San Francisco Fringe Festival

The San Francisco Fringe Festival, or SF Fringe, is a fringe theater festival produced by the EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. It is one of the oldest fringe festivals in the United States.[1] It takes place over the course of two weeks every September; the 2018 Festival will take place September 6–15.[2]

San Francisco Fringe Festival
LocationTenderloin, San Francisco
Founded1992
Type of play(s)Fringe theater
Festival dateSeptember (annually)
Websitewww.sffringe.org

Performances featured at SF Fringe are chosen by lottery.[3] The 2017 festival featured about 150 performances by more than 35 theater companies, performing in three small theater venues.[4] General 2018 applications ended on February 14, but the San Francisco Fringe Festival will still accept applications until April 1 to perform additional site specific work in Non Traditional Fringe Venue (NTFV),[5] which have included "bars and restaurants, on buses, park benches and trees.[6] Audience members are encouraged to write about and review shows through the EXIT Theatre website,[7] or through official Android[8] or iOS[9] mobile applications. Many of the shows feature mature themes or nudity.[10]

The conclusion of the festival features additional performances by shows chosen as the "Best of the Fringe".[11]

2019 award winners

2019 Best of Fringe Awards[12]
  • AEON by James Sundquist[13]
  • Get Uncomfortable Nicia De’Lovely[14]
  • HICK: A Love Story, The Romance of Lorena Hickok & Eleanor Roosevelt by Terry Baum & Lilith Women's Theater[15]
  • I Favor My Daddy by Jamie Brickhouse[16]
  • The Magic of Ryan Kane by Ryan Kane[17]
  • My Will and My Life by Harry Cronin, Page 86 Productions, John Tranchitella[18]
  • Why My Unicorn Left Me by Resonance[19]

2019 Tech Awards[20]
  • Barbara Holoway Volunteer Award: David Kirby
  • Big Tips Award: Glen Micheletti
  • Curtis Overacre über Tech Award: Michelle Chesley
  • Techie's Choice Award: Fingertips by Fingertips Variety
  • Volunteer's Choice Award: Grief is Horny by Jonathan Euseppi[21]

2018 award winners

2018 Best of Fringe Awards[22]
  • Adam and Eve on a Raft by Book of Jones
  • ALTARS FOR MY ALTERS Potatoes Mashed Comedy
  • Dandy Darkly's All Aboard by Dandy Darkly
  • Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and my Mother by Jamie Brickhouse
  • Experts, Assholes, and True Believers by Ronen Sberlo
  • Mingalaba by James Sundquist[23]
  • My Preferred Pronoun is We by Lyralen Kaye
  • The Immaculate Big Bang by Bill Santiago

2018 Sold Out Awards[24]
  • Adam and Eve on a Raft by Book of Jones
  • ALTARS FOR MY ALTERS Potatoes Mashed Comedy
  • Dandy Darkly's All Aboard by Dandy Darkly
  • Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and my Mother by Jamie Brickhouse
  • Experts, Assholes, and True Believers by Ronen Sberlo
  • Mingalaba by James Sundquist[25]
  • Put a Little Shimmer in Your Life by Joan Chaplick
  • The Immaculate Big Bang by Bill Santiago
  • The Mermaid's Tears by Evelyn Jean Pine
  • The Secret Language by Allen Gittelson

2017 award winners

2017 Best of Fringe Award Winners with Encore Performances
  • Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth! by Dandy Darkly[26]
  • Expeditious Intent by James Sundquist[27]
  • Nigga-Roo by Dazie-Grego Sykes[28]

2017 Best of Fringe Awards
  • An Audience With Shurl by Sue Bevan Theatre[29]
  • BLACK! by Michael Washington Brown[30]
  • Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth! by Dandy Darkly
  • Even If It's Wrong by Todd Pickering[31]
  • Expeditious Intent by James Sundquist
  • Hitler in the Green Room by K.S. Haddock[32]
  • Homeful by Amy Mihyang Ginther[33]
  • Keeping Up With the Jorgensons by Jeremy Julian Greco
  • Nigga-Roo by Dazie-Grego Sykes
  • Tasha by Cat Brooks
  • Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? by Irma Herrera[34]
  • You Fucking Earned It by Naked Empire Bouffon.[35]

2017 Tech Awards
  • Barbara Holoway Volunteer Award: Denise Dee
  • Big Tips Award: Glen Micheletti
  • Curtis Overacre über Tech Award: Tyler Null
  • Techie's Choice Award: An Audience With Shurl by Sue Bevan Theatre

2017 SOLD OUT Awards

Given to shows which sold all seats to a performance.

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See also

References
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  28. "Dazie Grego Sykes Official Website". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
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  30. "Michael Washington Brown Official Website". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  31. "Todd Pickering imdb Profile". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  32. Haddock, Keith. "Hitler in the Green Room Facebook Page". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
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