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When: May 15, 2007, 5 - 6:30pm

Where: Loch Haven Park Outdoor Stage

Cost: General Admission Free (Fringe buttons are needed to enter any venue/ticketed show)

Parking: Science Center Parking Garage, Loch Haven Park and surrounding areas.

Schedule:
4pm: Box Office Opens at The Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. Advance online ticket purchase for shows strongly recommended.

5 pm: Vendors/Beer Tent Open in The Green Lawn of Fabulousness (Bring Cash- ATM on site)

6 pm: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony hosted by Beth Marshall and Michael Wanzie.

6:15pm: The Bric-A-Brac Vintage Vagabond Variety Show Band (creators of the 2002 Fringe hit, "La Putain Aves Le Fleurs.") lures you onto the French nightclub dance floor with a buckled blend of punk cabaret and devotional pandemonium in a topsy-turvy, vagabond style. All this and a big French bear!

April 28th's Preview Show coverage:
Metromix: Photos and Reviews
Orlando Arts Blog: Photos

The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is proud to announce the sponsors that will be ensuring that the Orlando Fringe comes back bigger and better in its 17th year. The 17th annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival presenting sponsors are Cirque du Soleil and Parliament House Resorts. Granting sponsors include Orange County Division of Arts & Cultural Affairs and United Arts of Central Florida . The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is sponsored by The Orange County Government through the Arts and Cultural Affairs Program, The State of Florida 's Department of State-Division of Cultural Affairs, The Florida Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Sponsoring this year’s nine festival venues are Blue Man Group, Parliament House Resorts, The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays: PlayFest, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Bank of America : Local Heroes Award, Center Pointe Title Inc. and The Orlando Repertory Theatre.

Target is presenting sponsor of Kids Fringe, and City Beverages is sponsoring the Fringe’s free outdoor stage. This year’s T-Shirt Sponsor is the Florida Theatrical Association.

“This is a wonderful local event that brings international talent and attention to Orlando ,” said Chad Cronon, Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival Board President. “Only with local support from the Central Florida community can the Orlando Fringe continue its success, and we ʼre delighted with this year’s partnership with all of our sponsors.”

The 2008 Fringe Preview, April 28th at the Lowdnes Shakespeare Center, was a huge success on all accounts. It was an oversold event (we had to add seats) and it raised nearly $7,000 to go toward this year’s festival (which is more money than we ever have brought in before)

There was great media coverage present at the event which services our artists well. This popular event was extra special because former Fringe producer, Chris Gibson, was there to co-host the evening’s events along with Beth Marshall, Genevieve Bernard and Michael Wanize.

Go here to see Channel 13's information page all about Fringe. Thanks Channel 13 for the support!

Orlando Fringe Producer Beth Marshall was interviewed for the radio show "Smith & Riley." Who is Smith & Riley? Read below:

Reagan has been paired up with his radio partner, Dave, for over 19 years…on-air together they've brought the regular listeners of Central Florida's "Smith & Riley" radio show more than the "typical" dry weekend radio public affairs program. These two broadcast veterans pride themselves on exposing listeners to a wide variety of arts & entertainment artists, authors, community leaders, events and talented, interesting people of all kinds. In other words, they make reflecting their area and its tastes fun to listen to.

Read it here

“Dance in the streets. Not your room.”

New York, NY (April 22, 2008), On April 18th 2008 at 6:17pm New York City witnessed one of the newest forms of clubbing that has been sweeping through Europe, a “Silent Rave”, where dancers supply, but don’t share, their music. Many forms of “Silent Raving” can be seen at music festivals such as Coachella and Bonaroo. In New York City’s historic Union Square Park thousands gathered with their iPods, portable CD players, and other forms of mp3 players, and danced until their batteries died. People arrived dressed in business clothes, clearly taking a break or perhaps on their way to work, they sparkled in sequins, or they floated around with a pair of wings. The idea of a “Silent Rave” is show that you should not care what others think and just be yourself. “Dance in the streets, not in your room”, the motto of Jonnie Wesson, the eighteen-year-old Foreign Exchange student who started the NYC gathering.

It is time for Orlando to be a part of the fun. “Silent Rave: Orlando” is able to happen thanks to Beth Marshall, the producer of the Orlando International Fringe Festival. On May 24th, at 5:24pm gather in on the Green with your portable music player of choice, wait for the countdown, then prepare to dance until that little battery of yours dies down! If you are on a break from seeing one of the spectacular shows the Orlando Fringe has to offer, come on over and dance in the field. You can formulate playlists with friends so you can dance together, you can arrive in costume, just be yourself, meet the wonderful people of the Orlando Fringe, promote peace, and just have fun! A “Silent Rave” never has an official end time; the Union Square began at 6:17pm and lasted until close to midnight! Get the word out there! Join the Facebook event page, invite your friends and have a good time! Spread the word!

Got a Facebook? Add the event and invite your friends!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14708362166

Peace and Love,
Sean Flynn

London actor Gemma Wilcox is looking for a Stage Manager/Lighting Operator for her 2008 Orlando Fringe solo show Shadows in Bloom. Some tech experience is preferable. Please pass this onto your company, stage managers and anyone you think might be interested and available.

Pay:
$40 per show + $70 for tech rehearsal (and whatever it takes to get the tech ready to rock and roll)

Tech Time:
Wednesday, May 14th at 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Shows Times:
5/15 THU 7:35PM
5/17 SAT 10:25PM
5/19 MON 9:15PM
5/20 TUE 10:55PM
5/23 FRI 10:55PM
5/24 SAT 3:55PM
5/25 SUN 12:40PM

Contact:
Gemma Wilcox
Actor/Playwright/Director
gemma@gemmawilcox.com
http://www.gemmawilcox.com
http://www.myspace.com/gemmawilcox

Do Fringe Free:
Simply come to a volunteer training, get trained and sign up for some volunteer shifts. You will be paid in Fringe Bucks which you then turn around and use to pay for tickets for Fringe shows. Beyond free shows, you make new friends, get a free t-shirt, get a free Fringe button, become eligible to win fantastic prizes, and you get $1.00 off all merchandise and BEER when you're not volunteering! E-mail George: volunteer@orlandofringe.org.

Next Volunteer Training Sessions:
Saturday, April 26: 10:00-11:30 AM, Parliament House Resort, 410 N. OBT
Saturday, April 26: 6-7:30 PM, Shakespeare Theater at Loch Haven Park

Other Needs:
-people willing to hang posters in their businesses, schools, and anywhere else. E-mail George: volunteer@orlandofringe.org.

-someone who can braid hair to do so at Kids Fringe events. Email Theresa: kidsfringe@orlandofringe.org

-donations such as crayons, paper, and art materials for Kids Fringe. Email Theresa: kidsfringe@orlandofringe.org

-donations in bulk of water, soda, and snacks for the 300+ volunteers. Anyone willing to donate them gets a tax deductible donation letter, as Fringe is a 501c3. E-mail George: volunteer@orlandofringe.org.

So you have always wanted to attend the Fringe but didn’t have an interpreter? NOW is your chance. The Orlando Fringe, in Cooperation with the Center for Independent Living of Central Florida will be interpreting some of the Fringe’s finest shows. Currently we have 3 shows scheduled and if more are added the site will be updated. If you have any specific questions regarding the shows that are interpreted please contact Doug Davis at 407-623-1070.

Almost Walking a Straight Line, Blue Venue, Saturday, May 17th @ 2:10pm.
Crown Hill Cemetery, Blue Venue, Saturday, May 17th @ 6:20pm.
Parlour Games, Brown Venue, Friday, May 23rd @ 10:05pm.

The Next Stage Theatre Festival is now accepting applications for its 2009 festival which will run from January 7 to 18 at the Factory Mainspace and Studio Theatres. The application deadline is May 25, 2008 at 11:59 pm. More information and application forms are available at www.nextstagefestival.com.

The Next Stage Theatre Festival is produced by the Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival and aims to complement the summer Fringe by providing another performance opportunity to promising artists. The inaugural Next Stage Festival in 2008 was a great success, selling over 4,500 tickets and drawing lively crowds to its heated outdoor beer tent despite the bitter cold of January.

Unlike the summer Fringe, the Next Stage is a curated event. In 2009, eight companies (not including any site-specific productions that may be accepted) will be chosen to participate based on the merits of a finished script and past artistic successes.

Participant Criteria
To be eligible for The Next Stage Theatre Festival, applicants must have previously produced an artistically successful production in a Canadian Association of Fringe® Festivals’ member festival.

The Festival is interested in projects from emerging and established theatre artists who are developing new work and/or exploring new artistic avenues. Preference will be given to artists who have received artistic or critical success with a previous production and could use this performance opportunity to maintain their artistic momentum. We welcome applications from artists who are exploring new creative frontiers and/or who are creating in one or more of a variety of genres such as theatre, musicals, opera, movement etc.

The Next Stage Theatre Festival has been made possible by assistance from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. For more information please visit our website at www.nextstagefestival.com or call 416-966-1062.

THE TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL OFFICE
#208 - 344 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
Tel: (416) 966-1062 Fax: (416) 966-5072 E-mail:
info@nextstagefestival.com
Contact: Cindy Rozeboom