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N.O. Fringe Festival enters fifth year of ‘fringey’ theater

The Advocate, by Sara Pagones, November 13, 2012.

 

The New Orleans Fringe Festival, which runs Wednesday through Sunday, promises to bring five days of theater that is “wild, weird, fresh and original’’ in keeping with the spirit of fringe festivals.

The New Orleans Fringe Festival, which runs Wednesday through Sunday, promises to bring five days of theater that is “wild, weird, fresh and original’’ in keeping with the spirit of fringe festivals.Fringe festivals had their origin in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1944 when eight groups couldn’t gain admission to an international theater festival and decided to carry on, taking their plays to the “fringes’’ of the city... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE).

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Fringe is supported by a SEED grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. This program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.  This program is supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans. The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.