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Camp Bushwhacked

September 12th at 6:30pm

Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.

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

Alice By Heart

September 12th at 8:00pm

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

Best in Show

September 12th at 8:00pm

In this classic mockumentary, a host of eccentric dog owners gear up for the canine showdown of their lives—the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. Emmy Award winners Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara star alongside Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, and Micheal McKean, bringing us another send-up in the spirit of Guest’s other films: Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, and This is Spinal Tap.

Length: 88 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Bushwhacked Backyard Bonfire

September 12th at 8:00pm

SOLD OUT FOR 2023! Back by popular demand, those madcap ladies of Bushwhacked have brushed off their hats, aired out the tent, and gotten back to their roots. Join them to give summer the send-off it deserves with a night of campfire revelry under the moonlit sky. With your sassy input, this show will surely be filled with laughter, ridiculous bonding activities, and “s'more.” (Nothing says Fringe like open flames and two irresponsible improvisers.)

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

Camp Bushwhacked

September 13th at 6:00pm

Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.

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

Songs to Drink Wine To

September 13th at 6:00pm

Soprano Sophia Mostafa returns to Rochester Fringe to perform a collection of art songs and arias from Italy, France, the Americas, and beyond in a musical celebration of voice. Mostafa's lush sound lets audiences enjoy the music of the highs and lows of human emotions, written by artists including Puccini, Caballero, Satie, and more. Mostafa encourages audiences to think about how music and voice are capable of expressing our base emotions across economic and generational borders.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Spirit Room: Bar Room (Elephant)
Genre: Music

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

Unleashed! Improv Presents: Secrets

September 13th at 7:30pm

Shhhhhhh. Listen ... do you want to know a secret? Well, the Unleashed! Improvisers sure do. This is your chance to share your deepest, darkest, weirdest secrets anonymously, and then watch the Unleashed! team bring them to life on stage, in front of everyone. And if you’re too shy to share, you can get a good laugh at everyone else’s expense!

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

Alice By Heart

September 13th at 8:00pm

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

Anchorman

September 13th at 8:00pm

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

Ventilation

September 13th at 8:00pm

Multi-faceted hip-hop soul artist Chi TheRealist debuts his one man show, Ventilation, a compilation of poems, rap, music, and prose that aims to release and inspire others to explore and work through their vulnerability Born in Chicago and raised entirely in Rochester, Chi began writing as a teen due to the inspiration of his motherless upbringing. and has since used his writings to inspire idealists and influence triumph through turmoil. "I am not a victim," he says, "I'm a victor."

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Songs to Drink Wine To

September 14th at 6:00pm

Soprano Sophia Mostafa returns to Rochester Fringe to perform a collection of art songs and arias from Italy, France, the Americas, and beyond in a musical celebration of voice. Mostafa's lush sound lets audiences enjoy the music of the highs and lows of human emotions, written by artists including Puccini, Caballero, Satie, and more. Mostafa encourages audiences to think about how music and voice are capable of expressing our base emotions across economic and generational borders.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Spirit Room: Bar Room (Elephant)
Genre: Music

Camp Bushwhacked

September 14th at 6:30pm

Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.

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

Emotional Baggage

September 14th at 7:30pm

Seven strangers meet in a train station. In this transitional space, they confront themselves and one another with what they carry within. This completely non-verbal piece explores movement, physicality, and dance in equal measure. With original music composed for Rochester Fringe audiences and performed live by an onstage band of buskers, this latest offering from Last Fool Productions asks: "What do we carry, and how does it shape us into the physical stories we broadcast to others?"

Length: 30 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Theatre

Bushwhacked Backyard Bonfire

September 14th at 8:00pm

SOLD OUT FOR 2023! Back by popular demand, those madcap ladies of Bushwhacked have brushed off their hats, aired out the tent, and gotten back to their roots. Join them to give summer the send-off it deserves with a night of campfire revelry under the moonlit sky. With your sassy input, this show will surely be filled with laughter, ridiculous bonding activities, and “s'more.” (Nothing says Fringe like open flames and two irresponsible improvisers.)

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

1st Impressions

September 14th at 8:30pm

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

Ghosts of Weimar Past

September 15th at 6:00pm

Ghosts of Weimar Past is a program of musical time travel, honoring the spirit of cabaret and vaudeville from the birth to the death of Weimar Berlin. Chanteuse Artemisia LeFay and the Orchestra of the Depraved will resurrect the songs of Weill, Spoliansky, and Hollaender, as well as LGBTQ+ anthems that were sung under the very nose of fascism.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Spirit Room: The Spirit Room's Conjure Box
Genre: Music

Camp Bushwhacked

September 15th at 6:30pm

Welcome to Camp Bushwhacked! Your camp counselors, Shawnda and Ronda, are ready to take you on the hilarious journey of a highly interactive summer camp experience. You’ll be guided through an entire summer of fun in a mere 60 minutes! Just back from their first international performances on the Emerald Isle, the ladies of Bushwhacked are more than ready to crack on! Bushwhacked shows are an annual Fringe sell-out - get your tickets today! Only 12 tickets per performance.

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

A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show

September 15th at 7:00pm

Fresh off the hit Cirque du Fringe Afterglow, juggler Jacob D’Eustachio returns with a new solo show. Directed by Fringe favorite Matthew Morgan (Shotspeare, Flippin Metal Circus), A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show promises to be filled with unique juggling and irreverent humor. What do you do when you began juggling to express your queer longings as a closeted teen, but are now out of the closet? Why keep juggling? Find answers to this and more in this intimate, immersive show.

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

Afternoon Seance with the Fantastic Fox Sisters

September 15th at 7:30pm

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

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