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Performance
5:00 am
Fri July 20, 2012

KC Fringe Dares Artists To Take A Chance

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The title of Katie Kalahurka's production, "Lessons from Marlene," is scrawled in lipstick in the Fishtank window.
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Actor/singer Katie Kalahurka says the action of the production "takes place in a single moment."
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In "Lessons from Marlene," Kalahurka plays nearly 20 different characters, including actor/singer Marlene Dietrich.
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Props inside the Fishtank.
Ry Kincaid's rock musical "Pilgrimage" uses Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" as a "blueprint."
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Rehearsals for "Pilgrimage" took place in the basement of Arts Asylum, a collaborative arts space and former church in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
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Ry Kincaid (far left) and some of the cast of "Pilgrimage" during a recent rehearsal. Director Bob Paisley, at right.
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KC Fringe has been called a festival of daring – providing an opportunity for artists to take risks and to challenge themselves.

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Performance
5:00 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Missouri Tragedy, Kansas Suburbs Get Fringe Festival Focus

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Smashing Frames' "Gust", part of the 2012 Fringe Festival
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The Fringe takes on Occupy Kansas City in Smashing Frames' "People Speak".
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Suzanne Welch and Jim Sturgill offer "Prairie Village Home Companion" at this year's Fringe Festival
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Though the 8th annual Kansas City Fringe Festival is increasingly drawing groups from out of the area, more than half of this year's 87 performance and film offerings originated with Missouri-based artists, while about a quarter hail from Kansas.

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KC Fringe Festival
11:00 am
Fri July 13, 2012

6 Tips For KC Fringe

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The 8th annual KC Fringe Festival, a 10-day festival of cultural arts, kicks off this week.

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Performance
11:55 am
Mon July 21, 2008

KC Fringe Festival Presents Clown Ballet with a Serious Message

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THE COPPELIA PROJECT: a clown ballet in three acts. Featuring Kalen Compernolle, Vanessa Severo, Marisa Mackay, and Ric Averill (as Dr. Coppelius)
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EXTENDED RUN: August 1 - 3, American Heartland Theatre. At performance spaces throughout the city, over 50 events make up this year's KC Fringe Festival, a celebration of the off-beat, nontraditional, and avant-garde.

When people think of stories about mortal men who create life from inanimate objects, Frankenstein and Pinocchio come immediately to mind. Less well-known is the 1870 ballet, Coppelia, about a creator of dolls who come to life.

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