Capital Fringe Festival
capital fringe festival fringe theatre festival held washington dc united state every july capital fringe festival first held july – founded julianne brienza mike geske colin hovde scot mckenzie nyree neil william parker charles phaneuf damian sinclair festival spirit fringe festival worldwide provide stripped platform artist perform work adventurous audience first festival took place venue downtown washington dc festival ground located penn quarter neighborhood eleven day event featured art group almost performance first year festival sold almost ticket performance completely sold second year festival took place expanded performance art group close performance year festival mayor’s art award innovation festival continued grow expanding day performance performing art group year festival several award including mayor’s art award service art helen hayes award innovative leadership theatre community added additional programming fallfringe fringe curated series duck pond music festival moved downtown ne dc celebrated ten year operation mayor muriel bowser awarded fringe’s founding director julianne brienza mayor’s art award visionary leader washington business journal awarded founding director nonprofit ceo year festival moved sw dc began fringe curated series series included five curated work center festival piece performed washington dc arena stage fringe commissioned five work asking mythdriven five piece included monster new paradise laboratory city matthew capodicasa baracoco happenstance theatre america wife farah lawal harris andromeda break stephen spotswood festival cancelled formed partnership caandor lab friend kenilworth aquatic garden led launching earth paid artist residency instead running fringe festival fringe ran four week visual art earth residency artist received residency period program concluded person gallery show honfleur gallery april fringe also launched duck pond music free outdoor concert series create earning opportunity local dmv musician kind fringe festival sell headquarters revamp plan building space curating yearround programming hold festival returned much smaller capacity due high rent increase fringe moved festival georgetown festival featured performing group two weekend july official website something everyone solo work dance piece cabaret play populate first dc fringe fest playbill dc capital fringe welcome friend hitler carrie potter half blood prom feminazi playbill bee man wiener sausage capital fringe fest begin july dc playbill fringe purge washington city paper washington festival fringe top washington post washington post guide capital fringe festival