The Fringe Theatre Season is back!
Join us for an eclectic lineup of three brave new works by Edmonton indie artists! Read on below to learn more about these amazing shows.
The Fringe Theatre season is proud to showcase three wildly different and beautifully challenging coming-of-age stories that might just change your perspective.
Each season show will also include a minimum two ASL-interpreted performances and two relaxed performances. Offer What You Will tickets are available for every performance. Learn more about Offer What You Will and Relaxed performances by clicking the links below.
OFFER WHAT YOU WILL PROGRAM RELAXED PERFORMANCES
Boy Trouble
Amoris Projects
May 16 – 27, 2023 | Studio Theatre
Kay and Anthony have a lot in common. As two of the only gay kids in their town, their paths cross over years of casual encounters and missed connections – but some things only stay on the DL for so long. Boy Trouble is a cutting, playful, and surprising interrogation of toxic masculinity and casual sex in the Grindr age.
This entirely reimagined production expands the original story of Boy Trouble across multiple characters and multiple years, debuting the two-actor version of the Fringe Festival hit.
Sterling Award Nominee – Outstanding Fringe Production (2019)
“Impressive for its sharp, funny writing.” – 12thnight.ca
“A beautifully conceived and executed coming-of-age/coming-out comic-drama.” – Edmonton Journal (2019 Best of Fest List)
“Lyrical and relatable … unexpectedly nuanced.” – Ephemeral Pleasures
Written and directed by Mac Brock
Performed by Romar Dungo and Maxwell Hanic
Production design by Even Gilchrist
Dramaturgy by Elena Eli Belyea
ASL Interpreted Shows: May 17, 18, & 23
Relaxed Performances: May 17 & 23
Evandalism
November 15 – 26, 2022 | Backstage Theatre
Evandalism, a new theatre play written by Henry RedCloud Andrade (writer and co-creator of the North American touring success Bear Grease), follows RedCloud’s life growing up as an Indigenous youth in East LA as he finds his passion for music as a performer, writer, and artist. A high-energy one-person storytelling performance rooted in hip-hop, Evandalism explores the intersection between theatre, music, projection, and visual art.
World Premiere
Created by MC RedCloud
ASL Interpreted Shows: November 16, 17, & 22
Relaxed Performances: November 16 & 22
Freaky Green Eyes
January 10 – 21, 2023 | Backstage Theatre
Franky Pierson knows something has begun. A shift in the air and a new family schedule. Stapled on smiles—until her mother vanishes. Adrift, Franky must piece together the facts to discover the truth of the situation, guided by her inner voice—Freaky Green Eyes. Part coming of age story, part mystery, Freaky Green Eyes asks questions about domestic abuse and the lengths we will go to avoid seeing what is right in front of us.
Adapted by Emma Houghton
Based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates
Directed by Chantelle Han
Produced by Emma Houghton, in association with Fringe Theatre, as part of the Fringe Spotlight Series, and in association with Punctuate! Theatre.
ASL Interpreted Shows: January 11, 14 (2PM matinee), & 17
Relaxed Performances: January 11 & 17
SEASON ADD-ON: RISER Edmonton
Common Grounds Arts Society
January 31 – March 5, 2023 | Backstage Theatre
After Faust
January 31 – February 5, 2023
By Connor Yuzwenko-Martin
Directed by Ebony R. Gooden
Omisimawiw
February 8 – 12, 2023
By Shyanne Duquette
Directed by Danielle LaRose
In My Own Little Corner
February 22 – March 1, 2023
By Carly Neis
Directed by Sarah J Culkin
MINE
March 4, 2023
By Ashleigh Hicks
Directed by Andrew Ritchie