An American, a Canadian and an Englishman combine comedic arsenals for an axis of hilarity. A.C.E. spontaneously bends all possible barriers with characters, music and the completely unexpected.

A young woman travels to Australia to confront her father about two-timing her mom and entangles herself in his new life, new girlfriend, new kids, new drama.

Voices of our past open the doorway… we dance, we mourn, we celebrate, and we emerge. What is the key we long for… how do we remember?

Andy Warhol and Federico Fellini helped inspire this film that looks into the thoughts, pleasures, rituals and surreal style of a pop art cat named Velvet Elvis.

Kelmanwork is an evocative improvisational and compositional technique exploring the relationship between art and life. Through a series of exercises we create the conditions for making creative discoveries and conjuring spontaneous performance. Kelmanwork draws on jazz, eastern philosophy and experimental … Continue reading →

Following a mask demonstration, we will discuss the use of masks around the world. Working with watercolor paper, we will create fun paper masks to paint with watercolors. We will decorate them with feathers, beads, pipe cleaners, leather, shells and … Continue reading →

They’re like films–only better! Well, actually they are films–about love, loss, madness and the quest for some damn coffee–but we like to think of them as more.

Brenda Lockridge, singer/songwriter performing songs co-written by herself and husband Bob in pop, blues, folk, soft rock with a jazz flavor, backed by Bob and their son Buck.

HAMLET…using only the shirts on our backs and the socks on our hands… Buntport Theater is: “intelligent, irreverent, inventive, refreshing and clever” – Denver Post “ever-unpredictable and resourceful” – Variety

Cutting edge pen and ink drawings!! Portraits of Philadelphia hip hop group The Roots and others. A must see Colorado artist making big waves across the country.

A tantric peace activist, a singing cowgirl and a mad energy healer devise radical shortcuts for awakening in crazy, accelerated times. Hilarious formulas to keep Boulder (and the world) weird.

Crazy for Jane is a brother and sister duo. They sing about geographic dilemmas, some drama, shipwreck, rescue missions, and Jane. Their music is “a desperate serenade underneath your window”.

The perfect nightcap to a fringe-filled day. The Daily C.R.A.B. with Eddy the Eskimo, a late night style talk show featuring sneak previews, live advertisements and hilarious off-the-cuff interviews with the 2006 Boulder Fringe artists all in the environs of … Continue reading →

BRAVE OPEN LOVE is a singer songwriter’s journey through RELATIONSHIP with original music, drama and stories both funny and bittersweet.

An intergenerational class centered on creating connections between people through guided movement improvisations involving touch, receiving and giving support, listening and responding to internal and external information. Explorations in poetic imagery and stream of consciousness movement, writing, witnessing, and mirroring … Continue reading →

In this class we will delve into the darker, more challenging issues of our lives and the current world picture in service of enlightening the vista and stimulating dialogue. We’ll explore examples of how tragedies change over time to often … Continue reading →

The first six of an ongoing series of mixed-media collages that integrate sacred geometric design with a postmodern, sustainable world view. Highly unique and inspiring.

An artistic collaboration between two artists using color, motion, and line studies to create two unique yet parallel interpretations of intangible forces in the world.

Bruised, broken and barely conscious – who’d have thought they had so much in common? w/e makes the connection between two disconnected people. A solo performance.

A fantastic journey of madness colliding emotionally charged dancing, singing and live improvisational sound reprocessing. All this dripping over an original musical score to shatter your reality!!

Pianist Erik Deutsch returns to Colorado from Brooklyn, NY with his good friend Allison Miller on drums. Allison works frequently with Natalie Merchant, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Marty Erlich, and Erin McKeown. Deutsch has worked with Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles, Jenny … Continue reading →

“… a child’s hands as prop – stand for ordinary and beautiful things that in our world we might overlook… a truly beautiful array of images grounded in exuberant celebration of the corners of life.”

Join Italian theatre Maestro Giovanni Fusetti, as he uses discussion, performance and play to expertly guide the audience through, “The Faces of Madness,” a comprehensive journey into the world of modern theatre masks, illuminating the mystery of the human soul … Continue reading →

In this presentation, Giovanni Fusetti, renowned theatre artist and teacher, will guide the audience through a history of Clown and its connection with different theatrical styles, flirting with its philosophical and spiritual dimensions. Fusetti will celebrate his own stupidity as … Continue reading →

Saturn’s return hits Sandra squarely between the eyes and what’s lurking beneath shudders to the surface. Who’s running the show anyway!? Gemma Wilcox – PICK-OF-THE-FRINGE-2005-WINNER – premieres another multicharacter theatrical feast!

“The Clown is the poetic transposition of the unique silliness of the actor, as revealed by the smallest mask in the world: the Red Nose.” –Giovanni Fusetti “The Clown is the poetic transposition of the unique silliness of the actor, … Continue reading →

Chosen as the Pick O’ Fringe in 2005, this edgy, brave piece is uniquely staged in the women’s bathroom. Real teen stories are performed in an intimate setting, which look at age-old issues that every woman can relate to.

This is not ordinary. It is an internal eruption of images burned in the breathless space between dreams & luminous motion. This is Bound. A bold new vision by J. Griffin.

They’ve done it all, and I mean ALL. Now they’re here! Two experienced Dance/Theatre performers will grab you in the gut, fill up your heart, and send you home dancing.

The Words-Become-Song-Workshop For Kids! In this workshop, we – 1. Choose a variety of topics, real and imaginary, fantastic and playful, topical and mythic, (food, travel, vacation, imaginary voyages, my favorite weekend, and more). 2. Come up with reactions, free … Continue reading →

JANE BE NIMBLE, Jane be quick, Jane be a dancing machine. Four Colorado janes present contemporary dance and music causing familiar chuckles, empathetic tears, and possibly the urge to TWITCH!

Don’t Hesitate. Initiate. She is here to Extrapolate, Illuminate and Eradicate. A nice middle-class white girl turns vicious revolutionary super hero? Don’t miss the chance to speculate…….DETONATE KATE.

The Viewpoints allows a group of actors to function together spontaneously and to generate bold work quickly, through working with the different elements of Space and Time on stage. Action Theater is an improvisational form that uses a series of … Continue reading →

The process of transforming yourself into different characters may seem mysterious and difficult. With the right method, it’s actually very straightforward. Using these easy-to-learn acting techniques, participants will gain tools to create a wide variety characters both vocally and physically. … Continue reading →

aN EXPLoratIon of waTery IMages from the ‘politICs of droWning” to InexPlicable GIant turTle parts. 2 DIEM-Tional and 3 DimEnsionAL works…..

Call on the teachings of old and integrate the new: Yoga, Meditation, voice, movement, and (AHHH) breathing. Guided by the instructor, we will design and develop personal home practices that may also serve as a complete preparation before performance, or … Continue reading →

Postcards of breeding, moons, and small explosions were sent between Boulder & Jerome. A sensuous windblown trail with poetry, precision, and bird songs. Myles soars from the playful into the core.

Sarah Kanes last and most haunting play is a glimpse into a fragmented mind of a woman on the brink of suicidal psychosis. Completed shortly before her own suicide in 1999.

United as a single organism, bodies share scintillating intimacy: from tenderness to aggression, frustration to harmony, fierce athleticism and suspended stillness mirror relationship: as richly turbulent as serenely uncertain.

World premier inspired by the deconstruction of barriers, 6 dancers reveal with tangled grace and physicallity, the intrinsically fragile nature of separation. Live orginal score by NYC composer Randy Gibson.

Sally is at war…with solitude. With John away in Iraq, she sings her favorite lullabys, remembers her childhood on the range, and waits for the coffee to drip.

What are boundaries for anyway? To escape! Watch shapes and color literally emerge and escape from Leah Mebane’s abstract paintings. The vibrant forms reach, bend and twist right off the wall.

Returning to their childhood home, a serial killer and his brother will confront an uncertain history of abuse and privelege in a life or death game of coming clean.

“Painting with sound”. An improvised soundscape, fluid and exploratory in nature, opening up for and engaging the listener in the creative process. “Music for listening into”.

Magic and Dance from Beauty to Danger! Join Sarlot and Eyde on a wild journey as they escape a spear-filled basket, swallow razorblades and free hundreds of paper butterflies.

What do Medea, CheezIts, V8 and the Fedex Man have in common? Enter Maria’s world of fantasy, area rugs and eternal love for a well delivered package.

“Tori meets Norah meets Ani” only vaguely describes this piano-driven singer/songwriter making her Colorado debut… a closer listen reveals a unique voice and compelling lyrical personality not to be missed.

Boundary pushing frolics, agitated dolls, tasty burlesque, magical mishaps and a genetically modified rosebush hat. Dance and film emerging from the depths of hallways, bedrooms and far-away nooks.

While introducing text into the physical elements of improvisation, students will explore the art of improvisational comedy and story telling through concepts such as Yes And, Give and Take, the who, what, where and support. Through this class, students will … Continue reading →

Mile Hi-Larity is an exciting, fast-paced comedy troupe — our show features a scrumptous blend of improv and original sketch comedy that will make you laugh, giggle and guffaw!

Beautiful, sensual Brazilian jazz will inspire and transport you with its sophisticated, soulful, spicey rhythms and sweet sultry vocals. A musical feast – from bossa nova to samba to pop rock!

An intimate excursion through the bizarre landscape of the human heart. A visual and audio collage where eccentric characters encounter divine messages and little sparkly things. A remarkable one-woman performance.

Ruth, Ruth, and Ruth are old. They live in the quiet, in-between spaces of the Island House. Mask, drama, song, movement, bringing you the surprising revelations of the ancient.

Imagine—–a world decimated by catastrophic events. A group of friends struggle to maintain their humanity. They turn to stories–exploring sex, love, adventure, humor, and ultimately envisioning a new future.

Wanna play a money game? Nina Rolle’s hilariously seductive Sonic Bazaar, absurdist Retail Therapy and international cast of Rogues will fillet at your table that “most enervating of taboos.” MONEY.

An evening of celebration and exhibition of Boulder’s finest community artists, including new works by The Society for Creative Aging, Theater 13, Gemma Wilcox, Mind Temple Media and excerpts from 2006 Boulder Fringe local, national and international artists. Thursday, August … Continue reading →

Ryan Eggensperger illuminates America’s self-satisfied machismo in this one man tour-de-force. “*****…approaches the territory of famed monologists John Leguizamo and Anna Deavere Smith.” – eye weekly, TorontoPerformed by Ryan Eggensperger, Directed by Krista DeNio

Pick of the Fringe! 2006 will be presented on the weekend immediately following the festival highlighting the artists who best represent the spirit of independent art from each genre, and who will be invited to participate through a combination of … Continue reading →

Comedy and adventure on the high seas as the men battle a bawdy band of female pirates to learn the secrets of their success. (Cleavage! Herbal remedies! And . ?)

Bombay Gin presents the first installment of a yearlong reading series featuring the work of Bombay Gin Literary Magazine contributors, editors, and local writers looking for an audience. All are welcomed to come out and see what the journal and … Continue reading →

Mollie Fager and other “Fringing” Females share their poetry and short stories ranging from the erotic to the everyday.” Be sure to bring a fan, drink lots of water and wear as little clothing as possible. This one’s going to … Continue reading →

interweaving poetic and musical thoughts – voices that speak and sing – storytelling pianos and atmospheric guitars – spontaneous improvisations-exploring the stages of life

Ever seen improvised performance arise from a director’s mind, actors’ bodies and a 20′ x 20′ square made of yarn? That’s what we’re talking about. The Red Square. Join in the madness.

A passionate and humorous rendering of a favorite Colorado ghost story. This new musical gives voice to a woman’s struggle in a western mining town through dazzling cabaret-style performance.

One woman shatters the myths of aging: a kiss is still a kiss…portable peepots…Clark Gable’s arched eyebrow. Come see, there’s a dance in the old gal yet!

Too hot to go to Utah’s canyon country in the summer?! Then wander, climb, linger and get lost in these gorgeous watercolors of the red rock deserts

a high-energy, silly, semi-theatrical dance band that plays original, parody, and covered dance music from all over the world: from funk to polka to salsa to afro-pop to klezmer… etc

A talented daughter, a proud father and an angry goddess collide. Puppets, masks and a human spider scuttle and weave through this tangled, visual land of myth.

A mesmerizing marriage of fluid, improvisational vocals and instrumentals and magical images offer a meditative oasis for heart and soul…deep, indigenous and awakening!

A bus stop with a view on September 11th sets the scene for hilarity, reflection and French-speaking, Dadaist felines, all the while humorously exploring the reality of American crisis.

A two-bill dance performance! The DICP presents works by emerging and unaffiliated choreographers, while FRAGMENTS OF DIVINE premieres “Element”, an experiential journey via modern dance, live music, and film.

Handmade jewelry made with various combinations of: sterling silver, copper and brass, semi-precious stones and pearls, glass beads, African beads, and clay beads. Functional art, mixed media, and sculpture.

An evening of the fringe of fashion – (not-to-be-confused with the 70s) – All independent designers, completely unbridled. Join us for DJs, décor, dancing and the stunning designs of local fashion designers –Come out to the Laughing Goat dressed to … Continue reading →

A uniquely unique show featuring sleight of hand, paper bags, comedy, shoelaces, magic, a bowling ball, mind-reading, silver dollars and marionettes . miracles performed, in your price range.

Beyond the binary code, broadcasting thick grooves a la trip-hop and downtempo laptop artists from live humans. Samples? We don’t need no stinking samples! Ok, maybe a few.

Serving you love songs and scenes from around the world! An intimate and delightful evening of entertainment turns riveting and hilarious when the gut-wrenching but unavoidable truth comes out…

In his new show Brit, Jimmy Hogg, delivers an intensely verbose, physically exhaustive monologue, outlining his employment history. A one-man tour de force. Genuinely funny and absorbing.

Playing hypnotic acoustic western folk rock, with sounds of echo canyons, sights of rocky mountains, smells of desert sage, unending blue summer skies. Once upon a time in the West…

This witty new comedy imagines the wild off-stage lives and loves of the three witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Eleventh Century Scotland has never been so enlightened… Or so entertaining!

MORE WAR = NO SEX!!! This comedy has it all!!! SEX, POLITICS, SEX-POLITICS,

Fall, fly, tiptoe into the landscape of Boulder’s most popular car – the Subaru. In parking lots and on the street, bodies push deeply into the industrial age, into the hard/soft edges of the automobile.

A World Ended: Stories, sounds, and images from the beginning to the post anarchistic apocalypse as seen heard, and felt by a Champion.

Please join us for one or both evenings of culture, conversation, and wonderful FRINGE Visual Art! Nine, that’s right, nine fringy artists combine to bring you: The second annual Visual Fringe at the 2006 Boulder International Fringe Festival. Rub elbows … Continue reading →

The thrilling story of how Daisy wins her poet-lover, Filbert Fearless, over the objections of her hard-hearted father who prefers Oswald Slugfest, a man of great prowess, is soul satisfying.

‘Best of the Fest!’ (Winnipeg Fringe 2004). “A masterful piece of clowning” (Edmonton Journal). A provocative post-modern clown spectacle, virtuoso-ish piano playing, brassy British wit, lost love and bursting ambition.