DC Arts Center is excited to be a venue for the Third Annual Capital Fringe Festival!
Theatre du Jour Presents
Self-Accusation
by Peter Handke
directed by B Stanley
assisted by Rachel Reed
Friday July 11, 8:00pm, Thursday July 17, 7:00pm; Sunday July 20, 2:30pm; Wednesday July 23, 7:00pm; Friday July 25, 6:00pm; Sunday July 27, 2:00pm
Who are you? Are you what you should have been? How did you become who you are? Can you face your inaction, your culpability, your own judgment? Theatre du Jour presents an aural spectacle that invades your awareness and permeates your experience.
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband
Sat, July 12 8:00pm; Sunday July 13, 6:00pm; Sunday July 20, 12pm; Friday July 25, 10pm; Saturday, July 26, 3:00pm; Sunday, July 27, 6:00pm
The story - Kenneth and Hilary have been married nearly twenty years, but as middle age encroaches, Kenneth find himself in the arms of another woman - Laura. Only one little problem - the new wife can not cook. Kenneth misses his Sunday roasts and begins sneaking “home” for dinner. Hilary invites Kenneth and Laura for dinner for their third wedding anniversary.
The Hefner Monologues
Friday July 11, 10:00pm; Saturday July 12, 10:30pm; Sunday July 13, 3:30pm;
Saturday July 19, 3:00pm; Sunday 20, 7:00pm; Thursday 24, 8:30pm
Following his hit premiere at the 2007 Capital Fringe, John Hefner returns with an all-new show of hilarious mishaps, misadventures, and misunderstandings, all told in his signature style. The Washington Post called last year’s The Hefner Monologues, “a promising cross between stand-up comedy, identity monologue, and storytelling.”
B.A.D (Black and Defiant)
Saturday 12, 2:00pm; Wednesday, 16, 6:00pm; Saturday 19, 1pm; Thursday, 24, 6:30pm; Saturday 26, 1:00pm;Sunday 27, 4:00pm
A one man show that focuses on pioneering African American actors and athletes, B.A.D takes the audience on the journey as the artist tries to honor the struggles and challenges many African Americans faced. As he tries to do this, the spirits of Bill Pickett, Bert Williams, Paul Robeson, and Jack Johnson enter his body and speak through him to speak about their life, hardships, and accomplishments.
Bargain Basement Game Show
Saturday 12, 6:00pm; Thursday 17, 9:00pm; Saturday 19, 9:30pm; Saturday 26, 5:30pm
Bargain Basement Game Show is a theatrical-based game show that combines high-brow trivia with low-brow humor. Everyone in the audience is a contestant, and all four episodes - Dating, Hades, Presidency, and Sleep - are different. Come test your wits for the chance to win fabulous (if inexpensive) prizes!
The Legislative Process
CANCELLED!
3 Murdered Clowns
Friday 11, 6:00pm; Saturday 12, 4:00pm; Wednesday 16, 8:00pm; Saturday 19, 5:00pm; Friday 25, 8:00pm; Saturday 26, 10:00pm
A schizophrenic tour guide, a puppet with an attitude, the man who knows who killed President Kennedy and a U.S. Representative who committed pedophilia. Life doesn’t get any better . . . or does it? Come see three clowns in a three act play with enough twist endings to keep the entire Fringe audience talking for days.
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