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Bad Auditions By Bad Actors

RIT Players presents Bad Auditions by Bad Actors, written by Ian McWethy and directed by Charlie Solari. This hilarious and relatable comedy brings to life the chaos and absurdity of the audition process. With a brilliant blend of witty dialogue and over-the-top characters, the play takes a lighthearted approach to exploring the universal experiences of aspiring actors and the mishaps that occur when talent meets incompetence.

Length: 30 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Theatre

Best Films! RIT School of Film and Animation

Enjoy the very best animation, fiction, documentary, and experimental films made by students during the 2022-2023 academic year and selected by the faculty of Rochester Institute of Technology’s famed School of Film and Animation. Witness the future of media in one evening of delightful and diverse entertainment from a new generation, born in this century.

Length: 240 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Black Deaf Male: Who Am I?

Written and performed by Fred Michael Beam, Black Deaf Male: Who Am I? examines what it’s like to exist at the intersections of several identities, and the ways his lived experiences don’t always align with the labels that the rest of the world uses to define him. Standing alone on stage, Beam signs a heartfelt monologue, as we hear his signed words spoken by an off-stage interpreter. The show is a lively reminder of art’s ability to place its audience in another’s shoes.

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

Brick City Boppers Showcase

The Brick City Boppers are RIT's finest swing dance club! They perform in a variety of different dance styles, including Lindy hop and Charleston. This performance features social dances, choreographed dances, and a group dance.

Length: 30 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Dance

A Cappella Hour: Brick City Singers, Eight Beat Measure and Encore

Three of Rochester Institute of Technology’s a cappella groups come together for an hour of fun vocal music! Brick City Singers boldly goes where no other a cappella group goes. Eight Beat Measure raises the heat with exciting performances and powerful tunes. Encore entertains audiences with lively energy and fun-loving stage performances.

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

A Cappella Hour: Proof of Purchase, Vocal Accent, Surround Sound and Kaminari

Four of Rochester Institute of Technology’s a cappella groups join forces to provide an hour of great vocal music! Surround Sound is RIT’s premiere Barber Shop group. Kaminari is an all-gender group that performs all genres of Japanese music. Vocal Accent is the most recent soprano/alto group, and Proof of Purchase—also known as POP—is the original all-gender group.

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

Chinese Dance Showcase

RIT's new dance club brings traditional Chinese dance forms to Fringe for the first time, with performances of fan dance, lion dance, and much more. Take this opportunity to see dances from a rich culture of stylized performance.

Length: 15 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Dance

Deaf, Queer, and Fabulous!

September is Deaf Awareness Month, and Rochester has the largest Deaf population in the country, with many talented local Deaf artists. Deaf, Queer, and Fabulous! is a one-man multimedia show featuring signed musical performances and storytelling by JPosh, on the journey of #Adulting post-college. "Always remember who you are, what you've overcome, and what you've yet to achieve." –Matthew "JPosh" Schwartz

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

Dear Eleanor: Film with Diversity Theater

Winner Best Score and nominated for Best Editing at the Diversity in Cannes Film Showcase Cannes Film Festival 2023, DEAR ELEANOR reminds us love takes courage. It’s 1941; Buddy, an airplane mechanic from Ohio, enrolls to serve his country as a Tuskegee Airman, but his beloved Eleanor must overcome her fears of identity discrimination to take a chance on love. Short film; all ages. Written/Directed by Tina Chapman DaCosta in partnership with RIT Diversity Theater.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Desert Rhythms Belly Dance

Desert Rhythms enchants and delights its audience with its sinuous movements and breathtaking choreography. This show dazzles with swirling veils and dueling swords. Desert Rhythms has developed a unique style, fusing Turkish and American belly dance throughout its rich 36-year history, and this performance is sure to thrill and excite audiences of all ages.

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

Documentary Short Films: RIT Photojournalism

Visual storytelling is about empathy, depth and substance. This faculty-selected program presents cinematic, documentary short films created by photojournalism students from RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. Each film brings human-centered awareness to the stories of people, social issues, and events from Rochester and beyond, and are the final capstone projects for students completing their BFA degree in Photography.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Far From Home

When you're Far From Home, stay connected with story and song! Travel with Howie Lester (two-time winner at The International Folk Music Film Festival), on Fiddle and Sarangi, playing tunes about being Far From Home; from Nepal, Ireland, Appalachia, the Blues, Eastern Europe, The Bronx and Howie's backyard. Transcend the mundane! Enter the Metaverse of Howie's absurd imagination and return refreshed and cured of tarantula bites. Laugh, cry and start to fly!

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

Fowl Play Skitters Around

Join the Fowl Play Comedy Troupe as they skit around stage in the Little Theatre. We are a student-run organization at RIT that practices improv, standup, and scripted comedy. All skits to be performed were written and directed by our very own club members. Grab your friends, settle in, and prepare yourself for lots of laughs at this free comedy show.

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

Greatest Hits That Should Have Been

Bill Dresnack is the only area singer/songwriter/guitarist/harmonica player/CPA/attorney/professor/cat rescue CFO/vegan meat-eater. He writes original, derivative songs that have impressed “a lot” of people (term of art), two dogs and a parakeet. Influences include rock, blues, country, pop, humor, Beatles, Groucho, Neil, Dylan, Stones, Dead, Petty, Everlys, Motown, Muddy, Kurt, White Stripes, and many more.It's the most fun you can have for 60 minutes (don’t overthink it).

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

INSPIRED

Raina, once the only Deaf and Disabled person in film school, reunites with her ex and former TA, Sebastian, for dinner. On their date, it becomes clear that their college romance—and its sudden end—inspired the people they’ve become and the actions they take. Their love was never normal. It was special. The event includes a panel discussion with the film’s Deaf production team about how they navigated creating a film with spoken dialogue, and about the importance of authentic representation.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Dangerous Signs "It's a Mystery"

Dangerous Signs is an award winning, exciting and fun ASL poetry and musical performance group. This year's show is called It's a Mystery: poems, songs and humor held together by a light taste of an old-fashioned murder mystery whodunnit.

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

A Latin Dance Showcase - Hosted by RIT's Latin Rhythm Dance Club

Join RIT's Latin Rhythm Dance Club (LRDC) as their performance team showcases what Latin dance is all about! From the fast-paced polyrhythmic style of Salsa, to an R&B-inspired intense style of modern Bachata, and more, LRDC brings you an exciting performance that shows the diversity of Latin rhythms, and how Latin dance continues to evolve and grow throughout the worldwide Latin dance community.

Length: 20 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Dance

Living Room by Arkhé

Living Room is a digitally enriched, interactive space. Visitors become impromptu collaborators by exploring a familiar and nostalgic living area. Through functional programming and AI interpretive agents, your interactions will re-program the environment itself. Anything might make the difference: shirt color, your position in the space, even your coaster preferences. Living Room is created by the Arkhé team in the New Media Interactive Development program at RIT.

Length: 660 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet

The Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet plays straight-ahead jazz from the design period known as Mid-Century Modern, roughly the 1940s through 60s. The MCMJQ features Al Biles on trumpet and flugel, Chuck Dye on 7-string guitar, Bruce Goldman on upright bass, and Steve Gates on drums. Their repertoire includes Miles, Monk, Gershwin, Golson, Porter, Shorter, Silver, Rollins, Jobim, and Ellington. They’ve played together in various overlapping groups for years, but this quartet is special.

Length: 55 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Music

Moving Sound

This project is based on an interactive device that seeks to enhance the creation, exploration and the experience with sound. It acts as an extension of the dancers' bodies. Their motions will modify, create or change the sounds from the environment where the actions are taking place. This 45 minute long event will consist of sound creation, dance, and live video projection.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little: Theatre 1
Genre: Multidisciplinary

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