One More Little Miss Fringe

First off, “Little Miss Fringe Festival” returns for a special performance. So if you missed it during the Festival (or just want to see it again), fear not! For one night only, you can indulge your tutus and tiaras and help Orlando Fringe crown the last “Little Miss Fringe Festival.”

Join us Monday, July 1, 2013 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center’s Margeson Theatre (Orange Venue) to help us crown the next pageant queen. And yes, you read correctly-Fringe’s very own General Manager GEORGE WALLACE is competing! This is sure to be a fun night with all new twists and turns.

Doors are at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $10, cash at the door, and can be reserved through Nicole at nicole@orlandofringe.org.

Other Shows with Encore Runs

We are pleased to announce that several 2013 Fringe shows are having extended runs. If you didn’t get a chance to see them during this year’s Festival or if you want to see them again, here’s your chance.

Marcie Schwalm’s - Boogie Shoes

Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park, Ticket - $10

• Friday, June 7 at 8 pm
• Saturday, June 8 at 7 pm
• Sunday, June 9 at 3 pm

You can buy tickets online HERE or call 407-920-4034 for reservations.

Shot in the Dark Production’s - Happy Pink Girl Sings!

At the Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park – $10

• Saturday, June 8 at 8 pm

You can buy tickets online HERE or call 407-920-4034 for reservations.

Scott Whittemore’s - Dance for Grandma

At the Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park – $10

Saturday, June 8 at 9:10 pm

You can buy tickets online HERE or call 407-920-4034 for reservations.

Mola Canola Productions - I U WE

At the Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park – $16 general admission, $14 seniors, and $12 students

Saturday, June 22 at 8 pm

can be reserved HERE or by calling 407-920-4034.

Logan Donahoo Presents & Unseen Images Theatre – A Field Guide to the Gays & Pillow Talk (back to back)

At the Parliament House, Footlight Theatre – $12 – $15 (advanced online) or $15 – $18 (at door) Show ticket includes club admission for the evening

• Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 pm
• Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 pm
• Saturday, June 29 at 7:30 pm

You can buy tickets online HERE

Here are the official numbers:

• 31,000 tickets printed.
• 16 pieces of Visual Fringe sold
• 10,800 people experienced Kids Fringe
• $248,374 paid out to artists!
• 65 Sold Out Shows!

Thank you for making it one of our most successful years ever and we hope to see you at one of our upcoming events. We will kick off the summer on July 1 with the return of our Fringe Happy Hours! We have GREAT things planned all year long!

We have to get back to planning 2014 — Viva Fringe!

Regards,

George Wallace, General Manager

Michael Marinaccio, Festival Producer

This year, the Patrons’ Pick encore performances will be held on Monday, May 27 and Tuesday May 28, so make you check the date if you buy tickets for a Patron’s Pick. Here’s the list, just click on the show to go to ticketing.

Black – Blue & Tod: In the Black (5/27, 4pm)

Blue – Fetish (5/27, 6:30pm)

Brown – TJ & Mr. Oaksite (5/27, 7:45pm)

Gold – MacBeth (2/37, 2pm)

Green – Loon (5/27, 11am)

Orange – Celebrity Match Game: The Musical (5/28, 9:30pm)

Pink – The Boxer: A Silent Movie Onstage (5/28, 8pm)

Purple (tie) – Pillow Talk ((5/27, 10am) / A Field Guide to the Gays (5/28, 6:30pm)

Red – Eating Pasta Off the Floor (5/27, 5:15pm)

Silver – Piranha the Musical! (5/27, 12:15)

Yellow – God is a Scottish Drag Queen (5/27, 9pm)

Here’s the shows that have sold out so far - number indicates total sellouts (if more than one.)

• 6 Guitars
• Blue & Tod: In the Black
• The Boxer (3)
• The Boy Who Stole the Sun (2)
• Eating Pasta Off the Floor
• Fetish
• A Field Guide to the Gays (4)
• God is a Scottish Drag Queen (2)
• Key of E
• Loon (4)
• Piano Man
• Pillow Talk (7)

Remember, Fringe isn’t just on the weekends, the shows are every weeknight as well, starting at 5 pm. So your can catch a few shows during the week and still be in bed at a reasonable time for a school night. Here’s what’s coming up today: (Click on show Name, to be whisked away to ticketing.)

Red Road Warriors are  a Mescalero Apache brother and sister performance group that performs live, contemporary acoustic Native American music. Traditional flute soars over thunderous handmade drums as Cuauhtonal and Biji harmonize male and female tones in hypnotic chants. They will be performing at the Visual Fringe Warehouse (1427 Alden Road) this Saturday (5/25) and Sunday (5/26)

• 5/25 at 5pm & 7pm
• 5/26 at 5pm & 7pm

Also, once you park, STAY PARKED. Don’t give up your spot to drive to the next venue if you don’t have to. We will have pedicab service available, and none of our venues are more than a mile apart. It’s a beautiful walk around Lake Formosa, so strap on your walking shoes and get there the old-fashioned way. Here are all of the distances to the venues from the Lowndes Shakespeare Center:

• Orlando Rep – 0.2 miles
• Kids Fringe – 0.3 miles
• Gold Venue – 0.5 miles
• Visual Fringe – 0.9 miles
• Black Venue – 1 mile

Through the generosity of some local businesses, we have some additional parking. These might seem a little further out and you might be tempted into taking a chance on finding one in Lock Haven; but in the long run, it may be faster (and less frustrating) to use these additional lots. This is especially true, the later in the day you arrive, when the Loch Haven lots start filling up. Here’s a guide for the larger parking locations.

Lowndes Shakespeare Center & OMA: The most convenient for all venues and the Fringe Lawn, but it fills up fast and is the most challenging for finding a spot – it can take as long as 45 minutes to 1 hour at busy times. This lot is FREE.

Orlando Repertory Theatre: This lot is also inside the park, so it fills up quickly as well. It is occasionally closed to Fringe guests for special events. This lot is FREE.

Orlando Science Center Garage: This garage can be a convenient place to park, though fees may apply, and it sometimes is closed to Fringe patrons do to private events.

Magruder Eye Institute: Available on Saturdays and Sundays all day during Fringe, and its FREE. Lots of spaces, the perfect location for a short walk to Silver and Green venues, or across the street to KIDS FRINGE!!

Here’s visual guide to parking and the locations of the various venues, click HERE for a interactive version:

Parking Details for Black Venue / Visual Fringe

The Fringe Free Outdoor Stage, will be located once again in the vendor area next to the Beer Tent (and new full liquor bar provided by Stonewall Bar) and will showcase acts from many facets of Orlando’s performing arts scene with a focus on live music. Patrons can spend time between shows, enjoy everything from local folk, jazz, soul, rock, hip-hop, experimental, country, and electronic music. In addition to all that music, the stage will host competition poetry, stand‐up comedy, grand scale illusion magic, a vocal resonance meditation experience, improv comedy, and an international DJ live music and sound collaborative act from Scotland.

Musical highlights include performances by: Vaudevillesque Folk act, The Mud Flappers; Two Piece Mini‐Fest founders, Yogurt Smoothness; Theatrical Garage Rock act, Room Full of Strangers; Swamp Noir act, The Bloody Jug Band; Blues Soul Chartreuse, Kaleigh Baker; experimental folk acts, Bellows, The Getbye, and Beartoe; an interactive meditative vocal experience, with the 12 woman Beautiful Chorus; a one-man band performance by Lauris Vidal; a hip‐hop jam led by local beat‐boxer Rubox; a jazz trio led by Orlando saxophonist Chris Charles, paying tribute to and playing the music of Sam Rivers; an electronic set by Orlando vocalist and composer Sunny, performing her “Procrastination” album that debuted at Fringe 2010; and Central Florida folk darling Laney Jones.

Other special treats include: a comedy showcase hosted by one of the Orlando comics behind the Good at Bad Decisions stand‐up series Larry Fulford; Orlando spoken word poetry and slam veteran Tod Caviness returns to host, “The Fringe Poetry Smackdown” & “Fringe Toast-Off” events and this year debuts a new event, “Haiku Deathmatch“; and multiple performances from Scottish DJ, musician and producer Eunice Olumide performing as her, Northern Exposure act with unique sets and special guest collaborations each performance.

The complete schedule HERE and on the Orlando Weekly Music Blogs section at blogs.orlandoweekly.com.

Everyone that plans to submit anything to be hung in the gallery must bring the artwork ready to hang (if it is 2D), and a completed application between those times, please check the artwork fee scales, only checks or cash.

NOTE: If you are a vendor: you entitled to 2 entries into the gallery at no additional cost, but you must still submit payment for booth with both application completed.

Our Vendor Market is all full for the first weekend, and only a few spaces left for the second weekend. You may still submit your survey and application to be on the wait-list.

Again, this year, we have two events:

The VF Fringe Gallery – Located at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and our new large gallery/warehouse at 1427-a Alden Rd

The Visual Fringe Weekend Market- Held May 18-19 and May 25-26 - With only a few spaces left for each weekend, all paperwork and payment must be made one week prior to each weekend intended to display, otherwise your space can not be guaranteed.

If you choose to do both events, please make sure you fill out an application for both events and drop off the artwork at the Shakespeare Theater at the times listed above.

• Go to the main Visual Fringe page for complete details and applications.
• All 2-D artwork must be ready to hang, please make sure there is a wire or hanging hook on the back of all artwork.
• All work needs to come tagged with the included tags (attached to the VF Gallery Application).

Fringe performances will include:

• Arts or Crafts by Rob Roznowski performed by Zip it Lock it Put it in Your Pocket Productions
• Yow Dance’s Once Upon a Wonderland
• DETOUR, Not Your Mother’s Musical, performed by Better Half Entertainment
• Jett Backpack and the Battle at the End of the Universe, an original work by YES/AND Theatre Company
• The Bay Street Players’ See Rock City & Other Destinations

It’s going to be a night of unbelievable art in all its forms and a great way to get a sneak preview of some of the awesome shows during this year’s Festival!

May’s “1st Thursdays” will take place Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at the Orlando Museum of Art, located 2416 North Mills Avenue, from 6 pm to 9 pm. Arrive on time as Fringe performances begin at 6:30 pm. Admission to 1st Thursdays is free for OMA members, $10 for non-members, and includes access to the OMA’s featured exhibitions. Parking is free at Orlando Loch Haven Park and overflow parking is available at the Orlando Science Center’s parking garage for $5 per vehicle.