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2012 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival
March 1 - 11, 2012 For the past ten years, WaterTower Theatre’s Out of the Loop Fringe Festival ("The Best Theatre Festival in Dallas" -Dallas Observer) has wowed audiences with an exciting and unmatched artistic lineup. Featuring some of the best acts in theatre, music, dance and art from around the region and the world, OOTL continues to bring all three spaces of the Addison Theatre Centre alive with exciting, contemporary work. Loop Passes allow you entry to every Loop performance and are only $65 ($55 for WaterTower Theatre Subscribers). CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS & LOOP PASSES NOW! Individual Tickets are $10 - $15 and go on sale Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at noon. For more information, call our box office at 972.450.6232.
loop "best of" voting procedures
On the final day of the Festival, WaterTower Theatre will invite back for a special performance the Best of the Main Stage, Studio Theatre andStone Cottage performers as chosen by our Loop Passholders. “Best Of” performances will take place Sunday, March 11 at 7:30pm, in their respective spaces. Loop Passholders will not be able to vote for the “Best Of” until every eligible show has been performed once – the evening of Friday, March 9. WaterTower will send an email ballot to Passholders that evening following curtain. The ballots must be returned via web survey by 4pm on Saturday, March 10. There will be no paper ballots. There will be a formal announcement of the “Best Of” winners on Saturday, March 10 at 6:50pm, in the WaterTower lobby.
Charles Ross Presents "One Man Lord of the Rings"
Main Stage Thursday 3/1 at 7:30pm Friday 3/2 at 8pm Saturday 3/3 at 8pm Sunday 3/4 at 2pm
He returns to the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival following his hit appearance here two years ago in One Man Star Wars Trilogy. Charles Ross is a Canadian actor, playwright, and self-proclaimed ‘professional geek.’ He is best known as the mastermind behind the infamous One Man Star Wars Trilogy and One Man Lord of the Rings. Ross’ talents have become recognized around the globe. Since first performing his One-Man Star Wars Trilogy in Toronto, Ontario in January of 2001, Ross has brought countless audiences to their feet with his surprisingly unique shows. Word of Ross’ one-of-a-kind talent has spread like wildfire with recent appearances on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Today Show, andLate Night with Conan O’Brien. His Off-Broadway debut in August 2005 was a smashing success, and had critics raving about the incredible intensity that Ross brings to his work. To mark the release ofStar Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, Charles Ross was honored to perform at Lucas film’s official movie release convention, Celebration 3. Even the likes of Vin Diesel and Sir Ian McKellan have taken in his performances with rave reviews. No matter the engagement—be it a rowdy night out with friends, a matinee with the family, or a Sci-Fi convention for the very dedicated—Charles Ross has entertained the masses with his high-energy and side-splitting romp through Middle Earth or a galaxy far, far away.
miranda sings starring colleen ballinger
Main Stage Miranda Sings is an internet meme character created in 2008 by American comedian, actress and singer Colleen Ballinger. Ballinger displays videos of the comically talentless, egotistical and quirky character on her YouTube channel under the username mirandasings08. Ballinger created the character as a satire of the many videos posted on YouTube by bad singers, who nevertheless believe that this will lead to them breaking into show business. Beginning in 2009, in addition to her internet videos, which have received more than 20 million total views, Ballinger has performed cabaret acts, in character as Miranda Sings, at cabaret spaces and theatres in New York, London, and other cities in the U.S., Australia, Canada and elsewhere. Her acts often incorporate giving a "voice lesson" to a Broadway celebrity, reading hate mail directed to the character and singing while being stabbed through the neck. Colleen Ballinger is a classically trained singer and actress that is best known for her wildly popular YouTube character, “Miranda Sings.” Miranda sings comically off-key, and, when confronted by viewers who take the videos seriously, uses the catchphrase “Haters back off!” The character in Miranda Sings is a satire of common YouTube videos featuring mediocre or even bad singers who film themselves singing as a form of self-promotion. Colleen Ballinger’s character has enjoyed worldwide popularity with over 6 million views on YouTube, and has recently appeared as Miranda Sings at theater venues in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Australia. Special guests have included the Broadway casts of Mamma Mia, Billy Elliott, Bye Bye Birdie, Rock of Ages, Ann Hampton Callaway, Shoshana Bean, Daniel Reichard, Seth Rudetsky, Christopher Sieber and Scott Alan.
Audacity Theatre Lab presents "Raspberry Fizz"
Studio Theatre Saturday 3/3 at 8pm Sunday 3/4 at 7:30pm Tuesday 3/6 at 7:30pm Wednesday 3/7 at 7:30pm Friday 3/9 at 8pm Raspberry Fizz: Ellson has been at the stair stoop for five days straight. He has a very important question for Samantha. The anticipation has culminated to this very day. Who is the strange man with the strange carnival bally on the street corner? Brad McEntire's play Raspberry Fizz is a heart-warming exploration of expectations and the potentialities of the unmapped future tied up in a slice-of-life, coming-of-age encounter between two young adolescents in 1949 small town America. Audacity Theatre Lab: Previously known as Audacity Productions (1999-2007), the company participated in many Dallas area fests such as the Festival of Independent Theatres and Out of the Loop, represented north Texas at the New York International Fringe Festival multiple times, produced works for Austin's FronteraFest as well as the Mind Over Money Theatrical Festival. As Audacity Productions the group mounted over 50 plays - large and small - over their nearly eight years. The leaders of this little theatre absorbed a lot, often learning by doing, from this earlier garage-band-sized Audacity. Audacity Productions filed articles of dissolution in the summer of 2006, when Artistic Director Brad McEntire headed off for more than a year abroad, living and working primarily in Hong Kong. McEntire returned to the DFW Metroplex from his international travels and assembled a group of brave, like-minded artists including Jeff Swearingen, Cassidy Crown, Ruth Engel and Jeff Hernandez. The group decided to keep the name Audacity and came up with a new focus, mission and set to work once again. Audacity Theatre Lab took up operations in early 2008 and has since developed quite a body of work, participating in several national festivals and garnering solid press, local awards and growing audiences and several local awards.
Bill Bowers presents beyond words
Main Stage (Beyond Words) Friday 3/9 at 8pm Saturday 3/10 at 5pm Sunday 3/11 at 2pm Stone Cottage (workshop) Saturday 3/10 at 11am
Bill Bowers will perform his new solo show Beyond Words, which had a critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run in NYC last fall. Set against a backdrop of small-town America, Bowers (one of the most acclaimed mimes of our time) takes the audience on a funny and poignant journey of sound and silence. Combining mime, music and monologues, Beyond Words investigates what it means to be a boy, and the messages we receive on our way to becoming men. Please note: Beyond Words is recommended for ages 12 and up. “Mime and Creative Movement” offers an introduction to the silent, and not-so-silent, art form. This workshop will include a brief history of Mime, physical warm-up, and movement improvisation. Participants will learn illusory skills and work together in small group improvisations. Ideally, students will begin to gain an awareness of how pantomimic skill and corporeal style enhance and impact actor training. This workshop is open to all, movers and non-movers. Participants should dress comfortably and be prepared to move. Bill Bowers is a professional actor and mime, based in New York City. In addition to Broadway, Off-Broadway, and international credits, Bill studied with the legendary Marcel Marceau. His most recent solo play, Beyond Words, premiered Off Broadway in the Fall. Bill Bowers’ other award-winning solo plays are Under a Montana Moon and It Goes Without Saying. They have both been presented in previous seasons at the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. It Goes Without Saying received the Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum Award for Best Touring Production in 2008.
dead white zombies presents "tricks"
Studio Theatre Sunday 3/4 at 7:30pm Wednesday 3/7 at 7:30pm Thursday 3/8 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/10 at 2pm Dead White Zombies is a cohort of performance, visual, sound, and installation artists. Thomas Riccio is the Poo Pah Doo. We simply do things the way we want to do it, where, and how, because we don’t know what else to do. The emphasis is on new, experimental, and collectively created work that provokes and defies categories and conventions. Tricks, directed by Lori McCarty and featuring Brad Hennigan, is a comedy about a man who creates and then has a difficult time with objects of desire. Dead White Zombies are a newly formed, Dallas-based collective of performance, visual, sound, and installation artists dedicated to post-disciplinary, place-based explorations of new, old and yet to be revealed forms of performance. The DWZ mission is to develop a unique Dallas aesthetic and encourage original, experimental, and collectively created work that defies categories and convention as it seeks to unravel the complexities of our time, culture, and place.
diana sheehan presents "midway"
Stone Cottage Friday 3/2 at 8pm Sunday 3/4 at 2pm Thursday 3/8 at 7:30 pm Saturday 3/10 at 2pm Midway is a cabaret in two acts. Written and performed by Diana Sheehan, Midway asks the critical mid-life question: crisis or carnival? The show explores mid-life themes of re-awakening and longing through the American songbook. Midway was first performed in New York City at the Triad. The show’s musical direction is by James McQuillen. Diana Sheehan has performed cabaret at New York's Triad, San Francisco's Plush Room and Boston's Club Cafe. At WaterTower Theatre, she has appeared in Shooting Star, Black PearlSings!and Grey Gardens. For the roles of Edith and Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens, she received the 2009 Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum Award and the 2009 Column Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Her Dallas-area debut in Irving Berlin's As Thousands Cheerat Lyric Stage received the 2008 Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Diana stood by and went on for Betty Buckley in the role of Martha Brewster in the Dallas Theater Center’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace. She also appeared in Casa Manana’s Soundof Music. Diana starred in the Off-Broadway hit, Forbidden Broadway in New York, Boston, Cleveland and National Tour. Regional credits include: San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Adirondack Theatre Festival, American Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Forum Theatre, and the Jewish Theatre of New England. Diana is a graduate of Smith College and the British-American Drama Academy. In 2011, she became the first honorary member of WOW!: Women of WaterTower Theatre.
elledanceworks presents "Elledanceworks Looped: A View to the Soul"
Main Stage Thursday 3/8 at 7:30pm Elledanceworks presses the boundaries of the usual dance concert presentation to present Elledanceworks Looped: A View to the Soul as part of the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. In addition to the physical, gritty and dynamic modern dance works typically presented by Elledanceworks Theatre Company, Elledanceworks Looped: A View to the Soul takes the audience on a journey delving more deeply into dance as theatre through the use of text, setting and dancer/audience interaction. In the fall of 1997, Ronelle Eddings and Michele Hanlon met and were inspired to join energies in the co-production of a dance event. The chemistry was dynamic and the one-time project became ElledanceworksDance Company, now in its 15thseason. Over the past fourteen years, the company has performed extensively, bringing quality choreography and performance into a variety of settings. Education is highly valued among the directors and members of Elledanceworks. Eight of eleven performers are dance education specialists currently or recently working in local universities, colleges and school districts. During most of its seasons, Elledanceworks presents local and out-of-state choreographers and companies with the aim of enriching the experience of live dance for audience and performers alike. Elledanceworks has toured to Arizona and has presented workshops as far away as New Mexico.
ftp comedy presents Occupy Loop: Making 1% of our audience laugh 99% of the time
Studio Theatre Friday 3/2 at 10pm Sunday 3/11 at 5pm
With Occupy Loop: Making 1% of our audience laugh 99% of the time, FTP Comedy is encamping at this year's Loop Festival and, much like your mother-in-law, plans to well overstay their welcome. This blend of sketch and improv is pepper spray in the face of traditional "elitist" comedy as it aggressively takes aim at the social/economic/political theatrics of recent months. Their material is fresher than the Arab Spring and bottled at the source of your outrage. Come scream out some suggestions and unleash that proletariat anger. Come be part of the 1%. This material is not suitable for young audiences, or the bourgeois.
Please note: Contains adult language and content.
greyman theatre company presents waking up
Studio Theatre Saturday 3/3 at 8pm Tuesday 3/6 at 7:30pm Thursday 3/8 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/10 at 2pm Sunday 3/11 at 2pm Waking Up, a new play by local playwright Kelsey Ervi,is a humorous and heartfelt look at what happens before and after we sleep. Giving the audience glimpses into the lives of 11 people, the short play captures trust, doubt, fear, and love, and shows the characters at their most comfortable and at their most vulnerable. Waking Up touches on the emotions beneath the things we wake up for or go to bed with and the reasons we don’t wake up at all. Greyman Theatre Company was created in 2009 by Baylor University students and continues to run under the leadership of artistic director Matt Tolbert and managing director Joshua Gonzales. Greyman’s production history has included two regional premieres, Dani Girl and Homemade Fusion, by the writing duo Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book and lyrics). The mission of Greyman is to operate as a launching platform for theatrical artists, from writers to actors to directors to designers, to showcase their works. Contemporary works play a vital role in reflecting society’s views and questions about the life of the time. Greyman serves to document and preserve that history.
Haven productions presents international falls
Main Stage Sunday 3/4 at 5pm Saturday 3/10 at 8pm International Falls, by Thomas Ward, is the story of a burned out standup comedian and a hotel desk clerk trying to enjoy a one-night stand after a comedy show. What begins as an innocuous frolic turns into a philosophical discussion of comic theory, marriage, parenthood, religion, and fart jokes? The line between comedy and tragedy is blurred as both characters are forced to ask the inevitable post-coital question, “Now what?” Warning: Contains profanity and adult content. Haven Productions is a boutique, multi-faceted artistic firm that explores the beauty of storytelling through the graphic arts, film and video, environment design and stage production. Co-owned and operated by Davy Fisher and Bradley Jones in Franklin, Tennessee (outside of Nashville), Haven opened its doors in 2003. The diverse services offered and the creative passion of its owners has helped define this small firm and the strong work produced over its nine years. Though Haven has facilitated the artistic and technical design of several dozen theatrical productions, International Falls byThomas Ward is the first show solely produced by the company. Sherry Jo Ward has worked in regional theatres across Texas and the Southeast, including Actor's Express, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Tennessee Rep. She premiered the role of Elaine in Mark Levine's Scripted at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and was most recently seen in Stage West’s production of November. Sherry performed with the improv comedy teams One Hand Clapping in Nashville and the Hooligans in Montgomery, Alabama. Sherry has also worked on-air in television, and in film, most recently playing Amanda in the award-winning short film In the Middle. Sherry created the critically acclaimed role of Shirley Jones in Inevitable Theatre Company’s inaugural production of Jordan at the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival in 2007. She holds an MFA in Theatre Management from the University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Sherry will play Barbara in WaterTower Theatre’s upcoming production of August: Osage County.
heavenly muse players present autobahn
Studio Theatre Thursday 3/1 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/3 at 5pm Sunday 3/4 at 2pm Saturday 3/10 at 5pm Autobahn, by Neil LaBute, is a cycle of short plays, each of which takes place in the front seat of a car. LaBute states: “Cars, like most everything else, have been used as covert love nests, battlegrounds, or places of refuge in the past.” Autobahn is a compelling exploration of five relationships that are dramatically exposed and altered by the intimacy and enclosure of the iconic vehicle we call “the car.” Please note: Contains adult language and themes. Heavenly Muse Players, formerly Totally Wow Productions, is a theatrical troupe dedicated to classic drama and the regional premieres of contemporary playwrights. Past productions include David Mamet’s Oleanna, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love.
kevin j. thornton presents strange dreamz
Main Stage Saturday 3/3 at 5pm Tuesday 3/6 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/10 at 2pm Strange Dreamz, by Kevin J. Thornton, is a wild fusion of standup comedy, storytelling and music about a gay man searching for love, sex and the meaning of life. “…kept the audience in the palm of his hand. He’s a fast talking, high energy powerhouse of performer. Hilarious,” writes the Cincinnati CityBeat. Strange Dreamz is also Thornton's weekly podcast where he documents his traveling adventures and is the incubator for his live show. Kevin J. Thornton is a Los Angeles Times “Best Bet” and he has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and is a New Faces Winner at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. This past year he was a guest lecturer at Berkeley where he spoke about the use of his podcast and social media in connection with his national touring act.
Muscle memory dance theatre presents "You Will Know When You Are There: a Journey in Art and Modern Dance"
Studio Theatre Friday 3/9 at 8pm Sunday 3/11 at 2pm
An art and dance collaboration between the Ghost Town Arts Collective and Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, You Will Know When You Are There: a Journey in Art and Modern Dance is an event about transformation and myth: processes that twist and turn, taking us somewhere...a place that is unknown until arrival. You will know when you are there. Three dance works weave together on a 120 foot colorful fabric pathway. This work has dancers moving over layered landscapes, swinging from imaginary branches, and lighting a journey with glass lanterns. A 45-minute art and dance experience that will take theaudience to a sensorialdestination. "A performance from Muscle Memory Dance Theatre is never cut-and-dry, nor is the experience one size fits all. This is especially evident in You Will Know When You Are There: a Journey in Art and Modern Dance, presented in collaboration with Ghost Town Arts Collective,” writes Cheryl Callon, TheaterJones.com.
Outcry Theatre presents "dark play or stories for boys"
Studio Theatre Friday 3/2 at 8pm Saturday 3/3 at 2pm Sunday 3/4 at 5pm Saturday 3/10 at 8pm In Carlos Murillo’s dark play or stories for boys, Nick, a brilliant but desperately lonely teen, discovers the intoxicating pleasures of creating fake online personas, toying with faceless strangers. Nick stumbles across the words, “I want to fall in love,” on 16-year-old Adam’s profile. Intrigued, Nick creates the girl of Adam’s dreams. But when Adam insists on meeting her, Nick loses control of his game, with catastrophic and thrilling consequences. Contains adult language and intense sexuality. Husband-and-wife team Jason and Becca Johnson-Spinosstarted Outcry Theatre with the mission to draw young adults to the theatre as both audience members and participants. Utilizing bold artistic vision, highly physical staging, and an energetic and visceral performance style, Outcry Theatrefocuses on developing stellar performances and exceptional storytelling.
Purple Crayon of Yale present "12-scene madness!"
Studio Theatre Saturday 3/3 at 10pm 12-Scene Madness!, by Purple Crayon of Yale, will take 12 suggestions from our audience, and then, on the spot, we will improvise 12 scenes that have never been seen before and will never be seen again. Stay on your toes and be ready for anything to happen in this hour-long, fast-paced 12-Scene Madness! The Purple Crayon is an improvisational comedy group made up of undergraduates at Yale University. Founded in 1985, we are the world's oldest collegiate, long-form improv group. Dedicated to pushing our limits and experimenting with improv, we perform a wide variety of formats, usually in a long form style. Since the kinds of shows we do vary quite a bit, at any time they might feature recurring characters, musical improv, extended storylines, organically created noises, sound effects, and physicality, or mimed kitchen cabinet, all in an effort to entertain and discover new truths about the world we live in.
QLive! presents "Sweet Eros"
Stone Cottage Thursday 3/1 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/3 at 5pm Wednesday 3/7 at 7:30pm Friday 3/9 at 8pm Sweet Eros, by Terrence McNally, is sensitive yet boldly frank. Produced by QLive!, Sweet Eros intimately explores the dark recesses of an unsettled young man who kidnaps and enslaves an unsuspecting girl. Back on a DFW stage for the first time in more than 12 years, the provocative original Off-Broadway presentation was hailed as a milestone of "new" theatre. A compelling and disquieting view of the human condition, this calculated assault on the senses provokes a simple question: do people really want to be loved? QLive! is the live theater arm of QCinema, Fort Worth's Gay &Lesbian International Film Festival. The company was created to bring exciting, ground-breaking and controversial new works, local works, musicals, stand-up comedy, one-man shows and various live performances for all audiences to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. QLive! Artistic Director Kyle R. Trentham describes it as a celebration of provocative storytelling, producing theater that fills the gap with shows not typically seen on area stages. In other words, “It’s theater for the rest of us."
sceneshop presents trio
Stone Cottage Saturday 3/3 at 2pm Sunday 3/4 at 5pm Saturday 3/10 at 8pm Sunday 3/11 at 5pm In TRIO, SceneShop offers three very different tales of intent, result and the gulf between. “lived in…” chronicles a young husband’s efforts to provide his wife a home; a home which may well be haunted. In “FREAK,” a Texas convict examines personal mistakes and institutional injustice. An ill-advised road trip escalates into comic Hell in “Trafficking With the Devil, OR She Drove Me to It.” For mature audiences only. Contains adult language and scenes. SceneShop is an evolving collective of artists dedicated to the strength and entertainment value of new works, presented simply and performed well. The ‘Shop was founded in 1996 by Les Cargot, Elizabeth Morrison and Steven McGaw. Since it began, SceneShop has presented well over 100 new short works by Texas and regional writers.
screw you entertainment presents "the screw you revue"
Studio Theatre Friday 3/9 at 10pm Saturday 3/10 at 10pm
Texas may have Rick Perry, but Wayburn Sassy is the most homophobic bigot the Lone Star State has ever seen. Accompanied by his favorite songbird, the 'Amorous Amazon' Miss Didi Panache, The Screw You Revue will transport the audience to a place where no subject is taboo, and everyone takes part in the joke. Check your conservative values at the door because this show isn't for the faint-of-heart, or those easily offended. Recommended for mature audiences only. The Screw You Revue is the flagship show of Screw You Entertainment, owned and performed by partners, on and off stage, Dewey Chaffee (Wayburn Sassy) and Douglas McGeoch (Didi Panache). The duos' brand of irreverent, no-holds-barred comedy has won them numerous awards and accolades throughout the US and Canada, including 6 'Best of Fest' titles. Screw You Entertainment draws inspiration from comedy icons Don Rickles, Lisa Lampanelli, and Dame Edna and mixes in the variety stylings of Sonny & Cher. In 2011, The Screw You Revue made its European premiere at The Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, premiered in New York City, and had a held-over five week run at the Madeira Room in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Stellar Productions presents "a most happy stella"
Main Stage Saturday 3/3 at 2pm Wednesday 3/7 at 7:30pm Sunday 3/11 at 5pm A Most Happy Stella by Stellar Productions is a celebratory series of original short plays inspired by popular works of theatre, featuring live music by Plus One Jazz Group, and culminating in the titular mini-musical version of A Streetcar Names Desire told from Stella’s triumphant point-of-view. Stellar Productions was created by playwright David Parr, composer Rebecca Cordes and director Eric Amburg to introduce original works emphasizing the playfulness of both live theater and live music.
W.B. Spotlight Productions presents "Fronteras Americanas (American Borders)"
Stone Cottage Saturday 3/3 at 8pm Sunday 3/4 at 7:30pm Saturday 3/10 at 5pm Sunday 3/11 at 2pm Fronteras Americanas (American Borders) is playwright Guillermo Verdecchia’s one-person show in which he re-creates his journey and struggle to build a home between two cultures, while exploring the images and conventions of Latinos and Latin America. Through multimedia and intimate theatre you are escorted to the border and immersed in Latin America, all while following one man’s journey in search of his identity and home. Where does your Border lie? (Recommended for mature audiences only, some violence, semi-loud shots fired.) W.B. Spotlight Productions aims to produce and perform a wide range of high quality work through the use of honest and creative storytelling. Its productions entertain and engage its audience while examining the universal truths about the human condition.
festival history
The Out of the Loop Fringe Festival began in 2002 as a way for WaterTower Theatre to produce new and challenging works with a contemporary edge, and was designed to provide opportunities for other existing and emerging theatre, dance, and music companies and artists in the region to present work that may vary in form and presentation from their typical content. In addition, WaterTower wanted to provide a forum that supported artistic risk, which may not always be possible in a typical subscription-based scenario. WaterTower hoped that appearing together in a festival atmosphere, these companies could provide the North Dallas and surrounding area with a diverse range of artistic endeavors. Since 2002, when the Festival drew just over 1,000 patrons over the course of 10 days, Out of the Loop has become a regional theatrical event. The Festival typically hosts around 20 organizations presenting over 50 individual performances and drawing between 3,000 and 5,000 arts lovers each year. The Out of the Loop Fringe Festival has also received a Special Citation from the Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum for providing opportunities to new and emerging companies and playwrights. The Festival has begun to bring in headliners of various disciplines who are nationally renown. These artists partner with regional and Dallas-based artists in theatre, dance, music, comedy, puppetry and poetry, and are presented side-by-side throughout the Festival's 10-day run. The Festival continues to present a wide-range of artistic disciplines that explore varied themes and cultural expression. It is WaterTower's goal to provide the community an opportunity to explore multiple performance mediums at accessible prices. The Out of the Loop Fringe Festival is one of the most accessible arts events in North Texas both in terms of admission prices and programming. As always, it is WaterTower Theatre's mission to provide access to and participation in cultural arts events to the widest possible segment of our community.
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