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Commotion Dance Theater and Friends

Dance, music, and poetry in the South Wedge: Dancers Ruben T. Ornelas, Alaina Olivieri, Nanako Horikawa Mandrino and Ryley St. Rose-Finear present whimsical dances to music by Mexican composers Manuel Ponce, Felipe Villanueva, and Silvestre Revueltas, performed live by Kevin Wang on piano, and Cynthia Qiyue He on violin. The show will also include “Mostly Red,” a dance theater work by Laurie MacFarlane performed to music by Dan Farkas.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Rose Room
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Composers' Concert, Featuring Eastman Student Composers

From its inception in 1921, Eastman School of Music has been a center for music composition and for the performance of new and recent music. Made up entirely of music written by Eastman student composers, this concert features the best of tomorrow's household names, and is a celebration of the next generation of contemporary composers. The Composers’ Concert is free and open to the public!

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Genre: Music

Conspiracy Council

You are formally invited to the next meeting of the Conspiracy Council. At this meeting, five special guests will pitch their favorite conspiracy theories, and you, our audience of Council initiates, will be able to pick your favorite conspiracy to be crowned the new “canonically true” conspiracy! Come watch, laugh and ponder the mysteries of the vast network of conspiracy theories created by your friendly, local, global Conspiracy Council!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater: Focus Theater
Genre: Comedy

Contra Dancing

Looking to try something new at Fringe? Contra dance is a joyful, community-oriented social dance with live music, easy instruction, and lots of laughter. No dance experience or partner needed. Come solo or with friends and enjoy an evening of movement, connection, and welcoming community. Contra dance is substance and fragrance free, beginner friendly, and open to all. Dance, laugh, and meet new people with us at Fringe!

Length: 150 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Rose Room
Genre: Dance

Courtyard

Courtyard is a fully independent band from Rochester. When asked what genre they play, they ... stumble. Guitarist/Vocalist Max Klot, bassist Michael Reineke, saxophonists Ryan Richter and Everett Gianni, percussionist Ryan Keller, and pianist Roman Barnes each offer their own area of musical expertise and create a cohesive and unique sound featuring hints of rock, pop, jazz, and soul.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little Theatre: Theatre 1
Genre: Music

Craft Roulette

Take a new craft for a spin as you step into a hands-on maker experience where creativity rules the room. Guided by teaching artists from Teaching Artists ROC, you can explore a variety of craft stations throughout the hour, trying different art forms, techniques, and materials at your own pace. Drop in, experiment, make something unexpected, and discover the joy of creating alongside others in this playful Fringe-style art experience.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Century Club at the Strathallan: Century Club At Strathallan - First Floor
Genre: Kids Fringe

Cupid's Boomerang

Cupid’s Boomerang brings a darkwave dream to the Fringe. Fronted by Suzi Willpower and guitarist Jeff Gulino, the band features Professor Don Anonymous on keys, Jay Repp on guitar, Todd Sharp on bass, and Greg Andrews on drums. Blending post-punk, power-pop, shimmering guitars, haunting keys, and driving rhythms, their immersive live show is equal parts underground club, neon nostalgia, and theatrical spectacle.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Music

Daddy Strong Legs

Daddy Strong Legs is a one-man comedy extravaganza created by Garrett Buss. See standup, sketches, songs and stunts galore in an unforgettable spectacle that combines bad boys, skeletons who skateboard and the ghost of Stan Lee. Celebrated at festivals around the country, like Moontower Comedy Festival and Austin Sketch Fest, this will be Daddy Strong Legs’ debut performance in New York! Come see what all the fuss is about, you’re guaranteed to adore this one man, one ghost, one skeleton show!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Hochstein School: Hilda D Taylor Recital Hall
Genre: Comedy

Dads for Democracy

D4D returns to the Fringe stage for re-election. Eno, JP, JFT and Keith form this improv coalition. Running on a platform of characters, concepts, silliness and whimsy, they are sure to win over their base. Rally around for a performance of long-form improv inspired by our constituents. *This show will likely contain no political elements and the name and description are merely a play on a theme.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater: Focus Theater
Genre: Comedy

The Dancing Viola

What if every dance told a different story? This globe-trotting program for organ, piano, and viola travels from Eastern Europe to Argentina through folk dance, theatrical drama, and tango’s unmistakable intensity. From village celebrations and salon charm to tango heat, galloping wit, and cinematic fantasy, each work unfolds as a vivid scene—rustic, elegant, fiery, playful, or dreamlike—in which the viola becomes singer, storyteller, and dancer.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Front of Sanctuary
Genre: Music

DANDELION

Created and performed by Cat D. Olson / CAT + THE COYOTE, "DANDELION" is an evolving contemporary performance memoir built from collections of personal histories and imagined futures. Begun in 2022, the work explores nostalgia, survivorship, aging, self-perception, family, loss, and the shifting meanings of memories over time. Blending movement and theatrical performance, "DANDELION" invites audiences into an intimate meditation on how we carry, revise, and relive our personal histories.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Daniel Cainer: What Am I, Chopped Liver?

A razor-sharp, richly warm and funny collection of songs inspired by current affairs, family affairs and affairs of the heart. As seen on TV, as heard on radio and as enjoyed in concerts all over the world, including seven runs off-Broadway. The multi-award-winning creator of Jewish Chronicles and Gefilte Fish & Chips returns. "Genius"—ThreeWeeks. "Lovingly detailed shaggy-dog storytelling"—Time Out. "Heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny"—Edinburgh Festival Guide.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballrooms
Genre: Music

Dashboard Dramas XII

A total sell-out eleven 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. Only 8 tickets per performance!

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

David Kilimnick: Thoughts From A Waiting Room

Comedy in Crisis…Yes! A stand-up show about sickness! Three years in the waiting room and now David shares the reality of love, hardship and joy with you in laughs. Ever spent time in the ICU, nursing home, or living room with a cousin complaining about a toothache? From crushed ice to controlling your couch in the waiting room. From cancer to aneurysm. From tearful joy of being with Mom and Dad to missing them daily. Life’s a hoot with David Kilimnick. "Father of Anglo Comedy"—Jerusalem Post.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Genre: Comedy

Dealbreaker

Dealbreaker is a one-woman show about herpes, heartbreak, and the death of the one-night stand. Lauren Kee blends storytelling with comedy to share what it's like dating with herpes, handling disclosure, and the path to healing. This show is for anyone who's ever feared they might die alone because of herpes or anything else. Directed by Francesca Sobrer. Creative consultation by Lisa Burton.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Memorial Art Gallery: Lynne Lovejoy Parlor
Genre: Theatre

Dear Evan Hansen

Seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life. But when a tragedy shocks his community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.

Length: 150 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballrooms
Genre: Theatre

Deep Fields: A Synambient Journey

Lose yourself in the stillness of our vast, uncharted universe. Synambient (composers Gerry Szymanski & James Tabbi) invites you on a visceral, emotional journey. As live, shimmering ambient electronic soundscapes merge with breathtaking James Webb Space Telescope imagery, you'll feel the profound quiet wonder of our infinitesimal presence in the great cosmos. Surrender to a sonic and visual mystery, feeling intimately connected to something greater than ourselves.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium
Genre: Music

Desert Rhythms Belly Dance

Discover an exciting American Cabaret Belly Dance experience from Rochester's 40-year continuously performing troupe, Desert Rhythms! This show features an engaging, unique showcase of isolating movement, expressive choreography, and music from all over the world. Delight in an array of belly dance styles and use of props that is sure to get you immersed in the performance. This family-friendly event is welcoming to an audience of all ages!

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little Theatre: Theatre 1
Genre: Dance

The Dice Is Right!

The moon is in the right phase, the runes shine softly on the ground, the stars above are aligned—everyone can make it back to the table! It's the D&D-themed game show you never thought you wanted—leveled up and back for your amusement. The wizard, his trusty artificer, and our heroes spin all-new tales of adventure and glory! Through wit, cunning, and the roll of a giant, inflatable, 20-sided die, they will save—or rue—the day. No matter how the dice roll, it's always a story!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballrooms
Genre: Theatre

Dick Tracy - Live Radio Drama Double Feature

Experience Dick Tracy at the WHAM radio studio in 1946, recreated by screen plays with live Foley effects, vintage commercials, and a seven-actor ensemble. Presented as a "broadcast," these adventures feature Tracy navigating mystery, danger, and romance in the jazz-era 1930s. Act One follows The Case of the Big Top Murders at a circus. Act Two tackles The Case of the Diamond Double-Cross, with Tracy searching for a missing diamond amid rising threats. Enjoy nostalgia and unexpected twists.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Theatre

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