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We are excited to announce the results of the Fringe Lottery! After much Fringe Math, 60 companies were placed in 8 venues and 5 in alternative venues. The following groups will be a part of the 2009 Orlando Fringe Festival:

Orange Venue
Duelling Divas, Ocala, FL
The Cody Rivers Show, Bellingham, WA
Puppet Slam, Orlando, FL
VarieTEASE, Orlando, FL
Orlando Youth Theatre, Orlando, FL
David Gaines, Arlington, VA

Green Venue
Princess Charming Productions, Deltona, FL
Shot In the Dark, Celebration, FL
Fun Couch Productions, Maitland, FL
Carbon Productions, Jacksonville, FL
The Executives, Windermere, FL
Excellent Adventure Productions, Orlando, FL
Relevant Theatrics, Winter Park, FL
Schave and Reilly, Austin, TX
The Orlando Opera Company, Orlando, FL

Brown Venue
Timothy Mooney Repertory Theatre, Prospect Heights, IL
Rob Ward and Superfriends, Orlando, FL
Mo' Laughs Comedy, Orlando, FL
Russell Scott, Winter Park, FL
TheatreMania Productions, Windemere, FL
Too Much Free Time Productions, Brooklyn, NY
JP Urban Entertainment Group, Gotha, FL
Creative Evolution, Brooklyn, NY
The Village Idiots

Blue Venue
Jeremy Seghers, Orlando, FL
Bernie O' Brien Presents, Mt.Dora, FL
Absent Minded Improv, Winter Park, FL
Bakerwood, Orlando, FL
Name Change Pending Extreme Improv Troupe, Boynton Beach, FL
Playwrights Round Table, Orlando, FL
Little Productions, Wytheville, VA
Tommy Nugent, Detroit, MI
ID 10-t Productions, Seabring, FL

Red Venue
Ultrasuede Productions, Altamonte, FL
Live Feed, Long Island, NY
Comedy Caliente, Orlando, FL
Checkerboard Productions, Oviedo, FL
Orlando Puppet Blasts, Orlando, FL

Silver Venue
Movin' Melvin Brown, Austin, TX
Penguin Point Productions, Oviedo, FL
Ricardo Garcia's Flamenco Flow, Edinburgh, Scotland
Yow Dance, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Moonlight Theatre/Tomade Productions, Clermont, FL
Winter Springs Performing Arts, Winter Springs, FL

Pink Venue
Destination Ink Productions,Victoria, BC
Freeline Productons, Orlando, FL
Kubersky and Kelty, Orlando, FL
COSTARS, Sarasota, FL
Keira McDonald, Seattle, WA
Water on the Brain Productions, Orlando, FL
Greater Orlando Actors Theatre, Orlando, FL
Martin Dockery, Brooklyn, NY
Arfnotz Productions, Orlando, FL

Yellow Venue
DeXdance/Voci Dance, NYC/Orlando, FL
Emotions Dance Company, Altamonte, FL
Collette Kendall, Hamilton, Ontario
Jimmy Hogg, Toronto, CA
Infinity Live Productions
Logan W. Donahoo, Winter Park, FL
Prairie Fire Presents, Regina, SK, Canada
Casting Shadows, Orlando, FL
Kangagirl Productions, Orlando, FL

Alternative Venues
The Phat Killerz-Melbourne, FL,Outdoor Stage, Pass the Hat
Eola Players- Winter Park, FL, Outdoor Stage, FREE
Hefner Monologues-Cabin John, MD, Patron's Room
Kid Prov- Orlando, FL , Kids Fringe Show, FREE

Fringe is Thankful!

Photo: Tom Turkey, Faithful Fringe Patron

Fringe is thankful for...

Our Artists!
Our Volunteers, Staff and Board!
and YOU, our patrons!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Beth, Genevieve and Kristina

Support Orlando Fringe this holiday season!

You can now donate online:
https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=7530121...

Your gift is 100% tax deductible and will directly support the mission of Orlando Fringe.

Other Fringe Deadlines

Want to take your Fringe show on the road?

For applications and information on other Fringe festivals, click on the following links:

Minnesota Fringe Festival - http://www.fringefestival.org/

Indianapolis Fringe - http://www.indyfringe.org/

Toronto Fringe - http://www.fringetoronto.com/

Lottery Update
Results from the Fringe Lottery will be available in the beginning of December!

The Orlando Fringe just got awarded Best Cultural Event in Orlando in their 101 best of things about Orlando. We ROCK!

To check it out...

Click on #18

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-2008-101best,0,4529953....

Looking for something to do on a Monday night?

Come out and support Checkerboard Productions at the Orlando Youth Theatre.

Checkerboard Productions is an entirely youth operated AND funded theatre group that seeks to cultivate and empower young people through their art. The proceeds from the event will go toward producing their first show this spring, establishing a community outreach program and creating a theatre-based student discussion group. Please join Fringe veterans and other local performers on October 27th for an incredible night of song, food and fun! There will be a a silent auction featuring AUTOGRAPHED posters from the Revivals of A Chorus Line and Sunday in the Park with George and Little Mermaid!

Central Florida theater veterans will perform songs from contemporary musicals such as Legally Blonde, Hairspray or Spring Awakening, while talented newcomers perform the classics like Gypsy, Funny Girl or West Side Story.

Hosted by Beth Marshall
Accompanied by Lizzie Kriger
Featuring Doug Bowser, Roxanne Fay, Danielle Lang, Melissa Mason, Elizabeth Murff, Robert Nolan, Meredith Rice and MANY MORE!

When: Doors open TONIGHT at 6:30
Performance begins at 7pm

Where:
Orlando Youth Theatre
398 W Amelia St.
Orlando, FL 32801

Tickets:
$6 for students and seniors
$10 at the door

Attention Fringe artists, past, present, and future! There is still time to get your application in for the 2009 Fringe festival! Applications for the 2009 festival are available at www.orlandofringe.org September 1-November 15, 2008. Advertising space for the 2009 Fringe Program will also be at a discounted rate for artists through November 15. Information can be found on the 2009 festival application. If you have any questions, please e-mail Genevieve at genevieve@orlandofringe.org!

Fundraiser to benefit local playwright John Goring Tonight!

Please help this veteran Fringer who had a severe stroke last month. He is still in the ICU at Florida Hospital in Altamonte Springs. John is in a desperate situation because, like many artists, he is uninsured.

John has been a vital member of the cultural scene in Orlando since he helped to found Playwrights' Round Table in 1997.

On Wednesday, October 22 at 8 pm PRT will be celebrating the work of John Goring while at the same time trying to alleviate some of the financial strain that he is under. Several of his short plays will be presented as readings. Local groups such as Mad Cow Theatre and Empty Spaces Theatre Company will be participating, as will many talented local actors.

WHO: Playwrights' Round Table and friends
WHERE: GOAT's Cameo Theatre
1013 East Colonial (just west of Mills Ave.)
WHEN: Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 8pm
WHAT: Entertainment, beer & wine, raffles and auction to benefit the PRT John Goring Fund
HOW MUCH: $10 admission

If you wish to make a cash contribution to John, please send a check or money order to:
John Goring Fund
c/o PRT
a 4696 Middlebrook Rd.
#J
Orlando, FL, 32811

Thank you for making All Hallows 10 a success! A great time was had by all, and $4,144 was raised for the 2009 Fringe Festival.

Thank you to the following in-kind donors:
Bach Festival Society
Beautiful Nightmare Productions
Beth Marshall Presents
Blue Man Group of Orlando
Cirque du Soleil La Nouba
EO Inn
Ethos Vegan Kitchen
Foundation Presents/ The Social
Full Circle Yoga
Gary and Merrill Isreal
Hard Rock Live
Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays
Home Grown Co-op
Jamesson Beane
Little Shop of Horrors
Michael & Louise Garvey
Michael Wanzie
Orlando Ghost Tours
Orlando Opera
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Parliament House Resort
Pom Pom's Teahouse & Sandwicheria
Rhandi Giles Photography
Rob Ward
Ron Tyson
SAK Comedy Lab
SeaWorld
Small Hands Massage
Stardust Video & Coffee
The Central Florida Fair
The Spa of Thornton Park
VarieTEASE
Wanzie Presents

Special thanks to the performers who donated their talents and time, as well as
Fringe staff and volunteers! Without you this event could not happen!

The Red Chair Gallery opened July 22, 2008 at the Orlando IKEA next to Millenia Mall (4092 Eastgate Drive, Orlando, FL 32839) and will be on display to the public during regular business hours until August 4, 2008. The gallery, a partnership between The Red Chair Project, an arts event promotion entity, and IKEA, features creatively decorated red chairs created by Orlando arts organizations. The chairs will be auctioned off as a Red Chair Project fundraiser at the Red Chair Affair on September 7, 2008 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are available for the Affair on The Red Chair Project website (Source)

2008
Thank you Orlando for another fabulous Fringe! Want to see more photos from the madness taken by Julie Milford? All of our photos are stored on a phot website called Flickr. Here is our Flickr photo page. Browse around and relive those crazy moments all over again. Fringe 2009! Here we come!

FRINGE 08 RESULTS COMPARED WITH 07

TICKETS SOLD:
22,465 non-comp tickets for 2007
20,778 non-comp tickets for 2008 (down 7.5%)
(not bad considering less venues for 2008)

ARTIST DISBURSEMENT:
$201K in artist disbursement for 2007
$191K in artist disbursement for 2008 (down 5%)
(this number is down due to less shows in fest and changes due to ticket prices set by artists as well)

COMP TICKETS
2007- 4,900
2008-5,600

VISUAL FRINGE
$4,118 made by artists
26 Artists sold 49 pieces.
(a record year)

KIDS FRINGE
630 attendees for 2007
1005 attendees for 2008
(numbers are up)

Overall festival attendance is about exactly comparable to 2007 at around 25,000 people over the course of the 12 days.

VENDORS
15- 2007
29-2008

Best Festival
1st: Orlando Fringe
2nd: Music Fest (which stupidly runs at the same time Fringe does)
3rd: Film Festival

Best Dance Troupe
1st: VOCI (with artistic direction by Fringe's associate Producer-G)
2nd: Cinedance
3rd: DRIP

Best blog
2nd: Orlando Arts Blog by Fringe artist/website producer- Mark Baratelli

Best Local thespian
John Didonna (Fringe vet/ Empty Spaces/Wasteland director/teacher/actor/director everywhere)

Best Theatre Troupe
1st:Rich Weirdoes
2nd: SAK
3rd: MADCOW

Best Performance Artist
Brian Feldman

MY ILLUSTRIOUS WASTELAND, Tod Kimbro's brand-new sci-fi rock musical, is already becoming one of the most highly-anticipated theatre events of the year. The show premieres July 10th, 2008 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center Margeson Theatre! Wasteland features 7 songs from Tod's album, Soundtrack to a Chemical Spill, along with 10 brand new numbers. Equal parts futuristic adventure epic, twisted social commentary, and high-energy rock show, this is a musical and theatrical experience like no other. The show is produced by Orlando Fringe Guru Beth Marshall, directed by local legend John DiDonna, choreographed by "VarieTease" icon Blue and is full of a fabulous mix of old-school Orlando vets of the stage and new-blood talent. Be among the first to see what just might be the largest individually
produced show in O-Town's history.

Tix are on sale NOW at todkimbro.com.

This production is funding in part by: United Arts, Beth Marshall Presents, SCI-FI City and donors like you! To donate to this show, please contact Beth Marshall at fostercj@earthlink.net

What:
MY ILLUSTRIOUS WASTELAND

Where
The Lowndes Shakespeare Center/Margeson Theater-812 E.Rollins Street

When:
July 10th-20th
Thurs., Fri. Sat. and Monday Industry Nite at 7pm/ Sunday
Matinees at 4pm

Running Time
2.5hrs. (with intermission)

Show rating
PG 13 (mild language/ adult themes/ mild violence)

Tix Price
$25 General Admission/ $2 off w/ back page coupon from 2008 Fringe Program/ $15 Industry Nite. $5 Discount for Students&Seniors

For more info about the show or to make advanced online reservations visit todkimbro.com

The cast of VarieTEASE is ON-THE-MOVE! They are traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, where they will perform CARNIVALE at the Wild Mustang, June 19-20. VarieTEASE CARNIVALE, made a splash at the 2007 Orlando FRINGE Festival, awarded Patron’s Pick of the Orange Venue and Most Overall Tickets Sold.

By popular demand, CARNIVALE, will also appear at Parliament House Resort this summer for a limited 4 show engagement: 3 Wednesdays, June 25, July 2 & 16 at 9pm and 1 Saturday, July 5th at 8pm.

“Two words: f*cking mind-blowing.” Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly

“An hour’s worth of show stoppers.” Michael Freeman, Lakeland Ledger

“Polished … charms the pants off the audience.” Tod Caviness, Orlando Sentinel

The post popular VarieTEASE ever, join babyBlue and her parade of freaks as they take a hallucinogenic journey to the circus once more!

The Parliament House
410 N. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32805

3 Wednesdays, June 25, July 2, & 16 at 9PM (no show July 9)
1 Saturday, July 5 at 8PM
Tickets $15

FRINGE TICKET OFFER: $5 off any WED performance with a 2008 FRINGE button!

Advance Tickets available at www.WANZIE.com/boxoffice

Orlando Reservations & Information: 407-454-8478

Fringe Fabby Awards:

Patrons Pick Awards

Yellow- Skip Peril

Red- Alice In Wonderland

Green-Dysfunctional Fables

Blue-Tod Kimbro, In the Blue

Brown-The Screw You Revue Déjà Vu

Pink-Here Be Dragons

Silver- Reefer Madness

Mary Lou Rucker Volunteer Excellence Award- Bonnie Sprung

Volunteer Newbie Award- Estaban Espinosa

Adrianne Blattner Patron Award – David Horgan 58 shows

Producers Award- The Screw You Revue Déjà Vu

Newbie Artist Award- Kick the Puppy Productions-Oral

Faggy Fabby- Paul Hutcheson/Wog Productions

Fringe Naked Award-David Almedia

Fringe Crush Award- The Cast of VarieTEASE

Genevieve’s Cupcake Award- Rob Ward and Tod Kimbro

Board Excellence Award- Mike Garvey

Board Newbie Award- Gary Israel

Creative Use of Space Fabby- Power to Pleasing/Bathroom Venue

Hi-Tech Fabby-When Pigs Fly

Lo-Tech Fabby- Triple H: Jimmy Hogg, Lisa Haas, and John Hefner

Fringe of the Fringe Fabby- Silent Rave/Sean Flynn

Fringe Greenie Fabby- Jeremy Seghers

Spirit of the Fringe Fabby- Myron Blattner and TJ Dawe

Over and Above Fabby –Jourdan Hathaway

Total # of Volunteers, 2007:179
Total # of Volunteers, 2008: 177
Total # of hours worked, 2007: 3,577
Total # of hours worked, 2008:3,682

With a total of 2 less volunteers over last years’ event, 177 dedicated volunteers logged 3,682 hours, which is 105 more hours than last year.