre groups that crashed a festival in 1947 and created the Edinburgh Fringe, Fringe Festivals have cropped up worldwide. Thanks to generous, committed sponsors and a Rochester community that shows up in every way, ours flourishes in its all-out, no-holds-barred, thought-provoking celebration of creativity and connection. Join us Sept. 10 through 21. Lose yourself.
Mark A. Costello Board Chair
Erica Fee Festival Producer / CEO
LEADERSHIP TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark A. Costello (Board Chairman) Partner, Boylan Code LLP
Erin DiVincenzo
Head of Go-To-Market, New Breed
Erica Fee (President)
Festival Producer & CEO
Dorian Hall
Community Activist and DJ
Missy Pfohl Smith
Director of the Institute of Performing Arts and the Program of Dance & Movement, University of Rochester; Artistic Director, BIODANCE
Martin Presberg
Independent Business Consultant and Leadership Coach
Dave Rivello
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, ESM; Director, New Jazz Ensemble, ESM
Alexa Scott-Flaherty (Vice President) Visiting Lecturer, RIT Performing Arts Director and Actor
Dr. Jefferson Svengsouk
Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care Physician, URMC
Maya Temperley Associate Vice President, Government & Community Relations, RIT
Justin L. Vigdor (Board Chairman Emeritus) Of Counsel, Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC
Robert M. Vigdor (Corporate Secretary/Treasurer) Attorney
Festival Producer & CEO
Erica Fee
Senior Assoc. Producer
Rob Ferguson
Director of Food & Beverage Renee Anderson
Box Office Coordinator Dr. Xela Batchelder
Assistant Producer Stevie Burggraaf
Director of Development Apryl Calaci
Associate Producer Bethany Creager
Bookkeeper
Matthew Folaron
Grantwriter Liz Forster (LCF Grant Consulting)
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING
Mark Cleary
Pres. DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna (MCC)
Rich DiMarco
Bob Duffy
Kevin Gibson
Grove Street Association
Ed Hourihan, Esq.
Aerial Arts of Rochester
Bop Shop Records
Central Library of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
Focus Theater
Garth Fagan Dance
George Eastman Museum
Java’s
Louis S. Wolk
Volunteer Coordinators
Lynn Harris
Lisa Vitale
Publicist
Chris Kanarick (Peak Publicity)
Creative Director
Bonnie Miguel
One Fringe Place
Box Office Manager
Emily Padden
Director of Marketing and Sponsorships
Shanna Pagán
Media Buyer and
Marketing Consultant
Gloria Smith (Media Connection)
Festival Lighting Designer & Production Consultant
Emily Stork
Director of Production & Sales
Victoria Winkler
Jennifer Leonard
Pres. Sarah Mangelsdorf (UR)
John Mealey
Dan Meyers
Pres. David C. Munson, Jr. (RIT)
Suzanne Nasipak-Chapman
Vice President Shaun Nelms (UR)
VENUE MANAGERS
William Dovidio, Julia Frederick
Tom Kohn
Alicia Gunther
Mike Stefiuk
Roger Sutphen
Alec Shiman
Eliza Kozlowski, Emma Rathe
Mike Calabrese, Andy York
Marc Cataldi, Ralph Meranto, JCC of Greater Rochester
Joseph Ave
Arts and Culture Alliance
Lisa Stein
David Pacific
La Marketa at the Jason Barber International Plaza
RIT City Art Space
ROC Cinema
Roc City Circus
Nannette Nocon & Karl Wessendorf
Pres. Beth Paul (Nazareth)
Vice President Peter Robinson (UR)
Pres. Gerry Rooney (SJFU)
Theresa Rusnak, Esq.
Professor Jeremy Sarachan
James Seabright
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Salena’s
School of the Arts
The Hochstein School
The Little
The Spirit Room
The Temple Theater
Karen Craft, Kevin Indovino, Doug Rice
John Aasp
Kristina Dinino-Jeffords
Mandy Raville
Mike Dornberger
Aaron Metras
Andrea Gregoire, Alan Tirré
Hilary Respass, David Zaccaria
Cate Fox, Susie Sieling, Lisa Stein
Jacob Rakovan
Kate Duprey
UR Sloan Performing Arts Center Missy Pfohl Smith
Writers & Books
Chris Fanning
Thank you to our site-specific locations: Genesee Waterways Center, RMSC Garden of Fragrance, Parcel 5, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), St. Joseph’s Park, and Strangebird Brewery.
Most Fringe venues manage and program themselves. Fringe manages the Spiegeltent, Spiegelgarden, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.
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STAFF
ARCHITECTS
Laura Chekow
Mark Di Nitto
BAR MANAGER
Tom Macomber
BAR STAFF
Wendy Andrews
Elizabeth Bremmer
Bryan Gallagher
Sandy Gallagher
Kaitlyn Haines
Eileen Hammond
Lauren Harmon
Erica Kelly
Andrea (Andie) Kopf
Pamela Landers
Cam Lewis
Gina Livecchi
Raheem Miller
Paul M. Minniti
Patrick O’Connor
John Perry
Kimberly Pfromm
Lindsay Robach
Tim Schmidt
Brianna Smith
Kristina Storrin
Kat Sweeney
Seth Trapani
BOOKKEEPER (ON-SITE)
Christopher Hennelly
BOOKKEEPING ASSOCIATES
Michael Lill
Tracey Mykins
COPYWRITER
Jonathan Everitt
Evan Weese
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS
Josefina Acosta
Jamie Barnatones
Maeve Cullinane
Rebecca Folkerts
Teresa Ingerham
Anna Kneeland
Marina Pacheco-Walker
Marisa Perez
Cassandra Sanzotta
Sara Shaw
Shane Snell
Bridget Welch
GRANTWRITING
ADVISOR
Carolyn Kourofsky (Excelsior Editorial Consulting)
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Matt DeTurck
Meghan Murphy
Linden Digital Marketing
GUIDE EDITOR
Janice Bullard
HR DIRECTOR
Kara Palumbo
ON-SITE MAINTENANCE
Jeff White
CHIEF FESTIVAL
PHOTOGRAPHER
Erich Camping
PHOTOGRAPHER
John Schlia
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Michelle Garrett
Maria Hubbel
Tianna Leggette
Chelsea Muller
Jillian Sugar
Tyler Wolff
SALES MANAGER
Steven Penta
SECURITY
Blackhawk Security & Investigations Inc.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Emily Swanson
STAGE MANAGER
Jennifer DeHollander
SPIEGELTENT
HOUSE MANAGER
Brian Sulik
STREET BEAT COORDINATOR
William Young
TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
Hamilton Q AV
TV COMMERCIALS & VIDEO
Martin Leary (AdHouse Productions)
WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
InHouse Worldwide
HONORARY BOARD
Dr. Sylvie Beaudette Director of Summer@Eastman and Associate Professor, Eastman School of Music
Mike Calabrese Owner, Java’s and Good Luck
Mark Cuddy
Artistic Director Emeritus, Geva Theatre Center
Dr. Luane Davis Haggerty Principal Lecturer, NTID/RIT
Dr. Grant Holcomb
Director Emeritus, Memorial Art Gallery
Ruby Lockhart
Former Executive Director, Garth Fagan Dance
Stephanie C. Reh CEO, The Accountability Evangelist
Dr. Elaine Spaull Executive Director, Center for Youth
Darren Stevenson Founder and Artistic Director, PUSH Physical Theatre
Thomas Warfield Director of Dance, RIT / NTID
Heidi Zimmer-Meyer Former President, Rochester Downtown
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
OFFICIAL BEER
OFFICIAL LIQUOR
ONE FRINGE PLACE SPONSORS
OFFICIAL CONSTRUCTION PARTNER
ASSOCIATE PRODUCING SPONSORS
The Rubens Family Foundation
KIDS DAY SPONSORS
Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation
SUPPORT FOR FROM DARKNESS A MORNING GLORY
Dr. Dawn F. Lipson
The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
The Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust
The Estate of Marianne Rohack
Nannette Nocon & Karl Wessendorf
The Vigdor Family
The Rohack Family
Jefferson Svengsouk MD
Jennifer Leonard & David Cay Johnston
Justin L. Vigdor
J.M. McDonald Foundation
Robert and Rebecca Vigdor
Marguerite Bates
Erica Fee
Mark Costello and Jennifer Jones
Erin and John DiVincenzo
Missy Pfohl Smith
Dave Rivello
The Rubens Family Foundation
Alexa Scott-Flaherty & Jon Itkin
September 10–21
in and around Downtown Rochester
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FRINGE FESTIVALS: A BRIEF HISTORY
In 1947, eight theater 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 more than 50,000 performances of 3,500 shows in 450 venues in 2023, 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 largest in the nation, featuring more than 500 shows including many of the most compelling creative artists worldwide.
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 squeaky-
ABOUT ROCHESTER FRINGE
Set-Up & Organization
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, Street Beat at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, and Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS at Third Presbyterian Church.
One part venue-curated: The vast majority of the shows are curated by
the venues themselves, from artist applications submitted in the spring. Thirty venues present shows during Rochester Fringe.
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. Since debuting in 2012, the Fringe has drawn more than a 750,000 visitors from all over the world to attend nearly 5,000 diverse performances and events. In fact, Rochester’s not-for-profit Fringe has been noted by the New York Times as one of the country’s more prominent multidisciplinary events. In 2023, it was
clean 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.
The Rochester Fringe is a proud member of the U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals.
named CITY Magazine’s “Best of Rochester: Best Arts Event.” It is the largest multidisciplinary performing arts festival in New York state, and one of the region’s most anticipated festivals each year.
How do I participate?
On Stage: The artist online application process for presenting a Fringe show opens each spring 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. We welcome the help. Not to mention, volunteers can qualify for a nifty T-shirt and free tickets. Win/win.
VISITOR INFORMATION
Accessibility
The Fringe has partnered with the Center for Disability Rights and the Mary Cariola Center to provide current accessibility assessments for all our partner venues. Details 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. Details on ASL interpretation may be found by using the ASL filter in the show search bar. For further assistance, please contact us at accessibility@ rochesterfringe.com
Accommodation
Stay at the center of Fringe at Hyatt Regency Rochester. The recently remodeled, spectacular Hyatt is centrally positioned to be your Fringe hub during the festival. We’re proud to call them our lead hotel partner during Fringe.
For exclusive offers at our hotel partner, go to rochesterfringe.com/visitor-info
Book now and enjoy Fringe in fine comfort and style, minutes away from 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 Box Office and Info Booth are located at One Fringe Place (across from Eastman Theatre, corner of Main & Gibbs) and will be open daily beginning September 8. For hours and details, see page 15.
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. Fringe hassle-free.
Fringe Store
You love the Fringe. Why not keep it with you year-round? Located at One Fringe Place (across from Eastman Theatre, corner of Main & Gibbs) for the duration of the festival. Limited edition merchandise and collectibles are forever popular.
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 Info Booth at One Fringe Place (corner of Main & Gibbs) to check.
FRINGE EATS & SIPS
One cannot Fringe on an empty stomach. We have some great spots for refueling. Eat, drink, and be merry!
Fringe Bars & Eats
Grab a bite from our rotating lineup of outstanding food trucks. Chase it with a drink at the many bars on site to take care of that big thirst.
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 111 prior to departure, however, as some of our venues are in satellite locations.The Fringe recommends one of the many lots and parking garages located near One Fringe Place (corner of Main & Gibbs). See map on page 110 for parking recommendations. Please note that the City of Rochester charges a flat fee of $7/car for all festival parking.
Bike Parking
We’re big fans of pedal pushers. Because the Fringe is a pedestrianfriendly event, it’s also an ideal venue for those traveling by bicycle. 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.
Venues
Speaking of venues, we have incredible ones in and around downtown Rochester. Experience them all. GO. For a list, see page 110. For a map, see page 111.
Additional Questions?
Helpful Answers: rochesterfringe.com info@rochesterfringe.com
Dr. Dawn F. Lipson’s 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
Spiegeltent (One Fringe Place across from Eastman Theatre): the crown jewel of Fringe; open September 10-21 during ticketed shows only (see page 24 for show list) - vintage glam bar in the Lipson Lounge featuring beer, wine and cocktails.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park open during event on September 21 – food trucks
WORKSHOPS FOR FRINGE ARTISTS
Food and Drinks (OPEN DURING SHOWS)
ROC Cinema (957 S. Clinton Ave.)– café and bar
Java’s Cafe (16 Gibbs St) – café and coffee
The Little Theatre (240 East Ave) – café and bar
Have your act together? Get ready to take it on the road! There are 250 Fringe festivals around the world just waiting for your application. We have FREE workshops to help you get there— and all the way to the biggest one, the Edinburgh Fringe! Use this QR code or go to rochesterfringe. com/about-fringe/workshops-for-shows for the schedule.
4 WAYS TO PURCHASE FRINGE TICKETS
1
Online at: ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM
(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.
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2
By phone: ( 585 ) 957-9837
(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.
3
In
person: VENUES
Tickets may be purchased at the door, if available, starting one hour before curtain. All venues accept cash, debit, and credit cards. See pages 110 for a list of all Fringe venues.
COLIN JOST TICKETS ONLY:
Eastman Theatre Box Office: (585) 274-3000, rochesterfringe.com, or in person at 433 E. Main St.
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In person at THE FRINGE BOX OFFICE
BUY TICKETS HERE FOR ALL FESTIVAL
SHOWS
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.
BEFORE FRINGE
Sunday, Sept. 8: Noon-4pm
Monday, Sept. 9: 2pm-5:30pm
DURING FRINGE
Tuesday, Sept. 10: 12:30pm-10pm Wednesday, Sept. 11: 4:30pm-10pm Thursday, Sept. 12: 4:30pm-10pm Friday, Sept. 13: 4pm-11pm Saturday, Sept. 14: 11am-11pm Sunday, Sept. 15: Noon-10pm Monday, Sept. 16
–Thursday, Sept. 19: 4:30pm-10pm Friday, Sept. 20: 4pm-11pm Saturday, Sept. 21: 11am-11pm
PLEASE NOTE: ALL SHOWS AND TIMES IN THIS GUIDE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM
All ticket sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
Having trouble?
We’re here to help! Send us an email at boxoffice@rochesterfringe.com
PLACE
ARCHITECTS OF AIR AT ONE FRINGE PLACE
VISUAL ARTS
TUES., SEPT. 10 – SAT., SEPT. 21
“A journey down the rabbit hole, a step into and alternate time/space, a place woven from the fabric of the unexpected.” - Christopher Wangro, Lawn on D, Boston.
Spiegelgarden
“...a light that appeared liquid in nature ... unlike anything I
have experienced.” –visitor in Perth , Australia
Bring the whole family to enjoy a spectacular labyrinth of color and light!
From the Guggenheim in Barcelona to the Sydney Opera House, the monumental and interactive walk-in sculptures of Architects of Air, designed by Alan Parkinson, have astounded audiences across the globe.
And, direct from an extremely popular run at Lincoln Center, comes Daedalum!
Daedalum boasts 19 egg-shaped domes, twisting and turning into the tunnels of a maze. Features of this other-worldly phenomenon include an intricate rainbow-colored tree and a cavernous dome inspired by the Roman Pantheon. Architects of Air has toured the luminaria since 1992 and visited 43 countries.
ARCHITECTS OF AIR AT ONE FRINGE PLACE
FRI & SAT ON THE FRINGE
ARCHITECTS OF AIR AT ONE FRINGE PLACE
How to enjoy DAEDALUM
Once inside, please take your time. Stay on the paths. There are pods for sitting to enjoy the ambience. Take time to fully enjoy the experience.
Take pictures, but please respect visitor privacy. Tag us with #rocfringe24 and #architectsofair!
We want to see your WOW.
Due to the delicate nature of the membrane, please be prepared to remove your shoes for entry.
Food & Drink
Grab a bite from our outstanding food trucks and a drink from the Theatre Bar before or after the event
Please, no outside food or drink allowed.
Parking
“Time
stood still.” – visitor in Des Moines, Iowa
2024 FRINGE COMEDY HEADLINER
COMEDY
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Friday. Sept. 13, at 7:30pm
Doors open at 6:30
90 mins 16+
TICKETS $45-$129
Buy at ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM, in person at the Eastman Theatre Box Office at 433 E. Main St., or by calling (585) 274-3000 • See all ticket purchasing methods page 15
This show will be ASL interpreted
Writer, performer and author Colin Jost is best known for his work on the long-running comedy show, SNL. Over his nearly two decades writing for SNL, Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards along with two Peabody Awards, as well as having been nominated for fourteen Emmy Awards. Jost graduated from Harvard University to achieve great success as a comedian and author. He was the cohost of the special editions of “Weekend Update” during the 2016 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, which aired on MSNBC, and continues to fill the role of co-host in the primetime “Weekend Update” to this day. His memoir, A Very Punchable Face, is a New York Times bestseller, and has received copious critical acclaim. Jost continues to promote comedy, both sketch and standup, and recently hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner.
SPIEGELTENT THE
SPIEGELTENT IS BACK!
What happens in the Spiegeltent stays in the Spiegeltent.
In 2013, Rochester first swooned over our jewel box of a venue direct from Belgium: the Spiegeltent. Originally created as traveling dance halls in the early 1900s, only a handful of these magical “Mirror Tents” exist in the world today.
This beloved piece of history boasts stained glass windows, magical faceted mirrors, a velvet draped ceiling, VIP booths fit for royalty, and a truly spectacular vintage bar in the Lipson Lounge. For 12 days, the Palais im Park Spiegeltent lives in Rochester as an indelible and scintillating part of the Fringe, attracting the young and the forever-young.
LOCATION
One Fringe Place across from the Eastman Theatre, at Main & Gibbs Streets, Rochester, NY 14604. See map on page 111.
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, first-served. Entrance is via the left-hand 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.
TICKET-ONLY ADMITTANCE
TO ENTER, PLEASE PURCHASE A TICKET TO:
Cirque du Fringe: Varieté • page 24
Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. • page 26
Marcel Lucont’s Whine List • page 27
Drag Me to Drinks • page 29
Shotspeare • page 32
The Enigmatist • page 33
Gospel Sunday (not ticketed) • page 36
Silent Disco • page 36
Photo by Erich Camping
CIRQUE DU FRINGE
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One Wheeled WheeledOneWonder
The One Wheeled Wonder
The Dynamite TheDrummers Drummers
WonderMATT+HEIDI MATT+HEIDI
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“Will have you simultaneously cringing and crying with laughter.”
News (on Matt & Heidi)
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“Funny? Yes. Shocking? Absolutely. Chicago Sun Times (on Matt & Heidi)
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Spiegeltent
LOCATION
One Fringe Place across from the Eastman Theatre, at Main & Gibbs Streets, Rochester, NY 14604. See map on page 111.
the DIVA the Dutch Globetrotter
Tue. Sept. 10: 7:30pm Wed. Sept. 11: 7:30pm
Thurs., Sept. 12: 7pm
Fri.. Sept. 13: 7pm
Sat., Sept. 14: 2:30pm** Sun., Sept. 15: 7:30pm
Tues., Sept. 17: 7:30pm Weds., Sept. 18: 7:30pm*
Thurs., Sept 19: 7pm
Fri., Sept. 20: 7pm
Sat., Sept 21: 2:30pm** and 7pm
Doors: 30 mins before showtime
Ages: 13+ : (5+ for Saturday matinees) 90 mins, including a 20-minute intermission.
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful private bar in the Lipson Lounge will be open to ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain, and again at intermission.
TICKETS
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWS
Single Ticket: $38 (increases to $42 on 9/2)
Front Row: $44 (increases to $48 on 9/2)
VIP Booth (Seats 6): from $199 (increases on 9/2)
SUNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOWS
Single Ticket: $31 (increases to $36 on 9/2)
Front Row: $38 (increases to $43 on 9/2)
VIP Booth (Seats 6): from $179 (increases on 9/2)
**SATURDAY FAMILY-FRIENDLY MATINEES
Kids 12 and Under: $23 (increases to $25 on 9/2)
Single Ticket (over age 12): $32 (increases to $37 on 9/2)
Classic vaudeville meets retro variety show kitsch meets innovative circus live in technicolor! An eyepopping international cast from four continents will leaving you gasping in wonder and splitting with laughter in this ridiculously entertaining spectacle including Argentinian gauchos, trapeze & hair hang aerialists, roller skates, unicycles, a world-renowned basketball juggler and ... a giant chicken!?
From France’s Got Talent to Cirque du Soleil to Absinthe, to Broadway and beyond, these seasoned performers are coming together to present a “really good shoe” you won’t want to miss!
VIP Booth (Seats 6): from $147 (increases on 9/2)
UPGRADE TO A VIP BOOTH!
Enjoy a VIP booth! The Spiegeltent has a handful of VIP booths available per performance, which all sit 6 individuals. VIP booths have dedicated table service throughout the show
*Wednesday, Sept. 18th show will be ASL interpreted
The Spiegeltent is wheelchair accessible. Please contact accessibility@rochesterfringe.com so that we can make arrangements for anyone in a wheelchair, or with any other questions.
BESTWINNER, KIDS LEICESTERSHOW,FESTIVALCOMEDY(UK)
Top 10 Kids ShowsEdinburgh Fringe Time Out / The Scotsman / Broadway World
KIDS
Fri., Sept. 13 at 5pm • Sat., Sept. 14 at 5pm • Sun., Sept. 15 at 3:30pm • Fri., Sept. 20 at 5pm • Sat., Sept. 21 at 12:30pm
Doors: 30 minutes before showtime
60 mins, no intermission ALL AGES
TICKETS:
KIDS 12 AND UNDER: $23 (increases to $25 on 9/2)
SINGLE TICKET (over age 12): $32 (increases to $37 on 9/2)
VIP BOOTH (Seats 6): Starting at $162 (increases on 9/2)
Our spectacular VIP booths have dedicated table service.
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
“An absolute gem... If you don’t have kids, borrow someone else’s... a treat from beginning to end”
– Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
The award-winning Marcel Lucont (Comedy Central, BBC) presents a wild family gameshow, in which kids get to be pests, politicians — and worse — to compete to be crowned the most awful child of the day.
See what happens when international insouciance meets infantile exuberance as Britain’s favorite French comedian channels his acerbic humor and quickfire wit into a series of tasks for the younger generation, which is every bit as entertaining for adults as it is for children.
“Hilarious… Comedy doesn’t get much better than this”
–The Advertiser, Adelaide Fringe.
The multi-award-deserving deadpan Frenchman brings his acclaimed interactive show, in which he serves up a unique Whine List from the audience's past woes and misdemeanors in matters of work, travel and amorous experiences. Lucont then serves up his elected whines of the night, which he discusses with each contributor, getting to the heart of the story. A kind of group therapy experience, but one where everybody will probably leave more depressed.
As seen on Live at the Comedy Store (Comedy Central), The John Bishop Show (BBC), and Set List (Sky Atlantic).
COMEDY
Spiegeltent
Sat,, Sept. 14 at 9:15pm
Doors: 30 mins. before showtime
90 mins, incl. a 15-minute intermission 18+
TICKETS:
Single Tickets (general admission):
$32 (increases to $36 on 9/2)
VIP Booths (seats 6 individuals): starting at $179 (prices increase 9/2)
Our spectacular VIP booths have dedicated table service.
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
COMEDY
Spiegeltent
Mon, Sept. 16 at 7:30pm
Doors: 45 mins. before showtime
90 mins, incl. a 15-minute intermission MA
TICKETS:
Single Tickets (general admission): $45 (increases to $49 on 9/2)
VIP Booths (seats 6 individuals): from $279 (increases on 9/2)
Our spectacular VIP booths have dedicated table service.
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
Please Note: This show contains adult subject matter and is unsuitable for children. Mature audiences only.
AMBROSIASAL
DragMeto DRINKS
The hairspray. The outfits. The vol-au-vents!
Pull up a barstool and get fabulous with four magnificent drag queens, who will pour out the hot goss and sing you their torchiest songs. Glamorous, world-famous RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Mrs. Kasha Davis and Darienne Lake join Rochester faves Aggy Dune and Ambrosia Salad to serve up plenty of glam with every gulp. Munch on some yummy hors d’oeuvres while you devour the dazzle of these divas—and of course, the vintage Spiegeltent bar will be ready with your bevvies. Bring lots of singles—you’ll want to tip up a storm! Tickets are VERY limited.
DARIENNELAKE
Back by Popular Demand!
With rave reviews from New York, Las Vegas, Adelaide Fringe, and previous Rochester Fringe engagements, 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 15 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
“Fun, bawdy and completely irreverent.”
–The Clothesline (Australia)
COMEDY
Thursday, Sept. 19 at 9pm Fri., Sept. 20 and Sat. Sept. 21 at 9:15pm
Doors: 30 minutes before showtime
90 mins, incl. a 10-minute intermission
21+
Please Note: this performance contains adult subject matter and is unsuitable for anyone under the age of 21. Admittance is with ID only.
TICKETS
Thursday
SINGLE TICKETS: $30 (increases to $35 on 9/2)
FRONT ROW SINGLE TICKETS: $36 (increases to $41 on 9/2)
VIP BOOTHS (SEATS 6): from $160 (increases on 9/2)
Friday, Saturday
SINGLE TICKETS: $38 (increases to $42 on 9/2)
FRONT ROW SINGLE TICKETS: $41 (increases to $46 on 9/2)
VIP BOOTHS (SEATS 6): From $199 (increases on 9/2)
Spiegeltent
“Word nerds, puzzle fans, this is your show… offering an audience more code-breaking opportunities than any show, like, ever.”
– Chicago Tribune
“It’s like a spin class for the frontal lobe… by the time Kwong finished, the room was loopy with delight.”
– New York Times
Magic and Puzzles with David Kwong
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Fri., Sept. 13 at 9pm
Sat., Sept. 14 at 7pm
Sun., Sept. 15 at 5:30pm
Doors: 30 minutes before showtime
Spiegeltent
75 mins, incl. a 15-minute intermission
5+
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS: $38 (increases to $42 on 9/2)
VIP BOOTHS (SEATS 6): from $234 (increases on 9/2)
Our spectacular VIP booths have dedicated table service
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open for ticketholders 30 minutes prior to curtain and throughout the show.
Can you crack the code? Rochester native David Kwong returns home for his Fringe debut! Following sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center and Chicago Shakes, the renowned magician and New York Times crossword constructor brings his immersive experience of puzzles and cryptology to the Spiegeltent. The Los Angeles Times raves that Kwong “creates a magical sense of togetherness,” and the Chicago Sun-Times describes “intelligence and a love of language with some traditional tricks…but you don’t need to be a puzzle or magic lover to enjoy this.” Clues are everywhere, so keep your eyes open and be ready for surprises behind every multi-layered illusion.
A Fringe favorite for the whole family.
No tickets required. Seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Packed to capacity every year!
The most soulful, spiritual, uplifting experience at Fringe returns. 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. A Fringe favorite for the whole family! No tickets required. Seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early; this event has reached standing room only capacity every year!
The experience at most soulful,
spiritual, uplifting
Sunday, September 15, 1pm
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 Charli XCX 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!
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.
TOTAL SELL-OUT EVERY YEAR!
(You’ve been warned.)
DANCE
Friday, Sept. 13 at 11pm
Spiegeltent
Saturday, Sept. 14 at 11pm Friday, Sept. 20 at 11pm Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11pm
3 rockin’ hrs 18+ with ID (disco) 21+ with ID (bar)
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS: (General Admission): $20
STUDENTS (with ID): $16
Please Note: Headphone use with ID or credit card only. Returned upon exit.
The Spiegeltent’s beautiful INTERIOR BAR will be open throughout. Last call at 1:30am.
Photo: Rev. Dr. Rickey Harvey. Credit: Erich Camping.
Photos by John Schlia & David Schiffhauer | DJs supplied by Wildbyrd
SPIEGELGARDEN DR. DAWN F. LIPSON’S
Everyone’s favorite pop-up urban lounge.
“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 greenthemed haven, gorgeously outfitted with lush plant life from Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care, 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. And come hungry—an ever-changing lineup of food trucks arrives each
night to satisfy every craving.
(Daily lineup: @rochesterfringe)
Dr. Dawn F. Lipson’s Spiegelgarden is also the location for site-specific shows and events, a hotly contested trivia challenge, outdoor movies under the stars, and full-on shenanigans.
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.
Dr. Dawn F. Lipson’s SPIEGELGARDEN Open Hours
Tuesday, September 10: 4:30-10pm
Wednesday, September 11: 4:30-10pm
Thursday, September 12: 4:30-10pm
Friday, September 13: 4pm-11pm
Saturday, September 14: 11am-11pm
Sunday, September 15: Noon-10pm
Monday, September 16: 4:30-10pm Tuesday, September 17: 4:30-10pm
Wednesday, September 18: 4:30-10pm
Thursday, September 19: 4:30-10pm
Friday, September 20: 4pm-11pm
Saturday, September 21: 11am-11pm
Please note: Admission to Dr. Dawn F. Lipson's Spiegelgarden at One Fringe Place after 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays is limited to those with tickets to Silent Disco only.
Shows & Events in Dr. Dawn F. Lipson’s Spiegelgarden
Photo by John Schlia
A theatrical production with a specially adapted location other than a standard theatre. Phone booths, parked cars, buses, and elevators have all hosted site-specific work. The Fringe embraces this sort of unorthodox theatre and its ability to engage audiences in unexpected and often far-reaching ways.
IN TH E S PI E G EL GA R DE N
Dialogues in the Park
St. Joseph’s Park
3D S ound Exp erience in the Imme rs ive Ig lo o
SEE PAGE 72 FOR SHOWTIMES
Multidisciplinary
50 mins 13+ $16
Spiegelgarden
See page 46 for more details
Join us outdoors in this unconventional venue as dialogues emerge among bodies, sound, nature, and architecture. Witness the premieres of new work by grantees of the New York State Choreographers Initiative, featuring costuming and fabric manipulations as well as explorations on the effects of technology on the body..
Spoken Word 60 mins ALL FREE
Spiegelgarden / Parcel 5
Grief Embodied
See page 94 for more details
St. Joseph’s Park
SEE PAGE 73 FOR SHOWTIMES
s p a c e b e twe e n
Dance 60 mins ALL FREE
Spiegelgarden & East Main Street
Cathartic reckoning of performance art and abstract puppetry. A continuous non-narrative, a dialogue for things we hardly know how to say.
Comedy
Spiegelgarden
Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped Our City
See page 58 for more details a shb o a rd ra ma s I V
Rochester Contemporary Art Center – Side Lawn
SEE PAGE 93 FOR SHOWTIMES
Theatre 60 mins 13+ $18
With the use of headphones, wander among three distinct stages depicting some of Rochester’s most pivotal events, from celebration to activism.
Spiegelgarden
See page 102 for more details
See page 69 for more details Storychick Rochester Storybooth
Petals in the Concrete
Strangebird Brewery
SEE PAGE 65 FOR SHOWTIMES
The Rochester Adult Ballet Company presents a modern ballet telling the story of how contrasting feelings cannot exist alone. Just as one must know pain to understand love, we must collapse like Concrete in order to feel the lightness of Petal.
ROC River Ride
Genesee Waterways Center
Parking Lot
SEE PAGE 74 FOR SHOWTIMES
Now in its second year! Join a rolling audience on bicycles along the Genesee Riverway and Erie Canalway Trails to explore local history and culture through a series of brief stationary performances and visual art along the route. Ages 8+. Ages 8-13 must be accompanied by an adult.
The Unluckiest Corner
Spoken Word ALL FREE
Parcel 5
Spiegelgarden
See page 96 for more details
Experience a uniquely historical area in Rochester, from the spot where it happened. Join Matt Rogers of The Lost Borough for a special episode of Hidden History. Using wireless headphones available on-site, hear tales of spirits, murder, success, failure, and a pile of rocks. Bring a chair/blanket.
SEE PAGE 87 FOR SHOWTIMES Wander & Wonder IV
RMSC Garden of Fragrance
SEE PAGE 66 FOR SHOWTIMES
Missy Pfohl Smith/BIODANCE and Ethan Beckwith-Cohen present this site-specific performance on the outdoor grounds of the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Local dance artists, companies and choreographers perform a walking tour of dance.
Cabaret of Destiny SOLD OUT!
Bushwhacked Boudoir
It’s been a long day for our Bushwhacked babes. Cabareting is ever so hard! But after the curtain falls, it’s time to relax.
Luxuriate in the presence of the ladies of Bushwhacked as they defrock, decompress, and desperately fight their ennui. Sneak backstage for a glimpse of the truth behind the comedy. With only four tickets per show, this interactive experience is sure to be intimate. But not TOO intimate. That would be creepy. Only four tickets per show! 16+. $29. SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny
Willkommen, Bienvenue, Howdy! Succumb to the allure of the ladies of Bushwhacked as they put on a show that has never been seen, or asked for!
A hedonistic journey featuring song, dance, recitation, and DRAMA. Their colorful, interactive escapades will have you begging for more, until you’re begging them to stop! Anything can happen when the lights are dimmed and the tent flaps are sealed! They're sure of one thing, though, why deal with real life, when life can be a(Bushwhacked) Cabaret! Only 16 tickets per show. 16+. $29. SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
Bushwhacked Boozy Cabaret of Destiny
Experience the show with an adult beverage (or two) in hand! Limited tickets remain. 21+ only, $47. SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
Taste of Bushwhacked
Embark on a hilarious winetasting event with A Taste of Bushwhacked! Sip, savor, and snicker your way through a selection of fine wines. Whether you're a seasoned sommelier or a casual sipper, you’ll enjoy this side-splitting experience! Raise your glass and your spirits as you laugh your way through an unforgettable evening of fermented fun that promises to leave your palate pleased and your cheeks sore from smiling! Only 6 tickets per show. 21+ only, $47. SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
DASHBOARD DRAMAS
Decade of Dashboard
A sellout nine years running, this intimate theater experience is unlike any other. You’ll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird, and most of all, one-of-a-kind show. Only eight tickets per performance! 13+. $33.
SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
Dashboard
Dramas X
It has been 10 years since their first car pulled up to the Spieglegarden, and to celebrate they are remounting four of their favorite scripts in honor of a Decade of Dashboard! If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Man, I’m so sorry I didn’t get tickets sooner for Dashboard Dramas,” then this is the show for you. Come celebrate! Only eight tickets per performance. 13+. $33.
SEE PAGE 55 FOR SHOWTIMES.
DR.
Kids Day
Little Fringe. BIG fun. Welcome to Kids Day at the Fringe!
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 the whole family can enjoy?
All events appropriate for all ages.
12:00pm – 2pm PUMPKIN PAINTING
$7 per pumpkin, at the door only
Spiegelgarden
Celebrate the beginning of fall by painting your own Fringe-tastic pumpkin. From faces to crazy designs, from spooky to silly, we want to see what your creativity brings to these pumpkin pallets. Fun and kid-friendly, this is an activity for the whole family to join in on. Paint your pumpkin and then bring it home to show off your skills!
Noon – 3pm CHALK ART FREE
Spiegelgarden
One of the most popular FREE, family-friendly events of the Fringe. Kids transform the Spiegelgarden into a tapestry of color. We bring the chalk; you bring the creativity!
12:30pm-1:30pm
MARCEL LUCONT: LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES. A GAMESHOW FOR AWFUL CHILDREN.
Kids’ Tickets from $23
Spiegeltent
The UK's favorite Frenchman, Marcel Lucont, channels his acerbic humor and quickfire wit into a family-friendly game show, pitting children against adults and each other to try and find the most awful child. Don’t miss the show Time Out named one of the top kids’ shows at the Edinburgh Fringe!
1pm – 5:30pm (Prelims 1–3:30pm; Finals 4–5:30pm)
FRINGE STREET BEAT FREE
Dr. MLK Jr. Park
Got moves? We’ve got the battle. From breakdancing to all-style, teams bring their A-game to the floor leading to the final dance showcase. Complete with live DJ, MC, and judges from all over the Northeast. FREE to watch. See page 45 for details.
2:30pm – 4pm
CIRQUE DU FRINGE:
Kids' Tickets from $23
VARIETÉ
Spiegeltent
The fun continues after the boogie with a kid-friendly matinee performance of Cirque du Fringe: Varieté. Eye-popping stunts and side-splitting laughter all around for an unforgettable afternoon in the big magical tent. See page 16-18 for details. Appropriate for those aged 5 and up.
7:30pm – 9:13pm
PEDESTRIAN DRIVE-IN: Jumanji
FREE Spiegelgarden
A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience that is forever a Fringe favorite: experience the hilarious Boo! A Madea Halloween outdoors on a giant screen with our Silent Disco headphones. Grab a beanbag, sit back, and enjoy a FREE movie in the Spiegelgarden under the stars. See page 40 for other kid-friendly movies on other nights.
EVEN MORE FOR KIDS All this PLUS additional kid-friendly entertainment at many of our Fringe venues. Peek under KIDS in the SHOW listings on pages 70-71.
We are very grateful to the Bivona Child Advocacy Center, The Harley School, and Wegmans for sponsoring this year’s Kids Day.
The
Back by popular demand. Big party for pint-size dance machines takes over the Spiegelgarden at One Fringe Place. 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. Music, grooving, and glow sticks. Welcome to the Fringe’s not-so-silent disco.
Mimosas will be available in the Theatre Bar. (You’re welcome, adults.)
PLEASE NOTE: Disco Kids is not Silent Disco for kids. There are no headphones involved. Only DJs. And loads and loads of fun.
KIDS
Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11am-12:30pm
90 min ALL AGES FREE Spiegelgarden
DJs supplied by Wildbyrd
PEDESTRIAN DRIVE-IN PEDESTRIAN DRIVE-IN
Tuesday, Sept. 10: 8pm
Pitch Perfect
(PG-13, year, Jason Moore, 112 mins.)
IThe first in the hit Pitch Perfect series introduces Beca to college and to a clique that she reluctantly fits in with. Anna Kendrick (The Twilight Saga, Up in the Air) as Beca pushes the musical Bellas to the top college a cappella competition against an all-male rival group. Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson co-star in this comedy.
Wednesday, Sept. 11: 8pm
The Farewell
(PG, 2019, Lulu Wang, 100 mins.)
The autobiographical story of a family reunion in China to bid farewell to a family member who does not know of her own terminal diagnosis. Awkwafina took home a 2020 Golden Globe for best actress in a musical/comedy for her role as Billi Wang, organizing this wedding with a hidden purpose. 2020 Golden Globe nominee, best picture.
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).
The THEATRE BAR will be open every night for the duration of Pedestrian Drive-In for your libations-with-movie pleasure.
Thursday, Sept. 12: 7:45pm
American Fiction
(R, 2023, Cord Jefferson, 117 mins.)
Based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, American Fiction tells the story of a frustrated writer fed up with Black tropes in entertainment...yet propelled to the very fame he abhors after composing a hilariously outlandish satire. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, and John Ortiz, this film garnered five Oscar nominations, winning best adapted screenplay..
Friday, Sept. 13: 8pm
There Will Be Blood
(R, 2007, Paul Thomas Anderson, 158 mins.) Turn-of-the-century prospector Daniel Planview (Daniel Day-Lewis) transforms from a struggling silver miner to oil tycoon in an arc that defies human values. Loosely based on Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel Oil!, the film won Oscars for cinematography and for Day-Lewis as best actor in a leading role.
Saturday, Sept. 14: 7:45pm
Black Panther
(PG-13, 2018, Ryan Coogler, 135 mins.)
A superhero known as Black Panther defends Wakanda, a technologically advanced country in Africa that has hidden itself away from the rest of the world. Now, he must face a dissident who wants to sell the country’s natural resources to fund an uprising. Stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Martin Freeman.
Sunday, Sept. 15: 7:45pm
Dangerous Liaisons
(R, 1988, Stephen Frears, 119 mins.) Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this seductively decadent tale set in the 18th century French royal court. Close, as the Marquise de Merteuil, and Malkovich, the Vicomte de Valmont, display petty rivalries while casually ruining lives. With Oscars for adapted screenplay, costume design and production design, the film is a visual treat.
Photo by Erich Camping
Monday, Sept. 16: 7:45pm
But I’m a Cheerleader
(R, 1999, Jamie Babbitt, 85 mins)
Presented in conjunction with ImageOut. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a conversion camp when they suspect she’s gay because of her interest in vegeterianism and Melissa Etheridge. At camp, Megan begins to explore her sexuality and realize she is a lesbian. The satirical story has become a cult classic on exploring the social construction of gender roles.
Tuesday, Sept 17: 7:30pm
Precious
(R, 2009, Lee Daniels, 110 mins)
Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) sees a chance to turn her life around when she is offered the option of an alternative school. Under the guidance her new teacher, Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey of selfdetermination. An Oscar went to Mo‘Nique as best supporting actress for her role as Precious’s mother, and the film received the Academy’s nod for best writing for an adapted screenplay.
Thursday, Sept. 19: 7:30pm
Barbie
(PG-13, 2023, Greta Gerwig, 114 mins.)
Barbenheimer goes Fringe! 2023’s massive box-office hit features Margot Robbie as the charmed protagonist in this romp through Barbieland, the patriarchy, and beyond. Featuring a star-studded cast including Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon and more, catch this eyepopping, heartwarming romp amid the Spiegelgarden charm.
Friday, Sept. 20: 7:45pm
Oppenheimer
(R, 2023, Christopher Nolan, 180 mins.)
Cillian Murphy plays physicist Robert Oppenheimer in the haunting and world-changing story of development of the atomic bomb. The cast includes Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt in this latest from blockbuster director Christopher Nolan, renowned for cerebral and spectacular filmography. Oppenheimer swept the 2024 Academy Awards.
Friday, Sept. 21: DOUBLE
BILL
7:30pm
Jumanji
(PG, 1995, Joe Johnston, 100 mins.)
Siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst) discover a magical board game that leads to a world of adventure in this original classic of the Jumanji series. As the kids begin playing, they meet Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who’'s been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. Soon they realize the dangers can end only by finishing the game.
9:15pm
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(Rating, 2004, Danny Leiner, 88 mins.)
The first installment in the Harold & Kumar buddy stoner comedy franchise follows Harold (John Cho) and his boisterous pal, Kumar (Kal Penn) on a quest for burgers throughout New Jersey after seeing a TV commercial. They encounter sports nuts, wild animals, racists, geeks and a car thief (Neil Patrick Harris) in this sometimes surreal comedy.
TriviaCITY
Wednesday, Sept. 18: 7:30pm
Join host CITY Magazine for an arts, culture, and all-things-Rochester trivia night!
From Darkness a Morning Glory From Darkness a Morning Glory
A puppet road trip! Oscar Olivo has moved to Berlin, and embarks on a quest to return to New York to visit Rochester and show his appreciation to the Eastman Kodak Co.—the company that helped him preserve memories across the globe. But his pal Amy Trompetter sees the post-industrial landscape differently. The friends head to Rochester with hope, but what will they find? Including live music and vocals by Elsa Saade. Debuted at the Osten Festival in Wolfen, Germany in June.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY Spiegelgarden
Saturday, Sept. 14 at 6pm Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2:30pm
ALL FREE to watch
This show is provided with support from the Goethe Institute (New York).
3 x 3 All Styles Max of 3 members per crew
$1200 cash prize
Now in its ninth year, Fringe Street Beat is an allout dance battle showcasing top talent from across the Northeast, featuring DJ ha-MEEN (Ithaca) and a panel of judges from NYC and beyond. From breakdancing to allstyle, teams bring their A-game – and their adrenaline – to every eye-popping round, starting with preliminary trials and leading to the final dance battle.
DANCE Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Saturday, Sept. 21
PRELIMS: 1pm-3pm FINALS: 4pm-5:30pm ALL FREE to watch
Please Note: look for announcements and updates at rochesterfringe.com and Fringe Social in the event of inclement weather.
Sign-ups start NOW: rochesterfringe.com/streetbeat Remaining competing teams’ slots will fill starting at 12pm day-of at Dr. MLK Jr. Park. $5 per team. Wanna compete? Have a team in mind?
Photo by D Bennett
DJ HA-MEEN
FINALIST: Best of Rochester: Public Art Exhibit CITYMagazine 2023 AS SEEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!
“Pictures do not do justice to ‘Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS.”’
—Jeff Spevak, CITY / WXXI
VISUAL ARTS
Tues., Sept. 10 through Sat., Sept. 21
8pm to 10pm ALL FREE Third Presbyterian Church East & Meigs, Rochester, NY 14607
What does it mean to honor someone with a monument… and who should be honored in such a public way? Renowned Australian artist Craig Walsh returns with one answer to this question, challenging us to select three new honorees from our community who deserve to be recognized—but who may never rise to public consciousness without his unique method of celebrating them. Walsh projects the living, moving faces of these three Rochesterians on tall trees, where wind and other elements give them dimension and animate them even further. Finalist for CITY’s “Best of Rochester” awards for its first installment last year. Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS leads us to reconsider the place that monuments hold in our communities and our lives.
CONTENTS
SHOWS ARE ARRANGED by genre, and then alphabetical by show title. To find a specific show, browse the Show Index on page 108, or use the “Find a Show” search at rochesterfringe.com
For in-person or phone orders, see the Tickets & Box Office information on page 15
HOW TO READ THE SHOW LISTINGS
Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Thu., Sep. 19 10pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 10pm 60 mins 13+ $18
Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour is part concert, part road trip through the realms of myth, monsters, and mortality. The playfully macabre goth-folk duo invite audience members on a journey beyond the river Styx… and promise to get everyone back to the land of the living before it’s too late. Featuring original songs, mysterious onstage rituals, and much more. http://charmingdisaster.com Charming Disaster
PLEASE NOTE:
Show descriptions were written by the shows themselves, with minimal Fringe editing for grammar, punctuation and clarity.
Efforts have been made to ensure this guide is correct at the time of publication, but all shows and times in this guide are subject to change. Please check ROCHESTERFRINGE.COM for the most up-to-date information.
Show title
You can search for these in the Index on page 108.
Venue name
Venue addresses are part of the Venue Listings, starting on page 104 and Map on page 111.
Show dates and times
A chronological listing of all shows happening on each day of the Fringe starts on page 98.
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Show runtime ASL interpreted
Age guidance (All audiences, ages 5 and up, 13 and up, 18 and up, mature audiences)
These icons suggest the age group that the show is suitable for. Please note that these are recommendations only (unless stated otherwise). Audience members should decide what is suitable for themselves and members of their group.
Ticket price
Some shows have multiple ticket prices (children, students, seniors, etc.). Shows labeled FREE are free, non-ticketed events. Arrive early for seating or standing room.
Show description
Production company Sponsor
Website
Find more information on the show, the production company, or a member of the cast and crew.
4 Idiots and a Bottle 2
Salena's
Wed., Sep. 18 6pm 60 mins 18+ $10
Following on last year’s success, 4 Idiots 2 promises more wild live reviews! Notes of chocolate, hints of oregano, aftertaste of petroleum? How on earth do they come up with those absurd tasting notes? Find out as four expert idiots give real time, blind reviews of the most random bottles and food we can find. Audience participation is highly encouraged as we laugh, cry, and have fun. This will be an experience like no other as you leave with an appreciation of your own taste buds.
6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm 45 mins All Ages $20
6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is a family friendly, Alice-in-Wonderlandparody magic show! Award-winning Las Vegas magician Jordan Rooks returns with a breathtaking new performance of storytelling, comedy and magic for the entire family. Explore the tea party, see why a raven is like a writing desk, and come be part of the magic for an unforgettable experience!
Jordan Rooks
A Little Scary Show!
Sun., Sep. 15 3:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm
As ghost stories go, this one is A Little Scary Show! It is the tale of how Ted Baumhauer met Leon “The Wizard” Rehan, who passed away in the Great Blizzard in 1888! Every year Leon’s home town of Caribou celebrates his life with a show dedicated to him. When Ted received the invitation to be their performer he was honored. But he soon realized he had no idea what he’d gotten himself into. All profits go to Camp Good Days.
https://redtievariety.com
Red Tie Variety
Am I a Good Dad?
ROC Cinema Theater
Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm 60 mins 18+ $10
A one-man show where comedian Erin Moyer struggles to answer: am I a good dad? Through his unhinged and hilarious storytelling, Moyer covers it all: watching childbirth, falling asleep during midnight feedings, dealing with his son’s unconditional love of unicorns.
Combining memories with his own father and those with his child, Moyer entertains and discovers.
Anthony PrezuttiComedy Mentalist
JCC CenterStage Theatre: Hart Theater
Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8:30pm 60 mins 18+ $15
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Anthony Prezutti debuts his all-new adult comedy mentalism show. Anthony’s oneof-a-kind show combines hilarious adult comedy, mind-blowing mind reading and predictions. A unique experience with plenty of audience participation that you don’t want to miss. His 2023 show was nearly sold out, so grab your tickets! This year’s show promises more surprises and laughter than ever. http://www.anthonyprezutti.com
Ants to Gods: Trading Faces
The Focus Theater
Wed., Sep. 18 9pm • Fri., Sep. 20 9pm 60 mins 18+ $15
Ants to Gods is one of Rochester’s funniest comedy trios. Known for their irreverent style of patient, thoughtful, dark humor, these f ormer Improv Battle Royale champions have performed festivals with the Baltimore Improv Group and Brooklyn Comedy Collective, as well as right here at home on several stages. The act features comedians Elijah Crocker, Eno Okung, and Austin Scott. Ants to Gods
Banter Up Improv Troupe
ROC Cinema Theater
Sat., Sep. 14 10pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8pm 60 mins 13+ $15
Take me out to the improv field with this nonstop comedy troupe returning for its ninth Fringe! This “major league” show features local comics Jim Harney, Kevin Markham, and Joe Minotti performing short-form improv and sketch comedy. Audiences will enjoy their fastballs that use props, puns, and parodies, and patrons might even pitch in ideas or volunteer as props or stand-ins.
http://www.facebook.com/Banter-up
James Harney Productions
Bar Joke Tales
Salena's Thu., Sep.12 6:30pm • Sun., Sep.15 6pm 60 mins 18+ $10
Born and raised in Rochester, writer and actor Martin Giles returns after nearly half a century to dispense timeless wisdom and low comedy. This is a happy, fragrant blend of storytelling and stand-up. A neighborhood bar experiences a series of anomalies, from near-death experiences to talking animals, that somehow hinge on some of the silliest jokes in the lexicon. Witness timeless classics and the tales that unfold from them in the bar!
http://martingiles@gmail.com
Battle Royale Improv Tournament
Big Queer Comedy Show
Back by popular demand! It’s here! It’s queer! Jaye McBride (Netflix, Inside Amy Schumer) headlines an all-trans and nonbinary standup comedy lineup! Starring Roc’s best drag performer Kyla Minx, Roc’s 3rd funniest Gabby Garcia, and Brooklyn’s Kendall Allison. Plus The Onion's Max Gross (Thursday only) and Penny Sterling (Wednesday only). Hosted by the hilarious Tootsie. You’ll laugh so hard, rainbows might shoot out of your *ss! Cis/het folks welcome, but attendance may cause homo FOMO.
Bushwhacked Boozy Cabaret of Destiny
Spiegelgarden
Succumb to the allure of the ladies of Bushwhacked as they put on a show that has never been seen, or asked for! A hedonistic journey featuring song, dance, recitation, and DRAMA. Their colorful, interactive escapades will have you begging for more, until you’re begging them to stop! They’re sure of one thing, though, why deal with real life, when life can be a (Bushwhacked) Cabaret! Only 16 tickets per show. Two drinks included with each ticket. Bushwhacked
Bushwhacked Boudoir
Spiegelgarden
The tournament du Fringe 2024: three teams enter, one team leaves. Who survives? You tell us! The Focus Theater presents Rochester Fringe’s Battle Royale improv contest. The winner from each semifinal show will advance to the tournament of champions, where fame, fortunate, and the praise of adoring fans awaits. Come out and cheer for competitive mirth!
http://www.focus.theater
The Focus Theater
SOLD OUT!
Wed., Sep. 11 8:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Wed., Sep. 18 8:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 9:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8pm 60 mins 13+ $29
It’s been a long day for our Bushwhacked babes. Cabareting is ever so hard! But after the curtain falls, it’s time to relax. Luxuriate in the presence of the ladies of Bushwhacked as they defrock, decompress, and desperately fight their ennui. Sneak backstage for a glimpse of the truth behind the comedy. With only four tickets per show, this interactive experience is sure to be intimate. But not TOO intimate. That would be creepy. Only four tickets per show!
Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny
Spiegelgarden
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm 60 mins 16+ $29
Succumb to the allure of the ladies of Bushwhacked as they put on a show that has never been seen, or asked for! A hedonistic journey featuring song, dance, recitation, and DRAMA. Their colorful, interactive escapades will have you begging for more, until you’re begging them to stop! Anything can happen when the lights are dimmed and the tent flaps are sealed! They’re sure of one thing, though, why deal with real life, when life can be a (Bushwhacked) Cabaret! Only 16 tickets per show. Bushwhacked
Comedy on Deck Comes Inside
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Thu., Sep. 19 6pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm 60 mins 16+ $15
Spawned from a series of backyard comedy open mics and now in its second year, Comedy On Deck Comes Inside is a showcase of some of the best comics from the greater Rochester area and beyond. Come and enjoy side-splitting comedy from an unforgettable lineup for the 2024 Fringe! http://fybush.com/fringe Comedy On Deck Productions
ComedySportz Buffalo
The Focus Theater
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6pm 60 mins All Ages $15
ComedySportz combines the quick wit of improvised comedy with the tension of your favorite sporting event, hence the name! Two teams of professional improvisers compete in scenes, songs, and games made up on the spot. The loyal fans (that’s you) provide suggestions and inspiration, award points, and ultimately determine the winner. Every show has different games, players, and concepts. Presided over by a referee, ComedySportz is unlike any comedy show you’ve seen! https://www.buffalocomedycollective.com/ Buffalo Comedy Collective Box
Dashboard Dramas X
Spiegelgarden
Wed., Sep. 11 5:30pm • Wed., Sep. 11 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Mon., Sep. 16 5:30pm • Mon., Sep. 16 6:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 5:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm 50 mins 18+ $33
A total sell-out nine years running, this intimate theater experience is unlike any other. You’ll find yourself immersed in four, all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Man, I’m so sorry I didn’t get tickets sooner for Dashboard Dramas,” then this is the show for you. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird, and most of all, one-of-a-kind show. Only eight tickets per performance!
Decade of Dashboard
Spiegelgarden
Tue., Sep. 10 5:30pm • Tue., Sep. 10 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Tue., Sep. 17 5:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm 50 mins 18+ $33
It has been ten years since their first car pulled up to the Spieglegarden, and to celebrate they are remounting four of their favorite scripts in honor of a Decade of Dashboard! You’ll find yourself immersed in four, ten-minute plays from the early years of production as you rotate from one car to the next. If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Man, I’m so sorry I didn’t get tickets sooner for Dashboard Dramas,” then this is the show for you. Come celebrate! Only eight tickets per performance.
Defiant Monkey Improv’s Impossibly Possible Show
The Focus Theater
Sat., Sep. 21 2pm 60 mins All Ages $10
Can a pair of improvisational actors possibly do what seems…impossible? And are you clever enough to stump them? This show is designed to baffle and amaze you while challenging Karen and Andy, the first couple of comedy, to absorb your impossible suggestions and create theater on the spot. Presented by Defiant Monkey Improv - Bad monkey.
Great improv!
http://defiantmonkey.com
Defiant Monkey Improv
Drag Me to Drinks
Spiegeltent
Mon., Sep. 16 7:30pm 90 mins 21+ From $45
Dragmeto DRINKS
Total sellout 2023! The hairspray. The outfits. The vol-au-vents! Pull up a barstool and get fabulous with four magnificent queens, who will pour out the hot goss and sing you their torchiest songs. Glamorous, world-famous RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Mrs. Kasha Davis and Darienne Lake join Rochester faves Aggy Dune and Ambrosia Salad to serve up plenty of glam with every gulp. Munch on hors d’oeuvres while you devour the dazzle of these divas—and of course, the vintage Spiegeltent bar will be ready
Farcical Fantasies: Episodes From a Diary
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Calling all librettists, directors, singers and actors! Do you have a hilarious poem? or a funny moment in time you'd love to share? We want to set your story to music and perform it along with other comical stories! We are seeking real-life hilarious stories to share with the community! Please email farcialfantasies@gmail. com with your poem or story. https://rb.gy/9tlx1
From Flab to Fab-ish
“From Flab to Fab-ish” is a hilarious, true account of two queer stand up comics—a young gay man and an elder lesbian—who embark on a journey of weight loss surgery. With determination and humor, Caleb J. Goldberg and Cindy Arena face the challenges of the surgery, including guzzling protein drinks and staring down the scalpel. With a unique and funny perspective, the story aims to entertain, inspire, and provide insights on the process of weight-loss surgery.
cindy arena
Guilt & Mirrors Improv Troupe
The Focus Theater Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6pm 60 mins 13+ $12
The award-winning comedy troupe that you can’t get enough of is back by popular demand from its sold-out Rochester Fringe debut last year. These comedy queens combine just the right amount of spice, irreverence, and hysteria to bring down the house. They’ll capture your heart with their unique takes on life, love, and the pursuit of all things absurd. Long-form, short-form, and form-fitting, these ladies will have you busting a gut.
https://www.facebook.com/GuiltandMirrors
The Guilt & Mirrors Gals
Ham Radio Live!
The Focus Theater Wed., Sep.11 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13
It’s “Ham Radio Presents: The Improvised Rockumentary!” Join the improvisational musical comedy troupe Ham Radio for a night of made-up melodies and spontaneous silliness. Before your eyes, the group will create the scenes and songs to tell the story of a fictional band— named by you, the audience!—and its meteoric rise into the musical firmament. It’s 55 minutes of fun.
Ham Radio
Jackboxing
The Focus Theater
Tue., Sep. 10 7:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7:30pm 60 mins
13+ FREE
Some of our favorite local improvisers and comedians duel it out digitally. Their weapons are their cellphones, and their arenas are the Jackbox Party games. But the fun isn’t only for our competitors: the audience can sway the vote and help determine who is the champion. This show is free at the Focus Theater. Please join us for lots of fun and excitement!
http://focus.theater
The Focus Theater
Josh Dweh Live
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Since starting comedy at age 16, Josh Dweh has spent almost a decade entertaining audiences throughout the country with his unique storytelling and hilariously honest observations of the world around him. Whether at a legendary comedy club, a college campus, or a theater, Josh’s material constantly demonstrates the capability to captivate and resonate with people from all walks of life. 2CainesProductionsLLC
Left for Dead Improv
Improv Comedy Group: senior citizens version! Left For Dead is a Rochester improv comedy team that has walked this planet for many decades. They express the meaning of their exceedingly long lives through comedy–improv, sketch, and standup. This group made it through the pandemic so catch them while you still can at the 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival. self produced
Lunatics Lounge, Live
ROC Cinema Theater
Tue., Sep. 10 5:15pm • Thu., Sep. 12 9pm 60 mins
All Ages $10
Following her successful 2023 run, (585) Magazine columnist Taylor Terrance is back for another live performance, with tales of friends and family that ride the line between delight and lunacy. Hear stories about a chance encounter with snakes on a boat, an ill-advised
hiking trek up death’s mountain, and the time her dad fired up the grill on Christmas in the middle of a snowstorm.
https://www.585mag.com/ 585 Magazine
Madelein Murphy: Lesbian American Princess
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4:30pm 60 mins 16+ $20
Madelein Murphy (Smith) returns to Rochester to debut her newest comedy hour. With over a decade of stand up under her belt, Madelein is a rising star in the NYC comedy scene. She is known for her relatable storytelling style of comedy and her quick witted, often cutting, crowd work. She has toured internationally as a headliner, and has opened for Cameron Esposito, Deanne Smith, and (notably at the 2023 Fringe) Tig Notaro. solo show
Marcel Lucont’s Whine List
Spiegeltent
Sat., Sep. 14 9:15pm 90 mins 18+ From $31
US premiere, direct from the UK! The multi-award-deserving deadpan Frenchman brings back his acclaimed interactive show, in which he serves up a unique Whine List from the audience’s past woes and misdemeanors. A kind of group therapy experience, but one where everybody will probably leave more depressed. As seen on BBC1’s “The John Bishop Show,” Comedy Central’s “Live At The Comedy Store,” and Sky Atlantic’s “Set List.”
RIT Improv
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm 35 mins All Ages FREE
Join us as RIT Improv returns for another year of silliness and fun with a comedy show that will showcase the skill that is improvisational comedy! Anything can happen when these students think on their feet and create situations that could just spin out of control. Come and experience improv in action with RIT Improv. It’s a show that is sure to get you laughing!
Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3:30pm 60 mins
All Ages $15
A hilarious outburst of improv performed by some of the brightest (and slightly twisted) teen minds in our area. This fast-paced, interactive show is fun for the whole family! Audience participation is encouraged, so bring your razor-sharp wit, along with your own unique and goofy ideas. Produced by A Magical Journey Thru Stages, and performed by Stages of the the Game Improv Troupe. You’ll be howling with laughter at the madcap comedy created by some pretty creative kids! http://www.mjtstages.org A Magical Journey Thru Stages
Stand Up for Drag
MuCCC
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm 60 mins
Stand Up for Drag has been performing and entertaining Fringe audiences for many years, bringing the best of two worlds: drag and stand-up comedy. Come prepared to laugh, enjoy, and experience while supporting and expanding the drag and comedy community. See some of the best queens and kings of Rochester, including Kyla Minx and King Bey, and popular comedians including Yolanda Smilez, Cindy Arena and Kevin Markman.
https://www.facebook.com/standupfordrag/ @kevinmarkman
Stand-Up Through the Ages
School of the Arts: Club SOTA Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm 60 mins 18+ $12
Back once again! Seven comedians, from early thirties to late eighties, share their unique and hilarious observations, proving that whatever your age, life is definitely a laughing matter! The popular performers from previous sold-out shows return, bringing original jokes galore. Enjoy the wit of Kelsey Claire Hagen, Tori Hosier, Charlie Frusci, Miriam Zinter, Bob Holzwarth, Dan Mulcahy, and host Phyllis Reed.
http://www.facebook.com/Stand-Up-Through-the-Ages Stand-Up Through the Ages
Taste of Bushwhacked
Spiegelgarden
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm 60 mins 21+ $47
Embark on a hilariously grape-filled journey with a Taste of Bushwhacked! Sip, savor, and snicker your way through a selection of fine wines. Whether you’re a seasoned oenophile or a casual sipper, you’ll enjoy this side-splitting sommelier experience! Raise your glass and your spirits as you laugh your way through an unforgettable evening of fermented fun that promises to leave your palate pleased and your cheeks sore from smiling! Only six tickets per show.
Thank You Kiss Presents: Strangelove Letters
The Focus Theater
Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm 60 mins 18+ $15
Satire and wit abound at Thank You Kiss sketch-comedy shows. Critics have lauded the group as laugh-outloud funny with “‘hell yes’ social commentary.” TYK blends satire, sincerity, and silliness through sketch, improvisation, and video.
Members Marc D’Amico, Megan Mack, John Forrest Thompson, and Beth Winslow have studied and worked at renowned comedy theaters including iO, The Second City, and the Annoyance. TYK is a winner of The Missouri Review’s prestigious Miller Audio Prize for Humor. https://www.facebook.com/thankyoukiss/
The Heterosexuals
ROC Cinema Theater
Fri., Sep. 20 5pm • Sat., Sep. 21 10:15pm 60 mins 16+ $15
“Comic genius…word perfect… not to be missed.”—Irish Times. A deep-dive into the shocking world of heterosexuality! They walk among us! But where did they come from? And what do they think they’re wearing? Find out in this explosive solo show based on undercover research gathered while posing as one of their own! Combining storytelling, satire, comedy, and deep personal humiliation, The Heterosexuals is here to spill the “T” on what The Queers really think about The Straights. https://johnniemcnamarawalker.com/the-heterosexuals
Johnnie McNamara Walker
The Israel Monologues:
David Kilimnick Stand-Up Comedy
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:15pm 75 mins 13+ $18
The Jewish expat takes you on the comedy roller coaster of immigration and life overseas, as he brings you his “Israel Comedy Experience” and love of his people. Always the outsider, David uses what he has learned in his travels to share his newfound point of view on Israel, his childhood, religious life, and America. All with the touch of an overly passionate and loving Jew, David brings the funny and takes you along the journey of laughs. http://www.davidkilimnick.com Off The Wall Comedy
The Real Deal Game Show
The Focus Theater
Thu., Sep. 19 9pm 60 mins 18+ $10
Trivia fans! Here is your shot at big bucks and outrageous fun! Standup comic Ralph Tetta is your host as you answer trivia questions or perform a wild stunt for another chance to spin the prize wheel! Will you keep the cash or gamble on the mystery box? It could hold a great prize... or a hilarious gag gift! The Real Deal Crazy Game Show is where knowledge meets mayhem! So bring your friends and get ready to laugh, cheer, and maybe even win big!
http://www.ralphtetta.com
Ralph Tetta
The Saga of the Shining Emblem
The Focus Theater
Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm 60 mins All Ages $10
This is an improvised comedy unlike any other! Each performance, one lucky audience member is selected to be the hero of a unique story. The participant is guided on a journey by one actor serving as both narrator and all of the characters encountered. Their quest? To seek the shining emblem, an object of unimaginable power capable of granting one wish! How they find it (or if they bother with this quest at all) is totally up to them! All accompanied by a live score!
The Sacred Order of the Shining Emblem
Unleashed! Improv Presents: Playgiarism
First they stole other people’s shows. Now they’re out to get yours! The longest running long-form improv troupe in Rochester, Unleashed!, is ready to steal your ideas and turn them into a fully-formed play—completely unrehearsed and completely stage-ready. Will they pull it off? Not without a lot of laughs! Snap up your tickets fast, so they can snap up your ideas and run!
https://tinyurl.com/2zv3ejzh Unleashed! Improv
Vete P’al ...... & Other Things You Want To Say at Work
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm 55 mins 21+ $15
In a world where work-life balance seems impossible, Latina professionals take on the challenge with a fiery spirit and an irreverent sense of humor. Picture this: a whirlwind of culture clashes, deadlines, and family expectations swirling like a chaotic tango. But amid the chaos, there's resilience, laughter, and an unbreakable spirit that defines Latina professionals. They defy the odds, challenge the status quo, and bring unique flair to every aspect of their lives.
When I Grow Up, I Want To Be a Stepmom
ROC Cinema Theater Tue., Sep. 17 8pm 60 mins 13+ $10
Growing up watching Disney fairy tales, Erin wanted to be a princess. Little did she know that she was training to be the wicked stepmother. When Erin moved in with her boyfriend in 2020, the world shut down the next day. She went from being dad’s cool girlfriend to homeschool teacher. In 2021, she got engaged. In 2022, she got married. Erin went from dad”s cool girlfriend to stepmom, skipping right over the whole princess thing.
Brick City Boppers Showcase
The Little: Theatre 1
Sun., Sep. 15 3:30pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Join us for an electrifying showcase by the Brick City Boppers, RIT’s finest swing dancing club, featuring not only captivating social dancing but also meticulously crafted choreography reminiscent of the glamorous 1930s era. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Lindy Hop culture as we pay homage to its heritage with sensational line dances that are as timeless as they are exhilarating.
Flight
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7pm 60 mins All Ages $10
Feeling flighty? Spread your wings with a “spirited” dance and drink sampler. A flight of three drinks (including a non-alcoholic option) accompany a flight of three improvised dances inspired by the beverage descriptions—for example, earthy and round with unexpected high notes. Live musical accompaniment. Curation by Sarah Jacobs (dance), Greg Woodsbie (music), and Aaron Metras (drinks). http://sarahhopejacobs.com
Fringe Street Beat
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park: The Bowl
Sat., Sep. 21 1pm 4.5 hours All Ages FREE
It’s BACK. The excitement, the energy, the adrenaline-pumping action that is Fringe Street Beat returns to downtown Rochester for the final night of the Fringe Festival. Fresh talents from Rochester and beyond participate in 3-on-3 team battles, facing off for a chance at winning the title of Fringe Street Beat Champions and a cash prize of $1,200. From breakdancing to popping and locking, teams bring their all-styles A-game to the floor.
From Folkloric to Fusion: A Belly Dance Experience!
The Spirit Room: Conjure Box
Sun., Sep. 15 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm 60 mins All Ages $10
Through dance and historical excerpts, Dylaina Alexandria and friends will take you on a journey through traditional Middle Eastern and North African dances and to more modern fusion styles. With stunning props such as swords, veils, and candelabras, to beautiful costumes that accentuate exciting undulations and shimmies, we will delight your senses and take you on the ride of your life! Not to be missed!
Dylaina Alexandria Belly Dance
Glory to Our Heroes
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm 50
Kalyna Ukrainian Dance Ensemble brings the cultural heritage of Ukraine to the stage with the vibrant and spirited art form of folk dance. Dancers perform in colorful traditional costumes with intricate embroidery and symbolic motifs from multiple regions. Music is lively, driving the energetic movements of the youth dancers. Ukrainian dance is a celebration of life, tradition, and resilience. Witness the strength and spirit of the Ukrainian people through music and dance!
https://www.uafgr.org
Kalyna Ukrianian Dance
Lights Up On Broadway
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
A Touch of Dance returns with its senior and junior companies to perform various songs and styles of Broadway. From the signature choreography of Fosse to Wicked tunes to hip hop techniques, immerse yourself in the contrasts of this unique show. A Touch of Dance goes through the many genres—and emotions—as our performers express their passion for dance. Lights Up On Broadway!
http://atouchofdance.com ATOD Company
Salena's
Petals in the Concrete
Strangebird Brewery: Parking Lot
Thu., Sep. 12 4pm • Thu., Sep. 12 6pm 45 mins All Ages FREE
Humans are single beings composed of two selves—the light and the dark, the free and the trapped, petal and concrete. The Rochester Adult Ballet Company presents a modern ballet telling the story of how these contrasting feelings cannot exist alone. Just as one must know pain to understand love, we must collapse like Concrete in order to feel the lightness of Petal. When Concrete fractures under the weight of the world, Petal’s brightness is there to light the way back to balance. https://rochesteradultballetcompany.com/ Rochester Adult Ballet Company
ROCeltic: Sláinte, Raise a Glass to 5 Years!
The Temple Theater: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm 60 mins
All Ages $10
This show celebrates ROCeltic’s fifth anniversary with a collection of the group’s most popular dances. Each illustrates a continuous endeavor to unearth the unique choreographic potential of Irish dance through fusion and collaboration. Progressive, with a traditional foundation, ROCeltic celebrates Irish heritage and the culture’s present and future, and strives to break down genre barriers. http://www.roceltic.com
Rochester City Ballet: Agua Fresca
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm 45 mins All Ages $20
Rochester City Ballet is thrilled to unveil two debut works! Agua Fresca, choreographed by Aldo Kattón Santiago Mendez, is a vibrant celebration of Latin-American culture, blending film, music, and traditional dance styles. So On, and So Forth, by Megan Kamler, co-artistic director, is a contemporary work celebrating the inherent strength of women, set to a sparkling piano composition. Audience members of all ages welcome! http://www.rochestercityballet.org Rochester City Ballet
Run It Back: Alumni Dance Concert
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 4pm 60 mins All Ages $15
School of The Arts alumni take to the Main Stage once more for an alumni dance concert! Run it Back features a versatile selection of well-known choreographers and performers from the early 2000s through the past year. You will recognize faces from the school, past Fringe shows, Hochstein, Garth Fagan Dance and more! Come enjoy this celebration of community, growth, and creation through movement and dance. https://www.instagram.com/runitbackfringe/
Send It On
School of the Arts: Commons
Sat., Sep. 14 1:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3:15pm 20 mins All Ages FREE
The Arc of Monroe’s Community Arts Connection is a moving experience, encouraging inclusivity through the arts, especially dance. The program works alongside people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its message is about awareness and positivity. The program works to advocate for people supported by Arc and to connect with people in our community through movement and dance. Arc of Monroe
Silent Disco
Spiegeltent
Fri., Sep. 13 11pm • Sat., Sep. 14 11pm • Fri., Sep. 20 11pm • Sat., Sep. 21 11pm 3 hours 18+ From $16
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 David Guetta 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 Coachella and Burning Man, it’s an unforgettable experience you have to see – and not hear – to believe!
The Crucible
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 20 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6pm 60 mins All Ages $18
Catalyst DanceWorks presents a reimagining of Arthur Miller’s the Crucible, told through the perspectives of three central characters. The show will take the audience on a journey through the characters’ lives as juxtapositions of events come together to reveal their fates.
Persecutions masquerade as virtue and villains as heroes, prompting audiences both familiar and unfamiliar with the original play to examine individuals in conflict with themselves, each other, and society.
https://www.instcom/catalyst_danceworks/?hl=en Catalyst DanceWorks
The SUM
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 8pm 60 mins 13+ $15
This is the first-ever show created by Tetra Dance Company, a new, Rochester-based company directed by Iyana Voltaire. “The Sum” takes viewers into a new world where dancers are forced into structure and isolation. We see the perspectives of different people in this society and find what it takes to bring them together. The movement is unique in incorporating a variety of dance aesthetics and emphasizing athleticism, storytelling, and musicality. https://sites.google.com/view/tetradanceco/home TETRA Dance
The Urban Boys US Return
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
Urban Boys US is a dance crew that emerged in Rochester before the 2020 world disaster. They are gentlemen who graduated from the Rochester City School District in 2020 and separated to pursue college and career. After four years apart each grew from a teen to an adult, and figured out what they want to do with their lives. The crew has expanded to include members of Team Vision, a crew led by Najee Brantley. Expect popping, hip-hop, some joking and breaking!
Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance
Garth Fagan Dance: Studio Theater Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm 60 mins All Ages $20
Garth Fagan Dance, established in 1970, is the region’s leading artistled, predominately Black cultural institution that develops young dancers, especially those of color. Mr. Fagan has taught more than 100 million audience members to move as one global community through Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. Under the newlyappointed leadership of Norwood Pennewell and Natalie Rogers-Cropper, the company stands as a beacon of innovation and artistic excellence in contemporary dance. https://www.garthfagan-dance.org/
Garth Fagan Dance
Velocity: RIT’s Urban Dance Crew
The Little: Theatre 1 Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm 15 mins All Ages FREE
Velocity is a student-run urban dance team at RIT that aims to foster a supportive environment so that members can freely express themselves. The group hopes to inspire people to live out their passions. Specialized in styles including hip hop, Afro-Caribbean, Latin, stepping, Bhangra, K-Pop, contemporary and more. Velocity hosts urban dance workshops open to the public. https://campusgroups.rit.edu/velo/home/
Wander & Wonder IV
RMSC: Garden of Fragrance
Sun., Sep. 15 4pm 90 mins All Ages FREE
Wander & Wonder is a free, sitespecific performance on the outdoor grounds of the Rochester Museum and Science Center, featuring local dance and music artists, companies, and choreographers in a walking tour of dance. Curated by Ethan Beckwith-Cohen and Missy Pfohl Smith of BIODANCE, this is a delightful, family-friendly experience of arts and nature. http://www.biodance.org BIODANCE
KIDS FRINGE
Cirque 101 Workshop
Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance: Lincoln Library
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Have you always wanted to run away and join the circus? Here's your chance to skip the hardships of living on the road but still learn the skills that could launch you to Cirque stardom! Ted Baumhauer, Ed.D., of Red Tie Variety, will host this fun session on the basics of balancing and juggling. From beginners to intermediates, Ted can get you started or guide you to the next level.
https://redtievariety.com
Red Tie Variety
Disco Kids
Spiegelgarden
Sat., Sep. 21 11am 90 mins All Ages FREE
Back by popular demand! The big party for pint-size dance machines takes over the Spiegelgarden. 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. Mimosas and coffee will be available in the Theatre Bar. (You’re welcome, adults.) FREE for all.
Kids Chalk Art
Spiegelgarden
Sat., Sep. 21 12pm 180 mins All Ages FREE
The kiddie fun continues with Street Chalk Art, one of the most popular, FREE, family-friendly events at Fringe. Kids transform the Spiegelgarden into one giant, colorful canvas. We bring the chalk, you bring the creativity!
Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles.
A Gameshow for Awful Children.
Spiegeltent
Throughout Fringe 60 mins All Ages From $23
See page 26 for more information
US Premiere! Voted Top 10 Kids Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 by Time Out. Winner of Best Kids Show at the UK Kids Comedy Festival 2022. The UK's favorite Frenchman, Marcel Lucont, channels his acerbic humor and quickfire wit into a family-friendly game show, pitting children against adults and each other to try and find the most awful child. Come and experience what happens when international insouciance meets infantile exuberance, as children vie to win this badge of dishonor.
Port-a-Globe Punch and Judy
School of the Arts: Commons
Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
The Punch and Judy show is the most famous puppet act in the world. Here's a rare chance to see this British comedy in the U.S. The genius of the show is that it's designed to make everyone laugh— children, senior citizens and everybody in between. It follows the antics of Punch and his spectacular ineptitude at everything from taking care of his baby to escaping the police. His wife Judy is often on hand to sort him out. The audience is encouraged to shout advice to the puppets. https://www.facebook.com/ProfessorKitos Port-A-Globe
Pumpkin Painting
Spiegelgarden Sat., Sep. 21 12pm 120 mins All Ages $7
Celebrate the beginning of fall by painting your own Fringe-tastic pumpkin. From faces to crazy designs, from spooky to silly, we want to see what your creativity brings to these pumpkin pallets. Fun and kid-friendly, this is an activity for the who family to join in on. Paint your pumpkin and then bring it home to show off your skills!
A Little Night Circus
Roc City Circus
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm 60 mins All Ages $25
Tinker Clown has been busy, building a magnificent circus that springs to life at the stroke of midnight. One night the jewel at the heart of his creation goes missing and the circus begins to break down. Will he be able to repair it? Come find out as Roc City Circus performs a classically inspired show with a steampunk twist. Flying trapeze and aerial acts will be featured as a traditional three-ring circus sets the stage in a family friendly show. http://roccitycircus.com
ROC City Circus
A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 6:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4:30pm 60 mins 16+ $15
Back for a second year, with runs in Florida and Maine under his belt, Jacob D’Eustachio is ready to take his Nerdy Gay Juggling Show to the next level. Described as “an engaging and funny man” by CITY Magazine, “an endearing mix of juggling and comedy” by Watermark Orlando, and “the man with the flying balls” by the Guardian, come see what the buzz is all about. Through juggling, physical comedy, and storytelling, Jacob’s ready to help us feel comfortable with life’s uncomfortable moments. http://www.jacobde.com Self
Alice Through The Bardo
MuCCC
Sat., Sep. 21 8pm 60 mins 13+ $8
Alice Through the Bardo presents a profound twist using the story and music of the 1915 silent film, Alice Through The Looking Glass, as mash-up with the Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Surreal Journey. Lewis Carroll's whimsical world blends with the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, inviting the audience to take a harrowing, out-of-this-world trip to contemplate the nature of reality, consciousness, and the eternal journey of the soul.
Word Consortium
Banachek’s Mind Games Live
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Fri., Sep. 13 8:15pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Sun., Sep. 15 2:30pm 75 mins 5+ $20
Called “the greatest mentalism act in the world” by Penn and Teller, Banachek’s show makes for a nonstop, heart-pounding journey. With over 600 performances at the prestigious, 650-seat theater at the Strat in Las Vegas, Banachek is bringing this award-winning mind-reading event to Rochester. Joe Rogan said, “Banachek, you are one bad MF.” A life-changing experience! http://www.banachek.com Banachek Inc
Barkha Dance Company: A Live Music & Kathak Dance Performance
UR Sloan Performing Arts Center
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7pm
Barkha Patel, juried Bessie award winner, is joined by talented company musicians on vocals, tabla, & sarangi. While deeply rooted in the art form's spiritual and cultural heritage, Barkha is a contemporary voice shaping the evolution of Kathak on a global scale. Supported by New York State DanceForce, University of Rochester's Program of Dance and Movement and UR's Institute for the Performing Arts, Barkha Dance will captivate Fringe audiences for the first time! https://www.sas.rochester.edu/PerformingArts/ UR Institute for the Performing Arts
Belly Dancing With Live Music
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box Fri., Sep. 13 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm 60 mins All Ages $10
Upstate New York’s finest belly dancers perform a variety of Middle Eastern dances, including fusion styles, to live original music performed by the World Music Quartet. Each dancer will choreograph to each piece they choose, and there will be improvised moments throughout. Witness the beauty and magical flow of energy that is created between musicians and dancers at this intimate performance. The music will be performed on lever harp, guitar, flute, and percussion. Mary Monroe Productions
Bending Sound
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 20 8:15pm 45 mins All Ages FREE
This interdisciplinary performance merges cutting-edge, motionreactive technology with the fluidity of dance, the harmony of music, and the visual artistry of projections. Dancers, musicians, and visual artists collaborate to transform movement into sound, inviting the audience to participate and contribute their own interpretations—making each experience truly individual and interactive.
https://tinyurl.com/4mw56y79
Black Deaf Male: Who Am I?
The Little: Theatre 1
Sun., Sep. 15 6:30pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Fred Michael Beam examines what it’s like to exist at the intersections of several identities and the ways his lived experiences don’t always align with the labels that the rest of the world uses. Standing alone, Beam signs a heartfelt monologue, as we hear his words spoken by an off-stage interpreter. Beam is backed by a slideshow of projected text and images, though his expressive performance makes the images feel almost unnecessary. https://tinyurl.com/yc5bhd4r
Bossing
Tue., Sep. 17 7pm 60 mins 13+ $10
An encore performance from last year! “Yelp!” It’s the sound a puppy makes when you step on its tail. It’s also the sound of keyboard warriors telling the world their cringeworthy thoughts. What’s it like in the room with the people getting the reviews? Join our panel of local small business owners for a hilarious night of real-life feedback, as they read out loud their most memorable and “favorite” reviews. This show will have you leaving five stars! Bossy
Carnival of the Animals - BIODANCE & Cordancia Chamber Orchestra
The Hochstein School: Hochstein Performance Hall
Sat., Sep.14 7pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7pm 60 mins All Ages $15
BIODANCE directed by Missy Pfohl Smith, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rachel Lauber, and media artist W. Michelle Harris join to present Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) with narration by Jay Stelzer. Repertory bridges dance, music, and the natural world in delightfully surprising ways. After an unparalleled collaboration with the Seneca Park Zoo, the artists are thrilled to share this new work in the Fringe Festival! www.biodance.org; www.mounthopeworldsingers.org// BIODANCE/Missy Pfohl Smith, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra/W. Michelle Harris
Choise of Valentines
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Thu., Sep. 12 11pm • Fri., Sep. 13 11pm • Sat., Sep. 14 10pm
Based on the Thomas Nashe erotic poem from 1592, Moxy Cabaret's Choise of Valentines is a naughty and whimsical coming of age story, telling the tale of young Thomalin's first time. Conceived by Rochester native Elliot Fox and developed by Niagara Falls-based Moxy Cabaret, this pioneering blend of narrative and burlesque features the original, classical text, mixed with live music, dance, comedy and puppetry for an exciting and unique theatrical experience. http://Facebook.com/MoxyCabaret Moxy Cabaret
Cirque du Fringe: Varieté
Spiegeltent
Throughout the Festival. 90 mins 13+ Matinee is 5+
Tickets from $23 more info page 24
They’re baaack! Join us in the dazzling Spiegeltent for an unforgettable evening of outlandish comedy and thrilling feats with Cirque du Fringe: Varieté starring Las Vegas legends and festival favorites, Matt and Heidi Morgan. Classic Vaudeville meets Retro Variety Show Kitsch, meets Innovative Circus live in Technicolor! An eye-popping international cast from four continents of the world will leaving you gasping in wonder and splitting with laughter in this ridiculously entertaining spectacle including Argentinian Gauchos, Trapeze & Hair Hang Aerialists, Roller-Skates, Music, Unicycles, a world-renowned Basketball Juggler and….a Giant Chicken!?
Cirque Us Stories
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Fri., Sep. 13 8pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2pm 60 mins All Ages $20
A thoughtfully curated show that flips through the pages of our troupe’s favorite stories to bring you a simultaneously moving and thrilling narrative about community and identity. Interweaving a collection of stories, this show jumps off the page with twists, rewrites, and retellings of stories you’ll love. The show features aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, clowns, and more.
https://thecirqueus.com/entertainment/cirque-us-stories/ Cirque Us LLC
Commotion Dance Theater
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 5pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm 50 mins 13+ $15
Commotion Dance Theater weaves magic, mayhem, and mystery in works inspired by folk and fairy tales, and the pure joy of dance. Laurie MacFarlane and Ruben T. Ornelas offer new works that blend text, music, movement, and the visual arts in a seamless show of theatrical delight! Collaborators include visual artist Martha Schermerhorn and composers Jason Roebke and Parker Callister. https://www.facebook.com/commotiondancetheater Commotion Dance Theater
Dangerous Signs
Dangerous Signs is a dynamic performance group specializing in American Sign Language poetry, blending dance, mime, music, and storytelling into a captivating experience. Join us at Fringe 2024 for our twelfth production, Back to the Future: The 12 Years, where we celebrate our journey and explore our past, present, and future through powerful, expressive performances. https://www.facebook.com/DangerousSign Dangerous Signs
Daedalum
- Architects of Air
Spiegelgarden
Throughout Festival. See page 16-18 for details All Ages $7
Bring the whole family to enjoy a spectacular labyrinth of color and light! From the Guggenheim in Barcelona to the Sydney Opera House, the monumental and interactive walk-in sculptures of Architects of Air, designed by Alan Parkinson, have astounded audiences across the globe. Features of this other-worldly phenomenon include an intricate rainbow-colored tree and a cavernous dome. Direct from an extremely popular run at Lincoln Center, comes Daedalum! Book ahead to avoid a wait!
Dialogues in the Park
St. Joseph’s Park
Wed., Sep. 18 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6pm 60 mins 5+ $18
Enjoy music and movement as they come together in conversation within the oasis of St. Joseph’s Park. Join us outdoors in this unconventional venue as dialogues emerge among bodies, sound, nature, and architecture. Witness the premiers of new work by grantees of the New York State Choreographers Initiative, featuring costuming and fabric manipulations as well as explorations on the effects of technology on the body. Photo of dancer Nanako Horikawa Mandrino by Mari-Ellen Bertram. https://www.facebook.com/events/486552940465424
Game Show! Game Show! Game Show!: A Games Show
The Focus Theater Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm 60 mins All Ages $15
Hollywood Fringe 2024 Award Winner
- A chaotic host pits one side of the audience against the other in a bizarre and riveting showdown! Get on your feet and compete in more than 40 games, from trivia and physical challenges to a custom-built video game made just for this show. There’s something for everyone. It’s an electrifying hour of unity, rivalry, and uproarious fun! “One of the best shows I’ve ever seen!” —A real audience member! http://www.gameshowgameshow.com
Grief Embodied
St. Joseph’s Park
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7pm 120 mins 13+ $12
Cathartic reckoning of performance art and abstract puppetry. A continuous non-narrative, a dialogue for things we hardly know how to say. Ricocheting around an unyielding space, seething above broken shards, wandering unheralded, or suspended on an inconsequential platform. Grief of losing oneself, grief of remembered youth, grief hidden, grief long carried. Here, you may speak, even if it’s for just a breath; give your rage your whole voice. Lift up your broken bits. We see you. http://aperformanceandanexperience.com
Saturation Whim
Last Wing Standing
Salena's
Fri., Sep. 13 12pm • Sat., Sep. 21 12pm 60 mins All Ages $10
If you can’t stand the heat get out of the... restaurant? Witness our brave competitors as they see whose taste buds can go the distance. This chicken wing challenge gets progressively hotter and the contestants’ palates don’t get a break. The last competitor standing will be our champion. Do you think you can go toe-to-toe? Join in with a wing flight of your own. If you dare.
Layovers
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sun., Sep. 15 7:30pm 60 mins All Ages $20
Play-pit balls, confetti, and pinkness abound in Layovers, a circus show which one reviewer said “descends inexorably and entertainingly into chaos!” Stuck in an airport of absurdist proportions, three strangers collide in hilarious fashion as they struggle with universal airport quandaries and their new companions. A raucous delight fusing juggling, dance, and music, Layovers is the scientific opposite of sleeping in an airport overnight. http://www.layoverscircus.com Air Temple Arts
Negotiating Immortality
ROC Cinema
Wed., Sep 11 5:40pm • Wed., Sep 18 7:25pm 60 mins 13+ $10
“Negotiating Immortality” explores the societal repercussions if a medical breakthrough were to bring about the legitimate possibility of slowing the aging process and doubling or tripling average life expectancy. Death would not be eliminated—there will always be accidents, violence, and forms of disease that medicine may not be able to stop. But the promise of death after 75 to 100 years on the planet would be eradicated.
https://www.rit.edu/ntid/sunshine
NTID Sunshine 2.0
The Little: Theatre 1 Sun., Sep. 15 5pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
NTID Sunshine is a traveling show that offers performances for children, teenagers and the general community. Our engaging shows provide valuable insights into the human condition, and skits and concerts demonstrate positive role models. Our performances demonstrate that diversity wins and that deaf and hearing people can successfully interact and engage with one another. This variety show will include dance, song, poetry, visual media, and storytelling in ASL and voice.
https://www.rit.edu/ntid/sunshine
PEDESTALS
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm 45 mins 13+ $10
Pedestals, presented by the Cat + the Coyote theater company and directed by Cat D. Olson, is a thought-provoking exploration of women's objectification from birth to motherhood. It critically examines the evolution of commodification and its insidious impacts, challenging the roles assigned to women. The dance theater production urges reflection on complicity in these narratives and envisions transformative change, aiming to challenge perceptions and provoke thought for progress.
http://www.catandthecoyote.com CAT + THE COYOTE
Roc River Ride
Genesee Waterways Center
Sat., Sep. 14 10am • Sat., Sep. 14 10:15am • Sat., Sep. 14 10:30am • Sat., Sep. 14 10:45am • Sat., Sep. 14 11am • Sat., Sep. 14 11:15am • Sat., Sep. 14 11:30am 90 mins 8+ $15
Join a rolling audience on bicycles along the Erie Canalway and Genesee Riverway trails to explore Rochester’s history and culture on routes of three, seven, or 10 miles. Participants ages 8 and older will depart in groups of up to 25, led by trained riders, departing at 15-minute intervals. Groups will pause at five sites for cultural presentations by local performers and artists. Allow two hours to complete the route. Riders ages 8 to 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Includes a bike rodeo!
https://tinyurl.com/9jcktwhd Rotary Club of Rochester-Southwest
Show Me a Day When the World Wasn’t New
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 2pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm 60 mins All Ages $15
Kaley Pruitt Dance invites you to rediscover wonder and play in their newest interactive dance-theater work. Audiences are taken on a journey rekindling childhood imagination through games and storytelling. The show conjures nostalgia and a renewed sense of community, exploring themes of loss of innocence, coming of age, and human connection. Audiences can opt in or out of interactive games woven into the performance, and all leave seeing something of their past in a new light.
http://kaleypruittdance.com/ Kaley Pruitt Dance
Spicy Tarot
Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6pm 120 mins MA FREE
Spice up your night with an erotic tarot reading! Tarot readers Mace and Gene will provide erotic and romantic readings for singles, couples, throuples, foursomes, and moresomes. Bring your pals and polycules over to our table for sexy foresights. Readings are first come, first served. Ask nicely, and we will bless your frisky futures. Act naughty at your own risk.
String Quartet Theatre
The Temple Theater: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 13 8:15pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm 60 mins
All Ages $25
“String Quartet Theatre” is an experiential performance developed at the intersection of intimate music making and immersive theater. The production offers extraordinary string quartet and solo music while inviting audience members to listen, move through spaces, and if desired, discover interactions that engage the heart, mind, and body beyond the ears.
http://www.breadcrumbsproductions.com
Breadcrumbs Productions, Inc.
Synthflow Yoga
Aerial Arts of Rochester: Aerial Arena Sun., Sep. 15 8pm • Thu., Sep. 19 7:30pm 60
Synthflow is a captivating and innovative multisensory experience, merging yoga with ambient synthesizer music and interactive visuals. This unique blend offers an inviting atmosphere for relaxation, self-exploration, and mindfulness. Ideal for anyone interested in yoga, ambient music, or immersive experiences, Synthflow ignites a tranquil, sensory-rich journey that rejuvenates body and mind. After class, enjoy 15 minutes of freeform movement with interactive visuals. Please bring a yoga mat. https://www.instagram.com/synthflowyoga/
The Enigmatist: Magic and Puzzles with David Kwong
Spiegeltent
Fri., Sept. 19 9pm, Sat., Sept. 20 7pm, Sun., Sept. 21 5:30pm 75 mins Ages 5+ From $38
Can you crack the code? Rochester’s own David Kwong makes his Fringe debut! Following sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center and Chicago Shakes, the renowned magician and New York Times crossword constructor brings his immersive experience of puzzles and cryptology to the Spiegeltent. The Los Angeles Times raves that Kwong “creates a magical sense of togetherness,” and the New York Times declares, “it’s like a spin class for the frontal lobe.” Be ready for surprises!
Salena's
Thomas Warfield/ PeaceArt Projects
Compassion Through the Arts Experience
The Little: Theatre 1
Sun., Sep. 15 2pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
PeaceArt International Inc. was founded in 1990 by Thomas Warfield to foster world peace through the arts and the creative process. This interactive workshop and performance guides participants through collective storytelling and using the creative processes of music, dance, and poetry to explore restorative practices for personal and social healing. Experience genuine relationship building and nurture compassion for oneself and community.
Trivia CITY: An Arts & Culture Quiz
Spiegelgarden
Wed., Sep. 18 7:30pm 90 mins All Ages FREE
Join host CITY Magazine for an arts, culture, and all-things-Rochester trivia night outdoors in the beautiful Spiegelgarden! Test your knowledge and immerse yourself in a fun-filled competition that runs the gamut from the white hot to the Erie Canal to Cab Calloway to Kristen Wiig and everything in between. Prizes awarded to the top three teams.
Lose yourself in a great story. At the Fringe.
A Cappella Time: Brick City Singers and Proof of Purchase
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 20 7:15pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
Two of RIT’s a cappella groups put on an amazing show together. Brick City Singers is a four-part lowervoice group that boldly goes where no other will, all while wearing Hawaiian shirts! Proof of Purchase, also known as POP, is an all-gender group performing a diverse set of songs from all sorts of genres and eras.
https://www.rit.edu/diversity/diversity-theater
A Cappella Time: Encore and Vocal Accent
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 4:45pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
Encore and Vocal Accent come together for a cappella fun! Vocal Accent is a diverse group of talented young singers with an empowering reportoire. This group is rooted in rock and soul with modern pop highlights. Encore is RIT’s first all-female a cappella group. Encore performs songs ranging from 1950s swing to modern pop. Both groups are sure to get your feet tapping! http://rit.edu/cityartspace
A Cappella Time: Kaminari and Eight Beat Measure
The Little: Theatre 1 Fri., Sep. 13 9pm 60 mins All
Two of RIT’s a cappella groups come together to perform today’s top songs, old favorites and maybe something new. Eight Beat Measure is RIT’s original a cappella group. A combo of tenor, baritone, and bass, Eight Beat performs a mix from classics to today’s hits. Kaminari is an all-gender, soprano-alto-tenor-bass group singing Japanese music ranging from city pop to J-rock.
Adrianna Noone
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Sat., Sep. 14 7pm 75 mins 18+ $15
Adrianna Noone is an indie/folk/ Americana singer-songwriter born and raised in Rochester. Her songs tell tales of love and heartache, blending indie and rock with a slight Yankee twang. Noone has shared the stage with Brandi Carlile, and opened for Lyle Lovett and Jade Bird.
This past year, two of her songs, Lies and Left Things, were recognized as semifinalists in the International Songwriting Competition. She continues to tour the Midwest and Northwest solo and with her band. https://adriannanoone.com/
And Now I See: Race, Racism, and American Music
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theaterr
Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Sun., Sep.15 4:15pm 60 mins 5+ $15
An entertaining and eye-opening new show. Delve into the rich tapestry of African American music, spanning spirituals, gospel, jazz, soul, hip hop, and R&B. Gain insight into the origins, evolution, and cultural significance of each genre, tracing their influences through time. This show celebrates the immense impact of African American musicians and their music while addressing the impact of racism on musical styles and artists alike. http://www.ballinthehouse.com
Because of You: Casey Jones Costello
Sings the Tony Bennett Songbook
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm 75 mins All Ages $20
Following his sold-out Lerner and Loewe tribute last year, tenor Casey Jones Costello, celebrated for his engaging performances and captivating TikTok presence, returns to Fringe with homage to the legendary Tony Bennett. This heartfelt show features Costello and his band performing Bennett's greatest hits like I Left My Heart in San Francisco alongside stories and insights into Bennett's 70-year career. Don’t miss this special evening of music and memories! http://www.caseyjonescostello.com
BLUES IN MY BLOOD
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Sun., Sep. 15 6pm 60 mins All Ages $15
Connie Fredericks-Malone returns to the JCC with an all-new show! Connie’s background in musical theater led to showcasing her four-octave voice in cabaret rooms and small jazz clubs throughout Manhattan. Her first one-woman show, Alone With My Music, has been performed around the world and was a huge hit at the JCC the past two years. Working again with Rochester’s multi-talented musician, Scott Bradley, Connie chose a song collection that reflects her family influences. http://www.conniefredericksmalone.com
Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Thu., Sep. 19 10pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 10pm 60 mins 13+ $18
Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour is part concert, part road trip through the realms of myth, monsters, and mortality. The playfully macabre goth-folk duo invite audience members on a journey beyond the river Styx…and promise to get everyone back to the land of the living before it’s too late. Featuring original songs, mysterious onstage rituals, and much more. http://charmingdisaster.com Charming Disaster
Cloud Lounging Experience
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Canalside Stage
Wed., Sep. 14 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 21 8:30pm 90 mins 18+ $10
Artists Kai Onyx, LxxseLeaf Midas, Shua, Yogi Barry and a special guest perform. Catch Lofi jazz and blues with blends of neo soul, as well as homage to the traditional storytelling style of music from which hip-hop grew. This show features local artists who are embedded in the community and aim to help cultivate better music experiences in Rochester.
Cobbs Hill Consort
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Mon., Sep. 16 5pm • Tue., Sep. 17 5pm 60 mins
All Ages FREE
A unique Rochester acoustic ensemble featuring Native American flute, supported by the living sounds of harp, guitar, drums and percussion, returning to the Fringe for a tenth year. The music is soothing, emotive, and transporting.
Dr. Jefferson Svengsouk, Native American flute, and Sandy Gianniny, harp, are both team members of UR Medicine Palliative Care. Phillip Marshall, guitar, is with Rochester Regional Hospice. Steve Imburgia on percussion.
http://cobbshillconsort.com
Coldwater Blues
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm 60 mins All Ages $15
Coldwater Blues loves to perform live. The band is led by Myriah Marsh-Hall, whose four-octave vocal range and style pay homage to blues and blues-rock legends like Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Koko Taylor and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Myriah is joined by: Jim Rappleye (guitar) Chris Ott (keyboards) Steve Walters (bass) and Pete Steltmann (drums). Their energetic stage show celebrates the blues.
http://www.facebook.com/coldwaterblues
MUSIC
Composers Concert
Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Tue., Sep. 17 7:30pm 90 mins All Ages FREE
From its inception in 1921, Eastman School of Music has been a center for music composition and for the performance of new and recent music. Eastman faculty members and students have been internationally recognized since the 1930s. New music is heard frequently in concert halls and alternative performance spaces throughout Rochester. Eastman’s reputation for performance excellence combined with performer enthusiasm for new music offers a great benefit to composers.
Culture Crescendo
The Little Café
Sat., Sep. 14 12:45pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
Pianist Angela Nkugwa and violinist Christopher Holmes have joined their extensive musical backgrounds to showcase the unique sounds created when cultures blend!
An inspirational show of artistry and musicianship, Angela and Chris have curated a performance that encompasses a range of genres that all music lovers can enjoy. These talented musicians demonstrate the power of appreciating the beauty of our differences, and manifest the elegance of refined talent and creative thought.
Daniel Cainer: Gefilte Fish & Chips
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Sun., Sep. 15 12:30pm • Mon., Sep. 16 8pm 75 mins 13+ $15
“You don’t have to be Jewish or British to get a kick out of Cainer’s shtick,” says the L.A. Times, but you do have to like beautiful music, virtuoso piano-playing and brilliant lyrics. Smart, funny, timely and moving, Cainer is a master musical storyteller. A veteran of seven off-Broadway runs and 19 Edinburgh Fringes (highly recommended show). “A gifted musician and an extraordinary performer. Heartbreakingly poignant, laugh-out-loud funny.”—Edinburgh Festival Guide.
http://www.danielcainer.com
Daniel Cainer
DRE | RED ii
Eastman Theatre: Kodak Hall
Tue., Sep. 10 7:30pm 60 mins All Ages $10
What happens when the 13-member Dave Rivello Ensemble plugs in? DRE|RED! Sharp angles contrasted with smooth textures and combined with dynamic solos make for an evening of continuous color. This show is an extension of the Dave Rivello Ensemble, which has performed for 30 years in Rochester. The ensemble continues to be Rivello’s vehicle for his original work as well as his main orchestral voice. From the beginning, the group has blurred lines and crossed genres—come get lost in DRE|RED!
Dresnack and Friends, Songs You Can’t Hear Anywhere Else!
The Little Café Sat., Sep. 14 1:45pm 75 mins All Ages FREE
Join the humorously unpredictable journey of a guitar-wielding, quick-witted singer-songwriter whose sharp insights are matched only by his musical “talent.” This show, with minimal preparation, may offer original lyrics, catchy tunes, and storytelling that will entertain and may confuse you. There may be guest stars; who knows? Perfect for anyone who can tolerate a dash of madness. This blurb written by ChatGPT and edited by the CPA sometimes known as Bill.
https://www.facebook.com/BillDresnackmusic
Three Sisters Bakery
Drunk Opera
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm 60 mins 21+ $10
This ain’t your grandma’s opera. Drinking? Yup. Cursing? For sure. Debauchery most foul? You bet. All against the backdrop of Donizetti’s renowned opera, L’eliser d’Amore One random cast member will down the shots as they attempt to run a fast-paced, abridged version of the opera in less than an hour with the “help” of audience participation. Cheers!
Independently produced
Dust Bowl Faeries
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Fri., Sep. 13 9:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 5pm 60 mins 18+ $20
A faerie-tale fusion of dark cabaret and gothic polka infused with a dose of witchcraft and a dusting of woodland magic. This accordiondriven, freak-folk ensemble draws inspiration from circus music, murder ballads and Eastern European folk songs. Musical saw, piano accordion, electric bass, percussion and acoustic guitar combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeries’ otherworldly sound. “You can almost smell the gas lamps in the street & the absinthe being poured.” -Americana Highway. http://www.dustbowlfaeries.com/ Dust Bowl Faeries
Eastman Percussion Ensemble
Eastman School of Music: Sproull Atrium at Miller Cente r
Tue., Sep. 17 7:30pm
The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition, performing internationally in 2013 and 2017. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by Alejandro Vinao and John Psathas, and this year will be giving the world premiere of works by Grammy Award winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner.
Eastman Wind Orchestra
Eastman Theatre: Kodak Hall
Sep. 18
The Eastman Wind Orchestra (EWO) comprises first and second year woodwind, brass, and percussion students. The EWO actively participates in commissioning new works and world premieres, regularly performs with community and public school ensembles throughout the Rochester region, and in February 2024, was a feature ensemble at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Eastern Division Conference at Cornell University. Conducted by Dr. Mark Davis Scatterday.
Exiles in Paradise
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm 120 mins All Ages $30
Exiles in Paradise spans the lives of Europe’s composers and artists who fled to Los Angeles from the rise of Hitler to their exile during McCarthyism. The music of this influential period is brought to life with historical footage, rare 16-mm films, and studio clips with songs of Hollander, Eisler, Weill, and many more. Performed and created by Constance Hauman, “a lustrous soprano of wide ranging tastes and versatility.”—Wall Street Journal. http://www.exilesinparadise.com Isotopia Moon Productions
Falling Into Now
ROC Cinema Theater
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Mon., Sep. 16 8:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6pm 60 mins 13+ $15
A woman’s journey of love, loss, and liberation told through original songs written, composed and performed by Constance Hauman with guest musicians from the Isotopia Records roster. Original visuals accompany the performance. “An artistically unique performance.”— the Guardian (UK). “A cubist portrait of a woman seen from various angles at the same time. All this is present in Constance Hauman and in her spectacular voice”— Aftonbladet (Sweden).
http://constancehauman.com Isotopia Moon Productions
Folk Music From Around the World
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 10:30am • Mon., Sep. 16 7:30pm • Tue., Sep. 17 7:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7:30pm 60 mins All Ages $20
The Archive Ravens present Folk Music From Around the World, a showcase of traditional melodies transported into the soundscape of the modern age. Featured songs come from Japan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Mali, and more. This performance features Ava Sauer on lead vocals, Thomas Andolsek on guitar and vocals, Brendon Caroselli on percussion, Eric Heveron-Smith on trombone, upright and electric bass, and Greg Woodsbie on keyboard and percussion.
http://thearchiveravens.com
Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Ball
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Thu., Sep. 19 8pm 90 mins All Ages $20
Queen Mary celebrates the catalog of the legendary band. Five worldclass musicians bring decades of performance experience to songs like Another One Bites The Dust, Bohemian Rhapsody, and We Are The Champions, recreating the energy and majesty of Queen’s live show. Audiences relive their favorite hits and pass them on to a new generation. Now, this show is a birthday ball for Freddie, so costumes are encouraged! Come, darlings, let’s have a ball!
https://www.QueenMaryBand.com
Gospel Sunday
Spiegeltent
Sun., Sep. 15 1pm 90 mins All Ages FREE
Queen Mary
I Want To Be a Cowgirl’s Sweetheart
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Thu., Sep. 19 5pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7pm 60 mins 18+ $10
I Want To Be a Cowgirl’s Sweetheart explores the iconography of movie cowboys and western song. Rochester’s premier western swing band, “Sugar Moon,” provides a sonic backdrop to cut-up film and personal history provided by the Reverend Kingfish, band leader, impresario and Hopalong Cassidy enthusiast. Expect western New Yorkstyle western swing, with western shirts and jangling spurs. The Spirit Room
Ian Campbell
ROC Cinema Theater Tue., Sep. 10 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 4pm 60 mins All Ages $12
The most soulful, spiritual, uplifting experience at Fringe returns. 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. A Fringe favorite for the whole family! No tickets required. Seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early; this event has reached standing room only capacity every year!
Horn Choir Remembrance Concert
Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall
Wed., Sep. 11 11:30am
The Eastman Horn Choir was founded in 1968 by Verne Reynolds, professor emeritus of horn at the Eastman School of Music, who served as its director until his retirement in 1995. From its inception, the choir’s mission has been to provide an expanded ensemble experience for the horn students; to acquaint them with the breadth of quality repertoire within our musical culture; and to encourage contemporary composers to create original works for multiple horns. Directed by Peter Kurau.
Do you like songs that tell a story? How about raw, stripped-down acoustic shows? Join folk rock singer-songwriter Ian Campbell as he returns home for an intimate evening of music and storytelling. Ian's sound has been likened to a blend of Bruce Springsteen and Nick Drake, mixed in with a touch of James Taylor. His songs share the stories of life's journey. Ian's show is an unforgettable evening of stories and songs, plus a special guest or two, not to be missed! http://officialiancampbell.com
Indigo Breeze Band
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage Fri., Sep. 20 6pm 60 mins All Ages $15
The Indigo Breeze Sextet is a unique collaboration that performs straight-ahead jazz and jazzinfluenced arrangements of familiar tunes from Latin musical traditions, R&B and pop standards. They receive high praise for a variety of selections, from gentle ballads to energetic sambas and swing—from Chuck Mangione and Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Santana and Louis Armstrong. Audiences rave about this invigorating experience of music that can feel familiar yet brand new! http://Indigo-Breeze.com
Infrared Radiation Orchestra
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Tue., Sep. 17 7pm 120 mins All Ages $10
The Infrared Radiation Orchestra is a psychedelic four-piece based out of New York. This rock band tests the mind-bending limits of their instruments at every show. Taking you back in time to the late '60s and early '70s, when rock 'n' roll was raw and feral. This group is high energy and fast paced. You won't want to miss out on this psychedelic theater of the absurd. http://@InfraredRadiationOrchestra
Jenn DeSantis
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Fri., Sep. 20 7pm 75 mins 18+ $15
Queer pop singer-songwriter and pianist-synth player Jenn DeSantis presents "Women of Pop: Non-Toxic Edition," an evening dedicated to stripped-down versions of songs by strong women in pop throughout history. DeSantis will intertwine her own powerful originals within the set. As the music plays, artistic visuals designed to heal your mindset will be exhibited alongside uplifting facts about the artists. Come sing along! http://www.jenndesantis.com
Jim Rezac/Singer-Songwriter
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm
Jim Rezac is an award-winning songwriter from Delaware. If you combine Americana, folk, and garage, you get what Jim calls “Indie Garage”... and that's what he plays! He has music in podcasts and film. His song, Tryin' 2 Be An Angel, comes out in the horror flick Meathook in 2025. Honest songs, well crafted lyrics... poignant to hilarious. Rezac won’t disappoint. http://www.jimrezac.com
Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame
Bop Shop Records
Sat., Sep. 21 8pm 90 mins All Ages $25
Open Sesame merges the two worlds of Joseph Fiedler—one as music director for Sesame Street for the past fourteen seasons, the other as internationally recognized jazz trombonist—by presenting his unique and slightly edgy arrangements of Sesame Street classics.
“Open Sesame was unnervingly satisfying—hitting a note between scripted nostalgia and improvised jazz that was both exciting and comforting at the same time.”—London Jazz News.
https://bopshop.com
Johnny Dowd
The Spirit Room: Bar Room
Fri., Sep. 13 5pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15
Johnny dares to go places most of us don’t imagine. They might be back alleys, back porches, or just a bar down the street, but wherever he goes he dares to sing out what he sees. He conjures up characters with bluntness and an eye for telling details—a true writer’s songsmith. He has often found a fan base with punk rockers, though the music underpinning his words can range from country to blues and beyond. That’s part of the charm: every song builds a world of its own.
https://www.johnnydowd.com/
Kickoff for Hispanic Heritage Month and Fringe Festival
The International Plaza
Sun., Sep. 15 1pm 240 mins All Ages FREE
Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month and the Fringe Festival! This vibrant event will showcase local Latinx artists and performers, alongside a variety of food vendors. Attendees can look forward to engaging activities suitable for children of all ages, making it a perfect outing for the family. Come and enjoy an afternoon filled with culture, entertainment, and community spirit.
https://www.cityofrochester.gov/internationalplaza/
La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Sat., Sep. 21 7pm 75 mins 13+ $15
The audience eavesdrops on La Divina’s interview with a nonexistent Mr. Wallace and is taken on a journey through trauma, shown glimpses of an extremely complex and tormented woman, and treated to some operatic gems. The show provides interesting tidbits from the singer’s life—how opera kept her alive during World War II—and delves into her complicated relationship with Aristotle Onassis, while offering insight into the singer’s own complexities. https://www.shelley-cooper.com/la-divina Shelley Cooper
Latin Tones With Duo Capriccioso
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Wed., Sep. 11 7:30pm 75 mins All Ages $15
“Latin Tones,” performed by Duo Capriccioso, will explore the different nuances of passion contained in Latin American music. From the Argentinian tangos to boleros from Mexico and, of course, music from their native country of Honduras. Some of the works performed include “La Flor de la Canela,” Perú; “Alma Llanera,” Venezuela; “La Cumparsita,” Uruguay; “Bésame Mucho,” México; “Popurrí Catracho,” Honduras; “Oblivion,” Argentina; and “Tico Tico no Fubá,” Brazil. Duo Capriccioso
Main Street Players Performance Company Showstoppers!
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sat., Sep. 21 7pm 60 mins All Ages $10
This Rochester-based group of adult artists and professionals was established by Main Street Players founder and artistic director Terry Fyke. In its first appearance at the Fringe, the company is thrilled to present its dynamic “Showstoppers Revue,” a collection of Broadway hits! The group performs in venues around Rochester, including the George Eastman Museum. http://www.tfsdartsmsp.com
Terry Fyke's Main Street Players
Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 13 7:15pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Straight-ahead jazz from the period known in design circles as midcentury modern, roughly the 1940s through ‘60s. The quartet features Al Biles on trumpet and flugel, Chuck Dye on seven-string guitar, Bruce Goldman on upright bass, and Steve Gates on drums. Their repertoire includes Miles, Monk, Gershwin, Golson, Porter, Shorter, Silver, Rollins, Jobim, and Ellington. They’ve played together in various overlapping groups for years, but this quartet is special!
https://mcmjq.com/
Monday Funk
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm 60 mins All Ages $10
Monday Funk is a jazz-funk quartet with Jerbrel Bowens on drums, Ben Crossgrove on guitar, Darnell Jordan on bass, and Mike Vadala on keys. Though a newcomer to the scene in 2023, Monday Funk is no stranger to the Rochester area, composed of seasoned musicians with a wealth of experience. Drawing inspiration from names such as Soulive, Butcher Brown, and John Scofield, Monday Funk promises to deliver something for everyone with a mix of fast-paced and slow-burning tunes. https://www.instagram.com/monday_funk/ Monday Funk
Musical Theatre Cabaret
The Little: Theatre 1
Sun., Sep. 15 11am 60 mins All Ages FREE
Come watch the RIT and Rochester area community perform a series of musical theater acts and songs. From comedies to dramas, solos, duets, and dynamic group scenes, there’s something for everyone as our vocalists recreate iconic moments from old-school and new-age theater. We hope you will come to enjoy a night full of live music that you will be sure to remember!
Nick Henry’s Acoustic Revue
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm 60 mins 18+ $5
In this one-man show, in the style of the classic acoustic guitar singersongwriter, Nick Henry performs original songs that follow the arc of a middle-of-the-road life in modern America. His stories and protagonists are relatable and evocative. The situations and emotions he sings about are compelling in their familiarity to us. These aren’t pop songs from the mouths of babes. These are down to earth songs, in a raw format—like the soundtrack to your own life.
One Lomb Drive
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 7:30pm 45 mins 18+ FREE
One Lomb Drive is a Rochesterbased metal band formed in 2023 with roots in metalcore, hardcore, and grunge. The band features five students from Rochester Institute of Technology: Ian Dolfi on vocals, Jack Ramin on guitar, Ben Mulligan on guitar, Katie Osias on bass, and Nick Sobczak on drums. For updates on shows go to @onelombdrive on Instagram.
RIT Surround Sound
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 2:45pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
Surround Sound laid down its barbershop roots in 2002 as it transitioned from a small, disorganized group of singers known as Random Acts of Music to the Surround Sound you know today.
Surround Sound has always carried a diverse repertoire, ranging from staple barbershop classics to old-time jazz hits, nerd comedy, and contemporary pop/rock. We band together under our common love of learning, singing, and performing barbershop music, and sharing our love of barbershop with the community.
Róisín Dubh
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Sun., Sep. 15 8pm 60 mins All Ages $12
For nearly a quarter of a century, the musicians of East Rochester's Róisín Dubh have brought their unique style of high-energy Irish music to audiences in western New York and beyond. Heard on NPR’s famous Thistle & Shamrock, Róisín Dubh has performed more than 450 times, released four albums, and shared the stage with some of the top Irish musicians from our region and the world.
http://www.blackrosetrad.org Róisín Dubh
Sandcatchers: “The Lines”
Album Release
Bop Shop Records
Mon., Sep. 16 8pm 60 mins All Ages $25
Sandcatchers is a musical collective fronted by visionary vocalist, composer and oud player Yoshie Fruchter, accompanied by lapsteel-guitar-whiz Myk Freedman, bassist Michael Bates and drummer Shai Wetzer. Their unique mix of Middle Eastern sounds and Americana blend in a beautiful music that both respects and expands tradition. Join them at Bop Shop records as they celebrate the release of their new album.
https://bopshop.com/ Sandcatchers
Songs to Drink Wine 2
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Mon., Sep. 16 7pm • Tue., Sep. 17 9pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm 50 mins 13+ $14
Soprano Sophia Mostafa returns to the Fringe to perform a collection of art songs and arias from Italy, Spain, the Americas, and beyond in a musical celebration of voice.
Mostafa’s lush sound takes audiences to the joys, sorrows, and all of the emotions between. Music written by artists such as Puccini, Bolcolm, Satie, and more in a dynamic program.
https://www.youtube.com/@vvarholhbbty
Starborn: A Tribute to Legendary Voices
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Thu., Sep. 19 7pm 75 mins All Ages $20
With the international acclaim of their viral hit “Bridesmaids,” the powerhouse pop duo returns to Rochester with a captivating performance that weaves an inspiring narrative through music and spoken word in a live concert setting. Vocalists Meredith Bready & Shanna Pagán will perform a blend of pop, jazz and musical theater favorites, accompanied by the unrivaled talents of Eastman School of Music musicians Emiliya Mullerman on piano and Sean Mulligan on viola.
Terry Fyke’s Main Street Players Five Point Performance Company Showcase
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 12pm 60 mins All Ages $10
The Five Point Performance Company, a Rochester-based premier show choir, was founded and directed by Terry Fyke. In its seventh appearance at the Fringe, the choir is thrilled to present its dynamic “Broadway & Beyond Revue.” The group performs nationally, most recently in 2024 at Walt Disney World and venues around Rochester, including the George Eastman House and Lilac Festival. http://www.tfsdartsmsp.com
Terry Fyke's Main Street Players
That’s Life - the Sounds of Sinatra
Cafe
Sep.
Let your cares vanish while you enjoy an hour of the greatest songs ever written sung by one of the area’s preeminent Sinatra tribute artists. Daniel Henry returns for three performances. If you love the sounds of Sinatra you won’t want to miss his rich and powerful crooning. Daniel does not impersonate Sinatra, but rather pays homage to one of the best singers of all time. http://www.dhlentertainment.net dhlentertainment1@gmail.com
The Boom Chicks
School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Sun., Sep. 15 3pm 60 mins All Ages $5
You know those songs you like to belt out in your car? The Boom Chicks are right there with you, loving on hits from the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s, and bringing them to you without the need for pesky instruments. This all-female a cappella group, with multiple harmonies and plenty of added oomph, will reassure you that really good music lives on. The Boom Chicks can’t wait for their return to the Fringe, and they promise you a family friendly, feel-good time!
http://www.theboomchicks.com
The Fiddle Witch
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
The Fiddle Witch enchants audiences with music from the Nordic forests on the nyckelharpa, the Scandinavian keyed fiddle. The Fiddle Witch weaves instrumental folk music from Sweden, Norway, and Finland in a spellbinding performance that is sure to transport you to a mystical forest. At Rochester Fringe in 2022 this show sold out - buy your tickets early! https://alyssafiddle.com
The Matt Pavolka Band
Bop Shop Records
Sun., Sep. 15 8pm 60 mins All Ages $25
The Matt Pavolka Band is on tour supporting their new release, “Disciplinary Architecture,” on Sunnyside Records. This is their first new studio recording since their now-legendary 2008 debut, “Something People Can Use.” The band’s sound has been described as a “virus-like sonic discharge.” This is their first appearance in Rochester. Featuring Matt Pavolka, Ben Monder, Santiago Leibson, and Allan Mednard. http://www.mattpavolka.net
Tiger Steel Steelband Ensemble
The Little: Theatre 1
Sun., Sep. 15 12:30pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Tiger Steel plays an exciting concert on authentic steel drums. Students at RIT continue to be performing artists, dancers, actors and musicians as they pursue their advanced studies, celebrating the full community of arts and sciences. From pulsating calypsos to American popular music, you’ll enjoy a musical journey as the steelband ensemble shares passion for this unique musical tradition. Tiger Steel
Vocal Point With the YellowJackets
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Wed., Sep. 18 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm 60 mins
All Ages $15
Come join the University of Rochester’s Vocal Point and the YellowJackets for a night of fun a cappella music. Vocal Point is the University of Rochester’s historically female, gender inclusive, a cappella group established in 1969, and the YellowJackets is UR’s all male a cappella group established in 1956. The groups perform a range of music including pop, rock, and classic favorites! They are so excited to be performing again at Fringe. http://www.urvocalpoint.com
WADAIKO Performance
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 3:30pm 45 mins All Ages FREE
Wadaiko is Rochester’s one and only taiko group, aiming to expand cultural knowledge and interest through traditional drumming shows. Wadaiko is entirely run by students from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Most songs performed are traditional and passed on through oral tradition, while some are more modern or contemporary pieces, taught to Wadaiko by professionals or other groups.
https://campusgroups.rit.edu/wdk/home/
Wide Awake - A U2 Experience
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Fri., Sep. 20 8:30pm 75 mins All Ages $15
Wide Awake - A U2 Experience is the fastest growing tribute to U2 in the United States. The group performs material spanning all 40-plus years of the magnificent U2 catalog. Their mission is to give the audience an authentic, live experience while staying true to U2’s iconic studio recordings. Wide Awake is made up of professional touring musicians who are as crazy about U2 as the fans who have been filling venues everywhere the band has played since the group’s inception in 2021. https://www.wideawakeu2experience.com/ Bluebird Day Productions
With The Roosters Singing Wake Up To A Thousand Buttercups
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 1:15pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Howie Lester, three-time winner at the International Folk Music Film Festival, plays fiddle and sarangi. In tunes from Nepal, Ireland, Appalachia, Eastern Europe, the Bronx and Howie's back yard—plus a touch of the blues, he transcends the mundane. Enter the metaverse of Howie’s absurd imagination and return home refreshed and cured of Tarantula bites! Laugh, cry, and start to fly! HOWARD LESTER
BakariPoet & Chicken Wings: Southern ASL BBQ
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 5:45pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
True southerners share their experiences of life, culture, art, and soul food to spice up their performances in American Sign Language, English, sign-language poetry and spoken-word poetry. Get your bibs on! It is time to get your signing fingers smothered with a juicy BBQ of stories, reflections, and community. This is a variety show featuring ASL, dance, music, and more.
Blood & the River
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Thu., Sep. 19 11:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm 60 mins 16+ $10
Blood & The River is an Appalachian history in verse exploring themes of poverty, violence, abuse, addiction, and survival. Performed by author Jacob Rakovan, recipient of the Thornwillow Patron’s Prize and named fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the New York Foundation for the Arts. Rakovan is the author of “The Devil’s Radio” and “Ars Memoria.” Rakovan owns Rochester’s Spirit Room.
How to Look at Art When You Don’t Get It (It’s OK to Laugh)
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Sat., Sep. 14 5pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 6:30pm 60 mins 16+ $10
Writer, artist, and Irish-American story-teller Amy Boyle “Bonk” Johnston tells her own humorous tales of art school and becoming an artist, and offers a different way of looking at modern art. Adult themes and language are part of the performance. Bonk Johnston received her MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester and has been published in LA Weekly, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times. She is on the board of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation.
Mounting Washington: The Story of a Mountain & a Miracle
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Thu., Sep. 12 8pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:30pm 60 mins 13+ $20
A single parent falls into the depths brought on by their own bad decisions. They climb out…and keep on climbing, seeking proof and validation. Finally when they reach the summit, a miracle occurs, and everything changes. Again. Mounting Washington is acclaimed storyteller
Penny Sterling's improbable, true account of riding in “The World’s Toughest Bicycle Hillclimb,” discovering that not getting what you want can be the best gift you can get. Penny: for your Thoughts
Poetry of Tarot: A Reading Inspired by Tarot Images
The Little Café Sat., Sep. 14 11:30am 60 mins All Ages FREE
Tarot cards have been used for centuries to both tell fortunes and to self-reflect, which intersect at storytelling. In this experience, tarot cards will be used to inspire poetry, collective storytelling, and human connection through the journey of the Major Arcana and themes that come through tarot. Join a community dedicated to mystery and see what images speak to you and help you find your best path forward!
Signatures Art & Literary Magazine
The Little Café Sat., Sep. 14 10am 60 mins All Ages FREE
Signatures Art & Literary Magazine writers will be reading excerpts from the 39th issue. These creative writing pieces cover a range of topics, including but not limited to trans poetry and fantastical short-stories. Signatures is an award-winning, student-run publication featuring writers and artists from the collective student body of the Rochester Institute of Technology. https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/signatures
The Unluckiest Corner
Parcel 5
Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5:30pm 30 mins 13+ $18
Experience a uniquely historical area in Rochester, at the spot where it all happened. Join Matt Rogers of The Lost Borough for a special episode of Hidden History, with a story so unbelievable, how is it true? Using wireless headphones available on site, audience members will hear story and sound from early civilization to present day—about spirits, murder, success, failure, and a pile of rocks. It is recommended to bring a chair or blanket as this episode is best experienced seated. http://www.thelostborough.com The Lost Borough
Lose yourself in adventure. At the Fringe.
Aerial 51
Aerial Arts of Rochester: Aerial Arena
Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sat., Sep. 14 7:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm 55 mins 13+ $20
In a universe thought to be 93 billion light years in diameter, what else or who else is out there? Aerial 51 is a collaborative show consisting of each performer's interpretation of what could exist. It's a captivating, experimental, galactic variety show featuring graceful aerial artists, contemporary dancers, whimsical jugglers, and daring physical theater. Show contains strobes & lighting effects.
Directed by Kiendra Simpson. https://www.aerialartsrochester.com/aerial-51 Aerial Arts of Rochester
Al Laddin or A Gilbert and Sullivan Arabian Night
MuCCC
Sat., Sep. 14 2pm • Wed., Sep. 18 7pm 55 mins All Ages $5
Rochester’s Gilbert and Sullivan company presents a one-act mash-up musical, setting the age-old tale of magic, wishes, mishaps and romance to the Victorian-era duo’s favorites. Deep in the heart of Victorian London, there's a street urchin named Alan Laddin who is about to unleash the magic waiting behind the big brass handle of Number Seventy, Simmery Axe. http://Off-MonroePlayers.org Off-Monroe Players
All in the Timing
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 5:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6pm 90 mins 13+ $15
What do speed dating, monkeys on a typewriter, the language of Unamunda, Philip Glass buying bread, Philadelphia cheesesteak, and the death of Leon Trotsky have in common? They're all diverse and equally hysterical one-act comedies by the maestro of the short form, David Ives! Catch this witty, fast-paced, romantic, absurdist, and existentially-minded performance pulled into the jarring light of art in the round.
http://instagram.com/sunday_stages Sunday Stages Theatre Company
Becoming Grandma Kat
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 10am 45 mins All Ages FREE
A rising social media creator is involved unwittingly in a pyramid scheme after he witnesses a crime. He voluntarily joins the witness protection program, transforming from a TikTok star to an elderly deaf woman known as Grandma Kat. Kat runs a diner while exploring the challenges of womanhood, romance, and post-pandemic life. Written and performed by Keith Banks Jr. in American Sign Language. https://www.facebook.com/BGKat
Before Our Eyes
Sat., Sep. 14 5pm 60 mins 18+ $12
After being murdered, Bet finds herself stuck in a time loop with her roommate, Ophelia. Determined to find a way out of the spiral and believing the key lies in change, the two try to figure out what or who has to do that. But as the loop repeats, they come to terms with the true nature of their predicament. Written by Rochester native Jessica Wienecke, this show explores themes of murder, romance, and betrayal.
Colored Silk: A Civil War Odyssey
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre Sat., Sep. 14 12pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1:30pm 75 mins 16+ $25
From the 2023 off-Broadway season comes the story of Elizabeth Keckley, a formerly enslaved seamstress and dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln. Through America’s earlier fashion, we meet Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Frederick Douglass. “Lizzie’s” life of grit and glory is written and portrayed by Tami Tyree. Broadway producer Ken Davenport called the show “a one-woman tour de force!” “Tami Tyree gives a powerful, touching performance!” — Steve DiLauro, The Village Sun. Echoes of Our Ancestors
Cross That River
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Sat., Sep. 14 5:30pm 105 mins All Ages $25
After thrilling audiences across the U.S. and two phenomenal offBroadway runs, plus shows at the O'Neill Theater Center, ASCAP Musical Theater Festival, Theatre Aspen, and appearing on NPR, CBS, and NBC, this show will transport Fringe patrons to the Wild West, vividly portraying the story of Black cowboys. Infectious songs from bluegrass to soul and captivating choreography immerse you in this dynamic American narrative.
https://www.crossthatriver.com
Love Productions Records
Cut
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 20 9:45pm 30 mins All Ages FREE
RIT Players presents Cut, written by Ed Monk and directed by Claire Beseler. In this hilarious comedy, a group of actors rehearse a play within a play within a play. As the plot continues to complicate, the lines between the actors and their characters begin to blur - leaving them to wonder who they truly are. With carefully crafted humor and over-the-top characters, the show explores the mishaps and chaos that occurs when confusion becomes a state of mind.
RIT Players
Diary of a Techie
MuCCC
Sun., Sep. 15 8pm • Tue.,
We all see the show on stage, but what about the people behind the scenes? Who is in charge before (and after) the lights come up, making sure everything fits for both the director's vision and the players’ needs? What are their stories? Come hear about the mishaps, challenges, and triumphs from your very own Rochester techies who are not always in the spotlight.
http://www.outofpocketinc.com
Out Of Pocket Inc.
Dinner Where Everything Goes Wrong
Salena's
Tue., Sep. 10 6pm 60 mins All Ages $10
An ordinary night out at the local Mexican restaurant starts out like any other. Chips, salsa, drinks. Until everything starts to go wrong. Death, debauchery, good food* and a genuine whodunit. Help solve the mystery of why everything is going wrong and who is really responsible.
*Dinner not included in the ticket price. Dinner purchase not required, but you are missing out if you don’t.
Don’t Stop Believing: A Theatric Remix of the 1980s
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Fri., Sep.
Dramatic musical comedy about coming of age in the 1980s. Clever writing, delivered through sassy performance. Torrey Shine plays all the characters, incorporating dance and movement into this award-winning solo show, jam-packed with nostalgic 1980s Easter eggs! All wrapped into a highly relatable story exploring themes of independence, rebellion, love, betrayal, and having faith in yourself.
Torrey Shine
Earworm
MuCCC Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Thurs., Sep. 12 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6:30pm 45 mins 18+ $15
From the creative team that brought you the sold-out smash “Foot Foul” comes a brand new hit play! On what was supposed to be a night of celebration, two estranged siblings reunite to come to terms with their past, present, and maybe even their future. Can you pick your family? And what do you do with all of the things you amass in life: the trauma, money, unsold merch and those songs that get stuck in your head?
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Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in
Hitler’s Germany
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Fri., Sep. 13 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm 60 mins 13+ $22
Goblin Market
THEATER THEATER
Winner, “Best of Fest,” Edmonton Fringe. Winner, “Best Theatre,” Adelaide Fringe. Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s bestselling memoir, detailing her youth as an American caught in World War II Berlin, adapted into an internationally award-winning performance by her granddaughter
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Tue., Sep. 10 7pm • Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7pm 60 mins 13+ $12
A one-act chamber operetta adapted from Christina Rossetti’s evocative 1862 poem. Two sisters return to their childhood home and relive haunting memories. Transported to girlhood, they navigate the dark fantasies of their adolescence as goblin merchants tempt them with unimagined ecstasies. A heart-twisting tale of seduction, sacrifice, and sisterhood, "Goblin Market" explores how women can reclaim their bodies, dreams, and destinies.
From Train to Train
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Ingrid Garner
Ingrid Garner. “Unforgettable—a must-see for history buffs and theatre-aficionados alike.”—Fringe Review UK. “Left me lost for words and yet I cannot stop talking about it.”—The Advertiser. http://www.eleanorsstory.com
Good Girl
ROC Cinema Theater
Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Thu., Sep. 19 10pm • Fri., Sep. 20 10pm 60 mins 18+ $16
Fri., Sep. 13 7:15pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm 30 mins 13+ $15
A lone woman enters a train station. She’s searching for a thing that she can’t really identify. Perhaps it’s the goodness of mankind…that which separates the special from the ordinary. Here, she meets the person who embodies just that. But he doesn’t recognize it in himself. Her search ends here. Performed for the Equity Library Theatre in NYC and The Patchwork Play Festival in Chicago, From Train to Train is a romance at heart by awardwinning playwright Steve Duprey. https://dupreyart123.wixsite.com/plays-steveduprey/ short-plays
Enter a world of erotic fantasy with Good Girl. Daring British comedian Rhiannon Jenkins explores the complexities of male fantasies and female sexuality through humor, heart, and interactive performance. Directed by the acclaimed Chris Griswold (Upright Citizens Brigade), Good Girl is a provocative, hilarious show that challenges perceptions and sparks conversations. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience! Suitable for friends and lovers 18+. Nudity, explicit sexual content. https://www.rhiannonjenkins.net/good-girl/ Thunderbolt Comedy
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Wed., Sep. 11 9pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 9pm • Mon., Sep. 16 9pm • Tue., Sep. 17 9pm • Sat., Sep. 21 3pm 60 mins 21+ $15
Vera is contemplating becoming a nun but has never considered celibacy one of her virtues. Her situation is complicated by the onset of rapturous prayers leading the audience to step into the role of advice-giving “saints” who help Vera make the biggest decisions of her life, starting with what shirt to wear. Vera’s story explores the connection of body, spirit and sexuality with humor and heart. Creative Team Awards: Edinburgh Fringe, Kennedy Center Page to Stage, and DC Theater Arts. https://www.theholyoplay.com/ Out of Mind Productions
In His Own Words:
An Evening With Robert Frost
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Sat., Sep. 14 2:30pm • Wed., Sep. 18 8pm 75 mins All Ages $15
Who was Robert Frost? Why did he write poetry? What were his poems about? Two years in the making, including visits to Frost family homes in Franconia and Derry, New Hampshire, and South Shaftsbury, Vermont, the author and actor brings this four-time Pulitzer Prize winning poet to life by offering audiences an intimate look into the man—his poetry, relationships, and inner life. https://tinyurl.com/bddk9x2m
Long Night of the American Dream
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Fri., Sep. 13 8pm • Sun., Sep. 15 6pm • Thu., Sep. 19 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 21 8pm 60 mins 13+ $20
Martin Dockery’s fun, fast, and relevant comedy-drama about two brothers putting on a play about two brothers putting on a play about America. “Amazing…Impressive.”— Calgary Herald. “Two very skilled performers and an even more skilled playwright.” —Edmonton Journal. “A mind-bending experience…A home run.” —Calgary Sun. “Both actors are excellent in this cyclical play with loads of laughs.” —Winnipeg Free Press. Dockery has won 50 best-of-fest awards over 16 years of touring. http://www.MartinDockery.com Martin Dockery
MERENGUE
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 5:30pm 60 mins 13+ $11
Merengue is a bittersweet, hysterical romp through homophobia and conservatism. An older Cuban couple plans a party for their adopted gay son. Tatiana, the cleaning lady, questions the peaceful harmony of the house. Racism, homophobia and antisemitism endanger the loving environment. Everyone has a secret; coming to terms with their own liberates bodies and souls.
http://Find Candide Carrasco on facebook CANDIDE CARRASCO PRODUCTIONS
Mise-en-Scene:
A Cinematic Showcase
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 8:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm 60 mins 16+ $14
From the silver screen to the stage! Watch live actors take on iconic scenes from Hollywood movies and bring them to new life, as they take you on a journey through the history and evolution of American cinema. A love letter to the movies that we have come to know and enjoy time after time. Proudly featuring the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola as a few examples.
Moses Man: Finding Home
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Sep.
The powerful, true account of Holocaust survivors who fled Vienna during Hitler’s annexation, followed by their perilous nine-year journey before finding home in America. Join the creative team as they share the story of making this new musical bound for off-Broadway and how they are connecting the narrative with current refugees. Compelling performances, survivor testimony, and location film footage accompany the live presentation. Never Again is now! The Sept. 10 show includes reception.
http://www.deeparts.org DEEP Arts
Murdered SleepThe Borden Double Homicide
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Fri., Sep. 13 8:30pm 60 mins 13+ $10
Not Enough Light Makes the QND Kids Awesome
THEATER THEATER
Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the infamous murders of her father and his wife, but she was convicted in the court of public opinion. “Murdered Sleep” looks at details surrounding the heinous crime from a fresh perspective with artistic license, and includes particulars that often are overlooked. The production features an ensemble cast portraying multiple roles, and a surprise ending. Spend your Friday the 13th contemplating this legendary tale of murder and mayhem!
Under Words Theatre
Nerds in a Basement
The Focus Theater
Fri., Sep. 13 7:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm 60 mins 13+ $15
Dungeons & Dragons meets improv where a live dungeon master and three improvisers have the audience choose their powers, classes, and quests! Your ideas magically appear live, on stage, and acted out for your amazement. With colorful non-person characters and live skill checks this interactive show is sure to excite nerds of all backgrounds. No D&D experience needed to enjoy this show. Cosplay encouraged!
https://tinyurl.com/28e67dby
No Exit
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Tue., Sep. 10 9pm • Wed., Sep. 11 9pm • Thu., Sep. 12 9pm • Mon., Sep. 16 9pm 100 mins 18+ $20
Building Company Theater is proud to present “No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play revolves around three individuals with wildly different backgrounds who find themselves trapped together and forced to reconcile their respective lives, deeds, and morals. In a world where we are haunted by our differences, can we find salvation in one another?
Directed by Krystal Osborne and Starring Carolyn Chave, Dawn Hameed, Evelyn Oliver and Jason Ngo.
http://buildingcompanythe.wixsite.com/site
Building Company Theater
Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm 60 mins 5+ $12
Down at the studios of WQND, Stefan and his puppet assistant Charlie are preparing for another episode. Only this time, the episode will be performed live, in front of a studio audience! This audience-participatory show invites attendees to decide which short scene they would like to see performed next. Simply call out the number that corresponds to each given scene, and it will be performed on the spot! Inspired by the play “Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind” by Greg Allen.
RPC Theatre Project
Play in a Day
Writers & Books Performance Space
Join us for the unexpected: five, 10-minute plays conceived of, written, directed, rehearsed, and performed at the end of a day! Five writers, five directors, and five actors gather at Writers & Books at 7:30 p.m Saturday with the actors presenting themselves in costume, contributing random props and exhibiting their special talents. Writers pick their actors and compose into the night. Directors arrive the next morning and rehearsals go until showtime on Sunday night! http://www.wab.org
Please Don’t Let Me Die in Buffalo
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 8:45pm 75 mins 16+ FREE
A spin on “Death of Salesman” and “A Christmas Carol,” “Please Don’t Let Me Die in Buffalo” tells the tale of failed playwright Danny Dolan’s return to his Irish-American family. Older brother Sean hasn’t left the house in ten years; father Frank hopes to bury him in the backyard; and mother Kitty, wants to fix him up with the girl next door. Throw in some ghostly visitations, a steamy Wiccan romance, and a paramour in a rodent costume—and things might get weird. Directed by Maria Scipione
Pollyanna (Queer Faith and Gaming Saved My Life!)
The Little Café
Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm 45 mins All Ages FREE
Could there be a through line between video games and queer faith-making? The only way to find out is through sooong! In this gameinspired, musical theater infused, memoir cabaret, the Rev. Sam Kinsman and the RIT Progressive Chapel Community ensemble will take audiences on a journey from chaos to structure. Through memory and geekery, we’ll see how embodied hope can help us all overcome life’s challenges. Whether you’re a god gamer, a musical theater queen, or simply curious, come on by.
PUSH Physical Theatre: HYDE
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 5pm 60 mins 13+ $18
From the creators of the multi-awardwinning, off-Broadway hit “Generic Male,” it’s Jekyll and Hyde with a twist! Meet Edward Hyde. He’s rented a theater, put on his fanciest suit and hired a couple of actors to tell his side of the story. His superstar ambitions careen off the rails when his special guest is late and his actors go off script. Can he control his temper and pull off the greatest event of the century? Hilarious, acrobatic—maybe a bit dangerous. “Critics’ Choice: Best Play,” Orlando Fringe Festival. https://www.pushtheatre.org/shows/hyde PUSH Physical Theatre
Silent Reflections: A Journey
Through Events that Shaped Our City
Rochester Contemporary Art Center: Side Lawn
Sep. 13 6pm • Sat., Sep. 14 6pm • Fri., Sep.
With the use of headphones, wander among three distinct stages depicting some of Rochester’s most pivotal events, from celebration to activism. This interactive production will entice audiences at the outside space at Rochester Contemporary Art Center on historic East Avenue. It is the fourth collaboration between Monroe Community College's On the Edge Theatre Troupe and RoCo. MCC's On The Edge Drama Troupe
Singlejoy
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Sun., Sep. 15 4:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 8pm • Mon., Sep. 16 6pm 60 mins 18+ $18
Singlejoy, by Karina Milech, explores the concept of being single in a Modern Orthodox Jewish family. Grape Juice and Challah are served as Milech guides the audience through a traditional Sabbath dinner. Milech will have you saying “L'Chaim”—“to Life!” as she delves into her history with relationships while highlighting her religious upbringing. An inclusive experience, exploring the themes of family and identity, to be enjoyed by those familiar and unfamiliar with Jewish customs.
THAT WOMANTHE MONOLOGUE SHOW
ROC Cinema Theater Thu., Sep. 12 6pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9pm 60 mins 16+ $15
History you didn’t learn in school. Broken dreams, deportation, murder, courage, resilience—the stories of women involved with JFK, including: Blaze Starr, Mimi Alford, Mary Meyer, & Jackie Kennedy. First Night Award nominated. Fringes include: AL, KC, MN, St. Louis, Philly, Elgin. Pieces “reach beyond decades of headlines, books and broadcast documentaries regarding President Kennedy’s extramarital affairs for the humanity, and individuality, of the women.”— Stagecritic. com. http://tnplaywrights.org/that-woman-monologue Tennessee Playwrights Studio
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Tue., Sep. 10 8pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sun., Sep. 15 1pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm 90 mins 13+ $20
Actor Patrick Fegley delivers a solo tour de force, effortlessly bringing to life every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant 14-yearold boy who goes missing. Leonard, a luminous force of nature whose magic is only truly felt once he is gone, becomes an unexpected inspiration as the town’s citizens question how they live, who they love, and what they leave behind. http://www.theatre444.com Theatre444
The Court of the MindWith Judge Mentalist
ROC Cinema Theater
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 1pm • Sat., Sep. 14 4pm • Sun., Sep. 15 12:45pm • Sun., Sep. 15 4:30pm 60 mins 13+ $20
The Fifth Horseman
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Mon., Sep. 16 8pm • Tue., Sep. 17 6:30pm 75 mins All Ages $18
A futuristic musical fantasy by E.A. Messenger and Jim Schmitt about five friends of multicultural descent who become embroiled in a war in upstate New York. Behind a divided society works an evil being bent on bringing chaos upon humans. Ancient Ones of the old ways intercede to aid the five in defeating the evil one, bringing peace once again to their community. A dynamic musical commentary on war, and the need for peace, especially in these troubling times.
http://www.rarebirdsode.com
Rare Birds Ode
The Geriactors Present: Live From Rochester
We formed the Geriactors in 2000 and have been touring in western New York ever since. Our membership has changed over the years, but we are all experienced actors, with a combined experience of two to three centuries. We have teamed with local writers who have created wonderful material for us. We bring you a sample; some are world premieres. Come out for an entertaining evening of locally-written short plays performed by a Rochester-based theatrical team!
https://sites.google.com/view/geriactors/home Geriactors
Between 2 Minds
The court of the mind is a zone to leave judgment at the door. We’ll embark on a journey through the subconscious without regard for the outside world in this exciting, interactive hypnosis show! A select number of audience members will have the opportunity to volunteer to become the stars of a unique show. Each and every performance is different from the last! http://www.judgementalist.com
The Man of Destiny
Wed., Sep. 11 7pm • Sat., Sep. 21 6:30pm
“The Man of Destiny” by George Bernard Shaw. Rochester’s leading Shaw Company presents this humorous, one-act show concerning an incident early in Napoleon’s career involving some stolen communiques and a mysterious young woman. Set in an Italian villa with a clever innkeeper; who will win in this battle of genders? Directed by James Landers and featuring Joe Edizel.
https://tinyurl.com/2s36skuh Classics Theater of Rochester
The Sacred Monsters of Frida Kahlo
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Wed., Sep. 18 5pm 60 mins 13+ $15
Written and performed by Sharon Rula Backos, this is a dramatized solo performance bringing to life the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The performance is a dialogue that examines the struggle between trauma and the fight to take back power. Frida's self-portraits became her painted diaries. Wild, rebellious, and loving, the artist painted her face so that the world could feel her pain.
The Stakeout
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Ballroom Stage
Thu., Sep. 12 6:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Wed., Sep. 18 6:30pm • Fri., Sep. 20 7:30pm 60 mins 13+ $20
Martin Dockery’s off-Broadway comedy-drama about two men on a stakeout of two men on a stakeout of them. A funny, heartrending head trip about fathers and sons. “5 STARS: Best show at the fest. Comedy and drama, magic and wonder… the best performances of the year”— Edmonton Journal. “A fringe Best Bet. Biting humour and remarkably poignant”—Calgary Herald. “This dramedy came out swinging…with tension, humor, and empathy. A phenomenal story”—Winnipeg Free Press. Best of Fest: Ottawa. http://www.MartinDockery.com Martin Dockery
The Velvet Noose
Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21 9:30pm 60 mins 16+ $16
Theater you can feel! The Velvet Noose is highly stylized, avant-garde physical theater well-regarded in their unique approach to storytelling: unforgettably physical and emotionally provocative. For each Fringe, the troupe creates new shows rooted in Greek literature. Cinematic dance and absurd humor are explored to therapeutic tenacity, resulting in outright dazzling effects. Their professionallyproduced, sold out performances leave audiences in awe. https://www.instagram.com/thevelvetnoose/ The Velvet Noose
THE VILLAGE CIDIOT
ROC Cinema Theater
Tue., Sep. 10 6:45pm • Thu., Sep. 12 7:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 2:30pm 60 mins 13+ $15
In this hit solo show, a dyed-in-thewool Manhattanite loses her big corporate job and moves, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate town where her city skills are no match for rural reality. A hilarious and moving journey about navigating life’s disruptions with humor, compassion, and tick repellant. Critics agree: if you've ever been beaned by one of life’s curveballs, you’ll find this show uproarious and poignant. “An entrancing piece of theater!”—Berkshire on Stage. Pill Hill Productions
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Fri., Sep. 13 7pm • Sat., Sep. 14 3:30pm • Sun., Sep. 15 3pm 65 mins 16+ $20
“Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” is an ever-changing attempt to perform 30 Plays in 60 Minutes. Each play starts with “go” and ends with “curtain.” The audience chooses the order of the plays. It Is live... interactive... and in your face with visually, aurally, spiritually, sexily, sloppily, imprecisely, hilariously, seriously, abstractly engaging art! https://www.untheatreco.org/ UnTheatre Co.
Trevor
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Sun., Sep. 15 10am • Sat., Sep. 21 1pm 120 mins 13+ $14
It’s 1981 and Trevor is busy navigating adolescence while dreaming of life in show business. When an incident at school suddenly puts him in the wrong spotlight, Trevor must summon courage to forge his own path. A deeply moving and funny story of self-discovery and the power of acceptance, Trevor is about living your best life with passion & pizzazz. This production features advanced students of MT Ed in Rochester, a theater company that is proud to provide a safe space for all students.
http://www.musicaltheatreeducation.com MT Ed
THEATER
Triple Jeopardy
Temple Theater: Main Stage
Fri., Sep. 13 6pm • Mon. Sep. 16 6pm • Wed. Sep. 18 9pm 50 mins 16+ $15
A Throne Room. A tyrant, a sycophant, and a cheap tavern bard. A coward, a firebrand, and a wise old sage. Three prisoners are brought before a king to be judged for their actions. Perhaps some deserve imprisonment, some freedom. Some deserve death, some deserve life. But we receive what is bestowed by fate. Should we accept that fate, or act upon our convictions? Do our choices even matter? Are you still reading? Do you like plays about kings? Cool! Triple Jeopardy.
Unwritten Improv
The Focus Theater
Wed., Sep. 11 6pm 45 mins 16+ $10
Rochester’s newest long-form improv troupe will create a once-in-a-lifetime, one time only, three-act play for your entertainment. A couple of suggestions from the audience is all we need to transport you away and make you feel all Fringe-y inside. Featuring Scott Adams, Joseph Barcia, Ross Johnson, Jeremy Sarachan, Tracey Ulterino, and Gretchen Woodworth. https://bit.ly/unwrittenimprovfringe Theater Apparatus
ART & FILM
Up In The Air
ROC Cinema Theater
Sun., Sep. 15 6pm 60 mins 16+ $10
In 1985, MTV viewers were captivated by Bill Wadhams of the synth-pop band, Animotion, singing the hit, “Obsession.” This show traces his journey from Rochester as he seeks to find his true voice, family, redemption, and home. “Touching and elegantly executed, this is a musical memoir that offers a life as a lesson: sometimes what we want most can humble us to our core, and deliverance comes in the shape of the least expected.”—Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of Sleeping Giants. http://billwadhams.com Wadhams and Company LLC
Warhol: Bullet Karma
ROC Cinema Theater
Tue., Sep. 17 5pm • Thu., Sep. 19 5pm • Sat., Sep. 21 7:50pm 60 mins All Ages $15
A comedy-drama, solo show stuffed full of characterizations from Warhol’s artistic heyday. Take a trip back in time to the Factory and other important pop culture icons! A darkly witty take on Warhol and the woman who shot him, Valerie Solanas. Lou Reed, Capote, Edie Sedgwick, Francis Bacon—see what they have to say about “Drella” and what he says about them.
http://www.garryroost.co.uk Garry Roost
Whatever Fate Decides
School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Thu., Sep. 12 7pm • Fri., Sep. 13 5:30pm • Sat., Sep. 14 5pm 60 mins 18+ $10
Whatever Fate Decides performs at the intersection of theater and tarot. It delves deeply into the messages revealed during a special card reading for an invited guest. As it continues, the show reveals to the guest insight into their past and present, and grants them mystical power to change the future live on stage. Through improvised performances inspired by the tarot reading, the show’s cast uncovers the guest’s personal truths and the audience’s shared humanity. https://bit.ly/4da6oxH
Art of the Book Exhibit
Central Library Harold Hacker Hall Tue., Sep. 10 9am • Wed., Sep. 11 9am • Thu., Sep. 12 9am • Fri., Sep. 13 9am • Sat., Sep. 14 10am • Mon., Sep. 16 9am • Tue., Sep. 17 9am • Wed., Sep. 18 9am • Thu., Sep. 19 9am • Fri., Sep. 20 9am • Sat., Sep. 21 10am
Explore the intricate interpretations of what has been the core of libraries for centuries, the book, at our International Art of the Book exhibit. Featuring artist books, which can include scrolls or fold-outs; altered books, which have been recycled creatively; and paper sculptures. Artists manipulate components to create breathtaking, mind-bending works that tease and cajole people to consider the intricacies of paper, ink, words, and meaning. https://roccitylibrary.org/artofthebook/ Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
Art of the Book Featured Showcase
Central Library Harold Hacker Hall
Wed., Sep. 18 5pm 90 mins All Ages FREE
Explore the intricate interpretations of what has been the core of libraries for centuries, the book. Meet the judges, artists, and team of library staff that have curated this exhibit and get an indepth look at the process behind book and paper art. Featuring artist books, altered books, and paper sculptures. Artists manipulate components to create breathtaking, mindbending works of art that tease and cajole people to consider the intricacies of paper, ink, words, and meaning. https://roccitylibrary.org/artofthebook/ Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
Best Films! RIT School of Film and Animation
The Little: Theatre 1
Thu., Sep. 19 5:15pm 200 mins All Ages FREE
Enjoy the very best animation, fiction, documentary, and experimental films made by students during the 2023-2024 academic year and selected by the faculty of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s famed School of Film and Animation. Witness the future of media in one evening of delightful and diverse entertainment from a new generation, born in this century. https://www.rit.edu/artdesign/school-film-and-animation RIT School of Film and Animation
Between 2 Minds
The Spirit Room: The Conjure Box
Tue., Sep. 10 5pm • Wed., Sep. 11 5pm • Thu., Sep. 12 5pm • Fri., Sep. 13 7pm 60 mins 16+ $25
Bernardo Rodriguez blends a variety of techniques from psychology and magic to pluck thoughts out of people's minds, influence their decisions, and mess with their notions of reality. For nearly two decades, thousands of people have experienced Rodriguez’s unique brand of entertainment. Before he begins, he offers a piece of advice: if you don’t want him to know it, don’t think about it! http://www.between2minds.com
Caricature by Dave “Bippy” Boyer
The Little Café
Sat., Sep. 14 4:45pm 45 mins All Ages FREE
Professional Caricaturist and Cartoonist Dave “Bippy” Boyer will show and demonstrate caricatures. With his 33-year experience drawing more than 30,000 people and traveling to Japan 16 times to draw and teach, Dave offers a a lighthearted and informative show. Be inspired to try drawing and appreciate the visual and graphic arts. You won't want to miss this!
Boyer's Caricature & Photography
Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS
Third Presbyterian Church Side Parking Lot (East & Meigs)
Tue., Sep. 10 8pm • Wed., Sep. 11 8pm • Thu., Sep. 12 8pm
• Fri., Sep. 13 8pm • Sat., Sep. 14 8pm • Sun., Sep. 15 8pm
• Mon., Sep. 16 8pm • Tue., Sep. 17 8pm • Wed., Sep. 18
8pm • Thu., Sep. 19 8pm • Fri., Sep. 20 8pm • Sat., Sep. 21
8pm 120 mins All Ages FREE
What does it mean to honor someone with a monument... and who should be honored in such a public way?
Australian artist Craig Walsh returns with an answer, challenging us to select three people from our community who deserve to be recognized— but who may never rise to public consciousness without his unique way of celebrating them. Walsh projects the living, moving faces of these Rochesterians on tall trees. Finalist for CITY’s Best of Rochester awards for its first installment last year.
Dear Eleanor and The Quest to Save Dad
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater Sat., Sep. 21 4:30pm 60 mins All Ages $10
RIT professor Tina Chapman DaCosta trades her computer lab for a film set and takes us on her journey to save her father through storytelling. From heart-pounding moments like flagging down a military helicopter and making a period film in two weeks, to the inspirational creativity of scripting in a magic bed, this performance promises an unforgettable evening of entertainment and inspiration. Includes a screening of Tina’s award winning film, Dear Eleanor.
https://www.rit.edu/diversity/diversity-theater
VISUAL ART & FILM
VISUAL ART & FILM
Documentary Short Films: RIT Photojournalism
The Little: Theatre 1
Fri., Sep. 20 5pm 60 mins All Ages FREE
Visual storytelling is about empathy, depth and substance. This facultyselected program presents cinematic, documentary short films created by students from RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. Each film brings human-centered awareness to the stories of people, social issues, and events from Rochester and beyond, and is the final capstone project for a student completing the BFA degree in photography. https://rochesterfringe.com/
Out of Sync
The Little: Theatre 1
Sat., Sep. 21 11:15am 45 mins All Ages FREE
Out of Sync is a tapestry of psychedelic sound and visuals inspired by Rochester artist and educator Chuck Miller’s MFA work at RIT that combines live visual design with sound and performance. Miller and musician Chris Reynolds of Rochester and Naples have collaborated as “Gumshoe” for most of this century, exploring the boundaries of improvisation within electronic music. https://robojazz.bandcamp.com/
Rebecca Aloisio + Mitch Goldstein
RIT City Art Space
Fri., Sep. 13 1pm 240 mins All Ages FREE
Artists Rebecca Aloisio and Mitch Goldstein explore a visual cacophony of collage, sculpture, light and installation based on chance and experimentation using recycled images and materials. Aloisio is a Pollock-Krasner grant recipient, and Goldstein is the author of How to Be a Design Student. Both are faculty at the College of Art and Design at RIT. They share a shared focus on stretching the boundaries of art and design in their individual work, their teaching, and in this exhibit. https://www.rit.edu/cityartspace/exhibitions/peter-pincus
The Wild and Wonderful World of Avant-Garde
George Eastman Museum: Dryden Theatre
Wed., Sep. 18 5:30pm 60 mins All Ages $12
This program, consisting entirely of films from the archives of the George Eastman Museum, covers nearly a century of cinema and a variety of animation from traditional handdrawing to silhouette animation and stop-motion. The program features filmmakers Mary Ellen Bute, Norman McLaren, and the Brothers Quay, among others, and is ideal for both the uninitiated and those looking to explore animation and experimental film more deeply.
Photo credit: Photofest
The Worst Best Man Ever
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater Tue., Sep. 17 8:15pm 60 mins 13+ $10
Catch this short film by Rochester native and SUNY Brockport graduate David M. Weilert and Buffalo native and NYU graduate Philip A. Ramos. When Kevin asks his best friend Sam to be his best man, he discovers that Sam doesn’t like his fiancé. This sets off a chain of events leading Kevin to question his life choices. This New York City-based short film is a proof-of-concept short for the feature film Groomsday http://www.davidweilert.com One Vodka Soda / That Storm Films
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
9am-7pm
• Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5pm-6pm • Between 2 Minds The Spirit Room
• $25 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • Standard: $7, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5:15pm-6:15pm • Lunatics Lounge, Live ROC Cinema • $10 • Comedy (pg. 59)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6pm-7pm • Dinner Where Everything Goes Wrong Salena’s • $10 • Theatre (pg. 89)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:45pm-7:45pm • THE VILLAGE CIDIOT ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7pm-7:45pm • Earworm MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • Standard: $29, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-8pm • Goblin Market The Spirit Room • $12 • Theatre (pg. 90)
7pm-8:15pm • The Israel Monologues: David Kilimnick Stand-Up Comedy CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $18, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $13, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
7pm-8:15pm • Jim Rezac/Singer-Songwriter Rochester Music Hall of Fame • $15 • Music (pg. 81)
7:30pm-8:30pm • DRE RED ii Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 78)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Jackboxing The Focus Theater • FREE • Comedy (pg. 59)
7:30pm-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-9pm • Moses Man: Finding Home CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8pm-9pm • Ian Campbell ROC Cinema • $12 • Music (pg. 80)
8pm-9:30pm • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Temple Theater • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
9pm-10:40pm • No Exit The Spirit Room • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
9am-7pm
• Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
11:30am-1pm • Horn Choir Remembrance Concert Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall • FREE • Music (pg. 80)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • Standard: $7, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm
• Between 2 Minds The Spirit Room
• $25 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
5:30pm-6:20pm
• Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5:40pm-6:40pm • Negotiating Immortality ROC Cinema • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
6pm-6:45pm • Unwritten Improv The Focus Theater • $10 • Theatre (pg. 96)
6pm-7pm
• That’s Life - the Sounds of Sinatra Java’s Cafe • FREE • Music (pg. 84)
6:30pm-7:20pm
• Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-8pm • Barkha Dance Company: A Live Music & Kathak Dance Performance
Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • Standard: $29, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-8pm
• The Court of the Mind - With Judge Mentalist ROC Cinema • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
7pm-8pm • Flight Salena’s • $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
7pm-8pm • Goblin Market The Spirit Room • $12 • Theatre (pg. 90)
7pm-8:05pm • The Man of Destiny MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 94)
7pm-9:15pm • Exiles in Paradise CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $30, Seniors: $20, Veterans: $0, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Music (pg. 79)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Ham Radio Live! The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 58)
7:30pm-8:45pm • Latin Tones With Duo Capriccioso CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $15 • Music (pg. 82)
7:30pm-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • Standard: $29, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • Big Queer Comedy Show The Focus Theater • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9pm-10:40pm • No Exit The Spirit Room • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
9am-7pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
4pm-4:45pm • Petals in the Concrete Strange Bird Brewery • FREE • Dance (pg. 65)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • Standard: $7, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Between 2 Minds The Spirit Room • $25 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5:30pm-6:30pm • Farcical Fantasies: Episodes From a Diary School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $10 • Comedy (pg. 58)
6pm-6:45pm • Petals in the Concrete Strange Bird Brewery • FREE • Dance (pg. 65)
6pm-7pm • Battle Royale Improv Tournament The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6pm-7pm • Cirque Us Stories School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Kids 12 And Under: $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
6pm-7pm • Layovers Temple Theater • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
6pm-7pm • THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-8pm • Spicy Tarot Salena’s • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Bar Joke Tales Salena’s • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6:30pm-7:30pm • The Stakeout CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7pm-7:45pm • Earworm MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
7pm-8pm • Barkha Dance Company: A Live Music & Kathak Dance Performance Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-8pm • Goblin Market The Spirit Room • $12 • Theatre (pg. 90)
7pm-8pm • Moses Man: Finding Home CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Seniors: $12, Students (w/ ID): $12 • Theatre (pg. 91)
7pm-8pm • Whatever Fate Decides School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Theatre (pg. 96)
7pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, Front Row: $44, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Game Show! Game Show! Game Show!: A Games Show The Focus Theater • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
7:30pm-8:30pm • THE VILLAGE CIDIOT ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 95)
8pm-9pm • Mounting Washington: The Story of a Mountain & a Miracle CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
8pm-9pm • The SUM School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $15 • Dance (pg. 66)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 54)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $22, Veterans: $20, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Mise-en-Scene: A Cinematic Showcase School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $14 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9pm-10pm • Big Queer Comedy Show The Focus Theater • $20 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • Lunatics Lounge, Live ROC Cinema • $10 • Comedy (pg. 59)
9pm-10:40pm • No Exit The Spirit Room • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
11pm-12:10am • Choise of Valentines The Spirit Room • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
9am-5pm
• Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
12pm-1pm • Last Wing Standing Salena’s • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
1pm-5pm • Rebecca Aloisio + Mitch Goldstein RIT City Art Space • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
4:30pm-11pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • Standard: $7, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Johnny Dowd The Spirit Room • $15 • Music (pg. 81)
5pm-6pm • Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
5:30pm-6pm • The Unluckiest Corner Parcel 5 • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 87)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5:30pm-6:30pm • Whatever Fate Decides School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Theatre (pg. 96)
6pm-6:45pm • 6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
6pm-6:45pm • Dangerous Signs The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
6pm-6:45pm • Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped Our City
Rochester Contemporary Art Center • FREE • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-7pm • Left for Dead Improv The Focus Theater • $12 • Comedy (pg. 59)
6pm-7pm • Triple Jeopardy Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $22, Veterans: $20, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Mounting Washington: The Story of a Mountain & a Miracle CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
7pm-8pm • Between 2 Minds The Spirit Room • $25 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
7pm-8pm • Flight Salena’s • $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
7pm-8pm • A Little Night Circus Roc City Circus • $25 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
7pm-8pm • Monday Funk School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 82)
7pm-8pm • Stand Up for Drag MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 60)
7pm-8pm • Taste of Bushwhacked Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 61)
7pm-8:05pm • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7pm-8:15pm • Because of You: Casey Jones Costello Sings the Tony Bennett Songbook Rochester Music Hall of Fame • $20 • Music (pg. 77)
7pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, Front Row: $44, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7pm-9pm • Grief Embodied St. Joseph’s Park • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
7:15pm-7:45pm • From Train to Train Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
7:15pm-8:15pm • Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 82)
DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE
7:30pm-8:30pm • Nerds in a Basement The Focus Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 92)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Up Close and Personal
With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
7:30pm-9pm • Colin Jost Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • from $21 • Comedy (pg. 19)
8pm-9pm • Belly Dancing With Live Music
The Spirit Room • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
8pm-9pm • Cirque Us Stories School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Kids 12 And Under: $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
8pm-9pm • Long Night of the American Dream CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:15pm-9:15pm • String Quartet Theatre Temple Theater • $25 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
8:15pm-9:30pm • Banachek’s Mind Games Live CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15, Kids 12 And Under: $10, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
8:30pm-9:05pm • RIT Improv The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Comedy (pg. 60)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Drunk Opera MuCCC • $10 • Music (pg. 78)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Falling Into Now ROC Cinema • $15 • Music (pg. 79)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Madelein Murphy: Lesbian American Princess School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Comedy (pg. 59)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Murdered Sleep - The Borden Double Homicide School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Theatre (pg. 92)
9pm-10pm • Bushwhacked Boozy Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • A Cappella Time: Kaminari and Eight Beat Measure The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 76)
9pm-10pm • Ham Radio Live! The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 58)
9:15pm-10:30pm • The Enigmatist: Magic and Puzzles with David Kwong Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
9:30pm-10:30pm • Dust Bowl Faeries The Spirit Room • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
11pm-12:10am • Choise of Valentines The Spirit Room • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
11pm-2am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $16 • Dance (pg. 65)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
10am-11am • Signatures Art & Literary Magazine The Little: Café • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
10am-11:30am • Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
10am-5pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
10:15am-11:45am • Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
10:30am-11:30am • Folk Music From Around the World Temple Theater • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
10:30am-12pm
• Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
10:45am-12:15pm
• Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15
• Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
11am-12:30pm • Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
11:15am-12:45pm • Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
11:30am-11pm
• Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • Standard: $7, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
11:30am-12:30pm • Poetry of Tarot: A Reading Inspired by Tarot Images The Little: Café • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
11:30am-12:45pm • Roc River Ride Genesee Valley Park • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
12pm-1pm • Lights Up On Broadway School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
12pm-1:15pm • Colored Silk: A Civil War Odyssey School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
• Standard: $25, Seniors: $20, Students (w/ ID): $20 • Theatre (pg. 88)
12:45pm-1:15pm • Culture Crescendo The Little: Café • FREE • Music (pg. 78)
1pm-1:30pm • Port-a-Globe Punch and Judy School of the Arts: Commons • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
1pm-1:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
1pm-2pm • Cirque 101 Workshop Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance: Joseph Ave Arts @ Lincoln Library • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
1pm-2pm • The Court of the Mind - With Judge Mentalist ROC Cinema • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
1pm-2pm • Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $22, Veterans: $20, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
1pm-2:30pm • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Temple Theater • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
1:30pm-1:50pm • Send It On School of the Arts: Commons • FREE • Dance (pg. 65)
1:45pm-3pm • Dresnack and Friends, Songs You Can’t Hear Anywhere Else! The Little: Café • FREE • Music (pg. 78)
2pm-2:45pm • PEDESTALS School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
2pm-2:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2pm-2:55pm • Al Laddin or A Gilbert and Sullivan Arabian Night MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 88)
2pm-3pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2pm-3pm • Cirque Us Stories School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
2pm-3pm • A Little Night Circus Roc City Circus • $25 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
2pm-3pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $12 • Comedy (pg. 60)
2:30pm-3:30pm • THE VILLAGE CIDIOT ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 95)
2:30pm-3:45pm
• In His Own Words: An Evening With Robert Frost CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 91)
2:30pm-4pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Front Row: $44, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147, Kids 12 And Under: $23 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
3pm-3:30pm • From Train to Train Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
3pm-4pm • And Now I See: Race, Racism, and American Music CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Kids 12 And Under: $7 • Music (pg. 76)
3pm-4pm • Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
3:15pm-3:35pm • Send It On School of the Arts: Commons • FREE • Dance (pg. 65)
3:30pm-4:15pm • Pollyanna (Queer Faith and Gaming Saved My Life!) The Little: Café • FREE • Theatre (pg. 93)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Mise-en-Scene: A Cinematic Showcase School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $14 • Theatre (pg. 91)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Not Enough Light Makes the QND Kids Awesome MuCCC • $12 • Theatre (pg. 92)
3:30pm-4:35pm • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
4pm-4:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
4pm-4:55pm • Aerial 51 Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $17, Veterans: $17, Students (w/ ID): $17, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 88)
4pm-5pm • The Court of the Mind - With Judge Mentalist ROC Cinema • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
4pm-5pm • Game Show! Game Show! Game Show!: A Games Show The Focus Theater • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
4pm-5pm • Layovers Temple Theater • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
4pm-5pm • Run It Back : Alumni Dance Concert School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $15 • Dance (pg. 65)
4pm-5pm • Taste of Bushwhacked Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 61)
4:45pm-5:30pm • Caricature by Dave “Bippy” Boyer The Little: Café • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
5pm-5:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5pm-6pm • Before Our Eyes MuCCC • $12 • Theatre (pg. 88)
5pm-6pm • How to Look at Art When You Don’t Get It (It’s OK to Laugh) School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
5pm-6pm • Johnny Dowd The Spirit Room • $15 • Music (pg. 81)
5pm-6pm • Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
5pm-6pm • Whatever Fate Decides School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Theatre (pg. 96)
5:30pm-6pm • The Unluckiest Corner Parcel 5 • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 87)
5:30pm-7pm • All in the Timing Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 88)
5:30pm-7:15pm • Cross That River CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $25, Seniors: $20, Veterans: $20, Students (w/ ID): $18, Kids 12 And Under: $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
6pm • From Darkness a Morning Glory Spiegelgarden • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 46)
6pm-6:45pm • Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped Our City Rochester Contemporary Art Center • FREE • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-7pm • Bushwhacked Boozy Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6pm-7pm • Guilt & Mirrors Improv Troupe The Focus Theater • $12 • Comedy (pg. 58)
6pm-7pm • A Little Night Circus Roc City Circus • $25 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
6pm-7pm • PUSH Physical Theatre: HYDE School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
6:30pm-7:15pm • Earworm MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Madelein Murphy: Lesbian American Princess School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Comedy (pg. 59)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Mounting Washington: The Story of a Mountain & a Miracle CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
6:30pm-7:30pm • A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
7pm-8pm • Carnival of the Animals - BIODANCE & Cordancia Chamber Orchestra The Hochstein School • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7pm-8pm • Dust Bowl Faeries The Spirit Room • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
7pm-8pm • That’s Life - the Sounds of Sinatra Java’s Cafe • FREE • Music (pg. 84)
7pm-8:15pm • Adrianna Noone Rochester Music Hall of Fame • $15 • Music (pg. 76)
7pm-8:15pm • The Enigmatist: Magic and Puzzles with David Kwong Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
7:30pm-8:25pm • Aerial 51 Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $17, Veterans: $17, Students (w/ ID): $17, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 88)
7:30pm-8:30pm • String Quartet Theatre Temple Theater • $25 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Thank You Kiss Presents: Strangelove Letters The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
8pm-8:45pm • 6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
8pm-9pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 54)
8pm-9pm • Falling Into Now ROC Cinema • $15 • Music (pg. 79)
8pm-9pm • From Flab to Fab-ish School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Comedy (pg. 58)
8pm-9pm • MERENGUE School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $11 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8pm-9pm • The Stakeout CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
8pm-9pm • The Velvet Noose MuCCC • $16 • Theatre (pg. 95)
8pm-9:15pm • Banachek’s Mind Games Live CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15, Kids 12 And Under: $10, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Dust Bowl Faeries The Spirit Room • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
8:30pm-10pm • Cloud Lounging Experience CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Canalside Stage • $10 • Music (pg. 77)
9pm-10pm • Battle Royale Improv Tournament The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Marcel Lucont’s Whine List Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Comedy (pg. 59)
10pm-11pm • Banter Up Improv Troupe ROC Cinema • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54)
10pm-11:10pm • Choise of Valentines The Spirit Room • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
11pm-2am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $16 • Dance (pg. 65)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
10am-12pm • Trevor CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $14, Seniors: $12, Students (w/ ID): $12 • Theatre (pg. 95)
11am-12pm • Musical Theatre Cabaret The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 82)
12pm-12:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
12pm-1pm • A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
12pm-1pm • Terry Fyke’s Main Street Players Five Point Performance Company Showcase School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 84)
12:30pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
12:30pm-1:30pm • Tiger Steel Steelband Ensemble The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 85)
12:30pm-1:45pm • Daniel Cainer: Gefilte Fish & Chips CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $15 • Music (pg. 78)
12:45pm-1:45pm • The Court of the Mind - With Judge Mentalist ROC Cinema • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
1pm-1:30pm • Port-a-Globe Punch and Judy School of the Arts: Commons • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
1pm-1:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
1pm-1:55pm • Aerial 51 Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $17, Veterans: $17, Students (w/ ID): $17, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 88)
1pm-2pm • Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $22, Veterans: $20, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
1pm-2:30pm • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Temple Theater • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
1pm-2:30pm • Gospel Sunday Spiegeltent • FREE • Music (pg. 80)
1pm-5pm • Kickoff for Hispanic Heritage Month and Fringe Festival The International Plaza • FREE • Music (pg. 81)
1:30pm-2:30pm
• How to Look at Art When You Don’t Get It (It’s OK to Laugh) School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
1:30pm-2:45pm
• Colored Silk: A Civil War
Odyssey School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
• Standard: $25, Seniors: $20, Students (w/ ID): $20 • Theatre (pg. 88)
2pm-2:50pm • Glory to Our Heroes School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
2pm-3pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2pm-3pm • ComedySportz Buffalo The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2pm-3pm
• Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 60)
2pm-3pm • Thomas Warfield/ PeaceArt Projects Compassion Through the Arts Experience The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 75)
2:15pm-3:30pm • The Israel Monologues: David Kilimnick Stand-Up Comedy CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $18, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $13, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
2:30pm-3:45pm • Banachek’s Mind Games Live CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15, Kids 12 And Under: $10, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
2:30pm • From Darkness a Morning Glory Spiegelgarden • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 46)
3pm-3:30pm • From Train to Train Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 90)
3pm-3:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
3pm-4pm • The Boom Chicks School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $5 • Music (pg. 84)
3pm-4:05pm • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
3:30pm-4:20pm • A Little Scary Show! MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 53)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Brick City Boppers Showcase The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Dance (pg. 64)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
4pm-4:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
4pm-4:55pm • Aerial 51 Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $17, Veterans: $17, Students (w/ ID): $17, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 88)
4pm-5pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
4pm-5pm • Nerds in a Basement The Focus Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 92)
4pm-5pm • PUSH Physical Theatre: HYDE School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
4pm-5:30pm
• All in the Timing Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 88)
4pm-5:30pm
• Wander & Wonder IV Rochester Museum and Science Center • FREE • Dance (pg. 66)
4:15pm-5:15pm
• And Now I See: Race, Racism, and American Music CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Kids 12 And Under: $7 • Music (pg. 76)
4:30pm-5:30pm • The Court of the Mind
- With Judge Mentalist ROC Cinema • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
4:30pm-5:30pm • Madelein Murphy: Lesbian American Princess School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Comedy (pg. 59)
4:30pm-5:30pm • A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
4:30pm-5:30pm • Singlejoy CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
5pm-5:50pm • Commotion Dance Theater MuCCC • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Dust Bowl Faeries The Spirit Room • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
5pm-6pm • NTID Sunshine 2.0 The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
5:30pm-6:45pm • The Enigmatist: Magic and Puzzles with David Kwong Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
6pm-7pm • Bar Joke Tales Salena’s • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6pm-7pm • BLUES IN MY BLOOD CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Music (pg. 77)
6pm-7pm • ComedySportz Buffalo The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6pm-7pm • Long Night of the American Dream CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
6pm-7pm • Up In The Air ROC Cinema • $10 • Theatre (pg. 96)
6:30pm-7:25pm • The Geriactors Present: Live From Rochester MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 94)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Black Deaf Male: Who Am I? The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7pm-8pm • Johnny Dowd The Spirit Room • $15 • Music (pg. 81)
7pm-8pm • Play in a Day Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
7pm-9pm • Grief Embodied St. Joseph’s Park • $12 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Layovers Temple Theater • $20 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
7:30pm-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
8pm-8:45pm • Diary of a Techie MuCCC • $12 • Theatre (pg. 89)
8pm-9pm
• The Matt Pavolka Band Bop Shop Records • $25 • Music (pg. 84)
8pm-9pm • Róisín Dubh CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • $12 • Music (pg. 83)
8pm-9pm • Singlejoy CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
8pm-9:15pm • Synthflow Yoga Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
9pm-10pm
• From Folkloric to Fusion: A Belly Dance Experience! The Spirit Room • $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
9pm-10pm
• Play in a Day Writers & Books • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
9am-7pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Cobbs Hill Consort The Spirit Room • FREE • Music (pg. 77)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6pm-7pm • Singlejoy CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-7pm • Triple Jeopardy Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-7:50pm • Songs to Drink Wine 2 The Spirit Room • $14 • Music (pg. 83)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Folk Music From Around the World Temple Theater • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
8pm-9pm • Sandcatchers: “The Lines” Album Release Bop Shop Records • $25 • Music (pg. 83)
8pm-9:15pm • Daniel Cainer: Gefilte Fish & Chips CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $15 • Music (pg. 78)
8pm-9:15pm • The Fifth Horseman CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $18, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 94)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Falling Into Now ROC Cinema • $15 • Music (pg. 79)
9pm-10pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
9pm-10:40pm • No Exit The Spirit Room • $20 • Theatre (pg. 92)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
9am-7pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Cobbs Hill Consort The Spirit Room • FREE • Music (pg. 77)
5pm-6pm • Warhol: Bullet Karma ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
5:30pm-6:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:45pm • The Fifth Horseman CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater Standard: $18, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Theatre (pg. 94)
7pm-7:45pm • Diary of a Techie MuCCC • $12 • Theatre (pg. 89)
7pm-7:50pm • The Fiddle Witch The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 84)
7pm-8pm • Bossing Salena’s • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-9pm • Infrared Radiation Orchestra
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $10 • Music (pg. 91)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Folk Music From Around the World Temple Theater • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE
DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE
7:30pm-8:30pm • Jackboxing The Focus Theater • FREE • Comedy (pg. 59)
7:30pm-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté
Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-9pm • Composers Concert Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall • FREE • Music (pg. 78)
7:30pm-9pm • Eastman Percussion
Ensemble Eastman School of Music: Sproull Atrium at Miller Center • $10 • Music (pg. 79)
8pm-9pm • When I Grow Up, I Want To Be a Stepmom ROC Cinema • $10 • Comedy (pg. 62)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:15pm-9:15pm • The Worst Best Man Ever CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • $10 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
9pm-9:50pm • Songs to Drink Wine 2 The Spirit Room • $14 • Music (pg. 83)
9pm-10pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
9am-7pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • The Sacred Monsters of Frida Kahlo The Spirit Room • $15 • Theatre (pg. 95)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5:30pm-6:30pm • The Wild and Wonderful World of Avant-Garde George Eastman Museum • Standard: $12, Students (w/ ID): $5, Kids 12 And Under: $5 • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
5:30pm-7pm • Art of the Book Featured Showcase Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
6pm-7pm • 4 Idiots and a Bottle 2 Salena’s • $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
6pm-7pm • Dialogues in the Park St. Joseph’s Park • $18 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
6pm-7pm • Falling Into Now ROC Cinema • $15 • Music (pg. 79)
6pm-7pm • Guilt & Mirrors Improv Troupe The Focus Theater • $12 • Comedy (pg. 58)
6pm-8pm • Spicy Tarot Salena’s • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:30pm • The Stakeout CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7pm-7:50pm • Songs to Drink Wine 2 The Spirit Room • $14 • Music (pg. 83)
7pm-7:55pm • Al Laddin or A Gilbert and Sullivan Arabian Night MuCCC • $5 • Theatre (pg. 88)
7pm-8pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
7pm-8pm • Vocal Point With the YellowJackets CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • $15 • Music (pg. 85)
7:25pm-8:25pm • Negotiating Immortality ROC Cinema • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Folk Music From Around the World Temple Theater • $20 • Music (pg. 79)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Left for Dead Improv The Focus Theater • $12 • Comedy (pg. 59)
7:30pm-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-9pm • Eastman Wind Orchestra Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • FREE • Music (pg. 79)
7:30pm-9pm • Trivia CITY: An Arts & Culture Quiz Spiegelgarden • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 75)
8pm-9:15pm • In His Own Words: An Evening With Robert Frost CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: FREE • Theatre (pg. 91)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-9:50pm • The Fiddle Witch The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 84)
9pm-10pm • Ants to Gods: Trading Faces The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 53)
9pm-10pm • Triple Jeopardy Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
9am-7pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
5pm-10pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • I Want To Be a Cowgirl’s Sweetheart The Spirit Room • $10 • Music (pg. 80)
5pm-6pm • Warhol: Bullet Karma ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
5:15pm-8:35pm
• Best Films! RIT School of Film and Animation The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6pm-7pm • Battle Royale Improv Tournament The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
6pm-7pm • Comedy on Deck Comes Inside School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $15 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6pm-7pm • Dialogues in the Park St. Joseph’s Park • $18 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
6pm-7:30pm • All in the Timing Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 88)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Anthony Prezutti - Comedy Mentalist CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Good Girl ROC Cinema • $16 • Theatre (pg. 90)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Long Night of the American Dream CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
7pm-7:55pm • The Geriactors Present: Live From Rochester MuCCC • $15 • Theatre (pg. 94)
7pm-8:15pm • Starborn: A Tribute to Legendary Voices School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $20 • Music (pg. 84)
7pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $31, Front Row: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $179 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Game Show! Game Show! Game Show!: A Games Show The Focus Theater • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $12 • Comedy (pg. 60)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
7:30pm-8:45pm • Synthflow Yoga Aerial Arts of Rochester • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Veterans: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
8pm-9pm • Banter Up Improv Troupe ROC Cinema • $15 • Comedy (pg. 54)
8pm-9pm • Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 77)
8pm-9pm • Show Me a Day When the World Wasn’t New CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $8, Kids 1 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
8pm-9pm • Unleashed! Improv Presents: Playgiarism School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Comedy (pg. 62)
8pm-9:30pm • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Temple Theater • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
8pm-9:30pm • Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Ball CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $20, Seniors: $15, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Music (pg. 80)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
9pm-10pm • The Real Deal Game Show The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 62)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent From $30 • Comedy (pg. 32)
9:30pm-10:30pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 54)
10pm-11pm • Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 77)
10pm-11pm • Good Girl ROC Cinema • $16 • Theatre (pg. 90)
11:30pm-12:30am • Blood & the River The Spirit Room • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
9am-5pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
4:30pm-11pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
5pm-6pm • Documentary Short Films: RIT Photojournalism The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
5pm-6pm • The Heterosexuals ROC Cinema • $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
5pm-6pm • Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
5:30pm-6pm • The Unluckiest Corner Parcel 5 • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 87)
5:30pm-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
5:30pm-6:30pm • MERENGUE School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $11 • Theatre (pg. 91)
6pm-6:45pm • Rochester City Ballet: Agua Fresca School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Dance (pg. 65)
6pm-6:45pm • Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped Our City Rochester Contemporary Art Center • FREE • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-7pm • The Crucible Temple Theater • $18 • Dance (pg. 66)
6pm-7pm • Indigo Breeze Band CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Kids 12 And Under: $5 • Music (pg. 80)
6pm-7pm • The Saga of the Shining Emblem The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 62)
6pm-7pm • Taste of Bushwhacked Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 61)
6:30pm-7pm • The Urban Boys US Return The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Dance (pg. 66)
6:30pm-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Belly Dancing With Live Music The Spirit Room • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Coldwater Blues CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Kids 12 And Under: FREE • Music (pg. 77)
6:30pm-7:30pm • How to Look at Art When You Don’t Get It (It’s OK to Laugh) School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $10 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
7pm-8pm • Carnival of the Animals - BIODANCE & Cordancia Chamber Orchestra The Hochstein School • Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7pm-8pm • Don’t Stop Believing: A Theatric Remix of the 1980s School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
7pm-8pm • Stand Up for Drag MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 60)
7pm-8:15pm • Jenn DeSantis Rochester Music Hall of Fame • $15 • Music (pg. 81)
7pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, Front Row: $44, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:15pm-7:45pm • A Cappella Time: Brick City Singers and Proof of Purchase The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 75)
7:30pm-8:30pm • ROCeltic: Sláinte, Raise a Glass to 5 Years! Temple Theater • $10 • Dance (pg. 65)
7:30pm-8:30pm • The Stakeout CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 95)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Thank You Kiss Presents: Strangelove Letters The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
8pm-9pm • Bushwhacked Boozy Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 54)
8pm-9pm • Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 77)
8pm-9pm • Comedy on Deck Comes Inside School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $15 • Comedy (pg. 55)
8pm-9pm • PUSH Physical Theatre: HYDE School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:15pm-9pm • Bending Sound The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
8:30pm-9:25pm • Vete P’al ...... & Other Things You Want To Say at Work School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $15 • Comedy (pg. 62)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Am I a Good Dad? ROC Cinema • $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
8:30pm-9:45pm • Wide Awake - A U2 Experience CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Music (pg. 85)
9pm-10pm • Ants to Gods: Trading Faces The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 53)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent From $38 • Comedy (pg. 32)
9:45pm-10:15pm • Cut The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Theatre (pg. 89)
10pm-11pm • Charming Disaster’s Musical Underworld Tour The Spirit Room • $18 • Music (pg. 77)
10pm-11pm • Good Girl ROC Cinema • $16 • Theatre (pg. 90)
11pm-2am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • Standard: $19, Students (w/ ID): $15 • Dance (pg. 65)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
10am-10:45am • Becoming Grandma Kat The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Theatre (pg. 88)
10am-5pm • Art of the Book Exhibit Central Library • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 96)
11am-12:30pm • Disco Kids Spiegelgarden • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
11:15am-12pm • Out of Sync The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 98)
11:30am-11pm • Daedalum - Architects of Air Spiegelgarden • $7 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
12pm-1pm • Last Wing Standing Salena’s • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
12pm-2pm • Pumpkin Painting Spiegelgarden
• $7 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
12pm-3pm • Kids Chalk Art Spiegelgarden • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
12:30pm-1:30pm • Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles. A Gameshow for Awful Children. Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
1pm-1:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
1pm-2pm • Cirque 101 Workshop Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance: Joseph Ave Arts @ Lincoln Library • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
1pm-2:30pm • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Temple Theater • $20 • Theatre (pg. 94)
1pm-3pm • Trevor CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $14, Seniors: $12, Students (w/ ID): $12 • Theatre (pg. 95)
1pm-5:30pm • Fringe Street Beat Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park • FREE • Dance (pg. 64)
1:15pm-2:15pm • WITH THE ROOSTERS SINGING WAKE UP TO A THOUSAND BUTTERCUPS The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 85)
2pm-2:50pm • Commotion Dance Theater MuCCC • $15 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
2pm-2:50pm • Dashboard Dramas X Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
2pm-3pm • Defiant Monkey Improv’s Impossibly Possible Show The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 58)
2pm-3pm • Show Me a Day When the World Wasn’t New CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $8 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
2:30pm-4pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $32, Kids 12 And Under: $23, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $147 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
2:45pm-3:15pm • RIT Surround Sound The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 83)
3pm-3:45pm • Rochester City Ballet: Agua Fresca School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • Standard: $20, Kids 12 And Under: $10 • Dance (pg. 65)
3pm-3:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
3pm-4pm • Bushwhacked Cabaret of Destiny Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 55)
3pm-4pm • Comedy on Deck Comes Inside School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $15 • Comedy (pg. 55)
3pm-4pm • Holy O Temple Theater • $15 • Theatre (pg. 91)
3pm-4pm • Up Close and Personal With Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Dance Studio • $20 • Dance (pg. 66)
3:30pm-4:15pm • WADAIKO Performance
The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 85)
3:30pm-4:30pm • Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 60)
4pm-4:30pm • Port-a-Globe Punch and Judy School of the Arts: Commons • FREE • Kids Fringe (pg. 68)
4pm-4:50pm • Decade of Dashboard Spiegelgarden • $33 • Comedy (pg. 55)
4pm-5pm • Game Show! Game Show! Game Show!: A Games Show The Focus Theater
• Standard: $15, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 72)
4pm-5pm • Ian Campbell ROC Cinema • $12 • Music (pg. 80)
4:30pm-4:45pm • Velocity: RIT’s Urban Dance Crew The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Dance (pg. 66)
4:30pm-5:15pm • PEDESTALS School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $10 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 73)
4:30pm-5:30pm • Dear Eleanor and The Quest to Save Dad CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $10, Students (w/ ID): FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
4:30pm-5:30pm • Nick Henry’s Acoustic Revue School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $5 • Music (pg. 83)
4:45pm-5:15pm • A Cappella Time: Encore and Vocal Accent The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Multidisciplinary (pg. 76)
5pm-5:50pm • A Little Scary Show! MuCCC • $15 • Comedy (pg. 53)
5pm-6pm • Blood & the River The Spirit Room • $15 • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
5pm-6pm • PUSH Physical Theatre: HYDE School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $18 • Theatre (pg. 93)
5:30pm-6pm • The Unluckiest Corner Parcel 5 • $18 • Spoken Word (pg. 87)
5:45pm-6:45pm • BakariPoet & Chicken
Wings: Southern ASL BBQ The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Spoken Word (pg. 86)
6pm-6:45pm • Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped Our City Rochester Contemporary Art Center • FREE • Theatre (pg. 93)
6pm-6:55pm • Vete P’al ...... & Other Things You Want To Say at Work School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $15 • Comedy (pg. 62)
6pm-7pm • The Crucible Temple Theater • $18 • Dance (pg. 66)
6pm-7pm
• From Flab to Fab-ish School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $20 • Comedy (pg. 58)
6pm-7pm • The Saga of the Shining Emblem The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 62)
6pm-7pm • Taste of Bushwhacked Spiegelgarden • $47 • Comedy (pg. 61)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Show Me a Day When the World Wasn’t New CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • Standard: $15, Seniors: $10, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10, Kids 12 And Under: $8 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 74)
6:30pm-7:30pm • Vocal Point With the YellowJackets CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • $15 • Music (pg. 85)
6:30pm-7:35pm • The Man of Destiny MuCCC
• $5 • Theatre (pg. 94)
7pm-8pm • I Want To Be a Cowgirl’s Sweetheart The Spirit Room • $10 • Music (pg. 80)
7pm-8pm • Main Street Players Performance Company Showstoppers! School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre • $10 • Music (pg. 82)
7pm-8pm • That’s Life - the Sounds of Sinatra Java’s Cafe • FREE • Music (pg. 84)
7pm-8:15pm • La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas Rochester Music Hall of Fame • $15 • Music (pg. 82)
7pm-8:30pm • Cirque du Fringe: Varieté Spiegeltent • Standard: $38, VIP Booths (Seat 6): $199 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 71)
7:30pm-8:15pm • One Lomb Drive The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Music (pg. 83)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Don’t Stop Believing: A Theatric Remix of the 1980s School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre • $15 • Theatre (pg. 89)
7:30pm-8:30pm • ROCeltic: Sláinte, Raise a Glass to 5 Years! Temple Theater • $10 • Dance (pg. 65)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Stand-Up Through the Ages School of the Arts: Club SOTA • $12 • Comedy (pg. 60)
7:30pm-8:30pm • Thank You Kiss Presents: Strangelove Letters The Focus Theater • $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
7:50pm-8:50pm • Warhol: Bullet Karma ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 96)
8pm-9pm • Alice Through The Bardo MuCCC • $8 • Multidisciplinary (pg. 70)
8pm-9pm • Bushwhacked Boudoir Spiegelgarden • $29 • Comedy (pg. 54)
8pm-9pm • Long Night of the American Dream CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballroom Stage • $20 • Theatre (pg. 91)
8pm-9:30pm • Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame Bop Shop Records • $25 • Music (pg. 81)
8pm-10pm • Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS Third Presbyterian Church • FREE • Visual Arts & Film (pg. 97)
8:30pm-9:30pm • Anthony Prezutti - Comedy Mentalist CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Hart Theater • Standard: $15, Veterans: $10, Students (w/ ID): $10 • Comedy (pg. 53)
8:30pm-10pm • Cloud Lounging Experience CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Canalside Stage • $10 • Music (pg. 77)
8:45pm-10pm • Please Don’t Let Me Die in Buffalo The Little: Theatre 1 • FREE • Theatre (pg. 92)
9pm-10pm • Battle Royale Improv Tournament The Focus Theater • $10 • Comedy (pg. 54)
9pm-10pm • From Folkloric to Fusion: A Belly Dance Experience! The Spirit Room • $10 • Dance (pg. 64)
9pm-10pm • THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW ROC Cinema • $15 • Theatre (pg. 93)
9pm-10:15pm • Josh Dweh Live Temple Theater • $20 • Comedy (pg. 59)
9:15pm-10:45pm • Shotspeare Spiegeltent From $38 • Comedy (pg. 32)
9:30pm-10:30pm • The Velvet Noose MuCCC • $16 • Theatre (pg. 95)
10:15pm-11:15pm • The Heterosexuals ROC Cinema • $15 • Comedy (pg. 61)
11pm-2am • Silent Disco Spiegeltent • Standard: $20, Students (w/ ID): $16 • Dance (pg. 65)
DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE
VENUES
FRINGE VENUES
Throughout downtown Rochester
ONE FRINGE PLACE
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, Dr. Dawn F. Lipson’s Spiegelgarden, Fringe Box Office & Info Booth, food trucks, the Fringe Store, free entertainment, and some site-specific shows.
OUTDOOR VENUES
Near East Avenue and Main Street, Rochester
Fringe venues are located in our main East End footprint, with satellite locations in the Neighborhood of the Arts, in the University of Rochester area, in the historic Joseph Avenue and Upper Falls Neighborhoods, and in the Brighton/Henrietta area.
SPIEGELTENT
This year’s Spiegeltent is the historic Palais im Park from Belgium, a large tent with stained glass windows, a velvet draped ceiling and VIP booths fit for royalty. All shows are presented in the round. See page 23 for more details and a list of shows.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
SPIEGELGARDEN
Host location for Pedestrian Drive-In, Gospel Sunday, Dashboard Dramas, Bushwhacked, and more. Plus, the Theatre Bar: A festive lounge with a magical vibe. See page 38 for details and a list of shows.
The orange dots indicate a venue’s number(s) on the map on page 111.
(More than one dot means that a venue has multiple spaces, with different addresses .)
JR. MEMORIAL PARK: THE BOWL
(site of Fringe Street Beat) 353 Court Street Rochester, NY 14607
Saturday, Sept. 21, 1-5:30pm
See page 47 for more details.
SITE-SPECIFIC SHOWS/VENUES
Throughout downtown Rochester
A variety of entertainment with a specially adapted location other than a standard venue.
Genesee Valley Park: Waterways Center 149 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY 14611
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9 Parcel 5 285 East Ave., next to One East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604
22 Rochester Contemporary Art Center: Side Lawn 137 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14604
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
4 Meigs Street Rochester, NY 14607
Location of CRAIG WALSH, MONUMENTS. See page 49 for more details.
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Rochester Museum and Science Center: Garden of Fragrance 657 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14607
Strangebird Brewery 62 Marshall Street Rochester, NY 14607 31
St. Joseph’s Park 118 Pleasant St., Rochester, 14604
Aerial Arts of Rochester
AerialArtsRochester @aerialartsrochester
1046 University Ave. Suite C Rochester, NY 14607 • www.aerialartsrochester.com
Aerial Arts of Rochester is a circus arts training school, offering a variety of alternative fitness and dance classes using apparatuses such as the trapeze and silk fabrics. The venue also hosts many showcases and themed productions throughout the year. 1
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Bop Shop Records
BopShopRecords @bopshoprecords
1460 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 • www.bopshop.com
Bop Shop Records is an independently owned record store in Rochester, New York, that specializes in fine-condition vinyl records and CDs.
CenterStage Theatre
at the JCC
jccCenterStage Theatre @jccCenterStage
1200 Edgewood Ave, Rochester, NY 14618 • www.jccCenterStage Theatre.org
A local professional theater company and a program of the Jewish Community Center, CenterStage offers its 300-seat indoor Hart Theater as well as its intimate newest indoor space, Ballroom Stage, and its outdoor site on the tennis courts, Canalside Stage. There’s plenty of parking and all venues are fully accessible. Concession snacks are available.
Central Library of Rochester
RocCentralLibrary @roccity_library
115 South Ave, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.roccitylibrary.org/location/central/
The Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County consists of two buildings, the Rundel Memorial Library building, opened in 1936, and the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building, opened in 1997. Located in the heart of downtown Rochester, at 115 South Avenue, the library offers the residents of the city and county a large collection of books, (both print and electronic) magazines, music, movies and more.
Eastman School of Music
EastmanSchool @eastman.school
26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.esm.rochester.edu
Long regarded as one of the world’s premiere schools of music, the Eastman School of Music offers a uniquely inspiring array of artistic, scholarly, and creative opportunities. Situated in the heart of downtown Rochester, the home of the world-renowned Rochester Philharmonic, Eastman’s stellar faculty, enduring legacy and entrepreneurial edge place our students at the spark point where great music is made to matter.
The Focus Theater
Focus Stage at Sibley thefocustheater @thefocustheater
250 East Main St. Suite 3100, Sibley Square, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.focustheater.us
The Focus Theater is a performance venue and training center for Rochester, New York’s best artistic minds. The Focus is excited to showcase its unique space located in the historic Sibley Building on Main Street. We provide a welcoming and accessible environment where individuals of diverse backgrounds can come together to learn new skills, grow as performers, and create world-class entertainment.
Garth Fagan Dance
Garth Fagan Dance Company @garthfagandancecompany
50 Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.garthfagandance.org
Garth Fagan Dance is the region’s leading artist-led, predominately Black cultural institution that develops young dancers, especially those of color. The company has recently been welcomed into the Library of Congress archives and designated a 20th century dance treasure, with Garth acclaimed as the longest-running Black choreographer on Broadway for his work on Disney’s The Lion King. GFD is headquartered in a 10,008-square-foot space of a 100+-year-old building downtown.
George Eastman Museum
@EastmanMuseum GeorgeEastmanMuseum Dryden Theatre
900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.eastman.org/about-dryden-theatre
The George Eastman Museum is the world’s leading museum of photography and motion pictures and the National Historic Landmark home and gardens of the father of popular photography. Located in Rochester’s cultural district, the museum offers a variety of exhibitions of historic and contemporary photographs, as well as displays that chronicle the personal and professional lives of George Eastman.
The Hochstein School
50 N. Plymouth Ave., Rochester, NY 14614 • www.hochstein.org
HochsteinSchool @hochsteinschool
The Hochstein School provides people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities with access to excellent music and dance education in a community that nurtures and encourages personal achievement. We are a vibrant community of individuals who believe in the power of the arts and prioritize ensuring access throughout the Greater Rochester region.
TheInternationalPlazaROC
The International Plaza
828 North Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14604 • www.cityofrochester.gov/internationalplaza
The International Plaza is an exciting, new, Latin-themed event space and marketplace. It features a variety of vendors and vending options, providing a community gathering space to celebrate and build on the tremendous arts and cultural assets of the surrounding neighborhood. @theinternationalplazaroc
Java’s
16 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604 •www.javascafe.com
javascafegibbs
@javascafe
Located on Gibbs Street in downtown Rochester, Java’s cafe has a unique atmosphere— riddled with artwork and innate personality. Java’s is a great place to relax, converse, and find inspiration. You can also enjoy some of the best locally roasted coffee and organic teas Rochester has to offer.
Joseph Ave. Arts @ Lincoln Library
851 Joseph Ave., Rochester, 14621 • www.josephavearts.org
josephavearts
@jaacaroc
Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance presents its 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival in the newly renovated Lincoln Branch Library. Housing a bright and spacious Children’s Room, a dedicated Community Room for events, a comfortably furnished “Teen Spot” for youth aged 13 -17, private study areas, and the Toy Library Lending.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
EastmanSchool
@eastman.school
26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY 14604 • www.esm.rochester.edu/concerts/halls/kodak/ Rochester’s preeminent performance space is part of the Eastman School of Music and the venue of headliner events. Please check rochesterfringe.com for updates.
280 E. Main Street, Sibley Tower, First Floor, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.rit.edu/cityartspace City Art Space is RIT’s only off-campus art venue in downtown Rochester, free and open to the public, where community engagement flows through art and design exhibitions, events and educational programming. ritcityartspace @ritcityartspace 15 16 17
TheLittleTheatreROC
The Little: Theatre 1
240 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.www.thelittle.org
The Little Theatre in Rochester, New York, commonly known as “The Little,” is a movie theatre on historic East Avenue in downtown Rochester and a modest non-profit multiplex specializing in art film, including independent and foreign productions outside the United States. @thelittletheatre @TheLittleRoch
MuCCC
142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.muccc.org
The MuCCC Theater is an all-volunteer, 80-seat black box theater that presents theater and performance which reflects the diversity of the Rochester community. MuCCC is housed in a repurposed 19th century Baptist Mission. theMuCCC
RIT City Art Space
ROC Cinema
957 S. Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14620 • www.roccinema.com
Rochester’s premier dine-in movie theater and event space. Rochester’s oldest movie theater built in 1914 and recently renovated in 2021. Specializing in movies, live events/performances, and private events. Full kitchen and bar on the premises. Hearing Loop available. theroccinema roccinema
Roc City Circus
1344 University Ave., Suite 6200, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.roccitycircus.com
Ladies & gentleman! Boys, girls, and bon-binary pals! It’s time to join the circus! With options for either aerial or ground classes at Roc City Circus in Rochester, exercising has never been this fun! Everyone is welcome to come and experience the circus perform right before your eyes!
Rochester Music Hall of Fame
25 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604 • www.rochestermusichof.org
Home location of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame and right across Gibbs Street from the Eastman School of Music RMHF2012 @rochalloffame
Salena’s
302 N. Goodman Street At the Village Gate, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.salenas.com
A full service, 120-seat Mexican Restaurant. Several areas where performances take place including: a small party room that holds 20; a heated outdoor patio which holds 50; a bar area and the main dining room. Come see up-close and personal interactive performances! salenasmexican @salenasmexican
SOTA - School of the Arts
45 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.sotarochester.org
Nestled in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts, School of the Arts serves Rochester City students and offers traditional academics complemented by an arts-based curriculum. SOTA’s mission is Student Academic, Artistic and Humanistic success! rcsdsota @RCSDSOTA
Sloan Performing Arts Center
University of Rochester
URPerformingArts @urperforming @UR_PerformArts
407 Alumni Road, Rochester, NY 14614 • www.sas.rochester.edu/PerformingArts
The University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center is a 180-seat, blackbox theater that features dance, theater and music events throughout the year! On the River Campus at 407 Alumni Road, at the traffic circle on Wilson Blvd. Parking is available in Trustee Lot near the Elmwood Avenue entrance, and accessible parking is available next to the Sloan center.
The Spirit Room
139 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614
The Spirit Room is a meeting place, created by artists for artists. We are working-class misfits who seek to disrupt and subvert the inherent class and gender biases that dominate the craft cocktail culture through community engagement, live performances and radical dialogue. @ghostparlourarts
The Temple Theater
50 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, 14604 • www.templebuilding.com/temple-theater
Hosted by the Company Theatre, the Temple Theater is a 98-year-old space, featuring original stained glass windows, sculpted wood details, a tiered balcony, a large stage area, and a capacity of 600 seats on the floor alone. Shows will be presented in the proscenium, thrust, and in-the-round.
Writers & Books
740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 • www.wab.org
Writers & Books @writersandbooks
Writers & Books promotes reading and writing as lifelong activities for people of all ages and back-grounds to enrich their lives and the intellectual, social, and cultural vibrancy of their communities. The organization engages youth and adults through workshops, readings, writing residencies, and intersectional activities. Writers & Books owns and operates Ampersand Books, an in-house independent bookstore, and Gell: A Finger Lakes
Retreat, sited on 24 acres in Naples, NY.
VENUES
VENUES
1. Aerial Arts of Rochester
1046 University Ave., Suite C, Rochester, 14607
2. Bop Shop Records 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, 14618
3. CenterStage Theatre at the JCC
■ Hart Theater
■ Ballroom Stage
■ Canalside Stage 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester, 14618
4. Central Library of Rochester 115 South Ave. Rochester, 14604
5. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: The Bowl 353 Court St., Rochester, 14607
6. Eastman School of Music
■ Hatch Recital Hall
■ Kilbourn Hall
■ Sproull Atrium at Miller Center 25 Gibbs St., Rochester, 14604
7. The Focus Theater
260 E. Main St., Suite 3100, Sibley Square, Rochester, 14604
8. Garth Fagan Dance
50 Chestnut St., Rochester, 14064
9. Genesee Valley Waterways Center
149 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, 14611
10. George Eastman Museum, Dryden Theatre
900 East Ave., Rochester, 14607
11. The Hochstein School
50 N. Plymouth Ave., Rochester, 14614
12. The International Plaza 828 N. Clinton Ave., Rochester, 14605
13. Java’s Café 16 Gibbs St., Rochester, 14604
14. Joseph Ave Arts & Culture Alliance @ Lincoln Library 851 Joseph Ave, Rochester, 14621
15. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
609 Gibbs St., Rochester, 14604
16. The Little: Theatre 1
240 East Ave., Rochester, 14604
17. MuCCC
142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, 14607
18. Parcel 5
275 E. Main St, Rochester, 14604
19. RIT City Art Space
280 E. Main St, Rochester, 14604
20. ROC Cinema
957 S. Clinton Ave. Rochester, 14620
21. Roc City Circus
1344 University Ave, Suite 6200, Rochester, NY 14607
22. Rochester Contemporary Art Center: Side Lawn
137 East Ave, Rochester, 14604
23. Rochester Museum and Science Center: Garden of Fragrance
657 East Ave., Rochester, 14607
24. Rochester Music Hall of Fame
25 Gibbs St., Rochester, 14604
25. Salena’s
302 N. Goodman St., E-102 Rochester, 14607
26. School of the Arts
■ Allen Main Stage Theatre
■ Black Box Theatre
■ Club SOTA
■ Commons
■ Ensemble Theatre
45 Prince St, Rochester, 14607
27. Sloan Performing Arts Center
University of Rochester
407 Alumni Rd., Rochester, 14614
28. Spiegeltent
One Fringe Place
Corner of Main St. and Gibbs St. (GPS Address: 71 Gibbs St, Rochester, 14604)
29. Spiegelgarden
One Fringe Place
Corner of Main St. and Gibbs St. (GPS: 71 Gibbs St., Rochester, 14604)
30. The Spirit Room
■ Bar Room
■ Conjure Box
139 State St, Rochester, 14614
31. Strangebird Brewery
62 Marshall St, Rochester, 14607
32. The Temple Theater
50 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, 14604
33. Third Presbyterian Church
4 Meigs Street
(Corner of East Ave & Meigs Street) Rochester, 14607
34. St. Joseph’s Park
118 Pleasant St., Rochester, 14604
35. Writers & Books
740 University Ave, Rochester, 14607
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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