05.24.08
Posted in Ryan, Recommendations, Blogs, Patron's Pick at 1:39 pm by Ryan
Patron’s Pick is the only accolade our Fringe Festival bestows on shows, whether local or out of town. I think all of the Picks this year will end up being local, which is a crying shame. I should check previous years and see if out of town shows have earned this honor in the past.
Patron’s Pick day is great - you have the day off of work, you have already sort of seen everything you want to, and you’re also not rushing from one venue to the next and worried about scheduling things, because there is only one show playing at any given time - this makes parking a bit easier, too, from what I can remember.
Genevieve says in today’s newsletter:
Here are the Patron’s Pick winners and their performance times on Monday. We are still waiting on Blue and Brown, as it is a very tight race! As soon as we know, it will be posted on www.orlandofringe.org!
Yellow Venue: Skip Peril and the Players of the Lost Trunk, 10:15 am
Fringe Fundraiser: T.J. Dawe’s The Slip-Knot, a benefit for the Fringe, 11:30 am in the Orange Venue
Red Venue: Alice in Wonderland, 1:15 pm
Green Venue: Dysfunctional Fables, 2:20 pm
Orange Venue: When Pigs Fly at 3:30, pm
Silver Venue: Reefer Madness, 4:20 pm
Pink Venue: Here Be Dragons, 10:00 pm
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05.20.08
Posted in Announcements, Recommendations, Blogs, Patron's Pick at 3:50 pm by Ryan
Looks like TJ will be doing a special one-time-only show on Monday (Patron’s Pick Day) to directly benefit the Orlando Fringe Festival.
The Slip-Knot
Orange Venue in the Orlando Shakespeare Center
Monday, May 26th, Patron’s Pick Day
11:30AM
90 minute show
All proceeds go to Orlando Fringe!
This reminds me of something I read in a comment on Elizabeth Maupin’s blog recently. The question was “What’s Fab About the Fringe?”
I have been sitting on answer this question. One so seemingly simple. If I were asked this for an interview my answer would be -Everything. It is life to me.
But here- I will tell you a story…opening day from my end was more challenging than all my past 4yrs. of producing the festival or my previous 6 as an artist/producer within. The reasons are irrelevant. However, I was able to miraculously catch TJ Dawe’s show- Totem Figures which speaks in part directly about his life as a Fringe artist. It hit home hard.
At the end of his show (much needed for me to see at that very moment) I hugged him and said…”thanks for telling our story”. he replied( in true TJ fashion)…”thanks for giving me a place to tell it.”
At that moment…all my troubles went away 
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