Archive for March, 2007
03.25.07
Posted in Ryan, Events, Announcements at 12:33 pm by Ryan
notco and babyBlueStar are having a fundraising/promotional event for their upcoming 2007 Fringe productions. I hear you can sign up to participate in JAWZ the Musical as an extra during one scene - sounds like lots of fun. I will be visiting the UK, so I can’t make it? Do I have any vouknteers to attend and blog about this event? If you own a digital camera, +100 points. Video: +1,000 points. Keyboard and typing skills required.
From MySpace:
Wednesday, April 18, 7-11?
The Blue/Orange Ball … a fundraising event and PARTY!
for babyBlueStar Productions & naked orange theatre company
for their budgets of their respective Orlando FRINGE shows …
VarieTEASE: CARNIVALE & JAWZ THE MUSICAL
to be held at The Parliament House …
much thanks for their GENEROUS SUPPORT!!
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR MORE INFORMATION!!
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03.14.07
Posted in Articles, Ryan at 10:45 am by Ryan
The Breakdown:
Orlando Fringe has over 80 shows this year. Last year I viewed and reviewed about 17 of them, and a couple of freebie email interviews. Hence, there is no possible way for one person to see all the shows. I’m not even going to try. My goal for this year is 25 shows, which also means it will cost me (up to) $275 for the week, not counting food and gas I am considering billeting, but I have roommates and I don’t want to inconvenience them.
What I Am Looking For:
- People who want to gather information about shows
This means looking up company websites/myspace pages, writing or collecting summaries and blurbs posting photos to Zooomr/Slide/Photobucket, perhaps adding some of this stuff to the Wiki (yes, we are going to have a wiki) and encouraging shows to do so themselves.
- People who want to conduct email/phone/video interviews
I think this is self-explanatory. If I can get even one person to assist with #1, then #2 will be easier. Most people might think #1 and #2 go hand in hand, but there are a lot of people I know who feel their opinions are not important and would not be interested in the interview bit.
- People who want to watch and review shows
One large part of this job is finding out who wants to trade Complimentary Tickets for reviews, the second part is watching the show, talking to people who have seen it, hopefully taking some photos/video if you have the equipment, and last but not least putting together 250-1000 words about what went on at the show and what you liked.
- Shows willing to trade 1 or 2 comps for a feature on the site
A few Fringe Bucks wouldn’t hurt either! 
Since we have over 80 shows to choose from, those shows willing to cooperate with “The Media” will be gladly repaid with our services. A nice writeup, a link to your website/myspace, some photos/video/audio, a review of your show, whatever. Seeing shows tends to add up quickly, and I’d like to be able to cover all the shows as early in the week as possible or even during tech rehearsal so we have everybody covered before the newspapers with their slow traditional printing processes.
Please note that anyone is welcome to respond to this posting: You can be a volunteer, an actor/show producer, a staff member, an anonymous party (you don’t even have to tell me who you are) or anyone really. You can post the reviews to your own blog or myspace either before or after they go up on Blogging Fringe, you own your words. We own your words too, and we put up ads on the blog and in some of the videos, but we really don’t make any money from them. If Blogging Fringe does better than breaking even, I will gladly throw everyone who helped out a pizza party at Chuck-E-Cheese, and then I will proceed to fall at a dead faint because I made more money than I spent. What I’m saying is, good luck getting that pizza party.
Please direct all questions to the comments on this blog, the contact form on BloggingFringe.com, or < info AT bloggingfringe DOT com >. Thanks for reading, comping tickets, or even for suggestions. I really appreciate it, and the performers, producers and Fringe patrons will appreciate it too.
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03.13.07
Posted in Articles, Ryan, Minnesota at 11:10 am by Ryan
A script writer with some shows in the Minnesota Fringe recently got asked some questions by a local student and is posting his responses on a website. There is no RSS Feed, no way for me to subscribe or add him to the Blogtracker, so I don’t consider it a blog, despite its overt “blogginess”. I can say the same for the official Minnesota Fringe site, as well as our own OrlandoFringe.org - they should at least link to a myspace blog feed or something. I know most of the audience won’t care about subscribing, but we can make them care if we work together.
Here is Matthew A Everett’s response to “Why would someone choose a Fringe performance as opposed to traditional theater?”
(it was, as you might imagine with me, a multi-part answer…)
The first reason why…
It’s faster
One of the many things that’s great about the Minnesota Fringe Festival is, you’re not investing an entire day or evening of your time on any one production.
Love it or hate it, nearly all the shows are over in under an hour.
So if you like it, it feels like time flew by, and if you don’t connect with it, well, it’ll be over soon and you can try something else.
Even the longest shows in the Fringe are only 75 minutes (an hour and fifteen) long, so it’s theater in a more compact package.
Easily digestible, leaving you room for more if you want.
You can read more by visiting this page of Matthew’s site - he says he will be posting a new answer every day - I think the list of questions at the top are the ones remaining to be answered.
My advice to Matthew and anyone else looking to do serious online promotions - get a Wordpress.com account or a MySpace and blog there - provide an email subscription link (this is very easy to do with FeedBurner), it doesn’t cost you a dime for either one of those.
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03.11.07
Posted in General Fringe Info, Ryan, Events, Announcements at 4:58 am by Ryan
Reposted from the Fringe MySpace Blog:
3 minute previews from 30 Fringe groups in the 2007 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
WHEN
Monday, April 30th, 7pm SHARP
WHERE:
The Orlando Rep (Silver Venue)
TICKETS:
-$10
-For reservations call 407-648-0077 ext. 2 or email ryan@orlandofringe.org
-Reservations are STRONGLY suggested as this event sells out fast
REFRESHMENTS:
-Concessions, Beer & Wine for sale
YOUR HOSTS FOR THE EVENING:
-Michael Wanzie & Beth Marshall
ACT 1
Best Show Ever!
Six Characters (New York, NY)
So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!
Awkward Moment Productions (Minneapolis, MN)
Found & Lost: Goals for 2002
inFluxdance (Boston, Charlottesville)
52 Pick Up
theatre simple (Seattle, WA)
Pentecostal Wisconsin
Bashful Scandinavian Productions (New York, NY)
Zombie Girlfriend
Doodie Humor (Orlando, FL)
SPORT: Rematch
PB&J Brewery (Orlando, FL)
Suitcase of Memories
Orlando Youth Alliance (Orlando, FL)
Live Feed
Cinedance (Orlando, FL)
Chatterbox
Slothco Productions (Orlando, FL)
OUTLOUD! Too Gay for Fringe?
Orlando Gay Chorus (Orlando, FL)
DRIP, Paint In Motion
DRIP, Paint In Motion (Orlando, FL)
Harvey
Living Room Players (Orlando, FL)
Love Isn’t Black and White
Last Minute Panic (Orlando, FL)
Waiting…
Voci Dance (Orlando, FL)
ACT 2
Jawz the Musical?
notco (Orlando, FL)
Heart of Coal
Carbon Productions (Orlando, FL)
Encore for the Diva
Studio Theatre of Wellington (Wellington, FL)
Breaking Glass
Peripheral Vision (Orlando, FL)
Winter Springs Performing Arts
Bat Boy! (Winter Springs, FL)
Runaway
Baggy Pants Theater Company (Orlando, FL)
Light My Way
LMW Workshop (Orlando, FL)
Cupid and Psyche
Excellent Adventure Productions (Orlando, FL)
VarieTEASE: Carnivale
BlueStar Productions (Orlando, FL)
My Pal Bette
Randy Productions (Orlando, FL)
Boys! Boys! Boys!
Douglas Productions (Orlando, FL)
The Yellow Boat
Yellow Light Productions (Orlando, FL)
Coming In
Michi Productions (Orlando, FL)
Saint Kristie
Douglas Productions (Orlando, FL)
Midnight Snack
Kangagirl Productions (Orlando, FL)
Forbidden Fringe
Wanzie Presents (Orlando, FL)
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03.05.07
Posted in General Fringe Info, Ryan, Announcements at 10:37 am by Ryan
Feb 28, 2007
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is thrilled to announce that we have hired Ms. Genevieve Bernard as our new Associate Producer.
Many of you might know Genevieve from her work as the Artistic Director/Choreographer of VOCI Dance which she has been a part of since 2000. VOCI and Genevieve have been part of The Fringe for the past 7 years.
Genevieve comes to us also from Orange County Public schools where she has worked as a dance and music teacher for the past 8 years and spent much time creating and implementing a dance curriculum for OCPS elementary school students.
We are looking forward to an exciting 2007 Fringe and having Genevieve on our team. Please help us in welcoming her when you she her at local arts events or around the festival itself May 17-28th!
Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
Beth Marshall
Producing Artistic Director
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