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Oz

Oz is a Wizard of Oz parody magic show good for the whole family! Join Las Vegas magician Jordan Rooks' return for a new take on a classic tale. 0z tells the story of a magician coming into Oz and trying to persuade the wicked witches and the people of Oz that he is a true wizard. Award winning magician Jordan Rooks sold out at Edinburgh and Edmonton Fringe festivals in 2024, and now returns to Rochester for an all new adventure. High energy, all ages, lots of audience participation!

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Comedy

50 Shades of Gay Takes On the '80s

Award Winning Comedian Ike Avelli returns with a BRAND NEW "50 Shades of Gay." Ike and his cast are taking on the fabulous '80s! Join Ike along with special guests: recording artist Tym Moss and drag superstar Vivian Darling for a night of comedy, music, drag, and audience participation and GIVEAWAYS! Dress up in your favorite '80s attire! Costumes by Suze GX Designs; posters by Nina Marie Carey.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Genre: Comedy

AI Theatre Experiment

Can you tell the difference between human writing and AI? Join a theatre experiment that puts you to the test! The audience will be presented with three short staged readings, based on the same prompt. The twist? Two of the plays are written by humans and one by ChatGPT. Will you be able to tell which playwright was merely a machine?
The audience will vote on which scene they think was written by AI. The AI play will be revealed and one person who correctly guessed it wins a prize!

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Genre: Theatre

All About the Abittz

Fans of musical theater and family dramas will love All About the Abittz, an original musical written by and starring Rochester college students. Join Piper Abittz, a famous pop star looking through family records as she tries to write a memoir on her old family band. Discover odd characters and fraught connections through a fun musical journey that'll take you everywhere from A to Z!

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Theatre

And Now For Something Completely Different

Austen Kelly's Paradigm Shift Dance Company is back, showcasing technical excellence, stylistic variety, and diverse bodies, brains & backgrounds in an all new show! But this year, despite the dancers' best efforts, everything seems to be going wrong. The chickens are fainting, the stagehands can't get their act together, and the ballerina is a little...different? This lively show celebrates each performer's uniqueness and laughs at the things that don't go as planned. Serious fun for all ages!

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Dance

The Aquatic Enigma

This new documentary rips the lid off mysterious sightings. Many Many Mysteries and the National Cryptid Council investigate the truth behind the watery coverup shocking Monroe County. Ace historical librarian Elaine Googleman, Aussie Cyptopaleontologist Billie Byron, and Dr. Anton Ambrose, PhD, MA, BFD, a leading expert in nessiteras rhombopterx research, join real-life eye-witnesses to probe fact versus fiction. Think you can handle the truth? Join hard-hitting host Richard Manly and find out.

Length: 69 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Comedy

AYUK by CAT + THE COYOTE

What lies beyond the second world we’ve created to disappear? Is this giant leap merely the next step, or have we flung ourselves over the edge? How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon? Join CAT + THE COYOTE as we navigate Space Race escapism and social media to an eclectic musical score. A City Magazine Best of Rochester 2024 finalist (dance company, theater company), known for "one-of-a-kind theatrical experiences” (Sydney Burrows).

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Multidisciplinary

A Biscuit Brothers Slightly Crooked, Big-Hearted Salute to the Erie Canal

The Erie Canal was all the new rage, way before California’s New Age! To celebrate its 200th anniversary, The Biscuit Brothers—Rochester’s time-travelin’ buskers—bring you a side-splitting, foot-stomping, hand-clapping original take on the Erie Canal! Prophets and phantoms. Charlatans and scallywags. Sixty cents a day. Love songs with canal themes. A national landmark. All done with only one reference to Sal. All made possible with clawhammer banjo that doubles as time machine.

Length: 65 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Genre: Music

Catch & Collide

Catch & Collide brings together some of the region's most inventive choreographers, sharing new dances by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Elliot Reza Emadian, Ripp Greatbatch, Natalia Lisina, Missy Pfohl Smith, Mariah Steele, and Anne Wilcox. Join us as we catch, collide, topple, and turn in this extraordinary and thought-provoking contemporary dance collection featuring choreographic premieres and new music!

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Dance

Catharsis Time!

From the creative minds that brought you Fringe Gardens, Shakespeare's Sharknado, and Zoom Your Own Adventure, join us for a new season of Catharsis Time! Laugh, cringe, cry and find inspiration as Rochester's best storytellers, comedians and improvisors share 5-minute true stories in front of a live audience. Experience catharsis through clever awkward vulnerability.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Genre: Comedy

Charming Disaster's Musical Oracle

NYC goth-folk duo Charming Disaster return to the Rochester Fringe with an interactive concert where original songs inspired by myth, magic, monsters, and mortality are selected by chance by audience members who draw cards from the Charming Disaster Oracle Deck. This Tarot-style divination not only determines the set list, but also provides insight into the mysterious workings of destiny (and makes each performance unique). What does the future hold? Find out before it’s too late...

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Music

Comedy On Deck: Well Seasoned

There are lots of Rochester comedians, but only one married comedy couple. As comics of a certain age (mid-50s), Lisa and Scott Fybush produce Comedy On Deck shows in their back yard every summer. To many younger comics, they're the local "comedy mom and dad," and they're real-life parents of two young adults. Their comedy shows have been fan favorites at past Fringe fests. This year, for the first time, they're sharing the spotlight as co-headliners in their own new show.

Length: 55 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Genre: Comedy

DEAFersity!

JPosh Productions proudly presents our re-released edition of DEAFersity! to celebrate Deaf awareness month and our FIVE year anniversary! DEAFersity! is an international outlet for artistic expression, solidarity, and coming together as one community. We are a diverse group of “DEAFersity” in a multidisciplinary showcase featuring dance, signed music, ASL storytelling, ASL poetry, and more. Come celebrate with us!

Length: 65 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Ensemble Theatre
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Demon on the Ward

Terror mounts as vulnerable hospital patients seemingly on the mend, suddenly meet their end. One of the Victorian era's most disturbing real-life nightmares occurred when one of America's prolific but least known serial killers ran amok on the wards in Massachusetts. This character study takes an unflinching look at why horror visited this place meant for healing.

Length: 40 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Theatre

the estate sale

the estate sale: selling a lifetime of memories, love, and longing. A comedic one woman show in the immersive environment of an estate sale. You know that old saying: "One woman’s trinkets of past relationships and forty years of searching for self identity is another person's treasure." This show is sure to have you laughing as you reflect on your own relationships, farewells, and the community that shapes your life. Audience members can purchase vintage threads and unique finds.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Comedy

Four Echoes

Four Echoes is a bold evening of dance, art, and storytelling that explores the evolving experiences of womanhood. Featuring choreography by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Kelly Johnson, Caitlin E. Mahon, and Michelle Pritchard, and sharing space with visual artist Kirin Makker, the work dives into identity, body, and the tensions between self-expression and expectation. Raw, reflective, and resonant—don’t miss this powerful performance.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Dance

From Flab to Fab-ish

“From Flab to Fab-ish” is a hilarious true account of two queer stand up comics, a young gay man and an elder lesbian, who embark on a journey of weight loss surgery. With determination and humor, they face the challenges of the surgery, including guzzling protein drinks and staring down the scalpel. With a unique and funny perspective, the story aims to entertain, inspire, and provide insights into the process of weight loss surgery.

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

Genesis

Everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve—from their time in the Garden of Eden to their banishment from there. Or do they? Eve is now telling her side of the story, from meeting Adam to facing the serpent, from tasting the forbidden fruit to life after Eden. Aspie Works returns to the Fringe with this solo play written by Don Nigro, directed by Aspie Works founder Justin Rielly.

Length: 35 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Theatre

Ground Zero

Live pro wrestling comes to Rochester's Fringe Festival! Ground Zero and Wild Zero present the first Dunn & Marcos Cup. Rochester has been known for being a tag team town so we're bringing you 10 of the best teams in the area for a tag-team tournament. There will also be other exciting matches on this electric card. WWE superstar and Rochester native Colin Delaney, GZ champion CJ Settles, King of Zero champion Anthony Greene (WWE), plus more in action!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Movement Center
Genre: Theatre

Homecoming: School of the Arts Alumni Dance Concert

Join us for another trip down memory lane together! The alumni dance concert will be a nostalgic occasion for all who attend! Come to watch your favorite former School of the Arts dancers from all graduating classes. Various styles will be showcased with dynamic movement and eclectic music. You might recognize some from local festivals, events and more!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Allen Main Stage Theatre
Genre: Dance

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