Atlanta Fringe Festival
Schedule:
Dybbrooke
Theatre - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
Leah, a newly-licensed mortician, considers herself a champion of the dead. Brooke, recently deceased, is the first corpse of Leah's career. But for Brooke, death is not the end of her anxiety, fear, and loneliness. And for Leah, the body in the mortuary is not the end of her time with Brooke. A play about love, loneliness, and Kabbalah, Dybbrooke tells the story of a possession driven by the need to feel loved.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Limelight Theater - Main, 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
Wallpaper
Theatre - Mature Audience - 50 Minutes
A postmodern drama that troubles the feminist novella The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by counterposing the white eugenic beliefs of the novella’s author Charlotte Perkins Gilman with the anti-racist fiction and scholarship of Charles Chesnutt, author of The Marrow of Tradition (1901). Directed by Melissa Simmons. Starring Femmaeve MacQueen and London Jaffa.
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: 7 Stages - Mainstage, 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Mr. Cardboard
Clown/Comedy - General Audience - 55 Minutes
Mr. Cardboard is an enchanting, introspective, and twisted clown play. It is the debut hour from Miles Calderon and Levi Meltzer, two performers, theatermakers, and recent graduates from the world renowned French clown school: École Philippe Gaulier. The show is a playful deconstruction of the childhood/coming-of-age fantasy genre that bends between a simple narrative about Huxley meeting his magical imaginary friend, Mr. Cardboard, and a sincere comedy about growing up and friendship, all the while being stupidly funny.
On his 5th Birthday, rotten little boy Huxley (Levi Meltzer) is whisked away to the magical Land of Cardboard by the sprung-to-life Mr. Cardboard (Miles Calderon). However, aging and Huxley’s edge endanger his adventure and the innocence of the Land of Cardboard.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Limelight Theatre - Black box, 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
All We Are Left With Is Hope: A Meditation on Life and Death Through the Facts and Fraud of a Victorian Spiritualist
The Winding Sheet Outfit
Minneapolis, MN
Theatre - General Audience - 50 Minutes
Is it theater? A seance? It's both! A short look at the long life of spiritual mediumship, or how to extend your life through the delight of stagecraft and the suspension of disbelief.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Dynamic El Dorado, 572 Edgewood Ave SE #116, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
Botticelli Babes
Johnson City, TN
Storytelling - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
You know their names, you think you know their stories, but the Botticelli Babes are here to set the record straight! Botticelli Babes is an interactive comedy storytelling experience that delves into the lives of some of history's most infamous women. This time, they'll be digging up the stories of the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of history's most (allegedly) reviled and prolific serial killers, as well as Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Egypt.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Brewpub - 292 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Flay's Anatomy
Atlanta, GA
Theatre - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
The pilot episode of Flay’s Anatomy, a surrealist sea voyage show, set in a reimagining of 19th century Europe! It is a stranger, more leisured time than our own, when everyone still spoke in verse, and travel remained a luxury for the few. Book your tickets now! You’ll meet the cast and crew of the good ship Incontinence, and join them on a cruise whose pleasures cannot be denied, to the moon and back again! Or almost that far, what for the cows that have since jumped over it, marking this excursion, by way of needle and syringe, one of the most startling new marvels to be witnessed in modern times.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: 7 Stages - Backstage, 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
ITS ALIVE! A Monster Burlesque Comedy
Speakeasy Sirens
Orlando, FL
Burlesque - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
Jonathan Harker has been summoned back to Transylvania by Count Dracula himself. His memory was mysteriously wiped after his last visit by the Count and his Brides and now he needs to find answers. Upon arriving, Harker accidentally releases the ancient curse of Akashas Box that causes all monsters residing in the castle to cast aside their senses and lose themselves in burlesque! Harkers only way to retrieve his memories and escape is to face the monsters, collect their cursed totems and return them to the box once and for all!
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: 7 Stages - Mainstage, 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You!
Linnea Bond
Philadelphia, PA
Comedy - General Audience - 60 Minutes
Ever recover from open chest surgery and multiple hospitalizations only to get hit with a devastating breakup? Part clown comedy, part timeshare pitch, part pity party, part existential howl – HROTASCY! is like 127 Hours meets 500 Days of Summer performed by a sales representative in bardo. Winner of Cincy Fringe Critic's Pick of the Fringe and Artist Pick for Encore Performance. A (mostly) comedy about pain.
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: Limelight Theatre - Black box - 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
The Evolution of Consciousness
Rya
Clearwater, FL
Performance Art - General Audience - 45 Minutes
Not unlike the hero’s journey, the show moves through the stages of awakening, shifting between both the perspective of the universe at large and that of the individual. Incorporating live singing, movement, ornate visuals, and original music made primarily by looped voices, the Evolution of Consciousness explores the idea that true enlightenment is not found in the duality of light and dark but rather in the recognition and acceptance of our own capacity for both.
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: Metropolitan Studios - 1259 Metropolitan Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30316
Get Psyched
Au Guys
Atlanta, GA
Improv - General Audience - 45 Minutes
Get Psyched features a rotating cast of fortune tellers, telling eager truth seekers their fortunes (based on prompts and suggestions from the audience). The fortunes play out as a series of scenes, manipulated by the fortune teller.
Friday night
10:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Brewpub - 292 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Officer Scott: Too Much Isn’t Enough
Sloan Brettholtz
New York, NY
Comedy - General Audience - 60 Minutes
Officer Scott can’t get any action with the NYPD. Probably because he’s not a real cop, he’s a volunteer. But when given the chance to deliver a D.A.R.E. seminar to scare a gymnasium full of 4th graders off drugs, his life turns upside down. Join Officer Scott on a journey for the meaning of life, love, and courage in this madcap clown show featuring burlesque, dance, psychedelics, queer joy, and more.
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: Limelight Theater - Main - 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
Time Machine Blueprints: The Show
Time Machine Blueprints
New York, NY
Comedy - General Audience - 60 Minutes
Shawn Wickens is a comedian futurist and casual stoner.
One night a weed brownie changed his life. The next morning he realized he had bought the domain name: TimeMachineBlueprints.com.
Things only got weirder from there. You will remember this very true comedy show… in the Future!
Official Selections:
- SoloCom NYC
- YippieFest (Chicago)
- Stoned Laughs
- Cannastock
- Charm City Fringe
- Word Bookstore (Jersey City)
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: Dynamic El Dorado - 572 Edgewood Ave SE #116, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
The Masque of The Red Death
The Assembly of Phantasms
Savannah, GA
Burlesque - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
"There were delirious fancies such as the madman fashions. There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."
Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of The Red Death is a thrilling, theatrical experience featuring some of Savannah, Georgia's top acts in drag, burlesque, and more. Join Prince Prospero as he makes his way through his castle, attempting to avoid the horrific plague that lingers outside his door. Save the date because you're invited to a party you may never leave!
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: 7 Stages - Backstage - 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Dead Friend Jokes
Kit Fay
Douglasville, GA
Musical, Performance Art - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
Funny heartfelt storytelling, standup, original music, and maybe a parody or two. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll call your weird gay friends from high school.
Friday evening
7:00PM to 8:00PM
Location: Dynamic El Dorado - 572 Edgewood Ave SE #116, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
Água Loves a Monster
Kate Morales
Decatur, GA
Performance Art - Mature Audience - 60 Minutes
Agua Loves a Monster cruises the sleeping dream and the waking nightmare with lucidity and wobble. Together one actor, various puppets, and an audience-generated soundscape seek out the exiled bad ones. Encountering monsters from dysphoria to disease, displacement to death, actor and audience collaborate to create a ritual container strong enough to hold the question: what if the thing that’s hurting the most is starving for love…?
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: Limelight Theater - Main - 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
Rhythm of Love the Musical
Forever Standing Productions
Decatur, GA
Musical - General Audience - 60 Minutes
In the glittering world of dance, Kadesh Jones stands at the pinnacle of success, seemingly having it all. Meanwhile, Tanzi has crafted a life of achievement, surrounded by family and a spotless reputation. However, when the unpredictable twists of life unravel their carefully constructed paths, and the echoes of love reverberate anew, they are faced with a profound question: What happens when love, once lost, comes knocking on the door again? "Rhythm of Love Musical" explores the intricate dance between destiny and the heart, inviting audiences to discover "The Dancer Inside All of Us."
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: 7 Stages - Mainstage - 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
The Ocean
BFG Images
Atlanta, GA
Comedy - General Audience - 35 Minutes
A southern gentleman just wants some lemonade, two young girls argue about the morality of stealing a goat and it all ends with a journey to see the ocean.
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: Limelight Theatre - Black box - 349 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
The Lily Show
Lily Kerrigan Presents
Atlanta, GA
Storytelling - Mature Audience - 55 Minutes
The Lily Show is an hour of stand-up and storytelling about queerness, professional cuddling, and the time Lily dislocated her jaw giving a *******. All the stories are true...or are they? The ******* one definitely is.
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Brewpub - 292 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307
Dance with Dementia
Spotlight Exchange
Taiwan
Storytelling - General Audience - 45 Minutes
Begin by observing the symptoms of dementia in the artist’s mother. It’s a play about loneliness with some elements of identity. The play revolves around a brilliant individual who, when young, experiences a decline, loses memory, and eventually leaves this world.
Friday night
8:30PM to 9:30PM
Location: Metropolitan Studios - 1259 Metropolitan Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30316
