NOTE FROM THE PRODUCER The reminders are everywhere. Whether in the craft of a well-written , with the sting of emotional conflict, through an unfamiliar perspective, aboard an unforgettable melody, or among a community celebrating late into the night, Cincy continues to prove itself as an unmatched opportunity for passionate, independent artists and hungry, arts-adoring audience members to join forces and discover what lies beyond the mainstream.

Fringe is artistic trailblazing, highlighting some of the freshest creative minds and experienced talent both Cincinnati and the nation - and sometimes the world - have to offer. As Cincinnati’s Theatrical Playground, Know Theatre is extremely proud to host such amazing innovators. We’re dedicated to providing unparalleled artistic opportunities and a secure stage for everyone to be heard, and never does this mission project itself quite as brightly as during this marathon of creativity. You won’t find a better way to encounter the extraordinary.

I would not be the person, the artist, the producer, or the fanboy I am today if not for this Festival and the thousands that have added to its rich experiences over the years. Each day I get to work on Fringe is both a whimsical blessing and a heavy responsibility, neither of which I ever take for granted. Like so many others, my soul belongs to these two weeks, and I thank each and every person - staff, artists, volunteers, patrons, sponsors - who has made this year and each year before it possible. I’ll continue to do my best to make Fringe a special time of year for not just the Cincinnati theatre and arts community but for the city as a whole.

Join us and have an AMAZING time - that’s Kinda WEIRD. Like YOU! Chris Wesselman - Fringe Producer on behalf of Andrew Hungerford, Know Theatre Producing Artistic Director and the rest of the Know Theatre and Cincinnati Fringe Festival Staff KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI

02 FESTIVAL SPONSOR FESTIVAL PARTNER Venue Sponsors The William O. Purdy Fund Know Theatre Art Academy 664 of the Charles King AVAILABLE! Greater Cincinnati Foundation Art Academy 103 (Contact [email protected]) Patrick Cusick First Lutheran Church Art Academy 204 Jennifer Verkamp Know Theatre Season Sponsors Esper Tovar OTR Community Church Art Academy 361 Henrietta Barlag Greg Schaper The Mini Microcinema AVAILABLE! Art Academy 404 (Contact [email protected]) Klara Apro, Ross Royce, Randy & Susana Waterhous Jeff Hungerford Art Academy 563 Hierophany & Hedge

VENUE PARTNERS Print Media Sponsor Radio Partner Volunteer HQ SPONSOR First Lutheran Church OTR Community Church The Mini Microcinema Salem United Church of Christ vENUE tech sponsors Tom & Pat Ruthemeyer Bob & Sue Trusty bold ideas sponsor T-Shirt Sponsors FILM FRINGE SPONSOR Cincinnati World Cinema transportation sponsor CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FAMILY FRIENDLY FringE SPONSOR Abigail Grebe Out-of-Town Artist Hospitality SponsoR FRINGE NEXT SPONSORS Patrick Cusick Pam Matsko EQUIPMENT SPONSORS See-it-All Sponsor

Brian Griffin | Pick Of The Fringe Sponsor 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY Larry Weber BAR SERIES RAFFLE SPONSOR Fringe PHOTOGRAPHY SPONSOR Jeff Burkle EVERYONE’S AN ARTIST NIGHT SPONSOR Highlands High School Fringe TOILET SPONSOR Theatre Department Know Theatre and Cincy Fringe

MeSseD Comics are proud members of: | Fringe-a-oke SPONSOR KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE Alexandra Kesman Channel Fringe Hard-Hitting CHRIS WESSELMAN’S LAST-MINUTE Action News Update Sponsor FUNDRAISING SUPER SQUAD awards FRAME SPONSOR Haley Elkins, Julie Hotchkiss, Betsy Shank, Chris Henry, Vicky Mary, Brandon Michael Johnston, Michele Wesselman, and Puzzle Crawl, Ltd. 03 KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI

04 “How can I buy tickets and passes electronically?” KNOW THEATRE GRAPHIC DESIGN Easy! Visit cincyfringe.com or call 513-300-5669. Chris Wesselman PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Beth Hall “How can I buy my tickets and passes in person?” Andrew Hungerford Great question! There are two ways: CINCYFRINGE.COM WEBHOST ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Shawn Mummert 1) Visit Fringe HQ (Know Theatre) [Tues-Fri, 11:00AM-5:00PM until 5/31; Tamara Winters Tues-Sun, 11:00AM-10:30PM during the Festival] FRINGE HEAD PHOTOGRAPHERS FRINGE PRODUCER Paul Kerford Wilson 2) At the venue. Venue box offices open approximately 30 minutes Chris Wesselman Jeff Burkle prior to scheduled showtimes; however, tickets are subject to availability at the door. Speaking of which... PRODUCTION MANAGER FRINGE PHOTOGRAPHERS Rebecca Armstrong Jason Bechtel FRINGE TIP #1: While tickets and passes can be arranged at the door, Jeff Burkle TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Kelsey Trusty AVOID THE NEEDLESS PANGS OF REMORSE AND Nick Koehlke Dan Winters PURCHASE/RESERVE IN ADVANCE! Paul Wilson RESIDENT STAGE MANAGER Kyle Chaney Meghan Winter and MORE! “In advance. Got it. So, what are my ticket and pass options?” (See Full Listing On Website) COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER SINGLE TICKETS Alice Flanders VENUE TECHNICIANS Single tickets are $15 and good for (surprise!) a single admission. Jordain Addis EDUCATION DIRECTOR Ivan McKinney MULTI-SHOW PASSES Maggie Rader Karson McCall Kiki Hellerman You can experience multiple shows each day and dozens of shows overall at ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE Will Murphy Fringe, so get thrifty with one of our multi-show pass options: Liz Carman Madison Reese Michael Osterwisch Full Frontal All-Access Pass: $250 - Non-transferable pass FINANCE ASSOCIATE Meghan Winter that can be used to reserve a ticket for as many different shows as Jim Stark Tucker Firelie possible. After 17 performances, you’re practically seeing stuff for free! Andrew Homan SCRIPPS HOWARD MARKETING and MORE!

Voyeur Pass: $75 - Flexible pass good for 6 total entries (at the & COMMUNICATIONS INTERN (See Full Listing On Website) CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL price of 5!), which can consist of any combination of people and Patrick Jackson performances you can come up with - that equals 6 entries, of course. BOX OFFICE STAFF FOR FRINGE Cary Williams Passes can be redeemed in two ways: (WHEN WE QUADRUPLE THE STAFF SIZE — Katie Groneman Blair Godshall 1) Book tickets in advance (over the phone, at HQ, or online with your passcode). IT’S AMAZING, WE WISH WE COULD HIRE ALL THESE PEOPLE FULL TIME YEAR-ROUND) Mitchell Tomasetti 2) Use them for walk-up admission to shows; however, tickets are Rosemary Wilson subject to availability at the door. Speaking of which... PRODUCTION MANAGER and MORE! Doug Borntrager (See Full Listing On Website) |

FRINGE TIP #2: While tickets and passes can be arranged at the door, BOX OFFICE MANAGER PRIMARY LINEUP JURY 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY AVOID THE NEEDLESS PANGS OF REMORSE AND Thomas McLaughlin Alice Flanders, Alyssa Michaud, Andrew Hungerford, Andrew Ian Adams, Betsy Shank, PURCHASE/RESERVE IN ADVANCE! VOLUNTEER MANAGER Brandon Robert Martin, Brian Isaac Phillips, Cait Riley Bridget Leak, Burgess Byrd, Buz Davis, Cal “Wait...that was the same tip. I guess you think that’s SUPER Harris, Chris Wesselman, D. Lynn Meyers, important information. Is there anything else that’s—” BAR MANAGER Darnell Benjamin, Dave Levy, Derek Snow, Dylan Shelton, Erika Kate MacDonald, Ernajisa

Erika Kate MacDonald | Curry, Heather Britt, Josh Steele, Julie MISSED PERFORMANCE POLICY! KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE “KINDA WEIRD” FRINGE INTERN Engebrecht, Justin McCombs, Kim Popa, Lauren THERE IS NO LATE SEATING AT ANY PERFORMANCE. Jackson Short Carr, Lissa Gapultos, Maggie Perrino, Maggie Venue houses open 15 minutes prior to showtime. Rader, Mia Vera, Mike Sherman, Miranda Avoid disappointment and arrive early for your shows! COVER IMAGE BY McGee, Patrick Phillips, Phillip Webster, Piper Refunds are not granted and exchanges are not always possible. Chris Wesselman Davis, Rebecca Bromels, Regina Pugh, Richard Mikki Shaffner Hess, Rick Pender, Rob Bucher, Robert Macke, Leigh Rory Sheridan, Sarah Beth Hall, Shannon Lutz, 50% of Box Office revenue goes to productions! Miranda McGee Shelby Becker, Tamara Winters, Ted Weil, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT ARTISTS! Sarah Beth Hall and Torie Wiggins 05 Once shows are over each night, come on down to Fringe Headquarters (Know Theatre) for our FREE nightly after-parties. We start things off with the Channel Fringe Hard-Hitting Action News Update (your info-taining source for all things Fringe), after which you can drink, chat, eat, dance, and otherwise keep on Fringin’ until 1:00AM with special themes, events, concerts, and MORE!

FRI, MAY 31ST @ 8:00PM SAT, JUNE 8TH @ 10:00PM KICK-OFF PARTY / 60 SECOND PREVIEWS FRINGE PROM: SWEET 16 Join us following Art After Dark (see page 26) for even more Kick-Off Cincy Fringe turns 16 this year, so for our traditional Fringe Prom dance party celebrations, including Large Mouth Brass Band, our first round things are gonna be super sweet. Throw on your “formal wear” and join of 60 Second Previews, AND a performance from OTRimprov! us for a party that’s SURE to make Tiffany and Ashley, like, totally jealous.

SAT, JUNE 1ST @ 10:00PM SUN, JUNE 9TH @ 9:30PM 60 SECOND PREVIEWS too EVERYONE’S AN ARTIST NIGHT Sample our 2019 Lineup as productions get just 60 seconds to show Brought to you by the League of Cincinnati Theatres, enjoy an evening you their stuff and convince you that THEIR’S is the show to see. of artist-priced drinks at the bar for EVERYONE - even artists! Wait... Discover what could end up being your favorite show of Fringe! Hold on... I think... Yes... You mean... It’s like... Uhhh... Nope. I lost it.

SUN, JUNE 2ND @ 9:30PM TUE, JUNE 11TH @ 9:30PM EVERYONE’S AN ARTIST NIGHT Craft Cocktails w/ Molly Wellmann Brought to you by the League of Cincinnati Theatres, enjoy an evening of Cincy’s favorite celebrity mixologist and 2016’s Face of Fringe returns to artist-priced drinks at the bar for EVERYONE — even artists! Wait... Jackson Street once again to sling some specialty drinks made just for YOU. You can also test your at an open Improv Jam from OTRimprov! Take a hike, 1988 Tom Cruise. Your shift at the bar is over.

TUES, JUNE 4TH @ 9:30PM WED, JUNE 12TH @ 10:00PM IN LOVE AND IN FRINGE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION NIGHT Two members of our Fringe family are getting hitched this week, so we’re Learn to ride a Segway from the staff of Garage OTR or take a spin dedicating a night of the Bar Series as a celebration in their honor. on a cycle from our Transportation Sponsor, Red Bike. You’ve gotten ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CONGRATS, SHELBY & OZZY! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ plenty of steps in at Art Academy...give your feet a rest and ride in style!

WED, JUNE 5TH @ 10:00PM THURS, JUNE 13TH @ 9:30PM KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA

| Fringe Olympics FRINGECON Test your might in “kinda WEIRD” feats as teams compete to be crowned CosPLAY with us in whatever fandom rolls your dice and check out some Champions of Fringe! It’s all the glory of the real Olympics with absolutely D&D LIVE! upstairs. Let your Nerd Flag fly and maybe we’ll renact some scenes none of the nescessary skills or training. The Greeks would be...confused. from Star Wars with you. Fun that would be, right? Yes, hrrmmm.

THURS, JUNE 6TH @ 9:30PM FRI, JUNE 14TH @ 10:00PM

MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 craft beer night PICK OF THE FRINGE AWARDS | Enjoy a special assortment of local craft beers that are completely different We announce our 6 Pick of the Fringe winners and reveal the schedule from the usual assortment of local craft beers we carry. Really, is there for Saturday’s Encore series. Bow ties are optional, but your attendance even such a thing as too many craft beer choices? Prost! Santé! Kanpai! is mandatory. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite show!

FRI, JUNE 7TH @ 9:30PM SAT, JUNE 15TH @ 8:00PM Fringe-a-oke! closing night party Warm up your pipes with some liquid courage and then get up on stage It’s a bittersweet affair as we say farewell to the 2019 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI to belt your heart out. Heck, we’ll even throw in some costumes and Hey, do us a favor and DRINK ALL THE REST OF THE BEER, PLEASE. Y’all did such back-up dancers from Pones to make you shine like the star you are. a great job in 2018, it’d be a shame to not repeat with another cooler clearing. 06 Visual Fringe highlights a ArtLab: variety of visual art mediums, Three Quarters Gallery curated by Brandon Michael Johnston from photography to Location: Fringe HQ painting, and even includes Every nook and cranny of Fringe is opportunities for YOU to a potential home for art, including be part of the art! Feast under the stairs at Know Theatre. your eyes on the projects Featuring small works on a monumental scale, ArtLab: Three and galleries artists have Quarters Gallery creates a unique, prepared for you this year! streetside experience for all to enjoy. Cal’s Kinda Weird Art Chalk the ‘Walk from Cal Harris from Art on the Streets, Location: Festival Venues Various Artists, and YOU! May 31, June 1, June 2, June 8, and June 9 Cal’s art is kinda weird. Fringe is kinda weird. So, we’re putting Cal’s Times and Locations: TBA kinda weird art all over the kinda Art on the Streets is teaming up artists weird Fringe, which is a kinda weird with the general public to help create idea. While it’s kinda weird, though, works of chalk art on sidewalks in OTR. it’s also kinda weird...so we’re kinda Stay tuned to Art on the Streets and Fringe social media to learn when and totally okay with letting Cal kinda where you can participate! definitely do this kinda weird thing. This project is made possible by a grant from the That’s kinda weird, isn’t it? Over-the-Rhine Community Council Deus Ex Copy Machine Fringe 4x6 from Brian Griffin from Paul Kerford Wilson CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL Location: Fringe HQ Gallery Location: Fringe HQ Using a discarded tabletop copier, vintage Created from production photos and photographs, readymade objects, and a images taken around the Festival sharpened butcher’s knife, Brian Griffin by our photographers, along with copies, enlarges, reduces, paints, hacks, alters and then repurposes images to YOUR social media stills tagged with reveal the weird world that actually exists #cincyfringe, Paul Kerford Wilson will keep as many fleeting Fringe

on the fringes of our everyday awareness. | moments alive as possible in a

Escape our vastly troubled world and take 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY comfort from the chaos by summoning mosaic of 4x6 prints covering the Deus Ex Copy Machine! entrance ramp at Know Theatre. Fringe Faces On the Fence from Dan R. Winters Photography featuring work from Dave Powell, DATES TBA @ Fringe Bar Series Rae Kuhn, and YOU! Location: 12th and Jackson | Fringe Faces features a portable KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE photo booth helmed by Dan Winters Fringe once again takes over the that will appear during Bar Series parking lot fence at 12th and Jackson events. Portraits are taken in no Street to display some original works more than 5 minutes and collection from local artists and provide you of the best photos will be displayed with a chance to create some art of throughout the Festival. Fringe Faces your very own. Stop by on your way captures the frantic joy of Fringe to or from Fringe HQ and see what’s while keeping up with its frantic pace. hanging on the fence this year! 07 Cindependent Film Festival presents a series of RiffTrax-inspired We want Fringe to be for EVERYONE, so our Family Friendly offerings screenings (Pasquinade) at The Garfield Theater, home allow parents and children alike to enjoy the Festival TOGETHER! of Cincinnati World Cinema. Plus, we feature two projects from Reservations for these performances are FREE of charge, but some local filmmakers at The Mini Microcinema on Main Street! shows may pass the hat or ask for donations at the performance. Alice in Neverland PASQUINADE from Know Theatre from Cindependent Film Festival Sat, 6/15 @ 12:00 PM - Know Theatre (KNOW) Milk Nose: Comedy Flicks (60 minutes) This mashup of everyone’s favorite childhood stories will have you Four fun and thoughtful shorts, plus with two great ! laughing, cheering, and using critical thinking skills to help Alice 6/7 @ 8:30PM - Cincinnati World Cinema (CWC) decipher clues and crack the case. Will Alice find before he Films: Off Book, Hug it Out, Love These Days grows up? Will time be restored in Neverland? Will Captain Hook : Jack Crumley ever be picked for the hockey team? Join us for Alice in Neverland! Lovestruck! (60 minutes) Four short films exploring the woe and wonder of love! ComedySportz® Cincinnati 6/8 @ 8:30PM - Cincinnati World Cinema (CWC) from OTRimprov Films: Lessons in Accidental Magic, Girl Meets Roach, Sun, 6/2 @ 1:00 PM - Know Theatre (KNOW) Among Other Things, Night Dancing Comedians: Jack Crumley, Mark Borison ComedySportz Cincinnati is the award-winning comedy show (Best Improv Night Out Cincy Magazine 2018) where two Take a Right Turn Here (60 minutes) teams of players battle it out for audience laughs and points! 3 short films explore unlikely situations and the only possible outcomes. Everything is improvised and every game starts with an 6/12 @ 7:45PM - Cincinnati World Cinema (CWC) audience suggestion. Matches are for everyone - 7 to 97! Films: What Metal Girls are Into, Chiluminati, Maplewood Comedians: Mark Borison, David Powell Show Up, Kids! Horror et. al (60 minutes) from Peter Michael Marino out of New York City, NY Scream! Scream! Scream! and laugh some, too. Scary flicks for you! 6/14 @ 8:30PM - Cincinnati World Cinema (CWC) Sat, June 1 @ 4:00 PM | Sun, June 2 @ 3:30 PM Films: Silent Ring, Den, Echoes Sat, June 8 @ 1:00 PM | Sun, June 9 @ 11:00 AM - Know Theatre (KNOW) Comedian: Jack Crumley SHOW UP, KIDS! is the acclaimed improvised, immersive, crazy comedy for 3-10 year olds. When the main attraction doesn’t show up, Hold Your Applause (60 minutes) Pete enlists the kids to help create a show from set to sound, plot to Our favorite flicks, paired with two comedians at the dead of midnight. props, and costumes to characters. What could possibly go wrong? 6/15 @ 11:59PM - Know Theatre (KNOW) KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Films: Echoes, Margaret and The Moon, Off Book | Comedians: David Powell, TBA StoryTime with Sparkle from Sparkle Leigh Dinosaurs in a Mining Facility (72 minutes) Sat, 6/1 @ 1:00 PM | Sat, 6/8 @ 11:00AM - Know Theatre (KNOW) from Jordin Goff (JambleVision) A family-friendly show which has been lovingly described as a genetic 6/6 @ 7:45PM - The Mini Microcinema (MMC) hybrid of Mr. Rogers & PeeWee’s Playhouse with a Muppet Garnish! Dr. Stone’s mysterious mining outpost just got a new

MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Sparkle Leigh is the Lovechild of Roger & Jessica Rabbit and is often

| employee. Ian is finally making something of himself, mistaken for a Drag Queen! Let’s read a book, not each other! but will he become a hero or dinosaur food? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Burned (60 minutes) from MadCap Puppets from Isabella Siska Sun, 6/9 @ 1:00 PM - Second Sunday on Main (near 12th and Main St) 6/13 @ 7:45 - The Mini Microcinema (MMC) Travel down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, Toto, and their A young LDS woman struggles to find her place in the world best friends; Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Man. Madcap CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI under the abuse of the person she most adores: her father. brings this epic adventure to life with breathtaking puppets in 08 She must question family, faith, and love. this enchanting, family-friendly classic. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! 09 While Cincy Fringe celebrates and showcases a variety of artistic fields and endeavors, live performance has always been the core of our programming. Over 40 theatre, music, and dance productions join us this year to present 200+ performances, all set in intimate venues where you’ll find experiences like nowhere else. Featuring a diverse array of genres, styles, subject matters, and skill sets, anyone and everyone is assured to discover exactly what they’re looking for - and maybe also a few surprises along the way. On the following pages, you’ll find information on all of the productions that fall into these categories:

PRIMARY LINEUP FRINGE DEVELOPMENT 34 Primary Lineup productions represent the heart and soul of Fringe. The to grow and learn at Fringe is extremely important, so Fringe Curated by over 40 of Cincinnati’s most passionate theatre professionals, Development exists to help facilitate that. We use the critical mass of journalists, and educators, these productions are also eligible for one of our creativity at Fringe to give “work-in-progress” productions a chance to try 6 Pick of the Fringe Awards, which grant recipients an additional Encore things out and get some feedback from artists and patrons. Plus, we offer performance on the final day of Fringe! (See pg. 30 for more info on Encores.) some Master Classes for both artists and the general public!

FRINGE NEXT SPECIAL EVENTS For the past 9 Festivals, we’ve offered slots to local high school-aged artists Because we can never get enough indie art, we pad the schedule with to entirely control their very own productions. While they are listed along Special Event offerings to give you EVEN MORE opportunities to explore the with other Primary Lineup productions, these up-and-comers deserve weird, wild, and experimental in the world of live performance. Go on, try to special recognition and encouragement as the voices of the future. see everything. We dare you. We TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU.

90 Lies an Hour Between 3 and 5 Body Language 2019: #metoo from Paul Strickland Presents from Pones from True Body Project out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH New Hilarious Tall-Tales from Paul Strickland. What happens when most of us are sleeping?​ True Body Project returns with #metoo. “Master Storyteller.” - Cincinnati Enquirer

OTR Community Church (OCC) Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) OTR Community Church (OCC)

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 60 minutes Length: 60 minutes Length: 50 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 3:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 9:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 9:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 6:30 PM Fri, June 14 @ 8:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:45 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 7:00 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Thurs, June 13 @ 9:00 PM | 10-time BEST OF FEST Winner PAUL STRICKLAND An immersive, experiential, and sensual What does it mean when a personal trauma (2017’s Balls of Yarns) returns with Wild journey for audiences. Past the witching becomes a hashtag? Does the collective, short- New Tall-Tales and Songs! “… funny is an hour and before dawn there are two special hand expression empower or minimize? Is it understatement. He’s HYSTERICAL!” – Orlando hours that most don’t see. What happens in equitable to all genders? True Body Project gathered Sentinel “…THE BEST TALL-TALES you can those inky hours? Wake up and explore - from hear without actually having to risk a stabbing the expansive beauty of the night sky to the stories of grief, reconciliation and hope for their in the back of a boxcar.” – Edmonton Vue Weekly illicit underbelly of what we hide in darkness. return to Fringe with Body Language 2019: #metoo. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 10 PG-13 Comedy, Storytelling, Songs R Multi-sensory, Dance, Immersive PG-13 Community, Mature Content, Healing Borderline A**hole Child of Friday The Consciousness from Julie Gieseke from All That Ish Productions from Stage & Key Productions out of San Francisco, CA out of Cincinnati, OH out of Columbus, OH Julie’s ideal girlfriend is ... crazy or else Julie is. Kid born on Friday 13th runs away Musician steals ideas from a dead composer’s Relationships are so triggering.​ from superstitious mother.​ digitally-stored consciousness​.

The Mini Microcinema (MMC) Art Academy 103 (A103) Art Academy 664 (A664) Length: 60 minutes Length: 60 minutes Length: 60 minutes Sat, June 1 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:45 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:45 PM Fri, June 7 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:45 PM Fri, June 7 @ 8:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:45 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:45 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 7:45 PM Fri, June 14 @ 9:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 8:30 PM During a long stretch of singledom Julie meets Monica, Friday is a kid neglected by her superstitious Reece, a composition student, is struggling to an eccentric artist with whom she has a series of mother for being born on Friday the 13th. complete his portfolio. He turns to the digitally- dates. But are they dates? Or is Monica straight? Luckily, she’s grown up with neighbor kids archived consciousness of Theo Price: a dead and Finding herself thinking more about Monica than the little-known composer. Reece plans to commission women she might meet through the dating service who have taken care of her and acted as she just joined, Julie gains some courage and pushes older siblings. When Friday runs away to and then pass off one of Theo’s symphonies the sexuality issue. Monica’s answer—she’s “an find her dad, it’s up to them to go after her. as his own, but discovers that he must first artist,” and their relationship starts off with a bang. reanimate the composer’s decaying memories.

Solo Performance Play Play PG-13 Lesbian, Dating, Mental Health PG-13 Storytelling, Dramedy, Family Dynamics R Drama, Sci-Fi, LGBTQ+

joe mock CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL The Real Professional in Real Estate!

2015 CABR President | 2012 CABR REALTOR of the Year/Sales! | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY

joe mock & the real pro team | KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE

513.703.0793 | jmock.CutlerHomes.com The REALTOR in “The Know” in Over the Rhine! 11 Check out this show’s listing on page 15 Check out this show’s listing on page 18

Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! Dave Maher Coma Show Descent: a Murder Ballad from Dandy Darkly from Dave Maher from Hannah Gregory out of Brooklyn, NY out of Chicago, IL out of Cincinnati, OH

The less you know, the better. Go. See. Dandy.​ A comedian survived a coma and Folk musical about marriage, reads his Facebook eulogies.​ miscarriage, and murder.​

Art Academy 404 (A404) The Mini Microcinema (MMC) Know Theatre (KNOW)

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 60 minutes Length: 55 minutes Length: 60 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 8:30 PM Sat, June 1 @ 9:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 4:00 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 8:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 7:00 PM Tues, June 11 @ 6:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:00 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:00 PM Tues, June 11 @ 8:30 PM

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| Fri, June 14 @ 7:00 PM Resplendent storyteller Dandy Darkly serves up another hypnotic hour of Southern Gothic Chicago comedian Dave Maher was almost After a miscarriage, the marriage of hopeful taken off life support during a monthlong couple Annie and Paul deteriorates. As grotesquery — redneck robots, spider gods, diabetic coma. He was eulogized on Facebook. beauty shops and inbred freaks. Also trains! Named Then he woke up. After appearing on This Paul comes to terms with their loss, Annie “top show” of the Edinburgh Fringe (The Stage) American Life, the Edinburgh Fringe, and at grows more despondent until she finds and “Best Show” at the San Francisco Fringe. the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre, he brings fearless tenacity and self-discovery by way The less you know, the better. Go. See. Dandy. his narrative stand-up show to Cincy Fringe. of an unusual source––perhaps murder? CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Solo Performance Solo Performance Musical 12 R LGBTQ+, , Horror PG-13 Comedy, Storytelling, Life-Changing Shit PG-13 Women’s Themes, Murder, Loss and Grieving The Devil On the Wall or, Diagnose This! Kill You with My Love That Time I Got Kidnapped Tales of a Medical Actor from Muwhahaha Productions from Jamie Campbell from Donna Kay Speaks out of Cincinnati, OH out of Kansas City, MO out of Portland, OR Fractured love stories played on Acclaimed comedian Jamie Campbell re-lives Hilarious, cringe-worthy stories of Medical Student foibles! the time he was kidnapped.​ ​ skipping records. Spin till you fall….​ OTR Community Church (OCC) Art Academy 361 (A361) Art Academy 404 (A404) Length: 60 minutes Length: 60 minutes Length: 50 minutes

Sat, June 1 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:00 PM Sat, June 1 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 8:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:45 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 9:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 8:30 PM Fri, June 7 @ 8:30 PM Fri, June 7 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 8:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:45 PM Sun, June 9 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:00 PM Tues, June 11 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 9:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 6:30 PM

Award-winning comedian Jamie Campbell re- When an improv comedian plays patient for Kay is cursed. Her relationships are like a broken lives the time he was kidnapped at the age of medical students, what results is a hilarious and record, always ending the same. After successfully eleven in a powerhouse solo performance that is moving view into the world of healthcare. Diagnose cutting herself off from her heart for over a year, part stand-up, part storytelling, and one hundred This! Tales of a Medical Actor will make you laugh, she realizes she is falling once more. But with percent true. Travel back to 1991 as Jamie revisits cry, cringe, and say “F*** The System!” Contains death on the heels of her feelings, how far will what he calls “the greatest adventure of my life.” strong opinions and blunt talk about lady parts. Kay go this time to protect the man she loves?

Solo Performance Solo Performance Play R Stand-up, Storytelling R Comedy, Storytelling R Physical Theatre, Dark Comedy, Romance

Nightmare Fuel CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL A Brutal ShowN | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY

A naughty slumber party about demons and stupid ex-boyfriends.

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“Dark and demented... what fringe is all about.” (wee review) ”Enough energetic idiosyncrasy to become a cult hit.” ¶¶¶¶ (London student)

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Knifeslingin’! Kumferted Let’s Prank Call Each Other from Paper Soul from Performance Gallery from zach dorn out of Minneapolis, MN out of Cincinnati, OH out of Los Angeles, CA​ Ted “Critter” Montana teaches Women tell HERstory. A darkly funny and fast-paced YOU to survive the streets.​ There will be smashing but no bashing.​ live-action comic book.​ Art Academy 664 (A664) Art Academy 563 (A563) Know Theatre (KNOW)

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 60 minutes Length: 50 minutes Length: 60 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 7:00 PM Sat, June 1 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 1 @ 9:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 4:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 8:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 3:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:45 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Thurs, June 13 @ 7:00 PM | 1989 AD. The Streets, USA. Ted “Critter” Montana HIStory calls them “Comfort Women.” HERstory Digital cameras are manipulated through knows the streets & will teach YOU how to survive: says they were “Kumfert Women.” Comfort is paper dioramas to create a totally unique no guns, no karate chops, just KNIVES. Think meant to be given, not stolen. We’re going to create live cinematic experience filled with puppets, cardboard, and video games. Let’s Prank Call you got what it takes to be the next Knifeslinger, a ruckus. We will tell terrible truths with abundant doses of hilarity. We will ask unkumfertable Each Other premiered at Ars Nova in 2018. hotshot? Cut to: 2019. Minneapolis Grand Jury “…astounding ingenuity” - Winnipeg Free Press hearing. Can Critter knifesling his way outta this? questions and discover unkumfertable “…the most wonderfully whacked- answers. We will reclaim the word comfort. out experiences.” - Orlando Weekly CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Solo Performance Play Solo Performance 14 PG-13 Comedy, Self Defense, Macho PG-13 Women’s Themes, Physical Theatre, History R Puppets, Multimedia, Comedy Live Nukes! Marriage: Martha from The Central Scrutinizers a Work in Progress from Autumn Kaleidoscope out of Chicago, IL from ED out of Cincinnati, OH out of New York, Los Angeles, and Granville, OH Idiots launch a nuke, go through hell to stop it.​ From Billions to One​. An unscripted exploration of the ultimate commitment.

Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) Know Theatre (KNOW) Art Academy 563 (A563) Length: 60 minutes Length: 55 minutes Length: 50 minutes

Fri, June 7 @ 8:30 PM Sat, June 1 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 3:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 2:45 PM Sun, June 2 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:45 PM Sun, June 9 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 9:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 8:30 PM Fri, June 14 @ 7:45 PM

Live Nukes! Two idiots launch a nuclear Marriage is a rigorously rehearsed, completely Passenger pigeons were one of the most abundant weapon, and go through Hell to stop it. Live unscripted exploration of the ultimate commitment species on the planet. Then within a single Nukes! explodes onstage with ridiculous between two people. Staged so that players explicitly generation, their population fell from billions to , acrobatics, rocket chases, scat- share and struggle for agency and spectatorial attention with (and as) the married characters one. Join Martha, one of the Cincinnati Zoo’s most jazz gibberish, and interdimensional travel, famous residents, in her final years as she finds love, without the use of props, a set, or even words. they create, the pacts of improvised theatre and marriage begin to mimic and reveal each other. loss and acceptance as the last passenger pigeon.

Family Dance/Physical Theatre Play Play Friendly PG-13 Improvisation, Humor PG-13 Regional Interest, Environmental Issues, Dramedy CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY | KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE

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BAR SERIES OTHER 9:00 8:30 7:45 7:00 6:30 4:45 4:00 3:30 2:45 AT FRINGE HQ SATURDAY SUNDAY Welcome to the 2019 Cincy Fringe Centerspread Schedule! SATURDAY Shows are listed by day and time, and include a Venue Code (see the Venue Map on the back of this Guide). 6/8 6/9 If you have any issues, find a Fringe Staff or Volunteer to help get you sorted out! 6/15 NOTE: All shows, unless notated, are 60 minutes or under, meaning you can see at least 3 shows each day! seXmas Cards (A103) Live Nukes! (GCR) VENUE CODES:

2:45 KNOW - Know Theatre A404 -Art Academy Room 404 OCC - OTR Community Church 12:00PM (1120 Jackson Street) (1212 Jackson St - 4th Floor) (1310 Race Street - Enter in Back) Kumferted (A563) Nellie Bly... (GCR) Alice in Neverland A103 - Art Academy Room 103 A563 -Art Academy Room 563 MMC - The Mini Microcinema (KNOW)

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Stow Your Baggage (A204) the Vegetables! (KNOW) Descent... (KNOW) The MILF... (A204) Descent... (KNOW) Diagnose This!... (A361) Martha (A563) Child of Friday (A103) The Consciousness (A664) ZOINKS! (A563) The Vicious Hillbilly... (A103) Puppets Should... (A664) 90 Lies an Hour (OCC) Kill You with My Love (A404) Borderline A**hole (MMC) The Devil On the... (OCC) NIGHTMARE FUEL (A404) Live Nukes! (GCR) Live Nukes! (GCR) Nellie Bly... (GCR) Walking While Black... (FLC) 6:30

Descent... (KNOW) Kumferted (A563) My Geriatric Uterus (A103) Let’s Prank Call... (KNOW) Tales from the... (A204) the Vegetables! (KNOW) Puppets Should... (A664) Walking While Black... (FLC) Dandy Darkly’s... (A404) Diagnose This!... (A361) Kumferted (A563) My Geriatric Uterus (A103) Dave Maher Coma... (MMC) Body Language... (OCC) The Origins of... (FLC) Puppets Should... (A664) Body Language... (OCC) Kill You with My Love (A404) SUFFER Fools (GCR) Nellie Bly... (GCR) Dave Maher Coma... (MMC) 7:00

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Dandy Darkly’s... (A404) The Consciousness (A664) 90 Lies an Hour (OCC) NIGHTMARE FUEL (A404) The Consciousness (A664) Martha (A563) CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL The Origins of... (FLC) Borderline A**hole (MMC) Dave Maher Coma... (MMC) Burned (MMC) [Film Fringe] Bankers (GCR) Take a Right Turn Here (CWC)

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The MILF... (A204) Let’s Prank Call... (KNOW) the Vegetables! (KNOW) Stow Your Baggage (A204) trueFRINGE 2019*(KNOW) Meatball Séance (A361) ZOINKS! (A563) NIGHTMARE FUEL (A404) Diagnose This!... (A361) Martha (A563) Child of Friday (A103) The Consciousness (A664) The Devil On the... (OCC) Between 3 and 5 (GCR) Dave Maher Coma... (MMC) Body Language... (OCC) Dandy Darkly’s... (A404) Between 3 and 5 (GCR) Lovestruck! (CWC) Black and White (GCR) The Origins of... (FLC) Lurking Shadows... (CWC) 8:30 [Film Fringe] [Film Fringe] *this performance runs 90 minutes | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY Prescription (KNOW) The Vicious Hillbilly... (A103) Prescription (KNOW) The MILF... (A204) Let’s Prank Call... (KNOW)

Knifeslingin’! (A664) Kill You with My Love (A404) Meatball Séance (A361) ZOINKS! (A563) seXmas Cards (A103) Walking While Black... (FLC) 90 Lies an Hour (OCC) NIGHTMARE FUEL (A404) Between 3 and 5 (GCR) SUFFER Fools (GCR) Borderline A**hole (MMC) 9:00

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[Family Friendly Fringe] [Family Friendly Fringe] KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE Show Up, Kids! (KNOW) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz @ 1:00PM @ 1:00PM [Family Friendly Fringe

OTHER [Family Friendly Fringe] at Second Sunday on Main] Fringe Prom: Sweet 16 Everyone’s An Artist Night Craft Cocktails Alternative Fringe Con Pick of the Fringe Awards Closing Night Party @ 10:00PM @ 9:30PM w/ Molly Wellmann Transportation Night @ 10:00PM @ 10:00PM @ 8:00PM Cincinnati Underground @ 9:30PM @ 10:00PM

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AT FRINGEAT HQ @ 10:30PM @ 10:45PM [Film Fringe] life past the expiration date Written and Directed by Kevin Crowley Music and Lyrics by Tatum Hunter and Dan Zimmer

June 4, 8, 9, 11, 14 • Know Theatre • Tickets: cincyfringe.com Check out this show’s listing on page 22

Meatball Séance The MILF Also Rises My Geriatric Uterus from John Michael from Jen Joplin from Aggressive Curl Pattern Productions out of Chicago, IL​ out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH Clean Up This Mess! A séance in the name of queer love and meatballs​. What’s a uterus without a baby? A MILF’s guide through today’s world.​ Empty, Bored, Sometimes MESSY.​ Art Academy 361 (A361) Art Academy 204 (A204) Art Academy 103 (A103)

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 50 minutes Length: 60 minutes Length: 50 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 1 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 1 @ 8:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 9:00 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 9:00 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 8:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:45 PM Fri, June 7 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:45 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 9:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 9:00 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Thurs, June 13 @ 7:45 PM | Fri, June 14 @ 8:30 PM John Michael needs your help cooking his mom’s What a mess…as if having it all weren’t hard Turning 35 is hard enough without everyone asking meatballs to summon her from the dead to enough already! The MILF Also Rises follows a why you’re still single and when you’re having kids. meet his boyfriend played by the audience. “If middle-aged mother as she attempts to navigate Aging uterus Facetious Jones has had enough. After the mention of ‘audience participation’ makes her way through #MeToo, Marches and an ever- you clench up, Meatball Séance is going to years of empty and FED UP with a purposeless change your whole theater-going world… silly, encroaching Maturity using the only tools she’s existence, Facetious hatches a plan. A solo play that subversive and powerful.” -The Dallas Observer got – Truth, Justice and the AmeriMILF Way. explores the expectations placed on women’s bodies. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Solo Performance Solo Performance Solo Performance 18 PG-13 Audience Participation, Comedy, Improv R Women’s Themes, Parenting, Activism PG-13 Puppetry, Musical, Women’s Themes Nellie Bly: NIGHTMARE FUEL A Menace to Propriety The Origins of My Magic from Sarah Knittel from Cody Clark Magic from InBocca Performance out of Philadelphia, PA out of Louisville, KY out of Cincinnati, OH Naughty slumber party about demons Madness. Betrayal. Cruelty. Cody reveals what influences his magical life​. Step beyond the asylum walls with us.​ and stupid ex-boyfriends​. Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) Art Academy 404 (A404) First Lutheran Church (FLC) Length: 60 minutes Length: 55 minutes Length: 60 minutes

Sun, June 2 @ 4:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 1 @ 6:30 PM Wed, June 5 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 4:45 PM Sun, June 9 @ 3:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:45 PM Tues, June 4 @ 8:30 PM Wed, June 12 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:00 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:45 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 6:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:00 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 8:30 PM Reporter Nellie Bly was committed to Blackwell Brutal clown show that’s part teenage exorcism, Most people think magic’s simply sleight of hand. Island Insane Asylum as an exposé for the New part naughty slumber party . It asks the tough Cody ’s magic however comes from more interesting York World. Once committed, however, she became questions like “Where were you last night?” places! It comes from people like Mr. Rogers and Dolly trapped in the asylum. Join us as we examine and “How come you’re being such a cunt?” Parton, influences including classic country music, madness, cruelty, and the ways in which women NIGHTMARE FUEL will slide into your DMs, look you and ideas like seeing your knots as opportunities. have been stripped of their voices for over a century. right in the eyes, and tell you you’re fucking crazy. Join Cody as he shares the origins of his magic! Dance/Physical Theatre Solo Performance Family Solo Performance PG-13 Historical, Women’s Themes R Comedy, Horror, New Writing PG-13Friendly Magic, Storytelling, Family Friendly CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY |

June 1-12 KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE ALL PERFORMANCES AT OVER-THE-RHINE COMMUNITY CHURCH TICKETS - CINCYFRINGE.COM More info on page 13 19 Plan and Enjoy More

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Puppets Should Speak seXmas Cards Stow Your Baggage from Schedule C Productions from Kate Mock Elliott from Alexx Rouse out of Anderson, IN out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH Get drunk, take a bullet, and make sweet puppet love.​ What? You don’t talk about sex in your Christmas cards?​ Put your seatbacks in the all-right-let’s-talk position!​

Art Academy 664 (A664) Art Academy 103 (A103) Art Academy 204 (A204)

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 50 minutes Length: 54 minutes Length: 60 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 7:45 PM Tues, June 4 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 7:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 6:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 7:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 2:45 PM Wed, June 12 @ 8:30 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:45 PM Fri, June 14 @ 9:00 PM Fri, June 14 @ 7:45 PM Wed, June 12 @ 7:00 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Fri, June 14 @ 6:30 PM |

When Alex stops speaking, Amanda takes comfort in “I thought my water broke… but it was just an A Flight Attendant School Dropout Comedy by the arms of his best friend, Frankie. More problematic, orgasm.” And other true stories from a real-life Alexx Rouse (Busted Bumpers, Bad Poetry Night). Alex and Frankie are ventriloquist figures. Mix in a mother-of-two. Kate Mock Elliott stars in this Dramaturgy by Paul Strickland. Directed by Erika Kate MacDonald. On 2017’s Busted Bumpers: control crazed therapist and see who really pulls the one-woman show about desire, masturbation “Her rapid fire delivery… and real life humor strings! “Innovative, surreal, and adept at walking the and other things Catholic education didn’t captivates” - Indy Fringe Talks. “Most importantly fine line between idiocy and genius.” -EastofIndy.com prepare us for. A Christmas-in-June . Rouse’s show is VERY FUNNY”- Cincinnati City Beat CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Play Solo Performance Solo Performance 20 R Comedy, Drama, Puppet Love R Women’s Themes, Storytelling, Sex and Relationships PG-13 Comedy, Storytelling, Pencil Skirt SUFFER Fools Tales From the Cuckoo Club This House Will Never Let Us Go from Homegrown Theater from Caldera Studios from Gideon Productions out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH out of Astoria, NY Finally, someone to suffer the fools Two twins torn by mental illness A summer housesitter discovers she’s for you…gladly (mostly).​ reconnect in a hospital.​ living with an eerie housemate.​

Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) Art Academy 204 (A204) Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) Length: 50 minutes Length: 60 minutes Length: 55 minutes

Sat, June 1 @ 7:45 PM Sat, June 1 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:00 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 5 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 4 @ 8:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:45 PM Fri, June 7 @ 7:45 PM Wed, June 5 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 7:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 9:00 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 7:00 PM

After successfully suffering fools for others, After one ends up in the hospital for a suicide For a year Joan has been living off housesitting two SUFFER Fools take one hit too many and attempt, two twins are forced to reconcile jobs, with no home of her own. When she arrives lose their shit. A modern, misanthropic tale told their differences. Split between conversations for a choice summer gig looking after a lavish through satire and clowning featuring puppets, pantomime, juggling, music and swearing! Brought between them and vignettes from the ward, beach house, she discovers she’s sharing it to you by the creative team behind Fringe favorites: Tales from the Cuckoo Club is a story of with an eerie housemate who will force her Home, Boo-boo and Pulling Off Procreation. sisterhood, art, and most importantly, hope. into a shocking reckoning with her future. Interdisciplinary Play Play R Satire, Clowning, Social Issues R Mental Illness, Family, Dramedy R Horror, Burnout, Ex with Benefits CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | Check out this show’s listing on page 13 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY | KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE

21 the Vegetables! from Old, Old, Very Old, Man Productions out of Cincinnati, OH A musical about people in a vegetative state.​

Know Theatre (KNOW) Length: 45 minutes

Tues, June 4 @ 6:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 6:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 8:30 PM Fri, June 14 @ 7:00 PM

Inspired by a real world experience we wanted to create a show about families wrestling with some very big issues for loved ones who can’t weigh in on their own fate. Further we wanted to give voice to those who had lost theirs and not only give a voice but a voice that can still sing. It is a strange and foreign world, long term health care, one, fortunately, most people have never experienced. But why not present that world in the most entertaining way possible. Musical PG-13 Musical, Comedy, Drama

The Vicious Hillbilly Walking While Black in Moscow ZOINKS! or Dating in the Deep South from The Adventures of Les Kurkendaal from Queen City Flash from Dawn Larsen out of Los Angeles, CA out of Cincinnati, OH out of Florence, SC I am a black gay guy who went to Russia. Nancy Drew meets Stranger Things Online dating, a tale of woe in story and song.​ They have never seen a black guy in person​. in this teen sleuth caper!​

Art Academy 103 (A103) First Lutheran Church (FLC) Art Academy 563 (A563) Length: 60 minutes KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 55 minutes Length: 55 minutes | Sat, June 1 @ 6:30 PM Sat, June 1 @ 8:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 8:30 PM Sun, June 2 @ 4:45 PM Sun, June 2 @ 7:45 PM Wed, June 5 @ 8:30 PM Tues, June 11 @ 9:00 PM Tues, June 4 @ 6:30 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 9:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 7:45 PM Thurs, June 6 @ 9:00 PM Sat, June 8 @ 8:30 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 6:30 PM Sat, June 8 @ 4:45 PM Sun, June 9 @ 4:00 PM Sun, June 9 @ 7:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 6:30 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Tues, June 11 @ 9:00 PM Thurs, June 13 @ 9:00 PM | Thurs, June 13 @ 6:30 PM A poignant comedy, the show combines original Les has taken a trip to Russia. He doesn’t read From the creators of 2018’s Full-Frontal Pick songs, stick figures, and the online dating or speak the language. He is black and has been OF MONSTER DESCENT - Nancy Drew meets journey of one progressive woman living in Stranger Things in this teen sleuth caper! Being warned that in Russia they don’t like black people. a teen detective may be scary work, but nothing the deep South. Ten lessons (and one bonus!) And Les is gay and they definitely don’t like gays from her casefiles rivals the personal mystery underscore her discovery of who she is, what that sets Nolan Blackwell out at night, scouring she wants, and that love is her divine right. in Russia. How is he going to navigate this? haunted houses for familiar, masked villains. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Solo Performance Solo Performance Play 22 PG-13 Comedy, Americana, Dating PG-13 Comedy , Storytelling, LGBTQ+ PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Interactive CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! 23 Fringe Development takes the critical mass of creativity gathered at the Festival and puts it to great use. From artful experimentations to skill- strengthening classes, Development programming serves to provide attendees and artists with opportunities to learn, grow, and try out new ideas - together! Bankers from Brant Russell out of Cincinnati, OH CLASSES Protecting the forest primeval after a nuclear apocalypse.

Storytelling with Les Kurkendaal Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) from Les Kurkendaal of Walking While Black in Moscow Length: 60 minutes

Les is a veteran of the Fringe circuit, having toured countless festivals with his solo Free Staged Reading: performances that draw inspiration from his life. He’ll use his vast experience to help show Sat, June 8 @ 7:45 PM how anyone can turn anything happening in their daily lives into a story worth telling. THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT Sat, Jun 1 @ 12:00PM-1:00PM RESERVATIONS MAY BE MADE Art Academy 103 (A103) AT CINCYFRINGE.COM.

This class is offered for free, but donations to artist as always appreciated. After the world has been blasted, a young woman runs a community bank in a remote town. She uses the Reserve a spot in this class online at cincyfringe.com proceeds to protect the forest primeval - a land untouched for thousands of years - from looters. Resources are Maximizing Micro-Stories and Minimizing Missed Opportunities scarce. Who decides what matters? And who protects it? from Paul Strickland of 90 Lies an Hour Play Everyone has a story, but how can you tell your story in a way that anyone will care? This R Apocalypse, Banking, Conservation workshop is a two-pronged approach to improving your skills in storytelling. In this workshop we: 1. Examine how interesting anecdotes can be combined for a story-worthy pay-off, and Black & White 2. Learn how to identify loose-ends and missed opportunities in your writing, both on the sentence- from The Pajama Playhouse level and the story-level, and evolve those missed opportunities into moments that engage out of Cincinnati, OH your audience by drawing them further into your message or making them laugh out loud. Mapplethorpe Meets Porkopolis: Sun, Jun 9 @ 12:00PM-2:00PM The Perfect Moment or the perfect storm?

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| This class has a $20 suggested donation but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Gabriel’s Corner (GCR) Length: 60 minutes Reserve a spot in this class online at cincyfringe.com Ticketed Performance: Take the Power Back! Wed, June 12 @ 8:30 PM from Jamie Campbell of The Devil on the Wall or, That Time I Got Kidnapped See website for information on open rehearsals, etc. MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 Jamie Campbell has learned first-hand how telling your own harrowing story can make an impact | on both storyteller and audience. It took him over 25 years to tell the story of being kidnapped as an 11 year-old, and it turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of his life. Moments of trauma, embarrassment, and vulnerability are the most difficult to tell, but are also have the greatest payoff. Take the Power Back is designed to help others tell stories they never thought they Is it Art or is it porn? It’s 1990. Robert Mapplethorpe’s “The could in a way that affects everyone in the room. Students will workshop their stories in a judgment- Perfect Moment” has polarized Cincinnati. Every Tom, Dick free environment designed to help them relate their past in a way that impacts everyone in attendance. and Shirley has an opinion, but only eight will get to decide. Sun, Jun 2 @ 12:00PM-2:00PM Join us for open rehearsals of this in-progress script, from Art Academy 103 (A103) table-reads through staging, with special guests and Q&A’s.

CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI This class is offered for free, but donations to artist as always appreciated. Play 24 Reserve a spot in this class online at cincyfringe.com PG-13 Cincinnati, LGBTQ+, Politics CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! 25 Cincinnati Underground Secret Society: Fringe Edition Just when you thought you’d considered from Travis McElroy everything Cincy Fringe has to offer this out of Cincinnati, OH year, here comes our lineup of Special Can You Keep A Secret, Cincy? Event programming, strolling in like at the Cincinnati Art Museum Know Theatre (KNOW) it owns the place. (Pssh. Such nerve.) Friday, May 31, 5:00–10:00 PM Length: 60 minutes Free admission #artafterdarkcincy Featuring mainstays of the Festival, unique Sun, June 9 @ 10:30 PM limited-run productions, and exciting You’re invited to get Kinda WEIRD at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival kick off during Art After Dark this events from other organizations that Fringe month. Enjoy live music from Largemouth Brass is delighted to be a part of, this final round Band, preview performances from Cincy Fringe productions and more as CAM is immersed in theatre, of options is sure to leave you dizzy with art, music, film, dance, and everything between. the thought of cramming everything in. Savor specialty cocktails, food for purchase CUSS IS BACK! Chapter president Travis McElroy CAN YOU DO IT? CAN YOU SEE AND DO AND from Eli’s BBQ, salads from Dewey’s Pizza, and delights with his secret society themed comedy Graeter’s Ice Cream and enjoy free after-hours talk show that will have exciting announcements, EXPERIENCE LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE access to the entire museum, including special THING AT FRINGE?! CAN YOOOOOOOOU?!? exhibition No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man. hilarious conversation, and a fancy dartboard. Travis will be joined by a collection of amazing guests, but Art After Dark is made possible thanks to who? Guess you have to buy a ticket to find out... No. No you can’t. It’s just not logistically P&G, PNC, Dewey’s, CityBeat, and 91.7 WVXU. possible. But you can still see a whole, Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary whole, whole, whole, whole, WHOLE bunch! N/A Everything, Lots of Art, WOW PG-13 Comedy, Talk Show, Totally Not A Cult

Desperately Seeking the Exit: OTRimprov Prescription Cincy Celebrity Reading from OTRimprov from Phase Melt Digital from Peter Michael Marino out of Cincinnati, OH out of Cincinnati, OH out of New York City, NY Augmented reality audio visual experience where the audience’s Come play with us! decisions determine the structure of the performance. Cincy’s best tell Pete’s notorious tale of his West End flop. Know Theatre (KNOW) Know Theatre (KNOW) Know Theatre (KNOW) Length: KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Length: 60 minutes Length: 60 minutes 60 minutes | Thurs, June 6 @ 8:30 PM Ticketed Performance: Sat, June 8 @ 9:00 PM Fri, June 7 @ 8:30 PM Fri, May 31 @ 11:00 PM Wed, June 12 @ 9:00 PM Free, Open Improv Jam: Sunday, June 2 @ 10:30 PM MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019

| DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT: CINCY CELEBRITY Laugh with OTRimprov as they improvise Prescription is about a medical company that off your suggestion, Yes, you reading this creates a machine that can alter the patient’s READING brings Pete together with Cincy’s finest right now. Bring your suggestion. We’ll memories and mental disabilities through the Fringe performers to tell the notorious, award- bring the funny. We’ll all laugh together. use of artificial intelligence, sound and visual winning, comedic tale of the making and unmaking stimulation, and the help of the audience’s input. of his West End Madonna/Blondie flop musical, OTRimprov is collaborative, simple, and joyful. We bring talented performers together to Phase Melt Digital is a DIY media company Desperately Seeking Susan. Jam-packed with run by Mike Wiley from Cincinnati, Ohio that create consistently interesting, frequently specializes in visual art, music, and live gossip, name-dropping, and bad English accents. funny, and always inventive scenes. entertainment promotion and production. CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI Solo Performance Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 26 PG-13 Solo, Comedy, Reading PG-13 Improv, Theatre, Comedy PG-13 Projection Mapping, Augmented Reality, Theatre trueFRINGE 2019 The Umbrella Term from True Theatre from Savannah Slaby out of Cincinnati, OH out of Dayton, OH True, personal, “behind the scenes” stories Eight teens explore the idea of labels by current Fringe artists! in gender and sexuality.

Main Street between 12th & Know Theatre (KNOW) Know Theatre (KNOW) Sunday, June 9, 12:00-5:00 PM Length: 90 minutes Length: 60 minutes Free admission Thurs, June 13 @ 8:30 PM Fri, June 7 @ 6:30 PM Eat, drink, shop, and relax at this FREE monthly neighborhood street festival. Rain or shine, 12pm - 5pm every second Sunday of the month from June to October.

More than 30 participating shops, galleries, For the 9th year in a row, True Theatre presents Eight teenagers explore labeling their identities restaurants, bars and cultural venues on Main true, personal stories by current Fringe artists, within the queer community. Many people find Street, plus 100+ local vendors, food trucks, live sharing behind-the-scenes looks into what it comfort in being able to define themselves, but music, street performers, and outdoor beer garden. takes to be a working artist. See their shows others feel limited. In this piece, each character as part of this year’s Festival, then come hear shares personal, intimate stories from their Fringe will be at Second Sunday, will you? what makes them tick at trueFRINGE 2019! past that helped them discover their identity.

Interdisciplinary Solo Performance Play N/A Everything, Lots of Art, WOW PG-13 True stories, Behind-the-Scenes R LGBTQ+, Coming of Age, Monologue Play CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY

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28 CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL | MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019 | KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! 29 PICK OF THE FRINGE & ENCORE PERFORMANCES The Audience Pick Celebrate the outstanding performances you’ve seen during the Festival by voting for your favorite. You can only vote once, though, so consider your choice VERY carefully! Voting begins Sat, 6/8 and ends Fri, 6/14 at 10:10pm. Physical ballots only, available at all box offices. The Critics’ Pick The official Fringe Festival reviewers vote to decide the critical darling of this year’s Festival. The Dr. Robert J. Thierauf Producer’s Pick The staff of Cincy Fringe gets a chance to pick their favorite show for this award named in memory of a dedicated and beloved Fringe supporter. The Fringe Next Audience Pick Which of the Fringe Next shows will walk away with this award? It’s all up to the audience! Same rules and procedures apply as with the regular Audience Pick (you vote for both on the same ballot). The Linda Bowen Full Frontal Pick sponsored by Mark Bowen The biggest diehards of the Fringe audience, Full Frontal pass holders get to choose their favorite show with this award named in honor of one of Cincy Fringe’s most devoted patrons. The David C Herriman Artists’ Pick This pick, named after an incomparable Know supporter, gives every artist in the Festival a vote for the show (not their own, obviously) they found most extraordinary. Pick of the Fringe Awards!

KINDA WEIRD. LIKE YOU! WEIRD. KINDA Fri, June 14 @ 10:00pm - Fringe HQ | ENCORE PERFORMANCES Sat, June 15 MAY 31 - JUNE 15, 2019

| Each of our 6 Pick of the Fringe winners get ONE MORE SHOW! Unless they aren’t available, in which case SOMEONE ELSE gets ONE MORE SHOW. Anywhichway, there’s gonna be SIX productions getting ONE MORE SHOW on Saturday, June 15th. The exact schedule will be revealed during the Pick of the Fringe Awards, but performances will be at the following times: 1:30pm • 2:45pm • 4:00pm • 6:30pm • 7:45pm • 9:00pm Admission to Encores is only guaranteed via $15 Single Tickets (on sale 6/14) OR the $75 Encore Pass (on sale now!)

CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL FRINGE CINCINNATI NO OTHER Festival pass reserves tickets, but they can be used for entry AT venue box offices, beginning

30 10 minutes prior to start times, and ONLY IF seats are available. You wanna Encore? Purchase in advance. Welcoming bold ideas since 2014. Join us? Read our stories: peoplesliberty.org CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL Producing the Cincinnati Fringe Festival wouldn’t be possible without the help of hundreds and hundreds of individuals. We couldn’t possibly thank everyone enough for making this year possible, but we’d like to give one final, special shout-out to the following individuals and organizations. David C Herriman • Rick Robertson • ArtsWave • Zach Moning • Josh Schuler • CityBeat • Alexandria Tellez • Mark Auer Darryl Kemper • Cincinnati Art Museum • Kaitlyn Sharo • Aaron Madrigal • CincinNative • Jeff Syroney • Jason Bruffy

Eric Vosmeier • Jay Kalagayan • Thomas McLaughlin • Patrick Cusick • Dan Luken • Jason Burgess • Ted Weil • Falcon Theatre | Lisa DeRoberts • Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce • Dan Winters • OTRimprov • Joe & Norah Mock • Mikki Schaffner 2019 15, - JUNE 31 MAY Pastor Brian Ferguson • Seemless Printing • The Carnegie • Maggie Perrino • Elizabeth Martin • Courtnie Wesselman Liz, Eli, & Opal Borntrager • Rory Sheridan • Klara Apro • Randy & Suzana Waterhous • Matthew Dayler • Robert Macke Brandon Robert Martin • Erika Kate MacDonald • Paul Strickland • Kim Popa • Shelby Becker & Ozzy Olivo • Tony Tausch Coffee Emporium • James Creque • Ramona Toussiant • Miranda McGee • Mary Rita Dominic & Buddy Goose • Lora Jost

Suann Pollock • AJ Ford • Large Mouth Brass Band • David & Jan Lazarus • Andrew Homan • Jim Stark • Allyson West | C Jacqueline Wood • Tim Swallow • Olivia Leigh • Sarah Beth Hall • Jonathan Dellinger • Drew Klein • Cait Riley • Neil Batra KINDA WEIRD. YOU! LIKE Justin McCombs • Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre • Highlands High School Theatre Department • Margy Waller James Allen • Travis McElroy • Paul Kerford Wilson • Patrick Jackson • Jackson Short • Elese Daniel • Red Bike Cincinnati Bell Connector • Brian Griffin • Brother James Czar • Juri Tults • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra • Brian Glass Napoleon Maddox • Eric Avner • Barry Randman • ArtWorks • Tamara Harkavy • Feather Morren • Cindependent Film Festival Megyn Norbut • Cincinnati World Cinema • Second Sunday on Main • Zach Robinson • MadCap Puppets • Gina Kleesattel ComedySportz Cincinnati • Peter Michael Marino • Chewie Wesselman • 100s of volunteers, artists, and donors and YOU! 31