Denver Fringe Festival
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The Big Bug Adventure
The Savoy Denver 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver, COVibrant, interactive puppet show that encourages teamwork and helps children navigate big emotions. Join Stripes the Caterpillar on the biggest journey of his life! With creativity, music, and lots of audience participation, this show is sure to delight all ages.
Free
Sickly Victorian Rat Circus
The People's Building 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO, United StatesTwo clowns tell the story of two rats searching for a new home through shadow puppets and circus. This 45-minute show explores connection, belonging, and the meaning of home. Made for audiences of all ages!
Free
PreTend Friend Show
The Savoy Denver 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver, COPeople and puppets read and act out a classic story in this original live show for kids of all ages. This free performance teaches the art of storytelling, life lessons, and audience etiquette in a silly, fun and interactive way.
Free
La Gran Aventura del Gusano Stripes
The People's Building 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO, United StatesStripes va camino a la misteriosa "Fiesta de Baile de las Luciérnagas" y necesita tu ayuda. ¡Usando creatividad, música y mucha participación del público, puedes ayudar a Stripes en la mayor aventura de su pequeña vida!
Free
The Swashbuckling Adventures of Pirate Zeb
The Savoy Denver 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver, COJoin the daring crew of the legendary squirrel pirate, Captain Zeb, on a wild treasure hunt through the halls of the Savoy! This interactive adventure is packed with playful twists, quirky characters and live music.
Free
Smaller Griefs
Hope Tank 1434 E 22nd Ave, Denver, CO, United StatesOne-woman electro-pop and poetry-forward song cycle that meditates on the experience of being alive (or in other words, experiencing grief). Travel through the shattering of hope, the blazing of anger, the wheedling of bargaining, eventually arriving at something like acceptance.
$20
Total Modeling
RISE Comedy 1260 22nd St, Denver, CO, United StatesAbsurd avant-clown show about cybernetics on a boat. Part lecture, part throwdown featuring a blind drunk, his invisible man, third birds, and a domesticated ass. A philosophical odyssey weaving together professional wrestling and existential despair.
$20
Anne Zander is MOTHER: a postpartum comedy
RISE Comedy 1260 22nd St, Denver, CO, United StatesFrom the mind that created the “smash-hit JUICEBOX, and the body that birthed twins 3 years ago, this solo show is clown, character, truth and fantasy, all rolled into one woman, dancing to the beat of her own breast pump.
$20
All the Boys I Blocked
The Learned Lemur 2220 E Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado, United StatesAccordion-driven rollercoaster of blocked exes, train-wreck relationships, and ultimate self acceptance. Audience members get to share their “blocked” stories and lucky audience members may even get to date live.
$20
Colorado Boy
The Savoy Denver 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver, COEric grew up in Colorado, shaped by significant events. His world is then turned upside down when he's diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now he must navigate a new reality and find a way to live with it, and interact with people in his life.
$20
Front Porch Puppets presents… Control Freak
The People's Building 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO, United StatesA children’s TV host and puppeteer begins to spiral when his show gains traction and hits its 100th episode milestone. His need to control even the most minute details leads to an ugly outburst, leading him to examine who he is and who he is becoming.
$20
The Horrors That Persist
Big Up Studios 3410 Blake St, Denver, Colorado, United StatesA guided meditation track takes us through a rather strange ritual that pushes the performer to confront the pit of despair inside. However the piece ends with a hopeful message, told through movement.
$20
The Lucid Dreamer
Manos Sagrados 9975 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, United StatesMichel, canonically referred to as The Lovely Lucid Dreamer, has the unique ability of being able to pull music notes out of thin air and create symphonies out of nothing. The more vivid his dreams, the stronger his ability to alchemize music out of nothingness.
$20
Homophobia In the Snow Uphill Both Ways
Fort Greene 321 E 45th Ave, Denver, CO, United StatesIn equal parts dragging and honoring Gen-Xers, boomers, and all the gays and theys in between, this interview-based intergenerational comedy will make you consider what is at stake when we ignore our histories or dismiss our futures.
$20
Spectacle: The Habits and Hobbies of Dictators
Redline Contemporary Art Center 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, COAn immersive meditation on power, presence, and the quirks and vulnerabilities of the world’s most infamous men, the audience is invited into a live installation exploring themes of endurance, absurdity, surveillance, and the flip side of an immaculately crafted personal image.
$20
Dichotomize Me!
Hooked on Colfax East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, United StatesAs a woman attempts to cope with the loss of her mother, she becomes obsessed with creating art that depicts string theory in this immersive play that channels the principles of “theatre of cruelty” by cutting open the human condition.
$20
MK + A Rewatch Podcast
RISE Comedy 1260 22nd St, Denver, CO, United StatesSharing one role on a popular 90s sitcom, lovable twins MK + A rose to stardom before they could talk. Now, 30 years on, MK + A navigate a crash course down their famous fictional childhoods. Part illustrated audio concert, part horror show.
$20
DeepFake
West + Main Homes 2632 Blake St, Denver, ColoradoIn this immersive theatrical experience performed for an audience of one, you will have to argue for your perspective on the use of AI and generated images in art, using the materials you find in your assigned office. Part puzzle room, part quiet horror story.
$10
Artists Amongst Us w/ Intimo Tango presents “The Human Experience”
The Savoy Denver 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver, CORich interdisciplinary performance that weaves tango, live music and theater into five compelling vignettes that delve into unique facets of being human — unraveling themes of connection, contradiction, memory and emotion through movement and sound.
$20
Backwards and Forwards
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre 119 Park Avenue West, Denver, CO, United StatesStemming from their furious desire for universal human rights, the breathtaking aerial dance and evocative music presented in Backwards and Forwards branch into themes of reproductive freedom, immigrant pride, and injustice within our society.
$20
Ink Addicted
The Learned Lemur 2220 E Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado, United StatesBuzz into the first-ever comedy show created by an actual tattoo artist, Chris Trovador! Experience an explosive blend of stand-up, painting, poetry, music, dancing, and improv, all in the wild world of tattoos.
$20
Prospero’s Black Box
The Bug Theatre 3654 Navajo St., Denver, COSolo clown show that explores the absurd connections between Shakespeare's Prospero and Google's Geoffrey Hinton as they struggle to stay human in the age of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality.
$20
The Waiting Room and Grace In No Order
Redline Contemporary Art Center 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CODOUBLE FEATURE: The Waiting Room,” recently-deceased Walter Morris discovers he is on track to go to heaven. But his loved one is in hell. In “Grace In No Order,” a woman, trapped in a room with her rapist, confronts him. And then she does it again. And again.
$20
The Heart of Circinus
Big Up Studios 3410 Blake St, Denver, Colorado, United StatesStep into a world of illogic and whimsy with Melo and Blake in The Heart of Circinus! A dramatic comedy featuring live musical accompaniment by Jesse LE. Immersive, improvised, out there.
$20
The Romeo Cabaret
The Pearl 2199 California St, Denver, Colorado, United StatesA musical and magical experience, taking the audience back in time to our authentic take on early 1900’s theater, consisting of Vaudeville-era songs, musical theater and mind-bending magical routines. The show focuses on the traveling act of Romeo Cabaret.
$20
The Greatest Garage Sale Ever
RISE Comedy 1260 22nd St, Denver, CO, United StatesOne-woman comedy cabaret featuring catchy original songs and hilarious characters. The interactive show features bizarre yet endearing characters celebrating the power of nostalgia to remind us who we are and what we’ve lost.
$20
Upon Loss
The People's Building 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO, United StatesHolly is just a young woman going through life, doing her best to make everyone happy and comfortable. Sure, she has demonic encounters and thoughts of death - but what's that compared to heartbreak? What will she do when there's nothing left to lose and darkness descends?
$20
Voices in My Head
Hope Tank 1434 E 22nd Ave, Denver, CO, United StatesIt’s been a while since Kris and Eli saw each other, and there’s a lot of unresolved tension. During this awkward social encounter, the audience becomes the angels or devils on Kris's shoulder and alter them to alter the path of the story.
$20
