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FRINGE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Missed the first week of the Capital Fringe Festival? Never fear, many of the shows are still going strong. Here’s the complete Fringe schedule (the festival runs through July 25). For reviews and updates, visit washington
post.com/fringe. You can also find more information by calling 866-811-4111 or visiting www.
capitalfringe.com. Tickets are $15 per show, plus a one-time charge of $5 for a festival button. Discounted passes are also avail- able. All times are p.m., unless otherwise noted.
— Amy Orndorff
H.M.S. PINAFORE. Friday at 5:30, Saturday at 12:45 and 7:30, Sun- day at 4:45. Mount Vernon Place
United Methodist Church, 900 Mas- sachusetts Ave. NW.
GALACTICA IN IRRELEVANT ACTS OF ENTERTAINMENT. Friday at 6, Saturday at 12:45, July 23 at 8:15
and July 24 at 4. The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
I LOST MY LAUGH IN THE REVOLU- TION. Friday at 6, Saturday at 11
a.m., Sunday at 2, Tuesday at 6, Wednesday at 10. The Bedroom at
Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
LOVE NOIR: THE MUSIC OF LENNY, KURT & HAROLD. Friday at 6, Sun- day at 7:30, July 23 at 6:30. The
Point, 1013 Seventh St. NW.
SPLAT ! — THE EVOLUTION OF SOUL 685. Friday at 6, Saturday at 8:30, Sunday at 11 a.m., Tuesday at 8. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
WAR ZONES. Friday at 6, Saturday at 5, Sunday at 11 a.m., July 24 at 9:30 and July 25 at 3. Redrum at Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
DARFUR: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! Friday at 6:30, Wednesday
at 10, July 23 at 8:30 and July 25 at 1. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW.
ELEPHANT. Friday at 6:30, July 24 at 6 and July 25 at 11 a.m. The
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weathers the cuts and juxtapositions well.
THE NINA VARIATIONS
At the Bedroom at Fort Fringe through Saturday
The Adequate Players won the Pick of the Fringe for experimental theater last year with “Bad Hamlet,” and they’re at it again with “The Nina Variations,” a riff on Chekhov’s tragedy “The Seagull.” The production looks anew at two characters from “The Seagull” — self-absorbed actress Nina and Konstantin, a suicidal writer. He loves her. She loves someone else. The “variations” turn out to be a series of non-linear scenes that fluctuate in form and content, offering new views of the pair’s relationship. Although it takes a few minutes to get acclimated to the format, the scenes quickly become engrossing. The only real problem becomes evident around the 45-minute
— Rebecca J. Ritzel
Saturday at 7, Sunday at 9:30. 612 L St. NW.
mark; the initial intensity begins to wane about the same time the novelty starts to wear off. Still, thanks to a synopsis in the program, the piece works for those new to “The Seagull” as well for its fans.
Saturday at 11:15. 612 L St. NW.
SECRET OBSCENITIES At Studio Theatre through Sunday
Freud (Brian Crane) and Karl Marx (Christopher Herring), in this play, are two pedophiles vying for the same park bench. Or are they? Washington Shakespeare Company’s production will keep you guessing until the very end, if not longer. Both arrive wearing trench coats and little else; pressing each other for information, each says he has something dangerous to do that would be better done alone. Squabbling over who will get to shock a pack of Santiago schoolgirls soon gives way to vague accusations about Argentine torture and secret prison camps. Finally they debate their competing philosophies of human behavior, but the argument seems pointless — both have been twisted by
Apothecary, 1013 Seventh St. NW.
ROMEO & JULIET: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING. Friday at 6:30, Tues- day at 6, July 24 at 10. The Clinic,
1006 Sixth St. NW.
HOTEL CASSIOPEIA. Friday at 7. Georgetown Day School, 4530 Mac-
Arthur Blvd. NW.; Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 7:30. D.C. Dance Collec- tive, 4908 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
TWISTED: A COLLECTION OF UR- BAN FAIRYTALES. Friday at 7, Sat- urday at 2:30, Sunday at 2, Thurs- day at 8, July 24 at 6 and July 25 at
11:30 a.m. Goethe-Institut, 812 Sev- enth St. NW.
TERRE HAUTE. Friday at 7:30, Sat- urday at 7:30, Sunday at 7:30, Thursday at 7:30, July 23 at 7:30, July 24 at 7:30 and July 25 at 7:30.
D.C. Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.
’TIS A PITY SHE’S A WHORE. Friday at 8, Saturday at 10, July 25 at 6:30. Warehouse Theater, 1019 Sev- enth St. NW.
CHAIDENTITY. Friday at 8, Sunday at 9, Tuesday at 10. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
GIVE THEM VAGINA: TIPS FROM MOM, DAD & COSMO. Friday at 8, Saturday at 8, July 23 at 8 and July 24 at 8. Chief Ike’s Mambo Room,
1725 Columbia Rd. NW.
HOW TO BE A HUMAN. Friday at 8, July 23 at 10:30, July 24 at 5:30 and July 25 at 6:30. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
ISCHOOL MUSICAL. Friday at 8, Saturday at 8, July 23 at 8, July 24
at 2 and 8. Source, 1835 14th St. NW.
OUCH, THAT HURTS! Friday at 8, Sunday at 6, Wednesday at 6, July 24 at 3:30. The Bedroom at Fort
Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN. Friday at 8. U.S. Navy Memorial Heritage Cen- ter, Burke Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Suite 123
SKINNY BITCH JESUS MEETING. Friday at 8, Saturday at 11. The
Point, 1013 Seventh St. NW. CHELSIE LLOYD
Kyra Corradin, left, James Waters and Branda Lock star in “Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending” at the Clinic.
THE DIARY OF A DANCER. Friday at 8, July 23 at 6 and July 24 at 2. Re- drum at Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
THE HORRORS OF ONLINE DATING. Friday at 8, Sunday at 8, Wednes- day at 8, Thursday at 8, July 23 at 8, July 24 at 8, July 25 at 8, July 28
at 8, July 29 at 8, July 30 at 8 and July 31 at 8. 1409 Playbill Cafe,
1409 14th St. NW.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS. Friday at 8:15, Thursday at 6:30, July 24 at 11 a.m. The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
MOTHER-IN-LAW: THE MUSICAL. Friday at 8:15, Sunday at 1:30, July 23 at 9:30 and July 25 at 7. The
Apothecary, 1013 Seventh St. NW.
PADREVIA. Friday at 8:30, Satur- day at 11 a.m., Wednesday at 6, July 24 at 6. Studio Theatre, 1501
14th St. NW.
AFTER THE GARDEN. Friday at 8:45, Sunday at 3. The Clinic, 1006 Sixth St. NW.
7 LESSONS ON SUICIDE. Friday at
9, Saturday at 4:30, Sunday at 7, Tuesday at 8:30, Wednesday at 10, July 24 at 10 July 25 at 3:30. Goe-
the-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
totalitarian regimes. Crane and Herring play off each other like vaudeville clowns. Even when you have no idea what’s going on, they’re charming to watch.
— S.M. — R.W.
Saturday at 3, Sunday at 7:15. 1501 14th St. NW.
TAPE At the Clinic through July 25
“Tape” rushes out of the gate and stumbles. The two young actors playing the adversarial buddies are amped up, racing through the chummy guy dialogue of Stephen Belber’s cat-and-mouse play. Things settle down with entrance of Amy. Back in high school she was involved with each guy, and something bad happened that apparently has to be sorted out in this seedy Lansing, Mich., hotel room right now. It’s a canny plot with no break in action. The show is no-frills — bare stage, basic lighting — but the backbiting story holds the stage, once the actors let it happen.
Saturday at 9:30, Thursday at 6, July 25 at 4:15. 1006 Sixth St. NW.
BEYOND THERAPY. Friday at 9:30, Saturday at 9:30. D.C. Arts Center,
2438 18th St. NW.
SINGING EGGS AND SPERMLESS BABIES. Friday at 9:45, Tuesday at 10:15, July 24 at 5:30. The Baldac- chino Gypsy Tent Bar at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
CHART TOPPERS OF 1349! Friday at 10, Saturday at 9. The Bedroom at Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
DRUNK WITH HOPE IN CHICAGO. Friday at 10, Saturday at 3, Sunday
at 7, Thursday at 6. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
THE TEA PARTY PROJECT. Friday at 10, Thursday at 8, July 25 at 5. Re- drum at Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
OBLIVION. Friday at 10:15, Wednesday at 10, July 25 at 4:30.
Mount Vernon Place United Method- ist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
SUPERHEROES WHO ARE SUPER! Friday at 10:15, Sunday at 3:30.
The Apothecary, 1013 Seventh St. NW.
CARRIE POTTER AT THE NEW MOON PROM. Friday at 10:30,
BTHIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ROCK AND ROLL
At the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar at Fort Fringe through Saturday
— N.P .
A few minutes into singer-songwriter Ed Hamell’s Fringe show, audience members might have wondered whether a prescription for ADHD medication might prove useful for the easily distracted musician. But stick with the stream-of-consciousness extravaganza and you might count your lucky stars that Hamell hasn’t done a thing to moderate his frenetic demeanor. In 60 minutes, the singer, who often tours with alterna-folkster Ani DiFranco, covers plenty of territory. After a few snail jokes, Hamell proclaims his love for sweat, launches into a lightning-fast spoken word performance about a drug dealer, instigates a singalong about Pat Robertson and reveals why the Wright Brothers didn’t have much luck with the ladies. It may not be tasteful, but it is certainly entertaining.
Friday at midnight, Saturday at 6:30. 607 New York Ave. NW.
Wednesday at 8, July 23 at 6:30, July 24 at 11:30 a.m. Studio Theatre,
1501 14th St. NW.
NO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Fri- day at 10:30, Saturday at 7:30, Thursday at 6, July 24 at 8:30.
Warehouse Theater, 1019 Seventh St. NW.
SEX AND EDUCATION A LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN ONE ACT. Friday at
10:45, Wednesday at 5:45, July 23 at 8, July 24 at 11 a.m., July 25 at 2. The Clinic, 1006 Sixth St. NW.
THE PERFECT CHOCOLATE MILK- SHAKE. Friday at 11, Sunday at
5:45, Wednesday at 6:15, July 23 at 10:45. The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ROCK AND ROLL. Friday at midnight, Sat- urday at 6:30. The Baldacchino Gyp-
sy Tent Bar at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: HOW TO WRITE, PRODUCE AND STAGE A MUSICAL — THE MUSICAL! Satur- day at 11 a.m., Tuesday at 8, Wednesday at 6, Thursday at 6. Re-
drum at Fort Fringe, 612 L St. NW.
ILLEGAL SEX ACTS: LIVE ON STAGE! Saturday at 11 a.m., July 24 at 5:30. The Clinic, 1006 Sixth St. NW.
QUEER IN THE USA. Saturday at 11
a.m., Sunday at 5, Thursday at 10, July 23 at 11 and July 25 at 7. Goe- the-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
RED HOOD: ONCE UPON A WAR- TIME. Saturday at 11 a.m., Sunday
at 8, July 25 at 7. The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY — A PUP- PET BALLET. Saturday at 11 a.m., Wednesday at 6, Thursday at 6, July 24 at 1:15. Mount Vernon Place
United Methodist Church, 900 Mas- sachusetts Ave. NW.
A WALK IN THE WOODS. Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 9, July 24 at 3. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW.
FRESH FROM THE FUNNY FARM — LOCAL LAUGHS. Saturday at noon, Sunday at 11 a.m., July 24 at 5:45.
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THE VON PUFFERHUTTE FAMILY SINGERS! (THE MUSICAL)
At Studio Theatre through July 24
This Fringe show by I Like Nuts (the Company), which follows a German family musical troupe, holds so much promise — lederhosen, umlaut jokes, a rivalry with the publicly adored Von Trapp family — but often the quips are too perplexing to earn a laugh. The Von Pufferhüttes are at their best during the musical numbers, including the ditty that kicks off the show. The highlight is when the otherwise German-accented family breaks into a down-home ballad about an American folk hero. The music is catchy and the lyrics amusing, recounting the Chuck Norris-like character’s mix of impressive feats (he can run marathons!) and more ordinary practices (he likes beer!). Sadly, the songs don’t come often enough.
— S.M.
Saturday at 10, Sunday at 1:30, Thursday at 6, July 24 at 1:30. 1501 14th St. NW.
— S.M.
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