District Fringe is proud to announce partnerships with Van Ness Main Street and The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) to support the inaugural 2025 festival. These partnerships include access to and use of venues as well as sponsorship support.
The 2025 festival will take place over three weekends from July 11 to 27, 2025, with performances Wednesday to Sunday. The festival will activate spaces at the UDC Lecture Hall 44A03 and the outdoor amphitheater, plus additional spaces around Van Ness Main Street, including a pop-up bar/community gathering space where patrons can purchase drinks, snacks, and hang out and connect with other patrons and District Fringe artists (more details on location to follow). There will be a District Fringe Opening Night Party on July 11 starting at 9pm – location and details coming soon.
“Van Ness Main Street is thrilled to take its partnership with the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) to the next level to welcome District Fringe to our main street!” said Van Ness Main Street Executive Director, Gloria M. Garcia. “Activating the cultural assets on the UDC campus while integrating our businesses on the corridor to support District Fringe, its theater companies and aspiring artists fits with our neighborhood’s artistic goals and vibe. We look forward to many more years partnering with District Fringe on Van Ness Main Street.”
“As an undergrad at Georgetown, DC’s Capital Fringe was the source of my first paid acting roles,” said ANC 3F Member Adrian Iglesias. “In light of the fact that venues (or a lack thereof) are a classic, consistent obstacle for theatres, I am thrilled that the new District Fringe will be able to take advantage of the unique performance spaces Van Ness has to offer — and that Van Ness Main Street and UDC have been so welcoming. Among other sites, UDC’s gorgeous amphitheater is lamentably underused, so it will be a pleasure to see the neighborhood activated by some local arts and culture!”
“Bringing a festival to life requires one thing above all else: the space in which to do it,” said Co-Lead Producer Karen Lange. “The shrinking number of affordable venues for theatrical performances has been a huge issue for independent artists. The generous welcome that UDC, Van Ness Main Street, and Van Ness’s ANC3F have given District Fringe is truly inspiring. It shows us they care about art and what it has to offer a community. We can’t thank them enough.”
District Fringe will be comprised of seven (7) productions that were chosen for full multi-night runs, with an additional eight (8) selected for one-night-only performances (from 50 submissions). All acts in the festival are locally grown, from first-time playwrights to established producers.
2025 District Fringe Performance Lineup
A Guide to Modern Possession / Caro Dubberly
Are You Out of Your Mind? Songs of Obsessing, Confessing, and Second-guessing / Oren Levine & Barbara Papendorp
GO / Rodin Alcerro & Pablo Guillen
Lotus: A Quarantine Solo Show / Gigi Cammaroto
Out of My Wheelhouse / Nora Dell
Prey Most Difficult / Sad Druid Productions
The H Twins / Hope Campbell Gundlah
One-night-only performances:
THE HARDEST WORDS TO SAY / Ché Navïn Arrington
Now to Ashes / THEATRE51, Renae Erichsen-Teal & Sarah Pultz
The Pit / Confetti Collective and Lenox Kamara
“Be Good!” With Paulette / Daniel Maseda
Body Play: or a play about play / Elle Marie Sullivan
Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela? / Pamela Leahigh
Matt and Lily Get Together / Lily Kerrigan & Matthew Marcus
Meet Cute: Live Blind Dating Show / Erick Acuña Productions
Full details of all shows, including location and ticketing, can be found at
www.districtfringe.com/tickets. Tickets will be on sale June 27.
Tickets/Passes
Individual Tickets: $15
Full Festival Pass (15 shows): $200 (26% discount)
10-Ticket Pack: $122 (20% discount)
4-Ticket Pack: $56 (10% discount)
About District Fringe
District Fringe was created by artists for artists to promote and propel the strong independent theater tradition in the DC area. At a time when the arts community is under direct threat from the current administration, District Fringe unapologetically stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion as they work to create an open, egalitarian space for artists to produce work that challenges, entertains, and inspires. District Fringe was founded by the artistic leaders of Pinky Swear Productions (Karen Lange), Theatre Prometheus (Tracey Erbacher), and Nu Sass Productions (Aubri O’Connor).
SEE ALSO:
District Fringe announces artists for inaugural 2025 festival (news story, May 18, 2025)
District Fringe to pick up where Capital Fringe Festival left off (feature by Leah Cohen, May 7, 2025)
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