Calling all artists, performers, directors, writers, dancers, theater lovers and potential audience members are invited to attend an upcoming public meeting at the Yellow Springs Public Library on Saturday, October 1st from 3-5pm.
Fringe Festivals contain several common elements.
1) Shows are not judged or Juried, but are accepted in the order received.
2) Shows are typically technically sparse; they are commonly presented in shared venues, often with shared technicians and limited technical time, so sets and other technical theatre elements are kept simple. Venues themselves are often adapted from other uses.
3) Casts tend to be smaller than mainstream theatre; since many of the performing groups are traveling, and venues (and thus potential income) tend to be fairly small, expenses must usually be kept to a minimum. One-person shows are therefore quite common at Fringe festivals.
4) Fringe festival productions often showcase new scripts, especially ones on more obscure, edgy or unusual material. The lack of artistic vetting combined with relatively easy entry make risk-taking more feasible.
5) While most mainstream theatre shows are two or three acts long, taking two to three hours with intermissions, fringe shows tend to be closer to one hour, single-act productions. The typically lowered ticket prices of a fringe theatre show permit audiences to attend multiple shows in a single evening.
6) Performers sometimes billet in the homes of local residents, further reducing their costs.
(Source Wikipedia - Fact Checked by Eric Wolf)
For more information read about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe
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