Category Archives: Cincy Fringe Festival

May 24, 2013 · 4:07 pm

CFF13: SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS

CFF_Swimming in the ShallowsSWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Ensemble Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

Barb finds out that Buddhist monks in Thailand only own eight things — and wonders if that is all she wants. She starts giving away her things but her husband Bob keeps buying her new ones. Donna wants Carla Carla to marry her, but Carla Carla doesn’t like that Donna smokes. Nick meets a shark at the aquarium — they go on a date to the beach and Nick tries not to sleep with the shark too fast. Plus dream sequences. Plus a wedding.

  • Thu, June 6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 8:45pm
  • Sat, June 8 at 3:45pm & 8:15pm

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May 24, 2013 · 3:56 pm

CFF13: SHUT UP EMILY DICKINSON

CFF_Shut Up Emily DickinsonSHUT UP EMILY DICKINSON
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Behind the Curtain | Enquirer | CityBeat |

From the creators of last year’s sold out hit Radio Star comes Shut UP, Emily Dickinson, a pseudo-historical, quasi-biographical psycho-romance about America’s most annoying poetess. Holed up in her bedroom for eternity, crazy old Emily Dickinson unsuccessfully woos the object of her affection, a disembodied voice. She’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma smothered in mental illness on a bed of terrible personality.

  • Wed, May 29 at 8:45pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 7pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 7pm
  • Tue, June 4 at 8:45pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 9:15pm

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May 24, 2013 · 3:40 pm

CFF13: QUESTIONS OF THE HEART: GAY MORMONS AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY

CFF_Questions of the HeartQUESTIONS OF THE HEART: GAY MORMONS AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Art Academy Commons
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Behind the Curtain | CityBeat | Enquirer |

QUESTIONS OF THE HEART is an exploration of the often painful intersection of religious faith and sexuality. Ben Abbott—a straight, practicing Mormon—interviewed a dozen men and women of his faith who are gay (or are closely connected to someone who is) and crafted this play based on both the interviews and his journey coming to terms with them. It is a solo performance: Abbott plays the Interviewer as well as the subjects, taking dialogue directly from the transcripts and displaying the vast range of experiences, attitudes, and journeys of those he interviewed.

  • Wed, May 29 at 7:15pm
  • Fri, May 31 at 9pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 9:30pm
  • Thu, June 6 at 9pm
  • Sat, June 8 at 8:45pm

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May 24, 2013 · 3:27 pm

CFF13: PULLING OFF PROCREATION

CFF_Pulling Off ProcreationPULLING OFF PROCREATION
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
1334 Main Street
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: CityBeat |

Created, designed and performed by local artists, this play tells the story of a happily married straight woman and gay man who shoot their crying infant because it was distracting them from some uncommonly good sex. It is certainly dark, extremely funny and undoubtably irreverent. This play examines the power and unpredictability of true love, while pegging it against the destructive lure of media attention, fame and widespread public acceptance. And just to keep things moving along there’s plenty of swearing, sex, cross-dressing, drug use and electrocution for everyone to enjoy.

  • Thu, May 30 at 8:45pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 3:30pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 7pm
  • Tue, June 4 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 8 at 2pm

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May 24, 2013 · 3:18 pm

CFF13: POE AND MATHEWS: A MISADVENTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

CFF_Poe and MathewsPOE AND MATHEWS: A MISADVENTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Coffee Emporium
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: CityBeat | Behind the Curtain |

When famed author, Edgar Allen Poe (Emily Windler), washes ashore on a deserted island with the bungling fool, Cornelius Mathews (Brian Kuwabara), hilarity ensues. Poe undergoes the eight stages of grief as his sanity wanes. An absurd clown show filled with slapstick comedy, sly wit, charm, and 80’s hits. It’s “Laurel and Hardy Waiting for Godot” (Kings River Life).

  • Thu, May 30 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 7:45pm
  • Mon, June 3 at 9pm
  • Wed, June 5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 8:30pm

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