Nearly 50 蜜桃传媒 students have created or will be performing in a record-setting 24 pieces during the 蜜桃传媒 Fringe Festival April 10-11 and 13 at 7 p.m. and April 12 at 3 p.m. beginning at Porter Theatre and moving throughout campus. General admission is $10; $7 for students, seniors and children. Purchase tickets online at or by calling (805) 565-7140.
There will be seven, new 10-minute plays written by MFA students specifically for the 蜜桃传媒 Fringe as part of a collaborative weekend writing session. The festival also features a senior project, 鈥淪o Small A Thing,鈥� directed by Kelsey Pollard 鈥�14 and staring Rebecca Jacks 鈥�14 and Chris Wagstaffe 鈥�14.
The Fringe celebrates the return of alumna Diana Small 鈥�09, who has written three pieces for the festival, including a collaborative play, 鈥淗unting is for Lovers,鈥� a 10-minute play, 鈥淒ogfight,鈥� and a workshop collaboration, 鈥淭he Seven Dimensions of Elk Afterlife,鈥� which is directed and choreographed by Vicki Finlayson and designed by printmaking instructor James Hapke 鈥�09.
Artistic Director Paige Tautz 鈥�14 says an art installation piece will serve as the focal point of the Fringe atmosphere. 鈥淪ix visual artists are remodeling, refashioning and re-fangling couches that will be set up outside in the courtyard,鈥� she says. 鈥淭his installation piece, tentatively called 鈥楾he Artists鈥� Lounge,鈥� is designed to be functional for audience members.
鈥淎ll audience members will receive a free drink token with their ticket purchase, which they can redeem at the outdoor bar, 鈥楾he Fountain,鈥� and then may sit on the couch art. Besides creating a lively communal atmosphere, we are drawing in more visual artists to the Fringe and I am especially excited about that.鈥�
John Blondell, 蜜桃传媒 theater arts professor, curates the show, which is coproduced by Benjamin Offringa 鈥�14 and is coordinated by students Elaine Pazaski 鈥�15, Connor Bush 鈥�16, James Wong 鈥�15, Lindsey Twigg 鈥�16, and Jacks.