2025 Fringe Festival
The Year of Sluttery – SPECIAL ONE-TIME SHOWING
Scarlett Jones sampled the lot of them and survived to tell the tales. True tales darlings. After a gut-wrenching breakup, she went on a journey of purposeful sluttery and joyful feminism. In doing so, she found herself. And some interesting menz along the way. Singles will relate and couples can share a laugh through Scarlett’s…
Psalm 27 Club
Show Description Psalm 27 Club chronicles Logan Stacer’s journey from starving artist obsessed with joining the ranks of famous creatives before 27, to finding purpose as a starving youth pastor at 28. Spanning from his fateful first encounter with basketball in third grade through poetry slams in NYC to finding faith in Kansas City, we…
The Free State
Show Description A heartfelt one-woman show. Through personal storytelling, raw honesty, and physical comedy, a young woman named Free explores the complexities of growing up queer in the conservative landscape of Kansas. As she rediscovers a box of memories, she shares her experiences with reproductive rights, reflects on who she believes she must be to…
Timey Wimey Stuff: The Mid Life Crisis of a Time Traveling Space Archaeologist
Show Description Victoria Montalbano deals with her problems like most struggling actors: escaping reality into the world of Doctor Who. When she finds a skin abnormality during a global pandemic, she has to face a monster scarier than any Dalek…Middle Age. Timey Wimey Stuff asks the hard hitting questions: “Does donating plasma count as a…
The Enemies From Within
Show Description A star NFL running back, television news reporter, retired high school teacher, and a drummer for a popular heavy metal band are languishing in a cell inside a monument that has been converted into a prison for MAGA opponents. The far right-wing Christian Nationalist couple who run the prison are using any means…
How to Smoke Three Cigarettes at Once
Show Description Welcome to HOW TO SMOKE THREE CIGARETTES AT ONCE, the TED Talk that real TED Talks wish they could be. Brought to you by the Co.Hort from Co.Arts Theater Co, Oklahoma’s leading experimental theater group, HOW TO SMOKE blends the uplifting, the hilarious, and the touching into a crash-course workshop that places modern…
How to Be Cool
Show Description How to Be Cool is a solo show, written and performed by Neo-Futurist Ensemble Member Neil Bhandari Bouncing and shape-shifting from monologue and dance to live music and cultural anthropology, exploring themes of insecurity, idolization, identity-making and self-mythologizing- all in the impossible pursuit of COOL under the artificially-muscled arm and flimsy-yet-ever-imposing specter of…
No Place Like Home
Show Description Journey across state lines for a show about Kansas City, the absurdity of the human condition, and the power of art to change your life. No Place Like Home features an eclectic mix of stories about local favorite people and places as well as some additional characters who will likely surprise you. Spanning…
Rod Sipe Presents…Fact or Crap?!? It’s your call!
Show Description Rod Sipe (aka Dr. Dumpe), fire-eater and magician, presents an autobiographical version of the popular board game “Fact or Crap!?!”, hosted by, cousin and alter ego, Billy Bob Sipe. Come take a peek behind the curtain at his special brand of entertainment. Your ticket will provide you a VIP backstage pass and ride…
If it’s 7:30 in the Living Room, What Time is it in the Kitchen?
Show Description Scott Cohen had the good fortune of having loving grandparents in his life. Although this is not a particularly unusual situation, his were highly unconventional; they lived life on their own terms. And it turns out, the ubiquitous presence of such people during one’s formative years can have quite an effect. In this…