DFW Fringe Festival

The 4th Annual DFW Fringe Festival
hosted by the Dallas Hub Theater
2809 Canton St. Dallas, TX 75226 (Deep Ellum)

 

The 2009 DFW Fringe Festival proved our best festival yet. It began with World Theatre Day (March 27th) and concluded on April 25th, 2009 setting Box Office Records and most importantly bringing "fringy" works to new audiences. We honored the following performances.


BOX OFFICE AWARDS
1st Place Muscle Memory Dance Theatre- Breaking News
2nd Place Freckle In My Eye by Ashley Wilkerson
3rd Place - Dead Girl Circus

AUDIENCE AWARDS
1st Place Muscle Memory Dance Theatre- Breaking News
2nd Place Freckle In My Eye by Ashley Wilkerson
3rd Place - Dead Girl Circus

PRODUCER PICKS
1st Place - Balthazar!
2nd Place - SATER - My First Time
3rd Place - 98 Theatre Company - Fairy Tale Blues

 


Friday, March 27th @ 7 pm
Friday, April 3rd @ 7 pm
Saturday, April 11th @ 7 pm



Saturday April 18th @ 7 pm
Friday, April 24th @ 7 pm
Saturday, April 25th @ 7 pm

Comedy Killers Dinner Theater
Case of Romeo and Juliet and Isobella and Rosaline and Sally Jo
Questionable Love Quadrangle

Going into their 17th successful year performing around the nation, they return to the DFW Fringe Festival with two shows.

Up first is The Case of Romeo and Juliet and Isobella and Rosaline and Sally Jo. This show is the longest running, most popular and widely performed show in Comedy Killers, having been updated annually since 1994. This show was Shakespeare's wet dream, and is suitable for all ages.

Questionable Love Quadrangle made it's world premiere last year at the DFW Fringe and went on to be performed throughout the United States where it is coming back to rest. While this show is suitable for the entire family, it does contain adult situations as seen on prime time television. Parental Guidance is recommended.

Both shows feature fun plot twists of classic and contemporary mystery stories with great food and service, and all brought together by a very talented cast of actors and improvisers.

For more info: Click here

Balthazar

Saturday, March 28th @ 2:30 pm
Saturday, April 11th @ 10:00 pm
Friday, April 17th @ 10:00 pm

The Balthazar Show

Sparkle magic dancing dragon gravy taco griffin raptor rainbow time

Balthazar is a multi-media rock n’ roll extravaganza comedy!

The Balthazar show combines theatrical, musical, dance, costuming, and multimedia performance art, which is complemented by an abundance of visual props and audience participation. Balthazar examines adolescent themes of pop idols and middle school sentimentality in a very vaudevillian style complete with campy original compositions, chorography, and song parodies. The stage is shared with an array of other performers, including The Magic Gravy Force (dancers), The Thunder Voxes ( back-up singers), Unicorn Mafia (technical crew), Fury Masterminds (marketing design gurus), and other mystical creatures.

BALTHAZAR comes from the FURIOUS backwoods of Arkansas. Hatched in a laboratory. Born in a hospital. BALTHAZAR shed her skin and revealed her spandex scales, beginning her journey through the mystical, mayonnaise-filled earthly realm. Naturally armed with her abilities of comedy, rock, and flexibility, she fulfilled her destiny by becoming one with the FURY and unleashing herself on the world. BALTHAZAR is a prehistoric beast that can truly slay a dragon, ride a unicorn and take the kraken as her bitch! Prepare to have your face rocked off by BALTHAZAR!!!!!

T
his show runs under and hour and is suggested for mature audiences due to language.

Jordy Pordy One Man Show
Saturday, March 28th @ 4 pm
Friday, April 3 @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 2:30 pm

From as far as South Africa and London, England
The DFW Fringe is proud to welcome

JORDY PORDY
Taking The Bull By The Horns
Written and performed by Jordan Herskowitz

Jordy Pordy: Taking the Bull by the Horns is Jordan Herskowitz’s autobiographical one-man show about life as a professional mascot. But once his furry gloves come off, Herskowitz narrates a powerful story about growing into his own identity as a Jew living in Texas, being the forgotten middle child with both of his brothers born with cystic fibrosis, learning to follow his dreams of wanting to be an actor, and his family’s journey with organ donation--and all in just a little over an hour! Jordy Pordy creatively explores the themes of self-identity, Judaism, family, and the overall strength of the human soul.

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes (No Intermission)
Rated PG for some brief language and adult subject matter.
For more info visi: www.jordypordy.com


Saturday, March 28th at 7 pm

So Allure Entertainment Fashion Show

A Fashion Showcase for Nina featuring swimwear, Heart On my Sleeve by Aubrey O'Day, Ed Hardy, plus more.

A portion of all ticket proceeds goes to the AIDS Outreach Center.
For more info visit: www.soallureent.com

 

12DrinkMinimum
Saturday, March 28th @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 18th @ 10 pm

12 Drink Minimum

The Russian, The Indian and Some Other Guy

A Fringy New Comedy Troupe makes it's Fringe debut at this years festival, but they have appeared in the late night series at the Dallas Hub Theater off and on since last year with their games, short improvisations and marshmallows.

The Show runs about an hour with an intermission and is rated PG
Some improvisations may contain language and adult situations

For more info visit: www.12drinkminimum.com


Saturday, March 28th @ 10 pm
Friday, April 10th @ 10 pm

Dead Girl Circus
The Gravest Show On Earth

The Dead Girl Circus is quickly building it's audience having haunted the Dallas Hub since their debut late last year. A wonderful mix of comedy, magic, sideshow attractions and fire, these four supernatural girls give you an experience you will not forget.

The Dead Girl Circus is a variety act based on comedy and 'tongue in cheek' themed horror. We have Andria Rin, who is a lich daemon, from the underworld, who has come forth to raise the other members and perform magic. Next is Kesi, an Egyptian mummy brought forth to seduce and enchant the audience with dance and skill. Back from the grave, Della the zombie will prove her impregnability with classic circus sideshow stunts. Last but not least, Llorona the resident ghost summoned from a séance, will perform circus feats while totally invisible. Each member will rotate with performances with two special finales. One finale on stage and the other outside as the audience leaves the theater. All acts would be TV appropriate, considered PG-13. The show is approximately an hour and a half.

For more info visit: www.deadgirlcircus.com

If By Chance
Sunday, March 29th @ 2:30 pm
Friday, April 17th @ 8:15 pm
Sunday, April 19th @ 2:30 pm

The MET Theatre presents the World Premiere of
IF BY CHANCE
By Donnie Wilson
Directed by Bill Fountain

A moving drama about a biracial college student who strives to be judged by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin.

Directly inspired by our society's preoccupation with Barack Obama's ethnicity. President Obama, being a biracial man, has charged many to question how we think of and label race. Wilson wanted to present a work that would reveal a subtle truth about the cognitive frames that shape our thinking about the subject.

Motivated by a local teenage actor who had bouts of legal troubles before discovering acting, Wilson wrote this piece specifically for the young man. The combination of his inspiration and motivation resulted in "IF BY CHANCE."

Cast: Cameron Law, Perri Camper, Lisa Whitfield, Monique Vazquez, Janis Roscoe, Alan Jackson, Arnulfo Diaz, Kelley Settles & Malcolm Underwood.

For more information, please click: here


Thursday, April 2nd @ 7:30 pm
Friday, April 3rd @ 8:15 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 8:15 pm
Saturday, April 18th @ 8:15 pm

PUBLIC WORKS THEATRE CO.
Presents the Regional Premiere of

Lower Ninth
By Beau Willimon
Directed by Catherine Hopkins

A powerful play inspired by the survivors Hurricane Katrina

"Few modern plays are so completely theatrical. Even in silence, the show feels alive, because Willimon and the creative team offer more than just dialogue and psychological conflict. They create a miniature universe in which every detail throbs
with meaning." ~Variety

PublicWorks Theatre and the Dallas Hub Theater are proud to present “Lower Ninth’’ at the DFW Fringe Festival. It is a powerful new play inspired by the devastating effects Hurricane Katrina. Written by Beau Willimon, this new drama will be directed by Catherine Hopkins (artistic director of PublicWorks and director of “Lord of the Flies” which made its regional premiere last year at the Bath House) and will feature David Jeremiah (TopDog/UnderDog and Hamlet/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and Dallas stage newcomers Derrick Beasley and Manson Thomas.

Lower Ninth focuses on the story of two men stranded on a roof after a terrible storm. As Malcom and E-Z struggle to survive, they must battle heat, hunger and their pasts. Ultimately, their only hope for salvation rests with each other.

Beau Willimon has written seven full-length plays that have been developed or performed at venues including Ars Nova, MCC, HERE Arts Center, New Dramatists, and The DR2 Theatre. He is a recipient of the Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship and the Lincoln Center Le Compte du Nuoy Award. Lower Ninth was included as part of Arielle Tepper’s 2007 Summer Play Festival and his play "Farragut North" has been optioned for Broadway by Jeffrey Richards. In addition to his work in theatre, Willimon is currently working on two feature films for Warner Brothers and one for Fox 2000. A resident of Brooklyn, Willimon holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Columbia University.

PublicWorks Theatre is a new company inspired by new writing and challenging, contemporary adaptations of classic theatre and literature. Our mission is to make dynamic, ground-breaking theatre in order to inspire informed debate and creativity. We are committed to exploring outreach opportunities and finding new ways to extend social debate through theatre education. PublicWorks (in partnership with Risk Theater Initiative) was last seen at the Bath House Cultural Center at the 2008 FIT Festival with their production of William Inge’s “A Murder” and in January 2008 with a regional premiere stage adaptation of “Lord of the Flies.” The critically acclaimed production, with an all-youth cast set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, played to sold-out houses and attracted a diverse audience of more than 1,000 adults and young people.

The show runs 1 hour and 15 minutes with no intermission
It is rated PG-13 for language and strong situations


Freckle In My Eye
Thursday, April 2nd @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 5th @ 2:30 pm
Thursday, April 23rd @ 7:30 pm

Ashley Wilkerson presents her one-woman show
FRECKLE IN MY EYE
Directed by HJ Steward

Freckle in My Eye is the poignant, shocking, and sometimes humorous story of She-see Jones, a young woman living on Texas ’ death row. LisaBeckyKellyPierce, an over-imaginative little girl; Madame CJ, a flamboyant beer and wine distributor; and Lil Crazy, a volatile teenage boy, are only a few of the compelling characters who inhabit Wilkerson as she takes us careening through this provocative, breathtaking journey. 

Ashley Wilkerson is an actor, poet, playwright, and documentary filmmaker who attended Booker T. Washington and received her B..A. in Cultural Studies & Media from The New School For Liberal Arts, in New York City .   She is the recipient of the DFW Theater Critics Award and has been recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She was commissioned to write and perform this show by the Diaspora Performing Arts Commissioning Project in connection with the South Dallas Cultural Center and the National Performance Network (NPN).  

The show runs right at 1 hour with no intermission.
PG-13 or mature teens and adults. Show contains adult language.


Friday, April 3rd @ 8:15 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 12 noon
Saturday, April 4th @ 8:15 pm

Daniel Huntley Solon returns to the DFW FRINGE with
SEX, WITH BENEFITS
by Daniel Huntley Solon

"A compelling, touching, well-written work. We highly recommend it!"
- Austinist.com

"Beautiful!"
- Christina J. Moore, Executive Director of Austin Script Works

"An excellent play. Well worth seeing!"
- Mick Tomlinson, CyberMonkeyDeathsquad.com

The Internet meets reality when two young cyber buddies meet for the first time. Limited by stubborn desires and paralyzed by years of expectation, can their tryst have a happy ending or will it culminate in just another loveless bedmate?

Straight from Austin's FronteraFest and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Daniel Huntley Solon's "Sex, With Benefits" explores the hard-hitting questions and stereotypes that face America's gay community today.

Show is 1 hour and 45 minutes
Contains Adult Language and Situations


Friday, April 3rd @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 2:30 pm
Sunday, April 5th @ 2:30 pm

"McSki"
~Confessions of a Couch Potato~
Written and performed by Bill Johnson Directed by Tim Mateer

A Man, A Plan, A Couch,
Pandemonium

Bill Johnson is perhaps best known for his role as Leatherface in the Horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Part 2) and to fans of the Ultima as the voice of the Guardian. You may remember his work at the Dallas Hub Theater with his work on THE GOD BOX by Isabella Russell-Ides during the 1st DFW Fringe Festival. He now returns with his one-man comedy about a couch potato that is hosting and running his own 12 step program from his own couch.

 


Friday, April 3rd @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 2:30 pm
Sunday, April 5th @ 2:30 pm

Krissi Reeves Returns with
Still Spinning The Bottle V2.0

Existential Anthems, Verbal Antics, Dope Rhymes and Bizarre Love Poems for the cynical romantic!

Krissi Reeves, a major hit of last years Fringe Festival winning both an Audience Award and a Producer Pick returns with her updated one-woman showdown of dating disasters and surprise appeals to anyone who has ever ventured into the turbeulent terrain of single-dom. Her show is a funny, absurd and heart-heating look at the confusing dichotomy of "cynical romanticism."


Friday, April 3rd @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 4th @ 10 pm

Direct from Cincinnatti, Ohio
Making their DFW FRINGE PREMIERE

THE MATTRESS TAG CUTTERS
An improvisational comedy experience that will BLOW YOUR MIND!

This improvisational comedy troupe, The Mattress Tag Cutters, is a threesome unlike any you may (or may not…) have experienced before. Specializing in a long-form improvisation called “The Bat,” which creates a series of scenes using just voice, fun descriptions, and their active imaginations, they are a comedy trio that constantly experiments with different comedy styles. They have performed sketch comedy, short-form improvisational games, and many styles in-between.

The show runs about an hour and is rated PG-13.

They will redefine CrazySexyCool!


Saturday, April 4th @ 10 pm
Saturday, April 11th @ 8:15 pm
Friday, April 17th @ 8:15 pm

SATER: My First Time
(Regional Premiere)

"I remember my first sexual experience. I was alone at the time!
(Story #6509)

I still have the Metallica shirt he wore that night.
(Story #23960)

File mine under clumsy and awkward!
(Story #4294)

My First Time features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people. In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times. The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, shy, sexy and everything in between. And now, these true stories and all of the unique characters in them are brought to life by four actors in this acclaimed 90 minute play from Ken Davenport, producer of Altar Boyz and creator of The Awesome 80s Prom.

SATER brings another premiere to the DFW Fringe for the forth year in a row featuring accomplished director David Lee Kelting making his DFW directing debut with a fine cast including Oscar Contreras, Matthew M. Fowler, JuNene K and Meridith Morton

Parental Guidance PG-13

For more info, visit the website here
For press pics, please click here


Thursday, April 9th @ 7:30 pm
Friday, April 10th @ 8:15 pm

Ninety Eight Theatre Presents
Fairytale Blues
By Joshua Bridgewater & Mary Humphrey

Fairytale blues sings the song of a street opera from the Bronx in New York city.
Little Rosie Boe Peep's all too common story is told, having a BIG dream that no one else believes in. She leaves her home town and heads out to see the enchanted hills of Hollywood, where all manner of entrapment and temptation presents itself.

On her journey, she encounters a host of dysfunctional fairytale characters, from a TRANS-GENDERED Big Bad Wolf, to a NEUROTIC,cosmetically frustrated Turtle and militant Hare, who's out to "STICK IT TO THE MAN!"
The genres of, Jazz and Blues music, gives us an easy current of life waters to ride on while elements of, movement and good ole juke box jig, help us tell the story. Rosie gets whisked into a whirlwind of blues SINGING, BEER drinking, BAD MOUTHING, DRY HUMPING, BREAST FODDLING storytelling as she makes her way through the FAIRYTALE BLUES.

The show runs about an hour with 1 intermission
The show contains adult language, violence and situations




Friday, April 10th @ 8:15 pm
Thursday, April 16th @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 18th @ 2:30 pm

The Butterfly Connection
presents
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Directed by Jamie Kinser & Shawn Gann

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.

The Twilight Zone comes to life in a new adaptation featuring two of the most beloved episodes of all time. Jamie Kinser adapts and directs The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, and Shawn Gann recreates Two, in an evening of fear and fascination! The cast features Brock Klein as Steve Brand, Alaina Applebee as Mrs. Brand, Aja Jones as Sally, Matt Ducey as Man 1, Joe Aholt as Man/Les Goodman, Jage Bothmann as Charlie, Jeremy Henslee as Don, Alfred Ramirez as Pete Van Horn, Amanda Merrill as Mrs. Goodman, Stefanie Darrah as Woman, and introducing Alez Esquivel as Tommy. Lighting Design by Nikki DeShea Smith, Puppetry by Jamie Kinser, Sound by Apollo of Kollective Objective, Produced by Adam Dietrich and Chelsie Prendez

The show is rated PG and runs about 50 minutes

 


Dallas' Premiere Comedy Group
Saturday, April 18th @ 8:15 pm

4 Out Of 5 Doctors presents
"The Specialists"

LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

The longest running comedy troupe in DFW returns to the DFW Fringe Festival with their new show "The Specialist". Since 1986, the Docs have been entertaining and educating audiences in corporate to comedy environments with great success.

The show runs 1 hour 45 min to 2 hours with a 20 minute intermission
This show is not rated or FDA Approved.
Some side effects of adult language have been known to occur


Friday, April 24th @ 8:15 pm
Saturday, April 25th @ 8:15 pm

Muscle Memory Dance Theatre presents
BREAKING NEWS: Dancing with the Media

Dancers Dig Deep for Deep Ellum Performance

Breaking News: Dancing with the Media is a dance
commentary on the catchy, one-sentence Sound Bits of American journalism.  M2DT's 5 choreographers weave together perspectives on news sources from television to radio, to websites newspapers.
Breaking News: Dancing with the Media
is a evening length modern dancework that examines societal consequences of consuming fast paced, info-tainment news culture to stay informed.

Muscle Memory Dance (M2DT) is returning to the DFW Fringe after taking home 2 of the coveted Fringe Awards Last Year (Audience and Producer Pick)

For more info, please visit:
http://www.musclememorydancetheatre.moonfruit.com/

M2DT2009

Saturday, April 25th

LATE: End of Fringe Festivities

You are invited to come party with the artists of this years Fringe Festival as we celebrate the Dallas Hub Theater's 3rd Birthday and see who wins the awards for "Audience Favorite", "Best Box Office", "Producer's Pick" as well as some addiitonal fun categories.

 

 

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