Variety, diversity and "fringiness" are the hallmarks of Fringe Festival performances — from theater to dance to music, from visual art to kids' shows to burlesque. If you like the latest in cutting-edge performance art, the KC Fringe is for you.

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MA – Mature Audiences



Ambient Music from Outer Space (music) AA
Brother Iota
Brother Iota improvises music on the spot. The instrumental quartet creates music which is completely original and spontaneous. They perform ambient, electronic sound-scapes for discriminating listeners. Experience the musings of KC's defiant voice…Brother Iota.
www.brotheriota.com
Arts Incubator – 8:30 Thur, 10:00 Fri, 7:00 Sat

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America:aciremA (vaudeville) PG
le. Coup (Minneapolis, MN)
Written by Laura Leffler-McCabe and Eric F. Avery
America:aciremA is like a slice of hilarity pie with a cold scoop of satire on the side. You wanna see this energetic romp through the muck and mire of American culture! Contains adult language, violence.
www.lauralefflermccabe.com
Blue Wolf Gallery – 9:30 Thur & Fri, 11:00 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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...and They Fight! (stage combat) PG
Merry BanD Productions
Created by Richard Buswell and Nigel
From the mind of local fight choreographer Richard Buswell comes a stage combat show that explores the illusion of violence in multiple vignettes showcasing an array of styles and weaponry. Contains violence.
www.merrybandproductions.com
Arts Tech – 7:00 Thur, 8:30 Fri, 7:00 Sat, 2:30 Sun

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Bacon Shake presents History of the Theatre Part I (comedy) MA
Bacon Shake Sketch Comedy
Take a humorous and intellectual journey into the absurd as Bacon Shake marches through Theatrical History - Part I. The "critics" agree it's, hysterically inaccurate! You are cool. Contains adult language, gunshots, strobe lights and violence.
www.baconshake.com
Bohemian Gallery – 10:00 Thur, 10:00 Fri, 7:00 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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Bar Natasha Cabaret Shows (cabaret) MA 21+
Missy Koonce and the Bar Natasha Singers
www.barnatasha.com
Bar Natasha – 9:30 Thur, Fri & Sat; 11:30 Fri & Sat

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Barclay Martin (music) AA
You'll find a little bit of folk, world and jazz in his unusual songwriting palette. He's composing the score for a documentary film set in the Philippines. Tonight is a special preview of those songs and stories. Highly recommended for anyone with an urge to travel.
www.barclaymartin.com
7 E. 19th St. – 8:00 Sat

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BCR (music) AA
BCR is a self-described "Afro-nuclear wave funk swing reggae Turska band." Led by the multi-reedist Rev. Dwight Frizzell, this group (the word "troupe" would also be fitting) proposes an endearing take on Sun Ra's cosmic jazz. Imagine, if you will, a band featuring African percussion, shakuhachi (a Japanese bamboo flute), Turkish lavta, harmonica, viola da gamba, a vintage Serge synthesizer and lap steel guitar, alongside reeds (saxes, clarinets and various traditional instruments) and rhythm section.
7 E. 19th St. – 6:30 Thur, 9:30 Fri

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Better Than Nothing (juggling/magic) PG
Created by Jason Smith and Koy Espinoza
A high energy modern day vaudeville act with comedic flair, involving magic, acrobatics, juggling, and more. Come to laugh or be amazed at this two person death defying act.
groups.myspace.com/wearebtn
7 E. 19th St. – 9:30 Thur, 8:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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Brother John’s Sunny Side of the Street (cabaret) PG
Rajpa Productions
Created by John R. Anderson
Join vocalist Brother John in this cabaret styled show for the entire family. We’ll groove to fun memories and music, showcasing classic hits of the 1940s to the early 70s.
Fringe River Market – 6:30 Thur, 8:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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Contemporain: A Dance Collective (dance) AA
Choreographed by Carissa Ratliff and Holly Payne
A composite of works created to examine the physical, emotional and cognitive aspects of body movement.
412A Delaware – 6:30 Fri, 8:00 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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The Cosigners (music) PG
The Cosigners are a full throttle mix of rock and hip hop, consisting of MC's, percussionists, bass and guitar players. Intelligent rhymes and scorching guitar solos: Mama said rock you out!
www.myspace.com/thecosigners
Screenland – 8:30 Fri

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CrossCurrents Musical Variety Shows (music) AA
CrossCurrents
Sample a variety of musical styles featuring Early Rock by Fabulous Freddy and the Doo Wops (pictured) on Friday; Political Folk with Bob and Diana Suckiel and Steve and Kathy Peters on Saturday; and Songwriter Circle Favorites on Sunday.
Blue Wolf Gallery – 8:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Dancing in the Danger Zone: Northeast KC in the 60’s (storytelling theatre) MA
Slatertales
Created by Joyce Slater
It was the 60’s, Northeast Kansas City and there was dancing. Dancing brought us love, danger and The CYO (Catholic Youth Organization). Come with me on a dance through time. Contains adult language.
Fringe River Market – 8:00 Thur, 9:30 Fri, 6:30 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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Dancing with Scissors (dance) AA
Reach…a movement collective inc., a modern-based dance theatre company presents, Dancing with Scissors: inspiring, entertaining, and moving. This performance will entice and awe you with the spectacle of dance!
www.reachkc.org
Broadway Yoga – 8:00 Thur, 6:30 Fri, 8:00 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Darwin Aravelo (painting) AA FREE FRINGE!
Darwin’s work is based on the relationship between the figures movement and its environment with a special emphasis on color .The strength of the work is in its illustrational and fine art qualities.
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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David Wise (digital photography) AA FREE FRINGE!
More dream than photography. Experience layered digital surrealism. Pastel Springs, Saturated Autumns and Ruby Moonlight mounted on acid-free matte.
www.thephotoshop.info
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Digging Deeper and Other Contemplations (comedy/drama) AA
Trap Door Ensemble Theatre
Written by Zachary Weaver
Trap Door Ensemble Theatre was co-founded by one adult and ten young people. It is a self-reliant theatre, in which young home-schoolers can write, direct, perform and produce original plays. These original pieces were born from the ideas of all of the members.
www.mosaicbrain.org
Arts Tech – 7:00 Fri, 10:00 Sat, 5:30 Sun

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Edward Leahy (photography) AA FREE FRINGE!
Edward Leahy was trained at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara Ca.  He uses traditional B&W processing with a twist of new age digital imaging to produce unique and stunning imagery.  Edward's work  includes a vast array of fine art mediums from wood carvings to nature sculpture. 

Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Etre Art (performance art) AA
Etre Art
Drums that carry the wild rhythm of living. Hands that play notes on black and white and color worlds. A violin that sings melodies yet to be imagined. Sculpted bodies that shape sensual space. Words that move with abandon. Voices pure and voices dark. Some of Kansas City’s most intriguing artists collaborate with a New York orphan not to create art, but to be art.
www.etreart.com
412-A Delaware – 8:00 Thur, 11:00 Fri, 6:30 Sat

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Festa Poderosa! (Brazilian Festive Power) (music) AA
Brasilcultura
Choreographed by Felipe Pinto (Ninja)
Samba! Capoeira! AxË! The unyielding power and beauty of Brazilian Festivity is presented in fast paced show designed to showcase the best of Brasil and tell the Brazilian story of the triumph of festivity over oppression.
www.brasilcultura.net
Crown Center Pavillion – 9:00 Sat

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Fringe Festival "Secrets" (fashion show) PG FREE w/ Fringe Button
This year's designers are: Cali Roberta, Eddie Williams, ImagNazian, Janay A Wearable's, Jessie Bergman, KTC Designs, MIM Designs and Nathaniel Renewal. In addition to the fashion show, there will be magicians, street performers and live bands including the Beautiful Bodies on Saturday. Food and drink vendors will be selling refreshments all three days.
www.myspace.com/166862409
Delaware Courtyard – 9:00 Thur, Fri & Sat

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FunkN with the Fringe (music) PG
Funkbabies
We gone funk yo face!!!
Contains adult language.
Arts Incubator – 7:00 Thur, 8:30 Fri, 10:00 Sat, 2:30 Sun

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Gospel Unific (music) AA
We are the Gospel Unific’s. We have a smooth 70’s and spirit-filled sound. The group has been together for 10 years. If you miss us, you will miss a Treat!! So keep the spirit High!!
Crown Center Pavilion – 6:00 Sat

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Gravity is Overrated (juggling) AA
Greg the Juggler
Created by Greg Owsley
Fun, Innovative, high-energy, Juggling display. Experience a cool new, jaw-dropping triumph of juggling over gravity! Amaze at the artful dancing of glow in the dark balls, clubs, knives, and more.
Blue Wolf Gallery – 8:00 Thur, 6:30 Fri, 8:00 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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Indie Pages – featuring Independent Presses (readings) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
New York is not the only source for quality new reads. This program offers readings by authors and poets from independent Kansas City publishers of various genres. Different presses featured each day.
Central Library Helzberg Auditorium – 2:00 Sat & Sun

Indie Pages – featuring Independent Presses (panel discussion) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
This panel discussion features representatives of independent Kansas City publishers who will provide answers for prospective authors and avid readers who want to learn more about these distinctive publishers.
Central Library Helzberg Auditorium – 3:30 Sat & Sun
www.kclibrary.org/fringe

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Indie Rock: featuring Giant’s Chair (music) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
A seminal Kansas City band rooted in hardcore post-punk rock, GIANT’S CHAIR reunites for a few rare shows each year—and its epic guitar sound always leaves an impression.
Central Library Parking Garage Rooftop Level – 9:30 Fri

Indie Rock: featuring The Life and Times (music) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
The Life and Times is a three-man wall-of-sound that offers expansive guitar rock with a fresh aspect punched into every sonic layer, creating an energy only veteran rockers could conjure.
Central Library Parking Garage Rooftop Level – 8:00 Fri
www.kclibrary.org/fringe

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Indie Screenings: Beyond the Call (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
Director Adrian Belic follows three middle-aged men who travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous (yet beautiful) places on Earth.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 8:00 Sat

Indie Screenings: Buckle Brothers (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
The KC debut of this documentary by Marquette Williams, which follows South Central LA youth who find hope in the cowboy lifestyle as they pursue the bull-riding rookie of the year title.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 8:00 Fri, 2:00 Sun

Indie Screenings: Burning Man: The Burning Sensation (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
Director Alex Nohe captures outrageous events at the Burning Man counterculture happening, which annually draws 24,000 revelers. This show is a cross between a rave and a Mad Max movie.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 5:00 Sat, 3:30 Sun

Indie Screenings: Flow: Living in the Stream of Music (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
This film from Jim Gabour follows renowned New Orleans jazz composer/trumpeter Terence Blanchard as he develops what many critics call the premiere live jazz band of our time.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 6:15 Sat

Indie Screenings: Living in Missouri (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
This comedy of manners by Shaun Peterson tells the story of three Midwestern lives coming apart at the seams. Betrayals abound when desires come into conflict over one tumultuous autumn.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 5:00 Sun

Indie Screenings: Missionary Kid (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
The KC debut of a Kendra Jones documentary that follows a Caucasian woman raised in Nairobi who returns there to explore its changes—which are not always encouraging.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 9:30 Fri & Sat

Indie Screenings: Song of the Dead (film) MA FREE FRINGE!
KC Filmmakers Jubilee
Filmmaker Chip Gubera focuses on flesh-eating zombies who sing, dance, and devour the living—like a cross between Night of the Living Dead and the Buffy episode Once More, with Feeling.
Central Library Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault – 6:15 Fri
www.kclibrary.org/fringe

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Jam Session (music) AA
Jazz greats and popular local players alike continue to show up to the Mutual Musicians Foundation every weekend, playing the night away just as they have since the 1930s.
www.thefoundationjamson.org
Mutual Musicians Foundation – 1:00 a.m. Fri & Sat

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Jazz Poetry (poetry/music) MA FREE FRINGE!
PresentMagazine.com
Poets Stacey Tolbert and Natasha Ria El-Scari revive this 1920s genre-fusion with live accompaniment. This oral/aural showcase of rhythm and improvisation is sponsored by PresentMagazine.com, an online publication covering local food, music, arts, and culture.
www.kclibrary.org/fringe
Central Library Grand Reading Room – 5:00 Sat

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KC Fringe Film Fest (film) MA
Etre Art
A film festival showcasing short and feature length experimental films by award-winning indie filmmakers from around the globe.

Film d’Avant Garde: Showcasing experimental filmmakers in short and at length.
Première Petit: Premiere screenings of selected experimental shorts by new and seasoned indie filmmakers from Kansas City and around the globe!
XS Lighting – 7:00 Fri

La Nouvelle Cinéma: One hour of short films that utilize a cross-media approach to filmmaking. Including award-winning filmmakers Ondrej Rudavsky, Kent Youngblood, Ronnie Cramer and more!
XS Lighting – 8:30 Fri


Documentaire: The Same But Different by Lisa Marie Evans
An exploration of the various life roles of four transgender persons in the Midwest. They discuss their lives and invite us into their reality, allowing us to see how similar we all are.
XS Lighting – 10:00 Fri

Femme Noir: Featuring award-winning films by women from around the globe. Two hours of shorts, followed by the feature Godhead.

Cinéma du Courte Durée: One hour crammed with short films by women, from narrative to animation….edgy. Imaginative. Short.
XS Lighting – 7:00 Sat

Femme Dangereuse: One hour of dangerous short films by daring women, including award winning filmmakers Lucinda Luvaas, Rossana Jeran, Kasumi, and more!
XS Lighting – 8:30 Sat


Long-Cinéma: Godhead by Rossana Jeran 78 min.
Godhead is the story of two friends torn apart by their own imaginations, after they find access to another dimension through a small, glass amulet called a ‘dragon tear.’
XS Lighting – 10:00 Sat

Best of Fest: Les Meilleurs Films du Festival, shorts that just need to be screened again!

Cinéma du Courte Duree: One hour of Best of Fest films covering various genres, from narrative to animation. Award-winning filmmakers from right here in KC and around the globe.
XS Lighting – 2:30pm Sun

Cinéma Dangereuse: One hour of the most dangerous and daring short films…if you can handle it! Award-winning filmmakers from KC and around the globe ride the edge of art in film.
XS Lighting – 4:00 Sun

Grande Finale: Just don’t miss it!
XS Lighting – 5:30 Sun
www.etreart.com

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KC’s Jazz Underground (music) AA
The Jazz Pathogens
Created by Arny Young and Hunter Long
A showcase for the best new talent in Kansas City experimental jazz.
Screenland ­ 10:00 Fri, 8:30 Sat, 4:00 Sun

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Kevin Hiatt (music) AA
Kevin Hiatt performs on 6,7,12 string guitars his unique reportoire of instrumentals and topical songs. Utilizing an array of virtuosic technique, altered tunings,
and introspecitve lyrics Hiatt creates a sound at times comperable to Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges that still manages to sound refreshingly original. Mark Varney of Guitar Player magazine called him a "master of his playing style."
www.kevinhiattmusic.com
412 Delaware – 8:30 Thur, 10:00 Sat, 2:30 Sun

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Kristin Morland (textile art) AA FREE FRINGE!
I personally hand sew each sequin and bead onto fabric using a needle and thread. My work reflects a fascination with time, places, people and objects.
www.kristinmorland.com
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Kriz Kringle (music) PG
Playafessionals
It’s a Playafessional thang! Go Hard or Go Home. Adult language, strobe lights, smoke.
www.myspace.com/playafessionals
Arts Incubator – 7:00 Fri, 8:30 Sat, 5:30 Sun

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Kurashiki - Kinmei-ryu Taishogoto (music/dance) AA FREE FRINGE!
Traditional Dancers of Kurashiki Japan
Kotos are a traditional Japanese 13-stringed instrument. Tachibana-ryu Kenshibu is a classic form of Japanese interpretive dancing.
Crown Center Shops Atrium - Level 1 ­ 12:30 Fri

Kurashiki - Program 1 (music/dance) AA
Traditional Dancers of Kurashiki Japan
Shimotsuibushi is a traditional Japanese interpretive dance. In addition, the Kurashiki Dance Group will perform a series of folk dances. The final dance performance is also Shimotsuibushi and is called “Tokohi.”
Crown Center Pavilion ­ 1:30 Sat & Sun

Kurashiki - Program 2 (music/dance) AA
Traditional Dancers of Kurashiki Japan
Kurashiki Absky (Ebisukai) is a traditional Japanese interpretive dance. Tachibanaryu Kenshibu Kurashiki are dances that often include the use of weapons and the Kurashiki Hula Circle is an ancient dance similar to those you might see in Hawaii.
Crown Center Pavilion ­ 4:30 Sat, 3:00 Sun

Kurashiki - Program 3 (music) AA
Kurashiki Boys and Girls Chorus
The Kurashiki Boys and Girls Chorus was organized 35 years ago, the same year Kansas City and Kurashiki began their Sister City relationship. The singers are between the ages of 10 and 16 years of age.
Crown Center Pavilion ­ 3:00 Sat

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Living The Dream (theatre) PG
EgyptSource
Written by Natasha Brown
Living The Dream will make you cry a little, laugh a little, sing and dance a little, but most of all it will make you think about the choices you make. Contains gunshots.
www.Chameleon-AYD.org
Arts Tech – 8:30 Thur,10:00 Fri, 8:30 Sat, 4:00 Sun

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Merri Morningstar (jewelry/painting) AA FREE FRINGE!
Merri has been an artist all of her life. Her style is funky to elegant and everything in between. Quality and spirituality are the key ingredients of her work.
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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MVFS presents Jonathan Ramsey (music) AA
Missouri Valley Folklife Society (MVFS)
Irish ballads, rousing pub songs, thrilling rebel songs! Jonathan Ramsey (vocals, guitar, banjo) is known for energetic, playful performances. Lively jigs and reels by KC seisiún musicians warm-up for Jonathan's set.
www.mvfs.org
412 Delaware -– 7:00 & 8:30 Fri, 8:30 Sat, 5:30 Sun

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Music to Inspire You (music) AA
Created by Arlivia White
Inspiring Gospel artist will sing songs that will inspire all who hears them. The audience can sing-a-long, clap their hands, and stomp their feet to gospel music.
Screenland – 7:00 Fri & Sat, 5:30 Sun

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Myrna Minnis (pottery) AA FREE FRINGE!
Myrna creates funky characters for the garden. Real and imaginary creatures are made of stoneware clay. Her garden is filled with mystical elves and fairies plus toads, lizards, birdhouses and wizards that she has created.
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Naughty Knickers (burlesque) MA
Burlesque Downtown Underground
Ever wondered if Kansas City’s professional actors, dancers and singers could let loose on stage? Ssssshhh…Kansas City’s best kept secret is about to be revealed. Contains adult language, nudity.
412A Delaware – 9:30 Thur, 9:30 Fri, 11:00 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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Negro Scoe (music) PG
Originally from Southern California, Negro Scoe, aka Dante Everglade, established the Hip Hop Addicts crew (HHA) in 1994. Since relocating to Kansas City eight years ago, he has recorded and performed In addition to being a founding member of The Cosigners, Scoe is also an instructor at the Hip Hop Academy where he teaches area youth the basics of poetry and emceeing at the Creative Minds Art Center.
www.myspace.com/negroscoe
Screenland – 10:00 Sat

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Nicole Brinkman (painting) AA FREE FRINGE!
Simplicity is a word that describes my work. I have a subject and no background. The line is the focus in my pieces. There is no rhyme or reason to the progression of my work; I usually paint what is pleasing to the eye.
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Nikoria Dancers World Tour (dance) AA
Nikoria Ethnic Dance Company
Created by Nicole English and Michelle Kelley
The Nikoria Dance Company and special guests bring dance from exotic locations around the globe. Travel with us to Polynesia, South America, and The Middle East!
Broadway Yoga – 9:30 Fri, 6:30 Sat, 2:00 Sun

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One More Night!: A Burlesque Revue (burlesque) MA
One Night Only
Created by Michelle Kelley and Annie Cherry
Michelle Kelley (Emily Lauren Presents, One Night Only), Annie Cherry (Hurley Burley, Burly-Q Girly Crew), and company present another pro-am revue of burlesque and the art of striptease. Contains nudity.
7 E. 19th Street – 8:00 Thur, 6:30 Fri, 11:00 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Outdoor Photography (photography) AA FREE FRINGE!
Scott Hoober and Jeff Pierce
Two experienced backpackers and nature photographers present a selection of photographs exploring the beauty and wonder of nature. Prints available for sale, either matted or framed.
www.hoober.net
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Paper Thin (dance) PG
Meta-Kinetics Dance Company
Created by Matt Carney, Jennifer Medina, Jennifer Phillips
An intimate movement experience exploring themes of the human condition. The transference of themes non-verbally will bring the audience closer to an intimate view and perspective of being human.
Just Off Broadway Theatre – 9:30 Fri, 6:00 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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Penny Olivier (music) AA
Songwriter Penny Olivier provides a magical accoustic blend of jazz, blues and rock. Her powerful lyrics and moving rhythms will run through your mind long after the show is over!
Fringe River Market – 9:30 Thur, 6:30 Fri, 8:00 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Poetry Slam! (poetry) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
Experience the sounds and soul power of slam! poetry with a host of local and regional poets, competing for prize-money and top-billing in a Library-sponsored poetry reading.
Central Library Helzberg Auditorium 8:00 Fri
www.kclibrary.org/fringe

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Prometheations (performance art) PG
MaRKeD
Created by Erica Diane Sword
The epiphany of “I am creator” to “ I am a creative vessel.” Travel with MaRKeD through the psyche of artists realizing new prometheations—of self, life, movement, music, light, & emotion.
www.myspace.com/markedartsandevents
Just Off Broadway Theatre – 9:30 Thur, 8:00 Fri, 11:00 Sat

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Pyramus, Thisby and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter: a Mystery (improv) PG
Commedia Sans Arte
First some short-form modern improv, then a commedia dell arte-esque half-hour story created from audience suggestions, with nods to Shakespeare, Python and Looney Tunes. Contains adult language.
Bohemian Gallery – 7:00 Fri, 8:30 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Rooftop Riffs on Acid Jazz (music) MA FREE FRINGE!
Kansas City Public Library
This acid jazz-inspired ensemble led by multi-faceted musician Mark Southerland follows electronic beats and flexes between hip hop and avant garde sounds all within a loose jazz framework.
Central Library Rooftop Terrace – 8:00 Sat
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Shane Borth (music) AA
Shane Borth is a native Kansas Citian and is actively involved in the local music scene. Currently a violinist for Flannigan's Right Hook, Shane also collaborates with Tony Magliano, in a tribal/ experimental music, visual dance and preforming arts, known to locals, as Quixotic. Shane will be performing with guest artists from both bands.
7 E. 19th Street – 6:30 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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Ski Dubai: Checkered Past on the Slippery Slope (music) AA
Checkered Past
Serving up biting political commentary with a slice of human kindness. From the Hummer to the Hybrid, the guitar to mandolin, Washington to Dubai, Checkered Past dishes it out.
www.checkeredpastmusic.com
412 Delaware – 10:00 Fri, 7:00 Sat, 4:00 Sun

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The Song and Dance Project (music/dance) PG
Kacico Dance
Choreography by Michelle Diane Brown, Artistic Director, with additional choreography by Kacico Dancers Lindsay Spilker Tate, Shandi Miller and Josh Gregory. Original music by Lisa Sandell, David Hakan, Debbie Shoaf, Paula Sorensen, Dave Patmore, Del Sutton and Isha Williams.
The Song and Dance Project is a captivating performance of live song and dance featuring KC Singer/Songwriters and Kacico Dance. Original music and choreography combine to create a vivid hour-long performance. Contains adult language.
www.kacicodance.org
Broadway Yoga – 8:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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Space (theatre) PG
Gaffe Tape and Glitter
Written by Glynis Mitchell
An adaptation of the Buddhist parable of Samsara, Woman trapped in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. As a psychological battle rises we realize that loneliness is more infinite than space itself. Contains gunshots.
www.myspace.com/fringespace
Bohemian Gallery – 8:30 Thur & Fri, 10:00 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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Taiko Drummers "Heartbeat for Sale"(music) AA
Tatakiya (‘Beat Store’)
Adapted and choreographed by Masashi Wakitani
Tatakiya is a multiple-piece rhythm ensemble that blends modern beats with traditional Japanese Taiko drumming. Members Masashi, ‘Waki’, Wakitani and Sam ‘Beat-breathing Dragon’ Billen run this ‘beat shop.’
Delaware Courtyard – 7:30 Fri FREE w/ Fringe Button
Crown Center Pavilion – 4:30 Sun

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Tizmoret Orchestra (music) AA
Music steeped in the traditions of Eastern European: Russian, Ukrainian, Middle Eastern, the Tizmoret orchestra brings an international flair to it's performance renditions and variety of styles such as Russian Gypsy, Klezmer Dance Music, Jewish Broadway Swing and Israeli Pop.
Crown Center Pavilion ­ 7:30 Sat

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True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl (theatre) MA
Eubank Productions
Written by Jill Morley
Sexy, Sultry, Sordid. Jill Morley’s experiences of dancing for dollars as an aspiring actress.(no nudity). From the theatre company who produced last year’s #1 Fringe Fest hit – “Disgracefully Yours.” Contains adult language.
www.eubankproductions.com
Just Off Broadway Theatre – 8:00 Thur, 11:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 5:00 Sun

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Women of the Drum (music) MA FREE FRINGE!
Communiversity
Communiversity instructor Regina Compernolle and her polyrhythmic music ensemble offer a free interactive workshop in Afro-Brazilian trance dance rhythms. Participants should bring a drum for this Communiversity-sponsored event.
Central Library Rooftop Terrace – 5:00 Sat
www.kclibrary.org/fringe

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Wyatt Segrist (glass) AA FREE FRINGE!
Wyatt Segrist uses glass to express perceptions by working with motifs ranging from nature to the fluid motion of light. He continues to explore the many traditions of the vessel while enriching them with contemporary flair.
Fringe River Market – 6:30-Midnight Thur, Fri & Sat, 2:00-6:00 Sun

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Yiddish with Dick and Jane (theatre) PG
Minds Eye Theatre
Adapted by Sara Crow
All grown up, Dick and Jane are living in the “real world”, guideing the audience through the Yiddish language with a tongue-in-cheek look at life for this “perfect” family. Contains adult language.
www.mindseyetheaterkc.com
412A Delaware – 8:00 Fri, 9:30 Sat, 3:30 Sun

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You & Me (comedy) MA
Blame It On Productions
With thought provoking humor, these six ten minute duet plays show how people emotionally collide and discover life’s happiness, amongst other things, by taking chances and being understanding. Contains adult language and sexual themes.
Just Off Broadway Theatre – 6:00 Fri, 7:30 Sat, 1:30 Sun

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