2018 CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

Aaaahhh, DC. The theatre town we love to pretend we hate. A city saturated with classically-trained talent whose bread and butter is day-player bits...

by Isabel Echavarria Holon!, created and performed by Claire Alrich, Sarah Greenbaum, Sadie Leigh, and Meg Lowey, engages the audience in a dance and music-based...

The Phenomenal Animals, in conjunction with Capital Fringe 2018, present, Tales of The Mysterious and Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, an original...

Could I be addicted to my smartphone? It's a question that has drifted across most of our minds at some point - a vague...

By Ellie Milewski What takes more courage than getting up on a stage by yourself and doing a one-man show? How about getting up on...

White men win again — that seems to be the moral of Bartleby, the Magical White Coworker, written by Jeff Reiser and Chinwe Nwosu...

The all-volunteer organization Hexagon, "DC's only original political satirical musical comedy troupe," has been around since 1955 and has long been a Fringe fan...

Church basements have a long and surprisingly illustrious history in the evolution of modern dance, particularly in the mid-20th-century when they were creative strongholds...

Shakespeare is alive and well at this year’s Fringe, and that includes both the usual adaptations and some of the more surprising spin-offs. One of...

Count Shaun Michael Johnson among the stunning new talents to be discovered at Capital Fringe. His solo show, Sobriety of Fear, is a tour-de-force...

Who run the world? Painted ladies. And this year’s Fringe production of the same name by Too Much Damn (TMD) Theater rode that point...

For one brief minute at the opening of Lesbians and the Men Who Love Them, written by M. Cristina García and directed by Mediombo Singo Fofano...

Happenstance Theater, the much-lauded purveyors of cheekily sophisticated whimsy, have brought another original devised work to Fringe, and if it doesn't tickle your funny...

Against a background of black timber walls, a beautiful dark-haired woman stretches out languorously on a table. Dressed in a skimpy black nightgown, she...

By Beatrice Loayza Directed by Patrick Pearson and written by Matthew Capodicasa, The City Of . . . is an ambitious work self-described as inspired...

The Vandal, which opened to a sold-out audience on the first weekend of the 2018 Capital Fringe, is a comedy about loss. It’s also...

A main point of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow is that the oppression of people of color in the U.S. cannot be explained...

Theatre Du Jour's The Accidental Pilgrim is an ensemble-devised work, directed by company co-founder B. Stanley. The ensemble's style is heavily indebted to such...

Andromeda Breaks, written by Stephen Spotswood and directed by Nick Martin, takes the initial form of a police interrogation. At the outset, Andromeda (Billie...

Aubri O’Connor lights up the tiny stage at Caos on F, drawing us into this quirky, funny, and poignant play within a play starring...