Chicago Fringe Festival
chicago fringe festival annual performing art festival showcasing traditional nontraditional performance cff aimed provide space artist produce show would otherwise seen festival accessible everyone fringe festival trace root edinburgh festival fringe began fringe edinburgh international festival producing show new york international fringe festival minnesota fringe festival executive producer sarah mikayla brown previously managing director tantalus theatre group wanted bring kind glorious chaos chicago chicago fringe festival founded december inaugural festival attracted applicant total group local nonlocal performed eight nontraditional venue pilsen september three year pilsen cff moved jefferson park festival festival ended programming year performance barrel monkey production duplicity ensemble instinct theatre league miscreant mari deoleo new light theatre project oracle production fair city po chop rebecca kling royal kung foolery spartan theatre company united state association fringe official website