The Capital Fringe Festival kicks off tomorrow!
The 5th annual Capital Fringe Festival starts tomorrow and runs through July 25 in various theaters and venues in Washington, D.C.
What is a Fringe Festival? Simply put, it’s an awesome, open-access performing arts festival that occurs in select cities throughout the nation. At a Fringe Fest, you can expect top-notch theatrical works by emerging artists! If you want a more elaborate description, or a list of Fringe Festivals closer to your neck of the woods, go here .
Below are some shows that caught our eye from this year’s Washington, D.C. lineup:
DARFUR: The Greatest Show on Earth!
College of Southern Maryland
Website: http://www.csmd.edu/Arts/
An Original Work, World Premiere
Contains: Profanity
Based on the Black & Jewish experience.
A musical journey through one of the most devastating and ignored genocides in human history, "DARFUR: The Greatest Show on Earth!" is a powerhouse musical that uses dark humor and eclectic musical styles to drive home its poignant message of forgiveness, redemption and awareness that leaves the audience breathless in the wake of apathy. 75 minutes
Elephant
Kelly Bond
Website: www.6m1l.com/index.php?/projects-exerce/kelly-bond/
An Original Work, World Premiere
Contains: Nudity
We won't ignore you. We have a relationship. We are powerful. Sentimental. We transgress, practicing and perceiving aggression. We are you, and we are alien with all the potential to connect. Cryptic, valuable, subtle. We are elephants, huge and hidden. 50 minutes
FRESH FROM THE FUNNY FARM - local laughs
The Comedy Academy, Inc.
Website: ourlaughingmatters.com
An Original Work, D.C. Premiere
Contains: Profanity
Based on the Jewish experience.
Multiple acts of ridicule written by or inspired by students in Comedy Academy programs. These twenty comic sketches & short plays spoof the news media, vampire movies, religions, air-headed youngsters, feeble oldsters and 21st century life in general. 120 minutes
Black & Kinky Amongst Brown Waves
Margaux Delotte-Bennett
Website: kinkywaves.wordpress.com
Sign Language Featured
An Original Work
Based on the Black experience.
A poetic journey through India exploring issues of race, gender, culture and connection as a Black woman living on the subcontinent. This autobiographical one-woman show challenges what it means to be 'other' while celebrating cultural differences. 70 minutes
Click here to see the full list of shows and to purchase tickets!!!
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