The Capital Fringe Festival starts today! The annual headfirst dive into DC's thriving DIY theatre, music and arts scenes comes at the perfect time. Muggy summer days, slow news cycle, vacation time abound, plenty of unseen but accomplished talent; all motivation to get yourself inside one of the venues over the next two weeks. The Capital Fringe Festival runs from July 9 until July 26. Most of the venues are in Mt Vernon Triangle, and one is in Penn Quarter. All easy walks from the 42 bus.One of the more intriguing looking offerings actually has a Mount Pleasant link. Cover Me In Humanness is a 60 minute dramatic production by The Zoo Project. Neighborhood resident Meghan Nesmith is part of the company and acts in the production. Cover Me... was written by Jake Jeppson and directed by Caitlin Dennis, who also took the accompanying photo of Meghan (as Beth).
A teaser for Cover Me... from The Zoo Project: In the National Gallery, a statue stirs. Everything changes when this ancient voice begs to be freed and a quiet girl stops being quiet. Four hearts murmur through air thick with technological chirps and Footloose in this mysterious new one-act.
Cover Me... will be performed at REDRUM at Fort Fringe (aka 612 L Street NW). I believe there are 5 shows, beginning tonight:
A teaser for Cover Me... from The Zoo Project: In the National Gallery, a statue stirs. Everything changes when this ancient voice begs to be freed and a quiet girl stops being quiet. Four hearts murmur through air thick with technological chirps and Footloose in this mysterious new one-act.
Cover Me... will be performed at REDRUM at Fort Fringe (aka 612 L Street NW). I believe there are 5 shows, beginning tonight:
Thursday, July 9 at 5:00pm
Friday, July 10 at 5:45pm
Friday, July 10 at 5:45pm
Sunday, July 12 at 12:00pm
Wednesday, July 15 at 7:30pm
Saturday, July 25 at 2:30pm
We all knew that us Mount Pleasant types tend to be motivated, talented and a little forward. Present company excluded! Or maybe I mean included. Anyway, there are a lot of offerings form the Fringe Festival this year, so why not support some of the artists by having your first Cap Fringe Fest event be one featuring a truly local one. Here are some of my other picks for the festival, all part of the FAST music series:
We all knew that us Mount Pleasant types tend to be motivated, talented and a little forward. Present company excluded! Or maybe I mean included. Anyway, there are a lot of offerings form the Fringe Festival this year, so why not support some of the artists by having your first Cap Fringe Fest event be one featuring a truly local one. Here are some of my other picks for the festival, all part of the FAST music series:
July 12: RADAR JAMMING: AN EVENING WITH SOCKETS RECORDS
July 25: GRIM & GRIT: AN EVENING OF GRITTY ROCK & METAL
Full Cap Fringe Fest available here. Enjoy.
