Capital Fringe Festival

While Monica Dionysiou tells her story, artist Aaron Young illustrates it through live painting on a paper screen includng this painting of a tent city. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Capital Fringe Review

Aphrodite’s Refugees Tells Immigrants’ Plight Aphrodite’s Refugees is storytelling and live art coming together to paint a picture that is part true, part possible — the fate of four teenage refugees is merely a high-stakes card game played by the Greek goddess,
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Billie Krishawn stars as Andromeda Jackson and Jeremy Keith Hunter as Sgt. Det. Percy in Andromeda Breaks. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Capital Fringe Review

Andromoda Breaks Is Modern Take on Myth If you missed Andromeda Breaks, a modern noir adaptation of the Greek myth of Andromeda and Perseus that is part of the Capital Fringe curated series, you missed one of the festival’s best shows this year. Author Stephen Spotswood, a
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Tales of the Mysterious and Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Allen Poe need more development. (Image: Phenomenal Animals)

Capital Fringe Review

Tales of the Mysterious and Grotesque If you are having trouble picking which plays to see during the Capital Fringe Festival, let us help you cross one possiblity off your list: Tales of the Mysterious and Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Allen Poe. There are many themes to Edgar
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