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Welcome to the Fringe Fringe Festival Team Ticket Information Accessibility Friend, Follow, and Fave Us Getting to the Fringe Map Fringe Workshops Protect the Fringe (How to Donate) Fringe Merch
Shows 27 Special Events 28 Live Shows 36 Online Shows
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Low-Vision Pre-show Notes Thanks to our Donors Thanks to our Partners Thanks to our Volunteers Show Index
How to Fringe Did you know the Fringe is unjuried and uncensored? How to Read a Show Listing:
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What Are We: A Musical
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Awkward Banana Dates Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jimmy Image Credit: Vollie Crocco bananasmakebetterspouses.com Ever looked at your banana and thought “I wonder what it would be like to date you?” Here is the answer to that question and to so many more. - Winner, Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award, 2016
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- The New York Times “ I went and proposed to my banana after seeing this.” —Torontoist Show Length Show Info
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“ What Are We: A Musical raises deep, soulsearching questions such as ‘Why aren’t I dating a banana?’ And ‘Could a banana be a better lover than my current partner?’”
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The 2021 Fringe Festival is going to delight your senses and provide you with a theatre experience that is Fringe worthy! Local, national and international artists bring you in-person and digital offerings that showcase that we are Sylvia Ceacero resilient and that theatre is Executive Director, here to stay. Whether you Interim access the performances live Vancouver Fringe or online, this year’s lineTheatre Society up appeals to all senses and sensibilities, invites everyone to embrace new and diverse horizons, and challenges us to think differently and to open our hearts and minds. Theatre brings us back to our roots and also grounds us. It provides soul enriching experiences that create long lasting memories and bonds, fills our hearts with delight, provokes our thinking and challenges our assumptions. My short stay as Interim E.D. has been filled with hard work, delight, a profound sense of accomplishment and extraordinary respect for the individuals who serve this organization. Our Board, tirelessly reaches further and deeper into the organization to elevate it to new horizons. Our staff works relentlessly to accomplish the vision of the organization to bring theatre to everyone. Our volunteers rally with the organization to assist with providing you, our dear audience, with an experience like no other. And of course our donors and funders who have supported and continue to support the Fringe in its evolving journey. This year, we will continue to provide our audiences, artists, volunteers and staff with a safe Festival environment while we amp up the enjoyment and the sensory experience. The Fringe is transforming itself and along with that transformation, it looks to a future that is filled with diversity, hope, compassion, understanding, inclusivity, accessibility, abundance and joy.
The past year has been challenging for virtually everyone involved in the arts, the Fringe included. We want to take the time to learn from these experiences and undertake a long term visioning exercise that includes everyone with an interest in the Fringe. With that in mind, we invite you to participate in our Fringe Engagement Project so you can do some storytelling of your own. Using Participatory Narrative Inquiry and working with Harvest Moon Consulting, we are asking you, our Fringe community, to share a single Fringe story with us by using this link: https://harvestmoonpni. com/wp-con-tent/plugins/narrafirma/webapp/survey. html#project=Vancouver%20Fringe&survey=Fringe%201.0 Whether you have been to one show or 50, are a volunteer, an artist, a donor, a staff member, or a friend of the festival, your stories are important to us and will help us shape the Fringe of the future. Thank you for supporting Theatre for Everyone. As a IBPOC board member, performer in this year’s Fringe, and someone hard of hearing, I’m especially looking forward to the excitement of live theatre and cheering audiences. And let us hope that this year will be one full of cheer, as we welcome artists and audiences to one Jai Djwa of our most diverse Fringes Member of the BC Arts yet. This year, 38% of the Council shows are by or include Member of the IBPOC artists. This info is Vancouver Fringe Board based on core creative teams and casts that include IBPOC folks. While we continue to work on getting our house in order and building our organization to be more inclusive and welcoming, I personally am also delighted that finally, theatre is back. Happy Fringing!
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I want to welcome all of you back for a signature Fringe Festival that is daring in its boldness and mighty in its breadth. Thanks to all of you who make the Fringe a thriving hub of creativity and progress.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, I would like to welcome you to the 2021 Fringe! We are very thrilled to have so many theatre companies and individual performers ready to share their talents and stories with live audiences again. We are also Claudia Sjoberg very excited to have partnered President with Pippa Mackie and Omari Vancouver Fringe Newton, two former Fringe Theatre Society artists, to design and lead our Opening and Closing nights. We are also very pleased to welcome Raven John, Deb Courchene, and Trickster Media to do a very special show on September 13th. Please come out and see some shows, chat with your neighbours, reconnect with friends and be part of the festive Fringey atmosphere.
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Lucy Eveleigh President Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals
I am so happy to write a welcome letter to the Vancouver Fringe community, who are lucky enough to be receiving an outdoor and indoor in person events, as well as some digital offerings. Despite the ongoing circumstances, the Vancouver Fringe team and their artists have come together to make this all possible.
It has been such a difficult year for Fringe Festivals around the world and the Vancouver Fringe team has worked tirelessly to stay connected to its artists and patrons over that time. Their ability to produce a Festival both in person and digital is definitely something to celebrate. The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) has over 30 member festivals across Canada and the USA and we exist as an organization to unite, support, empower, and strengthen our member festivals in order to cultivate and foster independent artistic exploration for artists and audiences across North America. CAFF has been taking the time over this last year to reflect upon what our organization is doing and can do for the theatre artists of the world and we want to thank you, the audience, who come out every year to support Fringe Festivals. Your support is integral to these artists. In these ever-changing times of a global pandemic, precarious funding, expensive living costs, and the day-to-day struggles many artists face, especially now, having people see their work is more crucial than ever before. So please take the time to get safely involved, however you can, you are ambassadors for these artists, and your support has a meaningful effect on their careers. Thank you for joining us in this global movement of the FRINGE!
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Welcome to the 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival!
Sae-Hoon Stan Chung
The theme of renewal in this year’s festival is a testament to the resiliency of the arts, as we collectively re-imagine what it means to connect with each other in ways we couldn’t have imagined just over a year ago.
Chair BC Arts Council
So much of the Fringe experience is based on the energy and connection between audiences and performers; that sense of raw and immediate reaction to work that is often new and almost always taking risks. You’re never sure what you’re going to get. It is heartening to see the festival program 15 in-person shows this year. It’s a sign of the Fringe spirit we know and love. In addition to the live performances, the festival will feature two streaming shows and a dozen prerecorded performances. This decision to allow audiences to experience the Fringe both in-person and online underscores how the festival really is for everyone. On behalf of the BC Arts Council, I’d like to congratulate the organizers, the crews, and the volunteers who are making the festival happen in what are still unusual times. And to the artists and performers, we’re so glad to see you back on our stages again. On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver and my colleagues on City Council, I want to congratulate the organizers of the 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society and its Festival has been a mainstay of our Kennedy Stewart Vancouver community since Mayor 1983. As we emerge from a City of Vancouver challenging year, the Fringe Festival emerges too for its 38th season! I am delighted to welcome the Fringe artists, the audiences and the partners who, year after year, bring thousands together to ensure theatre for everyone. I am very proud of the contribution theatre and arts make to our City and look forward to many more years of expanding, inclusive and vivacious theatre. Happy 2021 Fringe Festival to everyone!
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Board of Directors President Claudia Sjoberg Past President Sharon Sutherland Treasurer Lee-Lynn Gan Secretary Jim Sibley
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Staff Interim Executive Director Sylvia Ceacero Finance and Administration Coordinator Jenny Kong
Cover Art & Program Illustrations Claire Hinton-Albert
Document Coordinator Jennifer Kasun
Fringe Character Illustrations Kitty Cheung & Christache Ross
Associate Producer Megan Lai
“Jimmy” Illustrations Zuzia Juszkiewicz
Box Office Manager Paige Louter Marketing Manager Zoe Zhang Graphic Designer Claire Hinton-Albert Volunteer Supervisor Rebecca Elgood Production Manager Eduardo Ottoni Fringe Bar Manager Ian Wardle
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Members at Large Leanne Anderson Leslie Carty Jai Djwa Kuan Foo Donna Mathiasen Nancy More Jennifer O’Leary Duncan Watts-Grant
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BIG LEAGUE A SKETCH COMEDY SHOW ABOUT HOT DOGS, MASCOTS, AND EVERYTHING THAT’S FUN ABOUT BASEBALL (E.G: NOT BASEBALL)
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Our top priority is the safety of our patrons, artists, volunteers, and staff. To limit contact points, the safest way to Fringe is to buy tickets online and early! They’re available at tickets.vancouverfringe.com starting August 23rd. Check the website for the most up-to-date event information! We’re going contactless this year! All patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance online. At show time, we’ll have your name on a list at the venue. No need to print your ticket or show your phone. There is no Fringe Box Office this year but tickets will be sold at the door if there is availability. We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes before a show starts to safely check in and make your way to your seat. The doors will open 15 minutes before the performance begins.
*NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. To protect the income of our artists, the Fringe does not permit refunds or exchanges once a ticket has been booked. All ticket sales are final. *However, we urge all patrons to stay home if exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, and to contact the box office for ticket options. We ask that you do not come to any in-person Fringe events if you: • Have any of the following symptoms: • Fever • Chills • New or worsening cough • Shortness of breath • New muscle aches or headache • Sore throat • Have travelled outside of Canada in the last 14 days • Are a close contact of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19
• We will be asking patrons to check-in and sign a waiver before entering the venue for a performance • WEAR A MASK - patrons are required to wear a mask at all times while seated and moving around the venue, unless actively eating or drinking • Starting September 13th, proof of vaccination is required for admission to the venue Regular Ticket Prices $15 (Including applicable taxes and a $3 ticketing fee.) Artists will keep 100% of the base ticket price, but taxes and fees are included in the advertised price. Please note that a Fringe Membership must be in your basket or attached to your account in order to purchase tickets. You may purchase tickets for a guest if you have the appropriate number of Memberships attached to your account. Shows may sell out fast! Buy tickets early for your must-see shows online at tickets.vancouverfringe. com. All tickets sales are final. In case of a show cancellation, tickets purchased in advance will be refunded to the original method of payment.
Ticket Top-Up When you purchase tickets in advance online you can top-up your ticket purchase with a donation to keep the Fringe Festival vibrant and healthy. We welcome and thank you for any donation, and for continuing to support our artists and the Fringe Family.
If you don’t have a credit card but would like to purchase a ticket, please contact the Box Office at boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com to make arrangements in advance.
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We recommend all ticket holders take the BC COVID-19 Tickets at the Door Self-Check prior to arrival to ensure that they are not Tickets for all shows may be purchased at the exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19. individual venues with contactless/tap payments (no cash for the safety of our ticket sellers) up to 45 *Please contact the Box Office at minutes before a performance, subject to availability. boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com if you have purchased Please arrive early. The venue’s doors will open 15 tickets and answer YES to any of these questions. minutes before the performance begins. All tickets are subject to availability. Prices include taxes where applicable. Please turn off cell phones and other electronic devices during performances.
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Membership Fee (One-Time Purchase)
Purchase your Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society (VFTS) Membership to gain access to the Fringe Festival. Your Membership helps keep the Fringe Festival alive! Memberships are paperless this year: purchase yours online to unlock access to ticket purchases. $7
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In addition to accessing shows during the Festival, by joining the VFTS, you are entitled to participate in its direction by attending the VFTS Annual General Meeting in 2022. All activated Memberships will be entered into a draw for a 2022 Festival Pass. When you complete your order, just check the “Activate Membership” box to unlock voting rights and enter the draw. All personal information provided will be kept private and confidential and will not be passed on to any individual or organization as per our Privacy Policy, which is available at vancouverfringe.com/privacypolicy. Membership is valid until September 9, 2022.
Questions? Program Changes and Updates Visit tickets.vancouverfringe.com for the most current information regarding sold out and cancelled shows; venue and show time changes; and for updates on special events. All show times are subject to change.
Questions About Online Sales? Visit vancouverfringe.com/ticket-info for detailed help and instructions regarding difficulties using our online ticketing system. For further questions, email boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com. Please note that due to the volume of emails received during the Festival, messages may not be responded to for up to 24 hours.
Accessibility Priority seating is available. If you require priority seating and/or early access to the venue, please let Fringe volunteers know when you arrive.
Attendant Ticket Program Patrons with accessibility needs who require a plus one may purchase a regular price ticket and will be provided an additional ticket for their plus one. Please contact boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com for advance booking. Tickets are subject to availability. For full accessibility information at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, visit vancouverfringe.com/accessibility.
Children
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The Fringe may not be suitable for children. Babies (children under two years old) are permitted, but we ask that you be respectful of other patrons and leave the theatre should your baby cause a disturbance. Keep in mind we do not censor or jury any of the content. Please consult the program guide or website for specific show ratings. “Kid’s Show” ratings are shows meant for children. “All Ages” shows are child friendly, but are not necessarily created with children in mind. All patrons, including children two years of age and older, must have a Membership attached to their account when attending shows.
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What’s the Deal with Memberships? Your Membership fees help cover the cost of the Festival! How does that break down? Website & Marketing 39%
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Wear a mask: we require you to wear a mask at all times while you’re moving around the venue. Once you’re at your seat, we require you to wear a mask at all times unless actively eating or drinking.
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Accounting, phones, internet, bank fees, etc.
Volunteer Program
Appreciation incentives, training, etc.
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Did you know the Fringe typically employs more than 40 people in yearround and seasonal positions?
Admin Costs Someone has to pay the phone bill!
Membership fees only cover 5.5% of the VFTS’s annual budget! We rely on sponsorships, government and foundation grants, and donations from people like you to cover the true cost of the Festival.
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• The advanced ticket purchasing system will support sharing accessibility needs. This includes, but is not limited to, the need for priority seating. • Patrons will be able to enter any access needs they may have during the online checkout process and are also encouraged to contact the Box Office team via email - boxoffice@vacouverfringe.com - with any specific questions, concerns, or requests. • Most Fringe venues are wheelchair accessible. There may be further mobility considerations in attending site-specific and roving performances. Please see vancouverfringe.com/accessibility for more information. • Low Vision and ASL Interpreted shows will be indicated in the show listing with the following symbols. The list criteria were established in consultation with the blind/low vision and d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. • ASL Interpreted performances: • Cooking for Grief: Saturday, September 18 at 2pm at the Picnic Pavilion • TRUTH or DARE: Saturday, September 18 at 7:30pm at the Picnic Pavilion • Additional information on low-vision friendly shows can be found at vancouverfringe.com/accessibility or on pages 42 - 52. Low-Vision Friendly shows at Performance Works: • A SIDE OF RICE • A Toast to Prohibition • Low-Vision Friendly shows at the Picnic Pavilion: • Cooking for Grief • TRUTH or DARE • Wings Over Water - A Diasporic Bird Play • Low-Vision Friendly shows at Revue: • A Bard Buffet • Everybody Knows • Low-Vision Friendly shows at Fringe Online: • 1 Easy Lie • Cross Country: A Self-Help Concert Performance • Neechie-itas • A Pair of Shoes • The Fringe offers a free support ticket along with the purchase of one regular ticket for those with accessibility considerations. Please contact boxoffice@ vancouverfringe.com for advance booking. • There will be a very limited number of equityseeking community tickets available through advance booking. Please contact the box office for details at boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com • In response to the parking changes on Granville Island, the Fringe is instituting a trial accessible parking program to subsidize parking for people who find the cost to be a barrier to seeing multiple shows on Festival weekends (September 11-12 and 18-19). There are limited number of parking subsidies available on each day. They will be distributed on a first come, first served basis to patrons requesting an accessible parking voucher when presenting their parking receipt (with corresponding time stamp) and same day show tickets at the performance venue. The subsidy can be accessed to a maximum value of $8 (up to four hours of parking). Please note that for those attending one show before 6:00pm, the maximum subsidy is $4 (two hours of parking). For those attending two or more shows consecutively, the maximum subsidy is $8. For more information on parking on Granville Island, see page 16. Please note that parking on Granville Island is free after 6:00pm.
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Getting to the Fringe Get ready for this year’s performances at venues around Granville Island! Performance Works, Revue, the Picnic Pavilion, and Alder Bay Dock are located on Granville Island. With restaurants, the Public Market, live theatres, galleries, art studios, and shops, the Island offers a lot to do between Fringe shows. It’s the perfect stage for outstanding theatre at the Fringe. Located in the heart of Vancouver, Granville Island (under the south side of the Granville Street Bridge) is easily accessible through a variety of means.
Walking and Cycling The seaside path is always a treat and gets you right to Granville Island and the Fringe! A bicycle is also a nice way to navigate the Festival. Visit vancouver. ca/streets-transportation/ cycling-routes-maps-andtrip-planner.aspx to find your best route through Vancouver’s bike-friendly streets.
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To get to Granville Island, you can also take your bike on the Aquabus’ Cyquabuses for free! Bikes are only allowed on the Cyquabus and your best chance to catch one is to board from the Hornby Street dock. See the Ferry section below for more information.
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Taxi Taxis can be found outside the Granville Island Public Market.
Public Transit The Fringe is accessible by bus. The #50 bus goes straight to Granville Island from Waterfront Station through downtown along Granville Street, or from the Olympic Village Station. The #84 stops on 4th Avenue and Fir Street, a 650m walk from the Island. Otherwise the #4, #7, #10, #14, or #16 all stop on the south side of the Granville Street bridge, where a 700m walk through the Granville Street Bridge Pedestrian Underpass and across the Granville Loop Park will find you in the heartland of the Fringe.
As this is a pandemic year, please be sure to check service restrictions or guidelines directly with your transport service providers. We encourage folks to wear masks and to follow social distancing protocols during your commute to the Fringe. Check out the map on the next page for all venue locations.
Parking
Parking on Granville Island is $1 per hour on weekdays and $2 per hour on weekends & holidays. Parking is free between 6pm to 11am. Overnight or extended parking is only allowed in the Old Bridge St Indoor Parking Lot. Register for overnight parking by calling 604666-6655 from Monday to Friday or 604-3153003 on weekends. For directions to the parking lot and more information, visit granvilleisland.com/ parking-information-0.
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If you’ve got your own boat or other water-based form of transportation, Please keep in mind free three-hour visitors’ that face coverings are moorage is located behind mandatory on board all the Granville Island Public transit vehicles. Market. Space is limited and is available on a first For more personalized come, first served basis. transit information, trip planning, and face covering Register with security at 604-315-3003. exemption policies, go to www.translink.ca or call 604.953.3333 (from Monday to Friday 5:30am12:30am or Saturday to Sunday 6:30am-11:30pm).
Ferry The Aquabus and False Creek Ferries make for a lovely way to get to and from Granville Island. The Aquabus operates from 8am-8pm daily with boats every 15 minutes. Meanwhile, False Creek Ferries sail every 5 minutes from downtown Vancouver to Granville Island, and every 15 minutes on all other routes. Many Aquabuses are wheelchair accessible; however, the docks at Spyglass Place and at the Plaza of Nations are not. Some ramps are steeper at low tide. Please use caution. For more information including schedules, tickets, and maps, visit the theaquabus.com and granvilleislandferries.bc.ca.
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The Fringe would like to acknowledge that our events are taking place on the traditional, unceded, and occupied territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Revue
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Washrooms remain open in the Kids Market, Public Market (east washroom open until 5pm, west washroom open until 7pm, accessible washroom open until 5pm), and Net Loft (open until 6pm.)
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Regarding washroom access needs, for washrooms managed by Fringe there will be designated signage for advanced access to the accessible stall to assist in shortening potential wait times.
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While we will not be accepting cash this year for the safety of our ticket sellers, ATMs are available on Granville Island should you need access to one. Note that ATMs may not be open during show times. The Fringe accepts contactless/tap payment at each venue.
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Temporary washrooms are also available at the following locations until mid or late September: On the east end of Railspur Alley: open daily 8am–8pm • 1 large trailer with running water, hand sanitizer, gendered. 4-4 units for each gender. Stair access. • 1 portable washroom, accessible, and gender neutral, but does not have gender neutral signage On the north end of Ron Basford Park: open daily 8am–8pm • 1 portable washroom, accessible, and gender neutral, but does not have gender neutral signage The Maritime Market/Bridges Parking Lot 8am–8pm • 1 large trailer with running water, hand sanitizer, gendered. 4-4 units for each gender. Stair access.
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Sized Up: A Discussion Exploring Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia in the Performing Arts Saturday, September 11 at Noon | 75 Minutes | Zoom | 18+ | Pay What You Can (Suggested Price: $10)
For performers, our bodies are our resume. Working in a visual-medium, our appearances are under constant scrutiny: whether it’s from casting directors who tell us we don’t “fit” the part, audience members that critique an actor’s weight over their performance, or judgment from other performers, the risk of developing an eating disorder and body-dysmorphic behaviour are high in the entertainment industry. In this workshop, Artist Sarah Marchand will share her experience living with an eating disorder and how she transformed her struggles into art. There will then be a discussion where participants are encouraged to share their own journeys in a safe space, followed by a creative exercise. Trigger warnings: self-harm, eating disorders, sexism. Please make sure you are feeling emotionally available before registering. Take care of yourselves.
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Sunday, September 12 at Noon | 1 Hour | Zoom | All Ages | Pay What You Can (Suggested price $15)
Chantal will guide a listening and body awareness practice, movement flow, stretching, site-specific sensory interaction, movement scores, and reflection/ journalling/drawing/creating. They are a queer movement and theatre artist researching fascial body somatics. They connect to site-specific environments, ecology, mycology, and fluidity. In this workshop, they will facilitate a sensory experience to cultivate skills in contemporary flow and creating space within the body.
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Protect the Fringe The Fringe is a charity and it needs your help!
The Fringe does not earn money from show tickets and the one-time Membership fee covers less than 6% of the festival’s cost. The Fringe continues to be impacted by COVID-19, so we need your help!
Ways To Donate: 1. Make a gift online at vancouverfringe.com/donate OR via canadahelps.org. 2. Do you struggle to remember when to donate? Go reminder-free by joining our “Commitment Club” of monthly donors. Sign up by emailing development@vancouverfringe.com to get sweet insider perks! 3. Send an e-transfer to our Finance Coordinator at accountant@vancouverfringe.com, then shoot her an email with your contact information and question answer. 4. Mail a cheque to Box 203 - 1398 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8. 5. Top up your ticket purchase online or at the door with a donation. (Tax receipts will be provided for donations of $25 or more.) Questions about donating? Contact us at 604.257.0350 OR development@vancouverfringe.com.
Other Ways To Help: 1. Volunteer! We need volunteers during the Festival and year-round. Visit vancouverfringe.com/volunteer to sign up. 2. Ask if your workplace will match your volunteer hours with a corporate gift. Theatre for Everyone means supporting emerging artists, showcasing ground-breaking work, making theatre accessible, and growing a community of people who participate and share in the theatre experience. All while having a heck of a good time. Thank you for making it possible! Charitable Tax # 118919547 RR0001
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Cozy, Comfortable, and Affordable Fringe Looks. Check out the selections at https://vancouver-fringe-theatre-society.square.site/
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1 Easy Lie The Library Performance Collective: Passenger Seat Something in the Water Big League
The Consciousness Cross Country: A Self-Help Concert Performance Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence) The Destiny of Special Agent Ace Galaksi The Infinite Conversation Language Games
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Fringe for All ... And All for Fringe! Ticket Price: $20 Image Credit: Sarah McNeil
FRINGE FOR ALL … and ALL FOR FRINGE! The Vancouver Fringe Festival is BACK and we are kicking things off in the great tradition of Fringe with a Fringe-For-All! In this fast and furious preview event, 15 Fringe artists will have three minutes each to present the reason why you should see their show. Plus, we have bonus surprise performances, prizes, and previews of the Fringe Festival digital offerings. Have your pens and program guides ready to circle your must-see shows. Hosted by Abdul Aziz and Shawn O’Hara. Wednesday
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To celebrate the return of The Vancouver Fringe Festival during these times of constant change and uncertainty, we will close off this year's festivities with a fresh new concept that combines...constant change and uncertainty! Featuring music, dance, theatre, comedy and a whole lot of improvisation, Vancouver Fringe Closing Night: Remixed and Remastered will showcase selected stand-out acts from this year's Fringe, inviting performers to collaborate on threeminute improvised summaries of their act with Hip Hop instrumentalist Sam Chimes AKA @OneChimes, host Omari Newton AKA @OmariAkilNewton and dancers from prolific Vancouver dance crew "Immigrant Lessons" @ImmigrantLessons. This closing night celebration will also feature prizes, surprises, booze and much more. Sunday
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Tired of doom scrolling? Why not take a more active approach to the end of the known world and join the Multi-pocalypse Livestream! Coming to you live from Performance Works, and digitally on Twitch, Tricksters Media updates you on the news and olds from the Unceded Territory of the Coast Salish Nations. Take part in our Reality Bingo, test your apocalypse-timeline knowledge, and be progressive and problematic as we try to figure out our way forward in this new and recorded world. Brought to you by the Vancouver Fringe Festival, and with support from Progress Lab Presents.
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Cake Walk Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Jordan Potter and Stacey McLachlan Directors: Jordan Potter and Stacey McLachlan Image Credit: Graham Templeton alleytheatre.ca
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Hi, My Name Is Jai
LalaKiki Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jai Djwa Director: Raugi Yu Image Credit: Jai Djwa https://bit.ly/MyNameIsJai
It’s a beautiful day for baseball, sports fans... too bad we won’t be seeing much of the game. Though the slams may be grand and the fly-balls may be poppin’, this irreverent, quick-witted comedy show from Vancouver sketch duo Cake Walk is far more interested in the action that happens in between the innings and behind the scenes, whether it’s going down in the commentary booth or the nosebleed seats. Finally, a stadium experience, with none of the sports.
Why would you change the name you’ve been answering to your whole life? How do you find a new one? Why would anyone go to the trouble? Artist and performer Jai Djwa brings you on his journey with friends in HI, MY NAME IS JAI. Learn the secret power of changing your name in this funny and poignant show, directed by Raugi Yu.
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The Library Performance Collective: Passenger Seat
The Library Performance Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Arthi Chandra Director: Arthi Chandra and Isabella Halladay Image Credit: Zion Greene-Bull @thelibrary.performanceco #PassengerSeatShow Passenger Seat is a hybrid theatre-concert. Written and sung and choreographed and devised and seen and felt and heard and erased and re-written by Arthi Chandra, Howard Dai, Isabella Halladay, Hannah Meyers, Thule Van Den Dam, and Montserrat VidelaSamper. This piece started out as a capsule of Arthi being queer and 17, and has shifted into a semi-rockpop series of songs and stories that pay homage to feeling feelings. Aesthetic: Pink, blue, purple, glitter, sweat, tears, other angsty things.
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A SIDE OF RICE
Chromedome Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Nicholas Rice Director: Nicholas Rice Image Credit: Heather Dick, Sirius Theatre Less than a month after the Fringe, I'll turn seventy - can I be the oldest artist here? I've been around. I'm an actor, a teacher, a writer, a martial artist - a loving partner and a dad - a good Jewish boy who grew up without a dad of his own, and who has spent most of his life trying to fathom what it is to be a gentleman both gentle and a man. In A SIDE OF RICE I tell some of the pivotal stories, the turning points, that have brought me to this sweetest time of my life. - MyTheatre Award (Toronto) Nomination, Best Performance, Brandon Crone's NATURE OF THE BEAST - Bessie Award, Best Performance, BMO ad campaign, "It IS Possible" "Congrats... Nicholas Rice... for making the list of top 5 shows to see at Fundy Fringe." - THEEASTMAG.COM, Saint John, New Brunswick
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A Toast to Prohibition
Mobility Consideration: This show involves prolonged walking, standing, and stairs. Please indicate any accessibility needs (ramp/chair/etc.) in your ticket purchase.
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Melanie Gall Presents Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Melanie Gall Director: Wendy Gall Image Credit: Berry Berkman, Christache Ross http://www.melaniegall.com @melaniegpresents @melaniepresents @melaniepresents #ToastProhibition #TipsySparrow
Geekenders Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Fairlith Harvey and Matt Beaver Director: Fairlith Harvey Image Credit: Shayan Naziripour http://geekenders.net
Celebrate the 101st anniversary of Prohibition with flappers, gin fizz and a speakeasy cabaret. From secret cellars and doctor-prescribed alcohol to a teetotaller attacking saloons with a hatchet... if it happened during Prohibition, there’s a song about it! Featuring 1920s hits: ‘The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine,’ 'Where do They Go (When They Row Row Row)' and ‘Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar.’ Starring Melanie Gall from shows Piaf and Brel & Ingénue.
"Come away with me." You hesitate... But who doesn't want to run away with the circus? You escape to a big top lost outside of time, an ephemeral spectacle that springs up every night at dusk in an explosion of music and glitter, only to disappear again as sunbeams crawl over the morning horizon. Audience members will follow that perpetual boy to meet scintillating mermaids, beautiful fairies, and the hopeful Wendy, deciding as she does whether to stay in Neverland... or to fly away home.
- Best Family Show, Vancouver Fringe - Best in Venue, Orlando Fringe - Staff Choice, Tampa Fringe "A delightful musical full of champagne sparkle. It’s just what audiences have come to expect from talented Melanie Gall, star of shows such as Piaf and Brel, Ingenue, and We’ll Meet Again. Her powerful soprano voice soars effortlessly." - apt613.ca
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Cooking for Grief
Alma Matters Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Breanna Maloney Directors: Breanna Maloney and Sarah Marchand Image Credit: Brendee Green, Breanna Maloney http://www.almamattersproductions.com Alma Matters Productions @almattersprod @almattersprod #almattersprod #cookingforgrief #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #vanfringe Following a sudden death in his family, Rob must come to terms with his own identity and the actions that inform his role as a son, partner, and friend. He returns to group therapy - after a brief hiatus - on the heels of a fractured realization of self. As the members of Group work together, they find common ground in their experiences with loss, pain, and addictions. Cooking for Grief explores familial relationships, addictions, and what it means to accept healing into one's life.
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A Coveted Wife of East Van Muse Lab Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Marn Norwich Director: Ariel Martz-Oberlander Image Credit: Christache Ross
In her quest for partnership, Samantha Cohen’s questionable dating choices include a guy named Mansplain, a pimp and a murderer. She and her best friend, Kali, are New-Age-type artists living in East Van. While they create a musical comedy about dating, Sam’s blurry boundaries produce a hotbed of disaster. Alarmed and fed up, Kali resorts to an extreme measure to save her friend. Playwright: Marn Norwich, Director: Ariel MartzOberlander, Music: Itamar Erez, Starring Megan Phillips. - Selected for dramaturgy by the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre for their So, Nu? Festival, 2020
- Alma Matters Productions: Winner of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Patrons Pick "Director Sarah Marchand, Playwright Breanna Maloney and Dramaturge Merlin Simard have assembled for us an intimate, messily authentic look at the great joy and tragedy of having people who mean more to you than anything." - Trevor Abes 45 mins Tear-Jerker / Intellectual / Intimate / 2SLGBTQIA+ / Culturally Diverse / 18+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / Challenging Content Friday September 10 Saturday September 11 Sunday September 12 Tuesday September 14 Thursday September 16 Friday September 17 Saturday September 18
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Wings Over Water - A Diasporic Bird Play
MajidTaf Tehran, Iran Playwright: Majid Tafreshi Director: Majid Tafreshi Image Credit: Maryam Amiri @mtafreshi2 @mjtafreshi #truthordare #majidtaf Truth Or Dare is about a man who finds himself lost in a new and solitary world where he falls into a conversation with a disembodied voice. As he struggles to understand the self imposed isolation he is in, the voice presents him with an opportunity to escape.
Three Birds Flying Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Chantal Dobles Gering, Anjalica Solomon, and Sarvin Esmaeili Director: Sarvin Esmaeili Image Credit: Kimberly Ho @WingsOverWater:ADiasporicBirdPlay @_wingsoverwater_ #shawdowjam #collaboration #queer #livemusic #dance #poetry Wings Over Water is an original diasporic bird play set in the liminal space of the ocean where Baby Bird meets 7 birds through phases of growth and cycle breaking: Grandmother Bird, Patriarchy Bird, Anarchy Bird, Blood Bird, Party Bird and Dream Bird. Join us through the intimate and sensory worlds of poetry, original live music created on the loop pedal, somatic movement and shadow puppetry to experience a work of innovative theatre like none other. Will Baby Bird find their way home? 60 mins
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A Bard Buffet
Shakespeare Out Loud INC. West Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rodger Barton Director: Rodger Barton Image Credit: Rodger Barton http://shakespeareoutloud.ca A Bard Buffet is an all-you-can-eat feast of some of Shakespeare’s best speeches – Titania, Juliet, Richard III, Hamlet, Edmund, Goneril, and 18 others, selected from a menu by the unruly Elizabethan mob that is the audience. Anecdotes from four years with Maggie Smith and two seasons in Peter Ustinov’s King Lear at Stratford provide some sauce and spice to the fare. Bon appétit! "We can't be anything but amazed watching this master of character transition in and out of his many roles. This performance is a lesson and one we can all use."
Rita Sheena Movement Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rita Sheena Director: Rita Sheena Image Credit: Kristine Cofsky http://www.ritasheenamovement.com @ritasheenamovement #everybodyknows #comeemotewithme EVERYBODY KNOWS is a moody and evocative Performance Art show set to nine Leonard Cohen cover songs. In this semi-autobiographical, one-Woman musical, Rita Sheena creates a spiralling narrative using contemporary dance, post-modern quirk, and the haunting melodies of First Aid Kit. This is the latest work from her highly acclaimed Come Emote With Me theatre series, and Rita is thrilled to debut EVERYBODY KNOWS at the 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival.
- Roanna Zuker, Plank Magazine, Vancouver Fringe, 2011 60 mins
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RibbitRePublic Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jayson McDonald Director: Jayson McDonald Image Credit: Jon Paterson, Rod Peter Jr. http://RibbitRePublic.com @ribbitrepublic @ribbitrepublic @ribbitrepublic #IagovsHamlet Hamlet The Tragic Dane takes on Othello’s bane Iago in a battle of soliloquies within a rented double-book’d rehearsal space. A folio of metered verse and blood besides doth make for cracking spectacle, so come anon! Mothers, brothers, star-cross’d lovers, all are welcome! "Audience the big winner in hilarious war of words."
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Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jake Sheardown Director: Carson Bokenfohr Image Credit: Renae Mae Miller, Bryan Otter, and Jake Sheardown @lffcomedy @lffcomedy Set in the Simulation Centre; the go-to place to have a meaningful relationship, Practice Round introduces us to Jason and Morgan, two young adults looking for something more who enter the simulation with competing energies, lively grievances, and opposing values. With sessions only lasting an hour, the unlikely pair are set on an accelerated path to discover who they are and what they want - leaving us to wonder what is real, what is manufactured, and when does that matter?
- London Free Press 60 mins
Funny / Silly / Intellectual / 14+ / Violent Content Friday September 10 8:45 - 9:45pm Saturday September 11 1:45 - 2:45pm Sunday September 12 7:00 - 8:00pm Thursday September 16 8:45 - 9:45pm Saturday September 18 7:00 - 8:00pm Sunday September 19 8:45 - 9:45pm
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Something in the Water
Scantily Glad Theatre Saskatoon, Canada Playwright: S.E. Grummett Collaborators: Mind of a Snail, Deanna Fleysher Image Credit: Kenton Doupe http://www.scantilygladtheatre.com @scantilygladtheatre @scantilygladsk @scantilygladsk #SomethingInTheWater When Grumms transforms into a squid monster (think Creature from the Black Lagoon meets The Muppets), they must hide their secret identity and disguise as a "normal human woman." Stunning video projections, puppetry and physical comedy combine in this absurd exploration of gender and growing up "normal." - WINNER, Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe, 2021 - WINNER, Best of Fest, Saskatoon Fringe (Pack Animals), 2018 - NOMINATED, Best English Production, Montreal Fringe (Girl in the Box) "Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks."
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- InDaily "
I can’t recommend this play enough."
- The Star Phoenix “Inventive, unpredictable, and seriously wacky.” - The Advertiser "Frantic, frivolous and weirdly charming, Something in the Water tugs on the heartstrings and tickles the funny bones." - InDaily
Funny / Silly / Weird / 2SLGBTQIA+ / 18+ / Sexual Content / Nudity Thursday September 9 7:00 - 8:00pm Saturday September 11 3:30 - 4:30pm Sunday September 12 5:15 - 6:15pm Wednesday September 15 8:45 - 9:45pm Saturday September 18 5:15 - 6:15pm Sunday September 19 7:00 - 8:00pm
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BLINDSIDE
Stephanie Morin-Robert Performance Society Winnipeg, Canada Playwright: Stephanie Morin-Robert Director: Stephanie Morin-Robert Image Credit: Stephanie Morin-Robert http://Stephanie Morin-Robert Performance Society @seewithyoureye @seewithyoureye @seewithyoureye #blindside BLINDSIDE is an eye-opening multi-award-winning comedy about resilience, empathy, and self-acceptance. In a feat of riveting comedy, one-eyed cancer survivor and MOTH storytelling champion, Stéphanie MorinRobert, recounts her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a weapon. With the help of her cat, a pair of sunglasses, and an undesirable superpower, she soon discovers that she has what it takes to face her new school and come to terms with her disability. - Pick of the Fringe, Ottawa Fringe, 2017 - Best Overall Production, London Fringe, 2017 - Sold out Runs at the Edmonton and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals, 2017-2019
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Martin Dockery Montauk, New York, United States of America Playwright: Martin Dockery Director: Martin Dockery Image Credit: Martin Dockery http://www.MartinDockery.com @martindockery @martindockery
" timing." - CBC
" Heart-warming reminder of the power of embracing what makes us unique." - Vue Weekly
Small town. Bag of money. One bad decision. A thriller with a killer soundtrack. An edge-of-your-seat rollercoaster about deception, greed, infidelity, and the fear of getting caught. Suspense, humour, & horror in equal measure. Most recent Vancouver Fringe shows include: Forbidden City!, Inescapable, Delirium. Performed live from the other side of the continent! Vancouver Fringe Festival
Expert physical comedy and impeccable
“Best storyteller in the US.”
" Funny, vulnerable, and sweet. Phenomenal and not to be missed!'' -Inside Ottawa ''
A triumph of storytelling. Go. Go. Go.”
- CM Montreal “We laughed until we cried, and cried until we laughed.” - Montreal Times
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“A warm, poignant and very funny story.”
“Dockery is a verbal magician.”
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- NOW Magazine, Toronto
“Everyone must see this show.”
“A master storyteller.”
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The Consciousness
Nique Content Orlando, Florida, United States of America Playwright: Bethany Dickens Director: Charis Watler Image Credit: Lauren Adams @theconsciousness2021fringe @theconsciousness2021fringe #conciousness2021fringe
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Cross Country: A Self-Help Concert Performance Portals Theatre Orlando, Florida, United States of America Playwright: Dan Drnach Director: James Honey Image Credit: PB and J Studios, Amanda Scheirer @CrossCountry:ASelf-HelpConcertPerformance @CrossCountry2021 #wheelsontheroad
What does it mean for art if an artist's consciousness carries on after death? In "The Consciousness," Reece - a struggling music composition student - tries to extract and then plagiarize a symphony from the digitized consciousness of Theo Price, a dead and (mostly) forgotten composer. But the composer's creative prowess has not thrived in the afterlife, forcing Reece to reconstruct Theo's memories.
From the heart, soul and mind of Dan Drnach... Cross Country is at its core a concept album. We call it a "Self-Help Concert Performance" because there will be actors bringing our story's characters to life. We are bringing our unique hybrid concert to you!
- BEST PLAY, 2019 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival
“Drnach’s songs, which remind me of The Who and Green Day with a mellowing hint of CSN&Y, could be hit singles.”
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- Critic’s Choice Award, Best Original Score, Orlando Fringe Festival
- Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly “Catchy and tuneful... T.J. Washburn and Angel Marin are appealing.” - Matt Palm, Orlando Sentinel 45 mins Warm and Fuzzy / Poetic / Intellectual / 14+ / Coarse Language
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Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
Intrepid Artists: Sally Vahle and Bob Hess Dallas, Texas, United States of America Playwright: Elaine Liner Directors: Bob Hess and Sally Vahle Image Credit: Noah Sargent http://www.sallyvahle.com @sallyactsvahle
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Ariel Martz-Oberlander Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Ariel Martz-Oberlander Director: Daniela Atiencia Image Credit: Kimberly Ho
- WINNER, Bronze Standard Bank Ovation Award, National Arts Festival of South Africa
In a moment outside time and space, two voices dive deep into a delicate and sensory multimedia experience. And ancient goddess and a young woman explore healing and justice after displacement from the body and land. Featuring Jewish ritual, this show offers something ancestrally rich and beyond words.
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Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence) takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the political rivals. What if they’ve known each other since the age of 8, assigned to be pen pals as second-graders? In their undiscovered personal letters spanning half a century, up to November 2020, we see their awkward friendship wax and wane in letters that borrow liberally (not conservatively) from Trump and Clinton’s actual public dialogue. You might be surprised who gets the last word.
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Neechie-itas
Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America Playwright: Jo MacDonald (Anishinaabe) Director: Sarah d Angelo Image Credit: Neke Carey Helm http://okindigenoustheatre.com/ @OKIndigenousTC @Okindigenous Jilted bride Spencer marks each year of her would-be wedding date in her apartment binge-watching period piece movies wearing her $5000 wedding dress. When her neechies Carm, Linda, and Maggie convince her to go out for a weekend of dancing, chaos ensues. Spencer's ex-fiancé appears at the dance club and an arrow is shot in his direction. Probable cause lands the neechies in jail for questioning. This light-hearted comedy examines the enduring power of love and the bonds of Indigenous sisterhood. " Offering us a rich slice of life, and the distraction of pizza, when it’s finally delivered, the play is highly recommended." - John Brandenburg, The Oklahoman
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The Infinite Conversation
Sumner Mormeneo Orlando, Florida, United States of America Playwright: Sumner Mormeneo Director: Sumner Mormeneo Image Credit: Sumner Mormeneo, Ricky Johnson http://www.sumnermormeneo.com @sumnerahh @SumnerAHH #mime #pantomime #surrealism #dali #chaplin "Like Charlie Chaplin on Acid." Orlando Weekly's Best Visual Artist Nominee Sumner Mormeneo is proud to present The Infinite Conversation. This surreal production combines pantomime, projection mapping, and larger than life moving props. The story centres around The Mover as he begins unpacking in a new space. As objects begin to animate and play with his head, he finds himself falling deeper into the world of his subconscious. - Critics Choice, Best Technical Achievement, Orlando Fringe, 2021 "Intoxicatingly Surreal." - Orlando Weekly
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"Superior Imagery."
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DaVid Studios Cape Breton Island, Canada Playwright: David Doucette Director: David Doucette Image Credit: David Doucette http://daviddoucette.ca As a boy on Cape Breton Island, Frank Curtis loses his arm in a hunting accident. He recovers to become the undisputed champion of world arm wrestling. Frank knows fame, admiration, and riches. But the crowds drift away and glory ends. Frank ends up as a circus sideshow before wastage, homelessness, and imprisonment almost ruin his life.
Planet Phuckett!
Brooklyn Culture Jam Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Playwright: Daniel Kinch Director: Daniel Kinch Image Credit: Lander Camarero PLANET PHUCKETT!, a comedic clown play about the threat of Global-warming driven catastrophe complete with puppets, balloons and science. Doctor James Light will guide you through the information in a sardonic way. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you might cry some more.
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Peculiar Works Project New York City, New York, United States of America Playwright: Barbara Yoshida Director: Ralph Lewis Image Credit: Barbara Yoshida http://www.peculiarworks.org @peculiarworks @pwpny @pwpny In an absurdist world of philosophy, Sheela joins three great thinkers from the past for a spirited game of mahjong. As they play, her energy conjures Joseph Beuys as a mythological hare who interjects cultural incantations while the players contemplate immanent & designative language, evolution, myth and reality. Physical chair-play creates an escalating rhythm as tensions build, and the hare inspires Sheela into action. She pushes back against their male aggression, and wins the real game. - 3rd Prize Winner, New Media Storytelling, On Women Festival, 2021
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Ridge
The Fugitives Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Brendan McLeod Director: Mike Southworth Image Credit: Mike Savage http://www.fugitives.ca http://www.brendanmcleod.ca @thefugitives @fugitivesmusic, @brendanmcleodstuff @fugitivesmusic, @brendanmcleod A new digital work from Brendan McLeod, the creator of the Van Fringe Fest hit "Brain" (2015 Pick of the Fringe), and his award-winning music group The Fugitives. A vivid, kinetic ride through history, as well as an intimate, personal examination of our connection to the past, Ridge is a visceral work that passionately argues against the exploitation of young lives. - Top 10 Arts Pick, The Globe and Mail, 2020 - Pick of the Fringe, Vancouver Fringe (Brain), 2015
- Award Winner, Best Shorts Competition, 2021
- Nominee, Best Vocal Group, Canadian Folk Music Awards, 2014 & 2018
- Award Winner, Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 2021
"Serves to give the sacrifices of those who served and died a human dimension beyond mythology."
"I really like the film! Smart and quirky as usual."
- Vancouver Sun
– Robert Lyons, New Ohio Theatre
"Riveting...The way history was meant to be told."
"It’s refreshing to see a movie so full of ideas, wit, and invention."
- Entertainment Vancouver
– Paul Zimet, Talking Band "Very clever and fun to watch!" – Alice Elliott, Welcome Change 20 mins
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A Pair of Shoes
Pandora Machine / 920 Productions Washington DC, United States of America Playwright: Richard Byrne Director: Andrew Bellware Image Credit: Richard Byrne What can ancient Rome tell us about ourselves? In A PAIR OF SHOES, Professor Ted Blake uses Zoom to lead his recalcitrant class through the first chapters of Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. If ancient Romans had it so good, why did it all go so bad? Should we compare rulers past and present? Can history teach us how to make better choices, or is it just a bloody catalogue of human folly, anarchy, and violence? 18 mins Intense / Poetic / Intellectual / 14+ Image Credit: Al Ricard Fringe Online
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Midtwenties Theatre Society Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Beau Han Bridge Director: Beau Han Bridge Image Credit: Beau Han Bridge http://www.mtstheatre.com @mtstheatre @midtwentiestheatre #persephonemara #mtstheatre #2021 A cinematic film adaptation of an original play written by local Vancouver theatre artist and filmmaker Beau Han Bridge. Starring local performers Maria Yanagisawa and Roni Marcelo - PERSEPHONE MARA is a mid-length theatre film that centres on two adolescents who decide to escape from the world around them, by locking themselves away in an old projector room at the Cinemathèque movie theatre. - Joanna Maratta Award (Two Modern Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima), 2019
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The Destiny of Special Agent Ace Galaksi Space Junk Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Maissa Bessada Director: Martin Buote Image Credit: Shawn Erker, Lisa Kallasmaa http://www.acegalaksi.com @AceGalaksi @acegalaksi @acegalaksi
The lives and times of everything that ever has or ever will exist are written in the Giant Book of Destiny. Through the inattention of a slightly distracted fact checker, the backup copy has been stolen! Space Dick Ace Galaksi has 24 hours to locate it before Destiny itself is REWRITTEN. The action plays out in a 1930s style recording session with live(ish) foley – accentuated with spaced out illustrations – because when a book’s this big, it demands pictures! “We may have to look at The Destiny of Special Agent Ace Galaksi as a kind of work of genius, something to marvel at, something to experience.” - SFF Audio 55 mins Funny / Weird / 14+
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The Featherheads Collective Toronto, Canada Playwright: Nathaniel Hanula-James Director: Jesse Stong Image Credit (Costume and Prop Design): Hannah Fisher #untitledflamingoplay Addison is starting grade three. His only friend is a taxidermy flamingo. Can this hapless child survive on a playground full of divas, bullies, and toxic masculinity? An object theatre comedy about one queer child's search for connection. "Unfinished only in name...Hanula-James infused the dialogue with quick retorts and sly wit, often inciting hysterics from his audience by contrasting childish naiveté with adult humour."
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What? The Dickens!
Don't Panic! Theater Company Orlando, Florida, United States of America Playwright: Patrick Prainito Directors: Patrick Prainito, Tracy Perry, and Bill Keevan Image Credit: Bill Keevan @WhatTheDickens @what_thedickensplay @t_theater #whatthedickens #Scrooge #Marley #OrlandoFringe #VancouverFringe This original one-act play is set in Ebeneezer Scrooge's bedroom. Things seem familiar as the ghost of Jacob Marley disturbs Scrooge's slumber... but all is not as it appears. Fans of the Dickens classics will enjoy the references and verbal gymnastics of the couple who play the title characters.
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Low-Vision Pre-show Notes PERFORMANCE WORKS A Side of Rice Hi, I’m Nicholas Rice. But please feel free to call me Nick. And my show, which I hope you’ll enjoy, is A Side of Rice. I started acting in high school in Winnipeg, then I continued at UBC, and I’ve been professional since May 1975. It’s a long time! Now, as I approach seventy (if all goes well, I’ll hit the big seven-0 in October), the jobs aren’t as plentiful as they once were. The folks who used to call me out of the blue to offer me work are now retiring or passing away. And this is to be expected. So now it’s up to me to make my own work. Over time a lot has happened to me, and I’ve got a ton of stories I want to tell. A Side of Rice is my collection of some of them. It’s just me, alone on stage, telling my stories to you. I have no special costume. As I have a very pale complexion, I wear something dark, something to set off my face. There are no props.
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I try to speak clearly too. After all, as someone who has spent most of a career on the stage without a mic, I want to be understood. Not only that, but between my acting gigs, I work as a substitute teacher - so again it’s vitally important that I be understood. As part of A Side of Rice, I want to greet my audience as they come into the theatre. Perhaps I say a few words of farewell to them as they
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leave. If you get a chance, please say hello to me – don’t be shy, I’m probably the least frightening soul you’ll ever meet and I would love to meet you. That’s it. Enjoy my show. Till you do, I wish you all the best during the Fringe, and through the rest of the year and beyond. Stay safe, be well – and please accept my deepest thanks. Nick
A Toast to Prohibition The stage is set up with a vintage-style microphone on a straight stand to the right, with a small table beside it. On the left of the stage is a bar glasses slightly behind, and a table in front with other bottles, as well as glasses and a recipe card for a drink titled “Three-Mile Limit.” There is a sign on the bar showing a cartoon sparrow wearing pearls and a hat and holding a Martini glass. The top section of the wooden cabinet contains a stuffed pig, which is revealed later in the show. During the show, the singing takes place at the microphone, and the talking occurs centre stage and at the bar area.
costume also has a bright green headpiece, with two feathers and a beaded decoration. The show is easy to understand without the visuals, as it is primarily a singing show. At one point when a hatchet is mentioned,
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there is a hatchet prop, and when the temperance movement is discussed, a sash with the words: “Ban Demon Rum” are added to the costume. There is also a vintage stethoscope which is revealed during the segment which discusses doctors. Thank you so much for coming to the show and enjoy!
PICNIC PAVILION Cooking for Grief Cooking for Grief is a show based on storytelling. The props, and set are minimal (set consists of four chairs placed within the centre of the Picnic Pavilion at Granville Island. The audience will sit around costume unique in its own authentic way. In addition to this, we will be working with body language, gestures, and some movement for the duration of the play.
characters Rob and Jerome begin to role-play, the two will be standing and acting with gestures of being in Rob’s home, while Rob
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JEROME: Burgundy shirt that rolls up at the sleeves and a white tee shirt underneath, dark pants ROB: Light Green Tee shirt, blue jeans MONIQUE: Peach blouse/tee shirt, light pants
TRUTH OR DARE The play starts with a live song named “Enjoy As You’re Alive,” by our
The stage is occupied by the other team members, all in black with red pieces or accessories on their costumes. They are guiding the audience and singing some parts of the song along with the singer. The leader of the team, who is also the character “Stranger,” tears a piece of paper into shreds and spreads them out on the ground. Then he holds the singer’s hand and takes her to her seat in the dark. Now it is completely empty except for those little pieces of paper and three cardboard signs on the wall that say “NO MASK”. The general lights switch to just a spotlight at the middle of the stage. The Man who is in all black walks in, wearing a cloth mask, with a piece of paper in his hand, looking for someone to ask for the address.
Voice and three pieces of contemporary dance along with songs. The dances are all by The Man with a kind of Persian/Eastern theme in only two and half minutes.
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After a few seconds he falls into a conversation with a disembodied voice. They keep talking until the time he has to take his face mask off in the game of truth or dare.
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The Celebration Dance is after a deal between The Man and The Voice, which is happy and energetic. By the end of this dance, he falls down, drunk and tired. The Second Dance is along with the poem “look what I have earned from the world.” It is a deeper and slower dance. All the moves are choreographed to express the meaninglessness of the world that the main character has been in. The third dance is more epic and intense with kind of fast and hard moves. In this dance the character tries to take his real mask off. After he takes his mask off, he falls down and dies. Here the Stranger shreds and spreads it out on the ground. Then The Man wakes up.
says “Welcome to the show”.
from the Stranger, and then runs away.
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After he leaves the stage, the woman (the singer) starts singing the beginning song again.
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REVUE A Bard Buffet I will perform about 10 speeches by Shakespeare while telling you my lifelong journey with the Bard, great actors I have worked with, and memorable moments from my 7 Stratford seasons.
Everybody Knows is a one-woman show performed to 10 Leonard Cohen Songs (the songs / medley are recorded by Swedish folk indie duo First Aid Kit).
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As a performer, I will be emoting out the lyrics both using my body language and voice. Each song will have a different feeling or theme set by the tone and my interpretation. The set is simple - a yellow modern kitchen chair, a green end table with a door, an antique wooded headboard with a blue blanket on the mattress to make a bed. On the table there is a vintage yellow rotary phone. 1. The Great Event: the theatre will be blacked out for this short intro. 2. Everybody Knows: I will smugly strut on stage wearing cropped wide legged yellow pants, a blue/black/red/white/yellow striped bandeau top, and a red blazer over my shoulder. Kind of like an 80’s supermodel meets captain of a ship. My movements are small gestures that escalate into grandiose Broadway style! I exit stage
3. Who by Fire: I return on stage wearing a 1950’s inspired yellow dress with a collar and buttons down the front. I am carrying a green suitcase, which I lay on the bed. I move the yellow chair downstage and sit in it. I am cautious here in this room, and my movements are drawn towards the rotary phone. I dance with the phone. It’s melodramatic. VancouverFringe.com
4. The Future: I unbutton my yellow dress and I am wearing a white GUNS N ROSES oversized band T-shirt underneath. I sit in the chair, slide around a little disturbed. I return the chair to the back of the stage.
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5. You Want It Darker: this is where the more real dancing comes in. I take off the T-shirt (revealing a nude bodysuit underneath) and change into a gothic black sheer dress. The dancing here aspires to be inspired by modern ballet, Krump, and other staccato types of movement. 6. If It Be Your Will: exasperated, I take off the black dress and lie on the bed. I move the mattress downstage and begin to dance a sad moody contemporary dance with reaching and releasing and collapsing. 7. The Asthmatic: I am wrapped in the blue blanket and slowing succumbing to anxiety. The blue blanket with me under it looks like a lump moving. I “fall asleep” in the bed. The stage will be black, and I make a quick costume change.
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8. Famous Blue Raincoat: Dream / nightmare song. There is a mannequin head with a long ombré pastel blue-violet wig. She is sleeping in the bed. I appear onstage in 7 inch silver mirrored platform shoes and move around like a devious long-legged spider. I am wearing the nude body suit and my hair is tied up with a red bandanna. I put on a blue Kway rain jacket (ahem, the famous blue raincoat), and then waltz around and speak to the mannequin head, as though she was a real person. Loosely inspired by Hamlet and the Skull for “to be or not to be” ... I end up falling asleep in the bed with the mannequin head, “Jane.”
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9. Hallelujah: I “wake up,” wearing a nude-coloured satin nightgown I put on the yellow dress unbuttoned. The crescendo of movements builds up with the song and the dancing is huge and virtuosic! I bow and exit with the green suitcase. 10. You’d Sing Too: this is the epilogue; I enter the stage wearing a disco-sparkle rainbow dress and the Captains hat. I look smug.
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FRINGE ONLINE Cross Country: A Self-Help Concert Performance Cross Country is told from three points of view. We have the Narrator, the omnipotent troubadour who tells the story through song. He along with the Guitarist are up stage centre, watching as the story unfolds. Then we have HIM and HER. HIM begins his story on the right side of the stage, dressed for a funeral. HER begins her story on the left side of the stage, she is casual. As their stories progress, we see each of them prepare and begin a road trip across the country. HIM has a knapsack and his deceased uncle’s glasses. HER has a colourful wheelie suitcase. Their cars are simple folding chairs with a steering wheel attached to a mic stand. This is where they live we see HIM and HER check into a hotel at different times to rest. After the song, kismet strikes and for the briefest of moments their paths cross at the checkout. Now, HIM is on stage left and HER on we see HIM and HER celebrating and discovering their new cities. In Narrator and Guitarist are on stage. Halfway through the song HIM and HER re-enter and sit to enjoy the song, happy in their new lives.
A slide on the opening screen reads: “DWELL ON THE BEAUTY OF LIFE. WATCH THE STARS, AND SEE YOURSELF RUNNING WITH THEM”
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- MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS In A PAIR OF SHOES: (Running time approx. 18 minutes) Professor Ted Blake, a distinguished looking man with dark skin, tie, and holds a Zoom lecture for his History 114: The Greco-Roman Experience class. He discusses Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - and explores why it matters today. Throughout the lecture there are photos inserted referencing the subject being spoken about which include: busts, statues, carvings, artifacts, and portraits. All look like photos from museums or maybe even history books. Text on the end slide reads: A PAIR OF SHOES CREDITS: Doctor Ted Blake: Maduka Steady Written by: Richard Byrne Produced by: Laura Schlachtmeyer
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Neechie-itas Opening Slide, Title: Neechie-Itas (Running time approx. 1 hour 8 minutes)
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sound effects, 2 traditional songs, and other media to tell the story. Virtual backgrounds enhance the visual locations in the story and include: In the opening scene: the exterior of a brick apartment building, and once inside, Spencer sits on her couch in her designer ball gown wedding dress gorging on snacks and watching TV. Jail bars that appear behind each of the women after they are arrested. The women are dressed up for a night out, and encounter a cop in jail that is in his traditional uniform.
dialogue tells the story. It feels like the perspective is of the women as a “collective.” There are a few cutaway shots of character’s facial expressions, responses to things other characters have said, reactions, or closeups of certain objects, like the cop’s keys. Some details here and there may be lost because they are not described – but there is a great storytelling vibe to this piece. There are two Indigenous traditional songs and sound effects used throughout this digital production.
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CREDITS:
by Jo MacDonald (Anishinaabe) Directed by Sarah d Angelo (Mohawk)
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Filmed and Edited by Daniel Leeman Smith (Choctaw) Stage Managed by Kateri Daffron (Wichita/Kiowa/Comanche) Dramaturgy by Carolyn Dunn (Cherokee/Choctaw/Creek/ Tunica-Biloxi) CHARACTERS: Spencer Houle ................... Carolyn Dunn (Cherokee/Choctaw/Creek/ Tunica-Biloxi) Maggie Dunning ........ Summer Wesley (Choctaw) Carm Tadoule .......... Summer Rae Morgan (Kiowa/Apache/Pima) Linda Shepard ........... Maya Torralba (Wichita/Kiowa/Comanche)
Special Thanks to: President Michael Burgess and the Pawnee Nation Community College; the Kiowa Language Program; the Muskogee Little Theatre; and Izzy Llama.
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Donations of $25 or more made between July 2020 and July 2021 The Commitment Club (Monthly Donors) Soul Mates ($1000+) Bob & Anne Wang Jai Djwa Jim Sibley & Amanda Bradley, in memory of Mollie Bradley John Sullivan June Harrison, for the Harrison Bergeron Private Foundation Lee-Lyn Gan Tom Paolucci & Pete Emrick Hot Lava Lovers ($500+) Alison Bell & Dean Gingrich Benita Ceresney David Jordan & Bethan Stewart Don Wright & Deborah Loren Joanna Maratta John & Mardie Mason Kathy Scalzo Nancy More Neal Jennings Going Steady ($250+) Brian Rowland Duncan Watts-Grant Elaine and Russ McRitchie/ Miranda Eugene and Regina Gorodetsky Jane Harris Katia Tynan & Jeff Ilich Kathy & Al Costello Ken Hsueh Laura Robinson Leslie Carty Liam (The Great) Kearns Neil Jones-Rodway Peter Dickinson Susan Ogul-Propas & Lonnie Propas
Soul Mates ($1000+) Anonymous Friend of the Fringe Austin Property Tax Consultants Claudia Sjoberg Geoff Bannoff William Gibson Hot Lava Lovers ($500+) Gordon MacRae Jane and Chris Westheuser Susan Freedman & Bill Galloway Going Steady ($250+) Bruce McPherson Carolyn Heller & Alan Albert Darby Honeyman Donna Mathiasen Eduardo Ottoni Kevin Mitchell Susan More
Sweetheart ($100+) Anonymous (Matched by Corporate Giving) Ann Lee Bill and Ellen Schwartz Bill Hubbard Bradley Wells Carolyn Lymn Clare Pryme David Bonnefoy Debra Seaboyer Donald Clancy Elinor Orsini Emily Burke Eric Krushel Eric Promislow Estha Parg-Murenbeeld Gail Cryer Glenn Mair Janet Mitchell Janet Neufeld Janice Carroll Jim & Patricia Anhorn Jo Ledingham Karen Chan Kathryn Shaw Kathleen Flaherty Kenneth Klonsky Kim Tanner Kris Klaasen Lale Doetsch Leigh McLachlan Judith Coffin Linda Gilbert Lisa Leblanc Margo Kane Mario Ariza Shaun Toomer Stephanie MacLeod Stephen Merry Susan Kensett Tom Handley Victoria Henderson William Schwartz
Fringe Fling ($50+) Aron Buky-Tompa Avi Dolgin Barbara Bernhardt Cathy Jackson Diane Pfingsttag Eric Abel France Perras James Narvey Jane Heyman Kaarina Talvila Kevin Steiner Kiersten Eis Kristen Johnson & Paul Campbell Lisa Mennell Maria Stanborough Marina Richter Miranda Deis Nancy Barker Nancy Strider Phillip Duggan Randy Smallwood Siobhann Williamson Sue Kingsley Susan Rudolph Tom MacGowan Victoria Tang Zee Kesler First Kiss ($25+) Aleem Gilani Arline Oishi Ashley Hargreaves Avril Baldauf Ben Krakowsky Callyn Dorval Cassie Savoie Chris Aikenhead Darren Mercer Gordon Handford Gordon Yusko Graham Allen John Nursall Karen Sommer Katie Baillie Linda Cardinal Linda Johnston Linnea Perry Nadia Fortuna Rob Spooner Ross William Bartleman Russell Hartlaub Sandy Watson Steve Dragicevic Sue Bigelow Vesna Bokic Winnie Chick In-Kind Friends of the Fringe Tracy Georgelin
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Sweetheart ($100+) Anthea Jordan Brian Dusting Brian Paterson Chelsey Stuyt Cylia Wong Gareth Duncan Gerald Kowalenko Jackie Day Kuan Foo Mathew Hill Matthew Minson Regina Ogmundson Shaun Jackman & Elizabeth Kirkland Sheila Butt
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Growing Old Together: those who have donated for 10 or more years! Long-Term Lovers: those who have donated for five to nine years! The Story Has Just Begun: those who just starting donating this year!
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Thanks to our 2020-2021 Donors
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Thanks to our Partners Government and Foundations
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Thanks to our Volunteers
Thank you to our beloved Fringe volunteers for coming out to help us make the 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival possible! We’ve been blown away by your support, enthusiasm, and commitment to keeping our artists and audiences safe during these unprecedented times.
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This year more than ever, if it weren’t for our volunteers this Festival truly couldn’t happen. So, thank you for all of your support, love, and laughter. We can’t wait to make Theatre for Everyone possible with you for many more years to come!
Thank you! 唔該! Merci! Gracias! ! ありがとう! Danke! Grazie! ! Obrigado! 谢谢! ! !
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Do you want to be part of this incredible volunteer community and make a difference in the lives of artists and patrons? Go to vancouverfringe.com/volunteer to find out more!
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A Big Thank You to our 2020 Volunteer Centre Donors We’re incredibly grateful to all the generous donors who helped keep our volunteers happy and well-fed during the 2020 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Thank you for all your support! Earnest Ice Cream Rain or Shine125 Fresh Prep Forbidden Vancouver MeeT Restaurants Opus Art Supplies Origins Organic Coffee Savoury Smoothie Stong’s Market The Keg Steakhouse & Bar Buy Low Foods – Kingsgate
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1 Easy Lie A Bard Buffet Big League BLINDSIDE The Consciousness Cooking for Grief A Coveted Wife of East Van Cross Country: A Self-Help Concert Performance Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence) The Destiny of Special Agent Ace Galaksi Everybody Knows Hi, My Name Is Jai IAGO vs HAMLET The Infinite Conversation Language Games The Library Performance Collective: Passenger Seat Neechie-itas The Neverland Night Circus North Of Smokey on behalf A Pair of Shoes Persephone Mara Planet Phuckett! Practice Round Ridge A SIDE OF RICE Something in the Water A Toast to Prohibition TRUTH or DARE Untitled Flamingo Play What? The Dickens! Wings Over Water - A Diasporic Bird Play
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