Fringe Festival Shows
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(NOTE: Bug will not be presented at the Fringe Festival.)
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Baby Boom The New Orleans Theatre Experiment (N.O.T.E.) From: New York City, New Orleans |
In this hilariously dark and twisted comedy, a young couple can't have a baby of their own, so when a machine gun appears at their doorstep dressed in baby clothes, they are willing to set aside all doubts and raise it as their own. | HiHo Lounge 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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Calculus of Hope Goat in the Road From: New Orleans/New York City |
Levees collapse. Steam pipes explode. Bridges crumble. Our fragile bodies move through it all. In a reflection on life, love and bridges, two friends carry, push, silence, hold and drench each other. They dance and tell stories to balance the equation: complex infrastructure + fragile bodies = safety is relative (loving is risky). | The Skull Club 11/14 7:00 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 10:00 pm |
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Danny the Diver and Luna Nana Projects From: Baltimore |
Baltimore based visual alchemists, Nana Projects, pioneer a groundbreaking blend of shadow puppetry. Gorgeous hand manipulated cutouts bring to life two stories: the underwater adventures of a scuba diver and the mischievous hijinks of a group of thieves that steal the moon. Come because you’re intrigued you’ll stay because you’re amazed! | North Rampart Community Center 11/13 8:30 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 8:30 pm |
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Empty Nest Syndrome Anne Burr Dance Company From: New Orleans |
Empty Nest Syndrome boldly explores the angst and turmoil of inter family relations between three siblings who take off on very disparate paths. Audiences will be shocked and titillated as they are transported through the exciting worlds of glam rock, strip clubs and good old fashioned family misery. | Candle Factory 11/13 10:00 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 4:00 pm |
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Flight ArtSpot Productions and Mondo Bizarro From: New Orleans |
FLIGHT's live music, dazzling physical performances, and stunning visuals, including huge performer-activated machines and large-scale video projections, create a “flight fantasia” that explores humankind’s enduring dream of flight and the unpredictable consequences of our pursuit of that dream. | North Rampart Community Center 11/14 7:00 pm 11/15 8:30 pm 11/16 4:00 pm |
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Footprints: Traces of Expression Crescent City Choreographers From: New Orleans |
Footprints: Traces of Expression unites the choreographic works of three local artists: Giselle Nakhid, Kesha McKey and Stacye Markey. Each piece in Footprints will resonate with a fresh, innovative and artistic expression. This dance program includes three premieres: BONDed Beauty, Dipping Chocolate on a Berry Good Day and Taken. | Candle Factory 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 2:30 pm 11/16 8:30 pm |
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Galveston Family Tree Collective From: New York City |
Maurice Troxclaire, the 73 year-old, self-proclaimed “Best Lover on the Island”, comes to terms with his life in the down-on-her-luck Gulf town Galveston. In his hilarious company are his best friend, 15 and a half year-old Dewberry, Maurice’s beautiful paramour Charlotte, and her husband, Mayor M. Everett Moody. | Marigny Theatre 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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Great Hymn of Thanksgiving/Conversation Storm The Nonsense Company From: Madison, WI |
Around a dinner table, three actor/musicians sing, pray, beat forks, deliver the news, and snap between scenes in mid-sentence in this brutal but timely deconstruction of War-on-Terror-speak by internationally-known avant-garde composer Rick Burkhardt. Torture, ticking time bombs, faux-Middle-Eastern folk tales, broken clocks, unreliable waiters. | Sidearm Gallery 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 4:00 pm |
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Green Garden Morella & The Wheels Of If and Tsunami Dance Company From: New Orleans |
Come and Join the Ride! Green Garden is the place where all your dreams come true. Have a glass of Absinthe, and be mesmerized by the Green Fairy, as she captivates our young lovers and guides them through a world of lucid dreaming. Choreography by Kettye Voltz and Jeffrey Gunshol. | Candle Factory 11/13 8:30 pm 11/14 7:00 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
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I'm in Love With... Tally-Ho Daredevils From: New Orleans |
Come one, come all! An extravaganza of sights, sounds and mayhem. A promise of adventure and strange excitement. Balls will be bouncing, buffoons will be flying, tumbling, singing and all the while making you laught joyously like kids rolling down a giant hill. DON'T act your age. DON'T be sensible. DON'T stay in your seats. We will make magic, stupidity and chaos. I'M IN LOVE WITH... | North Rampart Community Center 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
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The Last Castrato Audacity Theatre Lab From: Dallas |
THE LAST CASTRATO is the darkly comic, bittersweet tale of Joseph, who was born without a penis, and his love affair with Elena, who was born with her skin inside out. Elena, though, was blessed with a beautiful singing voice to balance her deformity, while Joseph has no talent whatsoever to make up for his missing member. "A penis," he muses, "in terms of artistic merit is worth nothing." |
Sidearm Gallery 11/13 8:30 pm 11/15 8:30 pm 11/16 2:30 pm |
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The Lunatic King Aurora Aerial From: New Orleans |
This whimsical narrative marries physical theater and the acrobatic feats of the big top. Accompany the King of the Moon on a dizzying misadventure, as he spins across space at the whim of some mischievous Gods. The flying flipping creatures he meets will be beautiful, dangerous and always riotous fun. | North Rampart Community Center 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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Men in Uniform Antonio Garza From: New Orleans |
From hilariously nerve-racking interrogations by customs agents and confrontations with overly enthusiastic flight attendants, to detentions and an arrest by US Border Patrol agents. In a one-person show, Antonio Garza relives his own post 911 experiences with Men in Uniform. | HiHo Lounge 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/16 8:30 pm |
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National Comedy Company: The Musical! The National Comedy Company From: New Orleans |
Unscripted and unpredictable, come see some of New Orleans' funniest pull a one-act musical out of their Gershwin. The National Comedy Company: The Musical is made up on the spot based on suggestions from the audience. The songs, the dialogue, the choreography, even the costumes are all created before your eyes! | Marigny Theatre 11/14 7: 00 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 10:00 pm |
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The Porch Bricolage From: New York City, Milwaukee, Pensacola |
Navigate this collage of 5 true dreamscapes, involving lightning rods, water, living songbirds, high-speed trains, laughter, longing (and possibly a passionate suicide...?). The Porch is a raucous brigade of multidisciplinary artists, armed to the teeth with video, live music, theater, dance and acrobatics that will leave you breathless. | Candle Factory 11/14 10:00 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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Rebuilding Appalachian Spring New Resonance Orchestra From: New Orleans |
Music-making that is fresh and fearless. New Resonance Orchestra celebrates the pioneer spirit and endless possibilities of unsettled lands with an innovative approach to Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring.Through collaborations with actors and artists, New Resonance delivers an original multimedia event that connects the music to the people of New Orleans—America’s new pioneers. | Candle Factory 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 8:30 pm |
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Sayings from the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones Junebug Productions, Inc. From: New Orleans |
John O'Neal is inhabited by the mythical hero and storyteller Junebug who brings a dazzling array of characters to stage. "There is a genuineness to O'Neal's performance and to his play which assures us that this Southern folk play sprang right from the very dirt of the dusty cotton fields he talks about." –Tom Mason, Anniston (Alabama) Star | Sidearm Gallery 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 8:30 pm |
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HORF, HOAF, MAUB Scary Toesies From: New Orleans |
"Letting audiences have it" since 2001, SCARY TOESIES' shows feature aliens, levitating corpses, alien magic, beheadings, alien magic dance parties, zombie magician organ solos, "the Fang", confetti volcanoes, fungi cave creatures, AAASOME SOUNDTRAXX, and more!! Their first show since the game-show-set-inside-a-volcanic-prison-planet, "TWANKY SNAX"!! | The Skull Club 11/13 10:00 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 2:30 pm |
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Sex Crimes The House of St. Eve From: New York City |
SEX CRIMES navigates amazing but true sexual legislation, taboos and history in a scintillating, multi-media cabaret. Gabrielle Penabaz deftly binds you with a kaleidoscopic exposé using her films, dance, rock-n-roll, sex toys, and whatever comes to her fishnet-twisted mind - and you don't get a safety word. | Marigny Theatre 11/14 10:00 pm 11/15 8:30 pm 11/16 2:30 pm |
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Shoebox Lounge Jennifer Pagan From: New Orleans |
Join Jennifah Louise and a colorful cast of characters for a cocktail at the Shoebox Lounge where memories, secrets, Prada, and liquor flow freely. With her life on the rocks, she finds her faith is shaken not stirred and quickly learns that life is best faced neat and straight up. | Marigny Theatre11/13 8:30 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
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STRIPPED! Naked in a New World Francine Segal, Jennifer Pagan, Diana Shortes From: New Orleans |
Baroness Pontalba, a Chilean Momma and an Arabic Jew walk into a bar... Three women share cultural challenges in New Orleans. Their stories unravel with humor, style, movement and video montage as they strip physically and soulfully to find a home on American terrain. Costumes - Kellie Grengs Multimedia - Minka | Marigny Theatre 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 10:00 pm 11/16 4:00 pm |
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Struck/Break Emerging Artists Theatre From: New York City |
Two one-acts. STRUCK: After a stroke, a dynamic novelist confronts a longtime friend in a smack-down of New York art world egos. BREAK: Late one night on Eastern Long Island, an Englishman and the drug addict who breaks into his home face their secret similarities. Neither is what he seems. | Sidearm Gallery 11/14 10:00 pm 11/15 10:00 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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théâtre du jour Lower Garden Project Theater – in exile From: Paris, Washington, New Orleans |
Performed earlier this year in Paris and Washington, théâtre du jour comprises two comic shorts: Seat Yourself, which explores the frustrations of fine dining and "the euphemism," and Pompa y Circunstancia, which concerns a bizarre commencement ceremony, where two brothers mis-communicate about what to wear, life, and lunch. | The Skull Club 11/13 8:30 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
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Therese Raquin Desire Project Y Theatre Company and N.O.T.E. co-production From: New York City, New Orleans |
Straight from the Big Apple to the Big Easy! The fragmented and poetic journey of a woman sorting the pieces of a mixed-race heritage, awakening sexual need, and so deep a desire to be loved that even murder is an option. Contains original video, dance, and music for a multi-media experience that played to sold-out houses in Midtown Manhattan. | Marigny Theatre 11/13 10:00 pm 11/15 2:30 pm 11/16 8:30 pm |
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Top Secret Play Project Cisne Negro Productions From: Austin |
Twelve playwrights covertly wrote seventeen one woman plays as a gift to their friend. Each selection holds a secret from the humorous to the tragic. This installation features eight pieces and the collaborative prowess of two women. They journey from Austin, in a minivan, to engage in these stories with you. | HiHo Lounge 11/13 8:30 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
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The Tragical Ballad of Black Bonnet Black Forest Fancies From: New Orleans |
Based on the true story of an intersexed housemaid in 16th century Scotland; our story follows the plight of Black Bonnet, the kitchen maid, as she and Liliana, the Landlord’s lovely daughter, fall madly in love. Can boundless romance survive on strings in a tiny world?! Music, mania, and marionettes. An edifying experience for all. | HiHo Lounge 11/14 7:00 pm 11/15 8:30 pm 11/16 10:00 pm |
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Two Easy Pieces by R.J. Tsarov Texpatriate Productions in conjunction with Gulf CosaNostra From: New Orleans |
Local talents Chris Lane and Veronica Russell present two quick and deft one-acts scored from the page with a razor by New Orleans' own Master of the Macabre, R.J. Tsarov. Two Easy Pieces delves into the negative spaces between people, using mundane settings to keenly expose dark, unspoken mysteries. | The Skull Club 11/13 7:00 pm 11/15 10:00 pm 11/16 7:00 pm |
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uncle tom: deconstructed The Conciliation Project From: Richmond |
Utilizing the forms of vaudeville and minstrelsy, an ensemble of four black and four white minstrels and the character of Harriet Beecher Stowe bring the witnesses (audience) on a journey through the legacy of institutionalized racism in America. Through song, dance, poetry, dialogue, and narrative, a story is revealed in seven cycles with a prologue and epilogue as book ends, followed by a discussion led by members of the ensemble. | Candle Factory 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 2:30 pm 11/15 10:00 pm |
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VIXIN Kristen Loree From: Albuquerque |
VIXIN is a One Person Acapella Opera in twenty-four personalities. Based on a true story. Incorporating masks, dance, vocal aerobatics, and amazing transformations from one character to another. Seven years in the making, VIXIN explores sexuality, gender and above all - love! "Not drama for the intellectually lazy. The audience may giggle in amusement or discomfort, but it cannot look away or disengage" Marissa Greenberg, Albuquerque Journal | Sidearm Gallery 11/14 7:00 pm 11/15 5:30 pm 11/16 5:30 pm |
Fringe Shows in Bring Your Own Venues (BYOV)
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and/or Chard Gonzalez From: New Orleans |
"and/or" is a culmination of movement, sounds and images where six performers respond to the sculptures exhibited at the On Piety project (www.onpiety.com) "Like any good improvisation, it's a dialogue, an argument, with peaks and troughs, caution and explosion." (Lyndsey Winship London-based arts journalist and web producer) | On Piety (BYOV) 11/13 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm 11/14 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm |
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Crow Jane Jessica Radcliffe From: New Orleans |
A streetwise, funny heartbreaking stroll through the underworld, describing the violence and beauty of life in post Katrina New Orleans with tenderness and immediacy. Jessica has performed throughout the US, Britain, Europe, Japan and Hong Kong. She is joined by New Orleans legends Doc Otis Cross on piano and Amzie Adams on slide guitar. | The Skull Club 11/14 8:30 pm 11/15 8:30 pm |
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An Evening of Dance Newcomb Dance Company From: New Orleans |
The Newcomb Dance Company presents its annual, popular presentation of An Evening of Dance featuring the classic, modern and pop to the avant-garde. The concert will include choreography by the Newcomb Dance Program faculty & guest artists, and will be presented in conjunction with the New Orleans Fringe Festival. | Tulane University, Dixon Auditorium 11/14 8:00 pm 11/15 8:00 pm 11/16 2:00 pm |
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Just Visiting Joseph Furnari From: New Jersey |
What's going on? Is there anything really going on? He is befuddled but what he sees. The world is undistinguishable to him. Indistinguishable. Undistinguished. Sometimes he interacts but mostly he watches. Listens. Sensing things, people. Sometimes he speaks in fragmented fragments, commenting and declaring. | Everywhere. Anytime. |
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L'Art Noir Salon Various Artists including the Red Hawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians From: New Orleans and Anywhere Else |
L'Art Noir, New Orleans premiere lowbrow art gallery, opens its doors to performance artists to take the stage with its Saturday Salon, from 2 pm to 11 pm and Sunday Mardi Gras Indian practice. Contact Master Jeffrey to reserve a spot or show up to make a scene. Free admission. | L'Art Noir 4108 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, 70117 11/15 2 pm - 11 pm 11/16 TBA |
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Money in the Garter Sally Asher From: New Orleans |
Catholicism, Mythology and Strippers. Neophyte, Mae Carter tries to sashay along the delicate tightrope of survival and success: tactful responses to nauseating come-ons, fantasies regarding hat-wearing mules, and negotiations involving wads of cash and cat o’nine tails. Along her enigmatical journey, Mae’s assisted by a Greek Chorus who educate her on: The Six Different Types of Boob Jobs, How to Shave Your Crotch for the First Time, and most importantly, The God and Goddesses of Strip Clubs. | Voodoo Mystere Lounge (BYOV)11/16 1:00 pm |
| Free Bukowski Poetry Reading Dr. George C. Velour From: New Orleans |
Charles Bukowski's poetry will be read. Free, cheap, warm red wine will be served. No food, no chairs. Sit on the floor. Bukowski got his start thanks to Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb, who lives in a nursing home in Slidell, Louisiana. Security provided by the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. | Dr. Velour's Living Room at 738 France, between Dauphine and Royal in the Bywater 11/13 8:00 pm |
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7th Annual Le Chat Noir New Plays Festival Carl Walker (Director), Pat Bourgeois, Gabrielle Reisman From: New Orleans |
David Cuthbert, Theater Critic, said about Le Chat Noir "the single most active performing space in the area, serving as a crossroads for the theater community." The annual New Plays Festival embodies this philosophy: original short plays about contemporary New Orleans, written by local playwrights, selected through a juried process. | Le Chat Noir (BYOV) 11/14 8:00 pm 11/15 8:00 pm 11/16 6:00 pm |
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SIMPLE Jaime Robert Carrillo From: New York City |
New York based Firebrand Theory, internationally praised as "always impassioned, always authentic" and "invigorating, adventurous theatre," presents SIMPLE, a quirky original play. Enduring a personal hell, a despondent city dweller is driven to a lonely adventure seeking solace, leading to bizarre encounters in the after hours of the urban landscape. | Voodoo Mystere Lounge (BYOV) 11/13 7:00 pm 11/14 7:00 pm 11/15 4:00 pm 11/15 7:00 pm 11/16 4:00 pm |
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Sky Mall Nancy White From: New Orleans |
You’ve read it. You’ve wondered, “Does anyone really buy this crap?” Nancy White examines this and other gnawing questions of taste in her tour-de-force Power Point extravaganza inspired by the in-flight catalog. A light snack will be served. --“It’s impossible not to like Nancy White” The Scotsman, Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Voodoo Mystere Lounge (BYOV)11/14 10:45 pm 11/15 10:45 pm 11/16 9:00 pm |
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Spinning into Butter Loyola University New Orleans Department of Theatre and Dance From: New Orleans |
The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance brings to the stage the latent racism that may lurk in the hearts of the liberals and conservatives in Rebecca Gilman’s Spinning Into Butter. Set on a college campus, Gilman leads us to surprising discoveries and painful insights, the consequences of which you will never predict! | Loyola University Marquette Theater (BYOV) 11/13 8:00 pm 11/14 8:00 pm 11/15 8:00 pm |
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Traveling Well: A Monologue with Instruments Adam Falik From: New Orleans |
Take one poetess mother, add an emasculated father and agoraphobic sister, simmer with a pair of sadomasochistic lovers, acts of terrorism and hurricanes, cook on high for thirty-five minutes. Traveling Well: A Monologue With Instruments moves from New York City to New Orleans, interweaving personal crisis with the calamitous events of two cities in a process that seeks to break the pattern of one man's calamity. | On Piety (BYOV) 11/14 6:00 pm 11/15 8:00 pm 11/16 6:00 pm |
