Why you love the Fringe.
September 12th at 5:30pm
SOLD OUT FOR 2023! A total sell-out eight years running, this intimate theatre experience is unlike any other. You’ll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird, and most of all, one-of-a-kind show.
September 12th at 6:00pm
Music of the Baroque Era was written to be performed on archaic instruments, such as harpsichords and lutes. This group aims to bring the music of the 17th and 18th centuries into the 21st century. With modern instruments, Photonic Brass breathes new life into music specially chosen to be played outdoors, and connects with a modern audience through unique staging, storytelling, and stylistic interpretation.
September 12th at 6:00pm
To Elvedon is a live immersive work by Anna Heflin for Shannon Reilly and Katie Weissman: violin, cello, water alters, spoken word, cymatics, and spatialized sound, inspired by Virginia Woolf's The Waves. The audience can touch the sound waves moving the water, seeing the music while it surrounds them. The music is comprised of the note G#, hocketed and developed between the two live performers and spatialized tracks for a half-hour of live surround-sound and touch-immersive listening.
September 12th at 6:30pm
Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.
September 12th at 6:30pm
SOLD OUT FOR 2023! A total sell-out eight years running, this intimate theatre experience is unlike any other. You’ll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird, and most of all, one-of-a-kind show.
September 12th at 6:30pm
Rozlyn is a 24-year-old powerhouse soul singer with a band to match the pipes. The power of her voice, mixed with honest lyrics, a tight groove, and vulnerable performance, leaves crowds feeling a connection—a timeless feel that comes from 70s and 90s R&B, jazz and rock. Her biggest influences include Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, and Carole King. Recent projects include opening for Joan Osborne and singing backing vocals for The Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tribute.
September 12th at 6:30pm
After last year’s Less Miserable, the Off-Monroe Players present The Zoo by Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan). A nobleman goes to the zoo to woo the girl who sells snacks there. He tries to impress her by buying and eating all the snacks. Meanwhile, a young druggist believes that he has poisoned his beloved by mixing up her father's prescription with candy that he meant for her. Indigestion and potential poisoning? A happy ending makes the zoo animals smile, and you will, too.
September 12th at 7:00pm
Known for its experimental delights, the Multi-use Community Cultural Center premieres a special Fringe version of Dances at MuCCC, a collection of local performance talent and creativity. For the first time, this annual dance festival appears at Fringe, showcasing a curated collection of its best summer dance performances. This past June, MuCCC presented Moving Margins to the Center. Co-directed by Donna Davenport and Nanako Horikawa Mandrino; logo by Jimmy Scamacca.
September 12th at 7:30pm
Vocalist Casey Jones Costello returns to the Rochester Fringe Festival to pay tribute to the famous Broadway team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Featuring beloved songs from their shows including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, Costello's captivating cabaret show is sure to delight audiences of all ages. www.caseyjonescostello.com, TikTok and Instagram @caseyjcostello
September 12th at 7:30pm
ENTIRE RUN SOLD OUT! Sky-high feats. Latin beats. Mind-bending moves. Circolombia, a groundbreaking circus troupe with a history of engagements in Edinburgh, London, and Chicago, will perform a show written and produced exclusively for Rochester Fringe audiences in the Spiegeltent this fall. The show, titled Corazón, will feature six extraordinary artists who each bring an exuberant, Colombian-born vibe to the act—along with madly daring skills.
September 12th at 8:00pm
From the Tony® award-winning creators of Spring Awakening, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and Waitress creator Jessie Nelson, Alice by Heart is a dark and touching musical entangled with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the rubble of World War II’s London Blitz, Alice and her dying friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground station. Alice by Heart explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward. www.theatre444.com
September 12th at 8:00pm
In this classic mockumentary, a host of eccentric dog owners gear up for the canine showdown of their lives—the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. Emmy Award winners Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara star alongside Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, and Micheal McKean, bringing us another send-up in the spirit of Guest’s other films: Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, and This is Spinal Tap.
September 12th at 8:00pm
SOLD OUT FOR 2023! Back by popular demand, those madcap ladies of Bushwhacked have brushed off their hats, aired out the tent, and gotten back to their roots. Join them to give summer the send-off it deserves with a night of campfire revelry under the moonlit sky. With your sassy input, this show will surely be filled with laughter, ridiculous bonding activities, and “s'more.” (Nothing says Fringe like open flames and two irresponsible improvisers.)
September 12th at 8:00pm
What does it mean to honor someone with a monument…and who should be honored in such a public way? Australian artist Craig Walsh brings us one answer to this question, challenging us to select three people from our community who deserve to be recognized—but who may never rise to public consciousness without his unique method of celebrating them. Walsh projects the living, moving faces of these three Rochesterians on tall trees, where wind and other elements give them dimension and animate them even further.
September 12th at 8:00pm
thurlow. is one of the most original sounding bands in Rochester. With a focus on original instrumental music, thurlow. has a great upbeat energy that is sure to keep you dancing. Founded in 2012 in Vinny's basement, thurlow. has played hundreds of shows around the greater Rochester area, from small bistros to some of the best area venues. With an album of new music coming later this year, you won't want to miss this band at Fringe.
September 12th at 8:00pm
To Elvedon is a live immersive work by Anna Heflin for Shannon Reilly and Katie Weissman: violin, cello, water alters, spoken word, cymatics, and spatialized sound, inspired by Virginia Woolf's The Waves. The audience can touch the sound waves moving the water, seeing the music while it surrounds them. The music is comprised of the note G#, hocketed and developed between the two live performers and spatialized tracks for a half-hour of live surround-sound and touch-immersive listening.
September 12th at 10:00pm
To Elvedon is a live immersive work by Anna Heflin for Shannon Reilly and Katie Weissman: violin, cello, water alters, spoken word, cymatics, and spatialized sound, inspired by Virginia Woolf's The Waves. The audience can touch the sound waves moving the water, seeing the music while it surrounds them. The music is comprised of the note G#, hocketed and developed between the two live performers and spatialized tracks for a half-hour of live surround-sound and touch-immersive listening.
September 13th at 6:00pm
Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.
September 13th at 6:00pm
Awarded Best Ensemble Show at Tucson Fringe and Stand Out Show at Hi-DeF, this darkly sensual, hilariously heartbreaking, twisted new comedy thrusts two restless spirits into the afterlife: The Ghoul, a young woman whose absurd glamour reeks of tragic desperation…and the Ghost, a man who did everything right on the surface, but hid a brewing darkness underneath. Coping with the fact that neither one of them has ever really felt alive, these two deeply complicated souls reach their breaking point.
September 13th at 6:00pm
Soprano Sophia Mostafa returns to Rochester Fringe to perform a collection of art songs and arias from Italy, France, the Americas, and beyond in a musical celebration of voice. Mostafa's lush sound lets audiences enjoy the music of the highs and lows of human emotions, written by artists including Puccini, Caballero, Satie, and more. Mostafa encourages audiences to think about how music and voice are capable of expressing our base emotions across economic and generational borders.
