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Cover The Ottawa Fringe Thanks You The Ottawa Fringe Festival is a charitable non-profi t with a mandate to provide a stage for the performing arts that is as accessible to artists as it is for audiences. Contents We rely on grants, members and donors to support this endeavour: a Festival with no curator and where 100% of ticket sales belong to the artists. friendship Welcome Messages We are deeply grateful to the following individuals 5 for their contributions: Fringe Founder Fellow Fringer Andrew Arcand Alexandra Larocque Anne Elisabeth Reitbauer Andrew McMaster How to Fringe / Box Offi ce David Schellenberg Anne Schmitz 6 Elizabeth Margeson Aurora Hudson John Kirkwood Beverley Chartrand Marilyn Meikle Bill Dickey Marisa Victor Britta Evans-Fenton Festival Map Neil Walsh Maria-Helena Caroline Coltman 7 Pacelli Melissa Gruber Ceara Heffernan Terry Cullinan Christine Grant Vivian Lee Chun Chang Deanna Vecchiarelli Fringe Friend Show Listings Deborah James Bill Mcewen 8 Elizabeth Bernstein Charles D. Mcewen Equal Justice Canada Glenn Nuotio Gail Pattman Janet Campbell Guillermo Garza-Risueno Ken King Schedule Heather Cross Lynda Joyce 18-19 Hilary Hampson Melissa Gruber Isabelle Cayer Victoria Steele Janet Nasmith Wilma Di Gaetano Jennifer Martinez BYOV Show Listings Fringe Follower Kamil Malinowski 20 Feliks Welfeld Katrin Nagelschmitz Joan Frommer Louise Soucy Kevin Brand Lynn Tarzwell Leslie Carmichael Meaghan Bennett Free Programming Marilyn Meikle Michael Carty 23 Sean Boyd Michael Haslett Steven Riding Michel Kazan Neil Fitzpatrick Fringe Fan Neil Walsh Emily Pearlman Best of Fest Patricia Hubert Fanny Lemieux 25 Peter Padbury J Robert Brocklebank Philip Shwed James White Ray Besharah Pam Fitch Rebekah Hutten Judy Reid Support the Fringe Richard Stark Karen Golets Pancer 27 Richard Telfer Marian Power Robert Clipperton Mary Wiggin Rosalie Rufelds Melanie Yugo Scott McMaster Nancy Oakley Fringe Courtyard Shawn Ladd Nancy Kenny 29 Sheena Jardine-Olade Pamela Harle Shreyas Batra Rhondene Simms Steve Mackey Stella Firko Tania Levy Stuart Forestell Mini-Fringers Terry Cullinan 31 Wendy Doyle I Am A Fringe Patron, I Support The Arts #DOWNTOWNRIDEAU Plan Your Fringe The Ottawa Fringe Festival (registered charity 32 no. 897771721RR0001) needs your help to sustain this project. Call us at 613.232.6162 x103 or visit DOWNTOWNRIDEAU.COM ottawafringe.com/support to donate today. We extend special gratitude to our partners and to Sponsors the many volunteers who dedicate their time and 34 talent. On behalf of the artists, we wish to thank you as well, the Festival’s loyal patrons. Director’s Message CAFF Message Welcome to the 2019 Ottawa Fringe! This year the Canadian Association of Fringe It’s Festival Season in Ottawa. Three glorious Festivals (CAFF) turns 25 years old! months of art, food, culture, and (fi ngers Although Fringes have existed long before we did crossed) sunshine. Whether it’s your fi rst time as an organization, we pride ourselves on the at the Fringe or your fi fteenth, we’re glad that long-term support we have offered our member you’re here – and we’re sure that you will be too. festivals over the years, and the foundation we This year’s Festival features 54 shows from have laid for the years to come. Ottawa and beyond. In addition to our dyna- We currently have 33 member festivals mite line-up of local artists, we’re welcoming spanning Canada and the USA and we exist as performers from as far away as California, the an organization to unite, support, empower, Yukon, and the United Kingdom (to name a and strengthen our member festivals in order few); presenting comedies, musicals, dance, to cultivate and foster independent artistic storytelling, puppetry, magic, improv, circus, exploration for artists and audiences across satire, and Shakespeare (and more!). If you North America. want it, we’ve got it. CAFF members return 100% of the ticket price There’s lots that’s new this year: we’re proud back to the artists and all festivals are selected to announce that all of our venues are now either by lottery or on a fi rst come/fi rst served physically accessible – the addition of the basis, ensuring that everyone has the same University of Ottawa’s brand new LabO and opportunity to tell their story on stage. Studio 1201 spaces means everyone can access The CAFF member festivals are so lucky to be all of our shows; we’re also introducing some able to present to you a wide array of artists, brand new BYOVs this year – make time to give some established and some telling their stories these spaces a visit. for the very fi rst time. Supporting those artists And most exciting of all, our outdoor Courtyard are the festival producers, front of house staff, is back! Located at 67 Nicholas on the west technicians, production managers, and countless side of Arts Court, the Courtyard is where others, as well as an incredibly dedicated team you can grab a drink, hit up a food truck, and of volunteers at every festival. I want to take relax while waiting for your next show to begin. this opportunity to thank every one of those All Fringed out for the day? Hang out and relax people who help facilitate these wonderful while taking in some of the free programming festivals because we all believe in the on the Downtown Rideau stage. collective movement of Fringe, and that So get out your pen and start pouring through is truly a powerful thing. the program. Not sure what to see? Pick So thank you for being here, for taking some something at random and have an adventure. of your time to see a show or two, and for You’re here… now see as many shows as you can! supporting your local Fringe festival. Patrick Gauthier Lucy Eveleigh Festival Director CAFF President 5 The Ottawa Fringe Festival is privileged to take place on the How to Fringe Festival traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin Anishinabeg. STEP 1 STEP 2 Map Pick your show Grab Your Pin Flip through this program or click your Only $3. Fringe Pins are required to purchase a way to ottawafringe.com/shows – with ticket. Since 100% of ticket sales are returned 50+ shows and more than 300 performances, to the performers, pin sales help keep the we guarantee there’s something for you. Festival growing. Pins are available online, at the box office, 4 and at all venues. 1 5 2 C STEP 3 STEP 4 D 3 Buy your tickets Visit the Fringe ONLINE or AT THE BOX OFFICE Courtyard up to two hours before showtime. The Courtyard is Ottawa Fringe’s hub, AT THE VENUE within one hour of located at 67 Nicholas Street, on the west showtime (cash only). side of Arts Court – grab some food and drink, make and meet friends, and find out what shows are not to be missed. Box Office Box Office hours All venues sell tickets at the door, cash only. JUNE 13 TO 23, 2019 B Advance tickets and passes are available at Monday to Friday 4pm to 9pm the Festival Box Office. Saturday 1pm to 9pm Arts Court / 2 Daly, Elevator B, 2nd floor Sunday 1pm to 6pm By phone / 613-232-6162 No latecomers. No exchanges. No refunds. No exceptions… due to the nature of our venues and given that the Fringe only sells tickets on behalf of the artists. Thank you for understanding. Venues Bring Your Own Venues Money Saving Tips 1 Arts Court Theatre • 2 Daly Avenue, Elevator B A Knox Presbyterian - Geneva Hall • corner of Lisgar & Elgin 2 ODD Box • 2 Daly Avenue, Elevator A B Knox Presbyterian - Sanctuary • corner of Lisgar & Elgin TIP 1 TIP 2 TIP 3 3 Academic Hall • 133 Séraphin-Marion C Studio 2201 • 10 Daly Avenue 4 LabO • 10 Daly Avenue D Arts Court Library • 2 Daly Avenue, Elevator A Get a FOURPLAY package, 5 and 10-show DOOR PASSES Many shows are offering HALF 5 Studio 1201 • 10 Daly Avenue available exclusively online. are available for $55 and $99, PRICE TICKETS. These rush Fringe Courtyard • 67 Nicholas Street Save more than 15% on advance respectively. To use these you tickets are for select perfor- When visiting a venue for the first time, give a heads up to the volunteers at the door or stationed at one of the Festival’s tickets to four shows. Get it? have to get in line! Passes this mances and are available information hubs. The physically accessible entrance may not be the most prominent. When possible, please arrive Foreplay… in advance… four… cheap can only be redeemed day-of, cash only. What shows with a few minutes to spare. plays… right OK! at the door. Available at the and what dates? Subscribe for For more information on venue accessibility, as well as transit Festival Box Office. news at ottawafringe.com. and parking options, please visit ottawafringe.com/venues or contact [email protected]. 6 7 VENUE 1 130 Arts Court Theatre 2 Sherlock Holmes Beneath the Bikini I Am The Most Date Night at Pet Destiny, USA Pinter Stew Bikini Katie Productions / Orlando, USA Convection Productions / Syracuse, USA Third Wall Theatre / Ottawa, ON Adventures by Katie Thayer Unfeeling Doctor In Emergency by Laura Anne Harris by Harold Pinter & Third Wall Winnipeg Thespian Fellowship Productions / Lisa Rothman / Oakland, USA Winnipeg, MB 60 MIN / MUSICAL / 14+ The World 60 MIN / STORYTELLING / PG 60 MIN / PLAY / 14+ COMEDY, DRAMA, SOLO, STORYTELLING, CABARET by Lisa Rothman PLAY, COMEDY, DRAMA COMEDY, DRAMA by Kenneth Brown & John D. Huston from 90 MIN / PLAY / 14+ the works of Arthur Conan Doyle (And Other True COMEDY, DRAMA, SOLO 60 MIN / PLAY / PG Tales From The COMEDY, DRAMA, MYSTERY Emergency Room) Melissa Yuan-Innes / North Lancaster, ON by Melissa Yuan-Innes 60 MIN / STORYTELLING / PG COMEDY, DRAMA, SOLO In 2013 Katie Thayer started a performance When Laura moves from Toronto to Syracuse, Ottawa theatre legends John Koensgen art piece for Orlando Fringe called Bikini New York, she wasn’t expecting to be residing & James Richardson, try to make sense Advertising Space, where she wears a bikini Is rescuing two dogs and having two kids in Trump’s America.