ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL
at The Theater at Innovation Square
Stories from the Living Tree
BIODANCE/Missy Pfohl Smith, Mount Hope World Singers, animator Christine Banna, and composer/musician Greg Woodsbie join for an immersive visual and auditory experience of music, dance, song and image. Songs from Haiti, Japan, Cuba, Nigeria, Indigenous Native America and more, surround and celebrate the ancient tree of life. Telling each other stories of how to understand, we explore a reverent connection to nature as represented in the universal by cultures from around the world.
Wednesday, Sep 13 at 7:30pm
Sunday, Sep 17 at 4pm
General: $15
Students w/ID $10
age 12 & under: FREE
Queen Mary:
a Musical Tribute to Queen
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Queen Mary celebrates the power and pageantry of the live Queen experience without imitation or parody. From the first downbeat to the final curtain, audiences will join in a coronation of rock. If you're a champion, or under pressure, race your bicycle straight into the lap of the gods with Queen Mary!
Thursday, Sep 14 at 7:30pm
General: $20
Cirque Us Stories
From the creators of RagTag: A Circus in Stitches and One Man's Trash: A Repurposed Circus, Cirque Us Stories is an adventure that jumps off the pages as we put new spins, twists and flips into classic stories. This show features aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists and clowns in a page-turning show that will keep you on the
edge of your seats.
Friday, Sep 15 at 7:30pm
Saturday, Sep 16 at 11am AND 3pm
General: $20
Students w/ID $12
age 12 & under: FREE
Ranked
Ranked tells the story of a dystopian world where competition reaches new heights as publicized academic excellence defines each student's worth. In the face of an intense and perverse culture of performance, Lily must come to grips with her place in the status quo as she watches friends and enemies alike destroy themselves and each other to score their way to the top of academic leaderboards. When an impossible lie is discovered, the fate of these students' futures hangs in the balance.
Sunday, Sep 17 at 12pm
Saturday, Sep 23 at 11am
General: $12
Students w/ID $10
Elsa Lanchester: She's Alive!
Charlotte Booker explores the fascinating life of actress Elsa Lanchester, best known today as the actress who played the Bride of Frankenstein. This show recreates a bawdy cabaret/nightclub act that Lanchester toured with late in life, and includes some of the original ribald songs she performed, intermixed with backstage memories of her colorful life.
Wednesday, Sep 20 at 7:30pm
General: $22
Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams, a solo play written and performed by Jacob Storms and originally directed for the stage by Alan Cumming, explores the formative period from 1939-1945 in which an unknown writer named Tom becomes the acclaimed playwright known as Tennessee, wherein his most iconic character emerges: himself.
Thursday, Sep 21 at 7:30pm
General: $22
3 Magic Wishes with Jordan Rooks
3 Magic Wishes with Jordan Rooks is an Aladdin magic parody that will have you in awe and laughing at the edge of your seats. Award-winning magician Jordan Rooks returns to Rochester with an all-new, family friendly show.
Friday, Sep 22 at 7:30pm
Saturday, Sep 23 at 3pm AND 5pm
General: $20
Students w/ID $10