Fringe

Randy Waterhous figured out another way to see all of the shows! Here's the schedule . . . if you DARE!

Wed 5/27 Cinema Fantastique, 7:30 PM
Wed 5/27 KAZ/m, 8:45 PM

Thurs 5/28 Cemetery Golf, 7:00 PM
Thurs 5/28 Brother Bailey's Pageant, 8:30 PM
Thurs 5/28 The Terrorism of Everyday Life, 9:45 PM

Fri 5/29 Guns and Chickens, 7:00 PM
Fri 5/29 Painted, 8:15 PM
Fri 5/29 It Might Be Okay, 9:30 PM

Sat 5/30 The Gayer Show, 2:00 PM
Sat 5/30 The 4 Food Groups, 4:00 PM
Sat 5/30 Free At Last . . . , 7:00 PM

Sun 5/31 Gravesongs, 2:00 PM
Sun 5/31 No Stranger Than Home, 3:15 PM

In your spare time between watching shows and resting up in preparation for watching more shows, keep an eye on our YouTube channel, CincyFringeFestival, for HARD HITTING ACTION NEWS UPDATES.

My co-anchor Megan and I deliver the news nightly in the Underground before kicking off the Christian Moerlein Bar Series.

You can watch our video blogs as well as recordings of our live nightly fringecast from the Underground on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOanXtee3mE

And don't forget to tip us off when you see Fringe news happen! actionnewstipline@knowtheatre.com

Hope in the face of never ending war, bigotry, and ignorance is the quill that stuck with me after "Empire of Feathers" from Giant Bird. Experimental theatre gives each audience member the chance to take away something unique. I took away many wonderful things: fun musical whimsy, quaintly charming props robbed from a child's play room, and great physical humor.

It's difficult to "review"Empire of Feathers, in that it's exactly what you go to Fringe to see: aggressively experiemental work that pushes the boundaries of theatre and of conventional thinking.

Although it starts out with the actors talking to the audience, once the action starts, the play has a relatively linear narrative. Of course, advancing that narrative involves projecting images on the ceiling and behind the audience, the use of old toys and found objects, and some pretty catchy songs, and other performance tricks.

Last night the trek through 31 shows started with A Perfectly Wonderful Evening.

They started the evening with massive sound problems. Reminder: if you are looking for perfect production values from a play, Fringe is probably not the best place to search.

Why would T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx meet for dinner? That is Harold Bloom's profound question. The why is left to the audience. The why it would be odd comes from Bloom's contention that T. S. Eliot was an anti-Semite, something there is debate on in the real world, but for this production, look past that.

Before the festival starts it is very difficult to know what are going to be the stand out shows. You can base it on buzz, on prior success, on reputation, or you could just be a fool and trust me. In case you're a fool, here are my Pre-Fringe must see shows (in no order):

1. April Fools
2. 7 (x1) Samurai
3. The 4 Food Groups
4. Guns and Chickens
5. Body Language II: PHYS. ED.
6. Brother Bailey's Pageant of Moral Superiority and Creation Science Jamboree

As a new blogger on The Conveyor, I would like to introduce myself.

My name is Shawn. I'm seeing the entire 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

I suppose that the logical question would be: why would you make a plan for yourself to see--and blog--31 shows in 11 days? Are you sane?

so here I stand at 950pm in the Underground at the beginning of the Fringe Kick Off Party and I find myself hoping already that Les brought at LEAST a case of those hangover patches he was sporting last year!!!!!

woooohoooo! It's Fringe!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian Wheeler
volunteer manager
Cincinnati Fringe Festival

I have my tickets. I have my camera. I have a pen. I have a fresh new reporter's notebook. I have my press pass. My laundry will last until the weekend. I have 11 days of shows ahead of me. I will not be getting much sleep. If you see me at the Bar Series and I look a little out of it, then walk me to the door, turn me North on Jackson St. Tell me to to take a left turn, then a right turn, and up the stairs.

It is Fringe Time. This is Cincinnati. I am really doing this. It is happening now.

Who knows where words come from? Here's one that's been getting a lot of usage around Fringe HQ lately.

BORNTRAGER
born-TRAY-ger
(verb, -ed, -ing)
from the Latin "duggles borntraegorus"

def:To call the box office and trick Alex into thinking you're a 90-year-old woman with a very long list of highly involved questions about Fringe; to possess a phone voice that is very believably that of a 90-year-old woman; to be a righteous production manager that everybody loves to have around.

Origin:

Fringe staff have been introduced to the wonder that is Segways.

I'm not sure Eric will walk ever again. We have all been loving the humongous grin that has been plastered to his face the past week. I think the grin is only going to get bigger.

Today while we were cleaning up around these parts, Eric took to cleaning on a segway! Check out his mad skills.

Segways are really fun. If you'd like to try one visit http://segwayofohio.com/

Hey everybody. Sadie here, serving as Artist Liaison for this year's Fringe. This is my first year on festival staff, but lemme tell ya, The Cincinnati Fringe Festival literally changed the course of my life.

Over 100 people fulfill the 200+ volunteer needs for The 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

We are currently at 80% capacity, which rocks!
Thanks to everyone that has signed up. We still have more slots to fill.

The Fringe Festival runs on volunteers from it’s humble beginnings six years ago to today.
It’s the lifeblood of the next wild ‘n’ crazy twelve days. It would not be possible to do a festival this size without the generous time, energy and passion of our volunteer core.

We are but a mere three (say it with a rolling 'r') days away from the Official CityBeat Fringe Festival Kick-Off Party...and thereby the start of the 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Oh yeah.

Venues are being loaded in as I type - most are already done. Rock on, Doug.

Volunteer slots are filling up fast...but there is still time to help. Thank you, Brain, Bridget, Matt (your software is...well, cool) and Jay!

Passes and tickets are selling. You know. You've already talked to Alex.

Can't decide which shows to go see? Why not see them all!!! Here's a listing of a schedule that gets you to every show:

27-May
A Perfectly Wonderful Evening 7-8:20pm
Empire of Feathers 830-10pm

28-May
Cemetery Golf 7-815pm
Incredulity 9-940pm
The Terrorism of Everyday Life 945-1045

29-May
Call Me 6-8pm x30
No Stranger Than Home 7-8pm
Painted 815-905pm
It Might Be OK 930-1030pm

30-May
The Gayer Show 66 Years of Faggotry 2-3pm
Body Language II: Phys. Ed. 315-405pm

One addition to the 6th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival are nightly newscasts from your lovely Channel Fringe anchors, Megan Venzin and Sadie Bowman. Though Megan and Sadie will be Segwaying through the streets in pursuit of news, we need your help to get the hottest stories. We can't be everywhere at once, and Segways only get to 12.5 mph, so please send ANY interesting/funny/ridonkulous happenings to actionnewstipline@knowtheatre.com for a chance to see this content included in our nightly newscasts!

Christian Moerlein Beer

A Trashy Pam

Iced Vanilla Latte

A Trashy Pam Served in a Shoe

Ice Water

Wine Forged From the Sweat of Last Year's Fringe Volunteers

Random Booze

Wine

The Blood of a Fringe Virgin