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(Not So) Late & (Very Much) Live

Back by popular demand! Fringe favorite and physical comedian Mark Gindick (Cirque du Soleil, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Late Show with David Letterman). This one-of-a-kind artists’ cabaret show will feature Rochester Fringe performing snippets from their individual shows to offer festival-goers a sneak peek of the performances occurring at various venues. Settle in with a libation and get ready for late night gasps - on an early bird schedule!

Length: 85 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
Genre: Multidisciplinary

1st Impressions

Two strangers meet—at a pet adoption home visit…entering the house on a reality TV show…as two strangers on a train. What happens next is up to you. In this theatrical comedy, three shorts play out using a branching storytelling structure. The actors poll the audience at key moments, choose-your-own-adventure style. Will these first impressions go down in history as the ultimate meet cute or as a run-in with the stranger from hell? You decide.

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

21st Century Percussion – including Music of Frank Zappa

Eastman Percussion Ensemble - Michael Burritt Director - New works by Matt Curlee, Michael Burritt and Austin Keck. This performance is full of exhilarating music and a spectacular sound world experience! Be surrounded by an hour of energetic percussion performed at a virtuosic level. The Eastman Percussion is an award winning group and preeminent in its international reputation.

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Eastman School of Music: Sproull Atrium at Miller Center
Genre: Music

The 24-Hour Plays

Be a part of the experience and see what happens when you take a group of actors, directors, writers, and producers and give them only 24 hours in which to create, rehearse, and “tech” five short, original plays. The final ingredient in this elaborate, spontaneous theatrical performance is when you, the audience, sit in your seats and witness the finished product!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Writers & Books
Genre: Theatre

3 Magic Wishes with Jordan Rooks

3 Magic Wishes with Jordan Rooks is an Aladdin magic parody that will have you in awe and laughing at the edge of your seats. Award-winning magician Jordan Rooks returns to Rochester with an all-new, family friendly show.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Theater At Innovation Square: The Stage
Genre: Comedy

35mm: A Musical Exhibition

A picture is worth 1,000 words—what about a song? Can a picture inspire a song or fifteen? In 35mm, each photo creates a unique song, moments frozen in time; a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening. A stunning new multimedia musical which explores a groundbreaking new concept in musical theatre, this intricately woven collection of stories told through song reimagines what the modern American musical can be.

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Theatre

4 Idiots and a Bottle

Notes of chocolate, hints of oregano, aftertaste of petroleum? How on earth do they come up with those absurd tasting notes? Find out as four expert idiots give real time blind reviews of the most random bottles we can find. Audience participation is highly encouraged as we laugh, cry, and have fun. This will be an experience like no other as you leave with an appreciation of your own tastebuds.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Salena's
Genre: Comedy

6th Dimension Comedy

A night of avante garde comedy from some of the best experimental comedians in New York City. Featuring Matthew Silver (MTV, Adult Swim), Andrew Steiner (Glasgow Comedy Festival), Steve Girard (Floaters Dot Com) and Alden Skeadas (Bathroom Reviews). Join us for a night you will never remember to forget.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Club SOTA
Genre: Comedy

Access Point

Access Point–Feedbackscape is an immersive audio-visual installation merging analog and digital mediums. A wall of CRT televisions form the centerpiece, as both video and audio feedback signals are generated and manipulated. Visitors become part of the experience through audio sensors, triggering dynamic patterns and psychedelic visuals. The installation explores the boundaries of technology, blurring the line between organic and synthetic, and challenging one's perception.

Length: 180 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Java's Cafe
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Across the Universe: Music for Yoga and Meditation

Music for Yoga and Meditation returns to Fringe for an evening of the music that has played a role in the US yoga and meditation movements since the 1960s. Alana Cahoom, John Covach, Tommy Grsvino, and special guests will perform selections by George Harrison, Krishna Das, Nina Rao and others. While it is not required, singing along will be encouraged.

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Eastman School of Music: Hatch Recital Hall
Genre: Music

Adele in Berlin

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

Afternoon Seance with the Fantastic Fox Sisters

You’re invited to a seance. Guided by Leah Fox of the infamous Fox sisters-—originators of the Spiritualism Movement in Rochester, NY—you’ll hear Leah’s story and commune with spirits from the beyond. This interactive one-woman show is written and directed by Brad Craddock, author of Something Wicked, Pink Ribbons, The Fighting Girl’s Guide to Politics, Learning Targets, and The Elites.

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

Alice By Heart

From the Tony® award-winning creators of Spring Awakening, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and Waitress creator Jessie Nelson, Alice by Heart is a dark and touching musical entangled with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the rubble of World War II’s London Blitz, Alice and her dying friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground station. Alice by Heart explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward. www.theatre444.com

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Genre: Theatre

Alice in Wonderland

While chasing the White Rabbit, Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. She meets all its famous residents: the King of Hearts, Red Queen, White Queen, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Gryphon, Mock Turtle, the Dormouse, Mad Hatter and March Hare, the Frog Footman, the Duchess, and the Caterpillar. Come and see Wonderland as you never have before! Presented by School of the Arts students, this play is sure to delight audiences of all ages.

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

Almost Like Being in Love: Casey Jones Costello Sings Lerner & Loewe

Vocalist Casey Jones Costello returns to the Rochester Fringe Festival to pay tribute to the famous Broadway team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Featuring beloved songs from their shows including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, Costello's captivating cabaret show is sure to delight audiences of all ages. www.caseyjonescostello.com, TikTok and Instagram @caseyjcostello

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Genre: Music

Anchorman

Emmy Award winner Will Farrell is a self-absorbed TV newsman in 1970s San Diego, who learns that the station is teaming him with—gasp!—a woman. A personal battle of the sexes ensues as the male news team attempts to derail the ambitious newcomer's career. The star-studded cast includes Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Adam McKay, and Christina Applegate.

Length: 94 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Anthony Presciutti - Comedy Mentalism, Magician, Danger Act

Be mesmerized by the electrifying performance of Anthony Presciutti, the young, talented magician, mentalist, and danger act performer. Witness his mix of adult humor, suspense, and amazement that will captivate you from start to finish in a night full of entertainment, laughter, and heart-pounding moments. Anthony has opened for big names like AGT's Sal The Voice Valentinetti, The Uncle Louie Variety Show, and Frank Santorelli from HBO's The Sopranos. Follow him on Facebook @AnthonyTheMagician

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Ants to Gods: Population Overload

One of The Focus Theater's most popular improv acts is back! Ants to Gods is an irreverent improv comedy troupe hailing from Rochester, NY., known for their uncanny ability to find humor in the darkest scenarios. In Population Overload, the audience decides where the show takes place. Three improvisers play every character in a crowded apartment building, jam-packed football stadium, overbooked cruise ship or whatever busy location the audience can throw at them.

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

Ask Me About My Dad

The death of a parent is never easy, and everyone's grief experience is unique. So when local broadcaster/comedian/storyteller Scott Fybush lost his father last year, he sought out comfort the way he knows best: by telling his stories. Bring a few tissues and a full heart for this touching and often funny show, which brings together several local storytellers who join Scott on stage to share their own stories of the dads they knew, loved and lost.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Dawn Lipson Canalside Stage
Genre: Spoken Word

AstroFringe

Canceled 9/23! AstroFringe: A Celestial Stargazing Experience brings the Rochester Museum and Science Center, RMSC Community Eclipse Ambassadors and the Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science together to introduce you to close-up looks at stars and planets. More than 60 experts bring their telescopes to focus on celestial objects for your viewing pleasure. Plus, get your special solar eclipse viewing glasses for the total eclipse next April.

Length: 240 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Parcel 5
Genre: Multidisciplinary

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