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Dances at MuCCC: Contemporary Dance

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.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Dance

Lunatics Lounge, Live

September 13th at 7:00pm

Journey into the absurd with a live performance from humorist Taylor Terrance, columnist behind (585) magazine’s "Lunatic's Lounge" and performer from Rochester's Listen To Your Mother. Terrance brings observations of folly and family to the stage, with stories of snarky family pets, a rogue fireplace that sabotages Christmas, and the time her brother stripped at a wedding in front of the dismayed family matriarch.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

Rochester Conspiracies | The Innerloop Blog LIVE

September 14th at 7:00pm

Western NY's history is filled with tantalizing conspiracy theories, provocative myths, and fascinating people. During this live podcast, Rochester's #1 satire website The Innerloop Blog breaks down their favorite stories and encourages the audience to share theirs. Join hosts Shane Allen, Mark Maira, and Justin Kesel for a show filled with local lore and lots of laughs.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

Stand Up for Drag

September 15th at 7:00pm

Stand Up for Drag is a mission to bring the community together for entertainment, good times, music, and belonging, combining the best of the drag scene with the best of the stand-up comedy scene. Join the fun for our annual show. The talent provides the panache and style for a nonstop evening of laughter, performance, and more. Come be part of the Stand Up for Drag family.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

First Bleeding

September 16th at 2:00pm

Her life was extinguished in an instant, and yet she still lives. This classic Dickensian character is a study of debilitating despair and a catastrophic attempt at revenge. The story of Miss Havisham has intrigued audiences for decades. This is the gothic tale of the jilted bride that wore her wedding gown until the day she died.

Length: 35 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe

September 16th at 3:00pm

Enjoy a hilarious outburst of improvisational comedy, performed by some of the brightest and slightly twisted teen minds in the Rochester area. Bring the whole family for this fast-paced, interactive show, where audience participation is encouraged—so let your zany ideas tag along, too. By the end of the explosive hour, you'll be howling with laughter and only want more! Coached by Megan Mack and produced by A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe goes for the gut.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

Metropolis Benshi!

September 16th at 4:30pm

Metropolis Benshi! combines Fritz Lang’s great 1927 sci-fi spectacular, Metropolis, with a new story, music and lyrics. It builds a new work of theatre about our great futuristic city divided between the working class and the city planners, and a love story between the son of the city’s mastermind and a working-class prophet—who predicts a surprising and unbelievable future. Wak with us through Metropolis!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Goddess Out of Exile

September 16th at 6:00pm

Goddess Out of Exile is an interdisciplinary performance piece uniting poetry, spoken word, song, and belly dance to present female as goddess. It explores the history of female lineage and blood memory as creator of retold history. Written and performed by Sharon Rula Backos, and joined by her daughter, Dylaina Alexandria Young, this two-person collaboration is a search for creation itself, into the new paradigm of woman as creator.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

F0REIGNERS

September 16th at 7:30pm

Two plays are set in Chapel Hill, NC. The first, ANOTHER SUNDAY, presents the life of three gay men, sharing an apartment and searching for love in all the wrong places. The second play, FINALLY HOME, follows a transplanted woman from Rochester in her search for a new home. Married to a successful executive, she left him for a woman and moved into the Park Avenue area—a wonderful, miraculously rejuvenating place.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

The Velvet Noose

September 16th at 9:00pm

The Velvet Noose is avant-garde physicality, exploring the intimate self in relationship, conflict, and ecstasy. The inanimate animates—revealing therapeutic interludes that bleed into sequenced theatrics. To liberate the human subconscious, they combine poetic expression, puppeteering mask-work, and original sound design “to form language superior to words,” that invites the spectator into the spectacle. Playfully departing from the natural, the expected, the typical, this is theatre you can feel

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

The Geriactors Present: Live From Rochester

September 17th at 2:00pm

The Geriactors have emerged from the pandemic with yet another set of locally-written short plays reflecting life in Rochester (and the world) now. Most of these are world premieres. (We might even sing if the opportunity presents itself.) If you have seen us before, welcome back for some new treats; if we are new to you, please come down and check us out. We promise you some laughs.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Now We Are In 6th (Grade)

September 17th at 3:30pm

A Gen X-er rewinds to the 6th grade, and audiences are transported back to the 1983-1984 academic year. This one-person theatrical memoir explores life in the 6th grade during the Reagan era. And of course, we totally poke fun at the 80s! Now We Are in 6th (Grade) marks the return of the RPC Theatre Project. Our Stories, Our Voices, Our Lives. Queer, Neurodiverse and Proud! Facebook: @rpctheatreproject Instagram: @rpctheatreroc

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Adele in Berlin

September 17th at 5:00pm

Adele in Berlin tells the story of Adele, a young German woman captured in 1945 by the Red Army, who has returned to her home city of Berlin. She tries to make a new start with Tony, the soldier who unwittingly rescued her from the Russian camp when she stowed away on his truck. But a shadow from the past with an agenda and a gun stands in her way.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Ghost Story

September 17th at 6:30pm

The play begins when Lisa, a breast cancer sufferer, visits Meryl, a healer who believes in the curative power of positive thought. Over time, lines are crossed, and Lisa and Meryl are caught in a power struggle that raises the question: Who is the healer and who is the healed? However, as time folds back on itself, they both discover that the world is full of ghosts. Directed by Rachel Solomon, this poignant one-act play features Kimberly Day, Lauren MacDonough, and Stephanie Roosa.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

The Geriactors Present: Live From Rochester

September 18th at 7:00pm

The Geriactors have emerged from the pandemic with yet another set of locally-written short plays reflecting life in Rochester (and the world) now. Most of these are world premieres. (We might even sing if the opportunity presents itself.) If you have seen us before, welcome back for some new treats; if we are new to you, please come down and check us out. We promise you some laughs.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Ghost Story

September 19th at 7:00pm

The play begins when Lisa, a breast cancer sufferer, visits Meryl, a healer who believes in the curative power of positive thought. Over time, lines are crossed, and Lisa and Meryl are caught in a power struggle that raises the question: Who is the healer and who is the healed? However, as time folds back on itself, they both discover that the world is full of ghosts. Directed by Rachel Solomon, this poignant one-act play features Kimberly Day, Lauren MacDonough, and Stephanie Roosa.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Rochester Conspiracies | The Innerloop Blog LIVE

September 20th at 7:00pm

Western NY's history is filled with tantalizing conspiracy theories, provocative myths, and fascinating people. During this live podcast, Rochester's #1 satire website The Innerloop Blog breaks down their favorite stories and encourages the audience to share theirs. Join hosts Shane Allen, Mark Maira, and Justin Kesel for a show filled with local lore and lots of laughs.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

F0REIGNERS

September 21st at 7:00pm

Two plays are set in Chapel Hill, NC. The first, ANOTHER SUNDAY, presents the life of three gay men, sharing an apartment and searching for love in all the wrong places. The second play, FINALLY HOME, follows a transplanted woman from Rochester in her search for a new home. Married to a successful executive, she left him for a woman and moved into the Park Avenue area—a wonderful, miraculously rejuvenating place.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Theatre

Stand Up for Drag

September 22nd at 7:00pm

Stand Up for Drag is a mission to bring the community together for entertainment, good times, music, and belonging, combining the best of the drag scene with the best of the stand-up comedy scene. Join the fun for our annual show. The talent provides the panache and style for a nonstop evening of laughter, performance, and more. Come be part of the Stand Up for Drag family.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe

September 23rd at 2:00pm

Enjoy a hilarious outburst of improvisational comedy, performed by some of the brightest and slightly twisted teen minds in the Rochester area. Bring the whole family for this fast-paced, interactive show, where audience participation is encouraged—so let your zany ideas tag along, too. By the end of the explosive hour, you'll be howling with laughter and only want more! Coached by Megan Mack and produced by A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Stages of the Game Teen Improv Troupe goes for the gut.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

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