Chicago Fringe Festival
Chicago Fringe Festival is an annual performing arts festival showcasing traditional and non-traditional performances. CFF aims to provide a space for artists to produce shows that would not otherwise be seen and a festival that is accessible to everyone. All tickets are $10. All shows are one hour long. All theatres are within walking distance of each other.
Features of the Chicago Fringe Festival
100% Non-Juried The Chicago Fringe is a non-juried event. Rather than being selected by judges, the participants are selected by a series of lotteries: Local, Non-Local and Diverse.
100% Uncensored
100% of Ticket Sales Go Back To The Artists
Mission: The Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF) unites daring theatregoers with emerging and boundary-pushing performing artists from around the world at an annual festival in Chicago. CFF also seeks to engage nontraditional audiences through a commitment to low ticket prices and outreach into artistically underserved communities.
History
All Fringe Festivals trace their roots to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which began in 1947.
After producing shows at the New York International Fringe Festival and Minnesota Fringe Festival, Executive Producer Sarah Mikayla Brown (previously Managing Director of Tantalus Theatre Group) wanted to bring that kind of "glorious chaos" to Chicago.[1] Chicago Fringe Festival was founded on December 30, 2008.
The inaugural festival attracted 156 applicants. A total of 46 groups (23 local and 23 non-local) performed in eight non-traditional venues in Pilsen in September, 2010. After three years in Pilsen, CFF moved to Jefferson Park [2] for the 2013 festival.
In its first five festivals, CFF has attracted over 20,000 theatre-goers to Pilsen and Jefferson Park and returned $146,686 to the artists.
References
- ↑ "Sarah Mikayla Brown, Chicago Fringe Festival". Chicago Artists Resource. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ↑ "Chicago Fringe Festival tries a change in scenery". Chicago Sun-times. 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
External links
General
- Chicago Fringe Festival's Official Website http://chicagofringe.org/
- United States Association of Fringe's Official Website http://www.fringefestivals.us/
2010 Festival - Inaugural Year
- Vire, Kris. "Research: Living on the edge: Does Chicago want a fringe fest? We'll find out next year.". Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- Chicago Artists Resource http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/dance/node/24662
- Presenter: Sean McMenemy (2010-01-15). "Midwest Media Now!: The Edge of Fringe in Chicago". 32:33 minutes in. Missing or empty
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2011 Festival
- Stegner, Jessie. "Living on the Fringe: Chicago Fringe Festival 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- Gerzina, Daniel. "9/11 Remembrance at the Chicago Fringe Festival". Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- Anaya, Lucia. "Chicago Fringe Festival to Offer Uncensored, Unconventional Theatre in Pilsen". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
2012 Festival
- Weiss, Hedy. "On the edge — Chicago’s Fringe Festival showcases ‘organized chaos’". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- Lurye, Sharon. "Fringe Without Borders: The Chicago Fringe Fest hosts troupes from as far away as France, Korea, and Highland Park". Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2013 Festival
- Nadig, Brian. "Jeff Park progressing toward becoming new theater district". Retrieved 15 August 2013.
2014 Festival
- "Chicago Fringe Festival to Return to Jefferson Park in 2014". Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- Morgan, Scott C. "'Fringe' festival features diversity of shows, performers". Windy City Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- Wright, Amber. "Handing Off The Baby: Vinnie Lacey’s Five Years at Chicago Fringe". General Admission WBEZ. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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