San Francisco Fringe Festival Explained

San Francisco Fringe Festival
Location:	Tenderloin, San Francisco
Founded:	1992
Play Type:	Fringe theater
Date:	September (annually)

The San Francisco Fringe Festival, or SF Fringe, is a fringe theater festival produced by the EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. It is one of the oldest fringe festivals in the United States.^[1] It takes place over the course of two weeks every September.^[2]

The festival was founded in 1992 by several members of BAIT (Bay Area Independent Theatre), a consortium of small theatres in San Francisco and vicinity.

Performances featured at SF Fringe are chosen by lottery.^[3] The 2017 festival featured about 150 performances by more than 35 theater companies, performing in three small theater venues.^[4] Non Traditional Fringe Venues (NTFV) have included "bars and restaurants, on buses, park benches and trees".^[5] Many of the shows feature mature themes or nudity.^[6]

The conclusion of the festival features additional performances by shows chosen as the "Best of the Fringe".^[7]

2019 award winners

2019 Best of Fringe Awards^[8]

• AEON by James Sundquist^[9]
• Get Uncomfortable Nicia De’Lovely^[10]
• HICK: A Love Story, The Romance of Lorena Hickok & Eleanor Roosevelt by Terry Baum & Lilith Women's Theater^[11]
• I Favor My Daddy by Jamie Brickhouse^[12]
• The Magic of Ryan Kane by Ryan Kane^[13]
• My Will and My Life by Harry Cronin, Page 86 Productions, John Tranchitella^[14]
• Why My Unicorn Left Me by Resonance^[15]

2019 Tech Awards^[16]

• Barbara Holoway Volunteer Award: David Kirby
• Big Tips Award: Glen Micheletti
• Curtis Overacre über Tech Award: Michelle Chesley
• Techie's Choice Award: Fingertips by Fingertips Variety
• Volunteer's Choice Award: Grief is Horny by Jonathan Euseppi^[17]

2018 award winners

2018 Best of Fringe Awards^[18]

• Adam and Eve on a Raft by Book of Jones
• ALTARS FOR MY ALTERS Potatoes Mashed Comedy
• Dandy Darkly's All Aboard by Dandy Darkly
• Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and my Mother by Jamie Brickhouse
• Experts, Assholes, and True Believers by Ronen Sberlo
• Mingalaba by James Sundquist^[19]
• My Preferred Pronoun is We by Lyralen Kaye
• The Immaculate Big Bang by Bill Santiago

2018 Sold Out Awards^[20]

• Adam and Eve on a Raft by Book of Jones
• ALTARS FOR MY ALTERS Potatoes Mashed Comedy
• Dandy Darkly's All Aboard by Dandy Darkly
• Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and my Mother by Jamie Brickhouse
• Experts, Assholes, and True Believers by Ronen Sberlo
• Mingalaba by James Sundquist^[21]
• Put a Little Shimmer in Your Life by Joan Chaplick
• The Immaculate Big Bang by Bill Santiago
• The Mermaid's Tears by Evelyn Jean Pine
• The Secret Language by Allen Gittelson

2017 award winners

2017 Best of Fringe Award Winners with Encore Performances

• Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth! by Dandy Darkly^[22]
• Expeditious Intent by James Sundquist^[23]
• Nigga-Roo by Dazie-Grego Sykes^[24]

2017 Best of Fringe Awards

• An Audience With Shurl by Sue Bevan Theatre^[25]
• BLACK! by Michael Washington Brown^[26]
• Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth! by Dandy Darkly
• Even If It's Wrong by Todd Pickering^[27]
• Expeditious Intent by James Sundquist
• Hitler in the Green Room by K.S. Haddock^[28]
• Homeful by Amy Mihyang Ginther^[29]
• Keeping Up With the Jorgensons by Jeremy Julian Greco
• Nigga-Roo by Dazie-Grego Sykes
• Tasha by Cat Brooks
• Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? by Irma Herrera^[30]
• You Fucking Earned It by Naked Empire Bouffon.^[31]

2017 Tech Awards

• Barbara Holoway Volunteer Award: Denise Dee
• Big Tips Award: Glen Micheletti
• Curtis Overacre über Tech Award: Tyler Null
• Techie's Choice Award: An Audience With Shurl by Sue Bevan Theatre

2017 SOLD OUT Awards

Given to shows which sold all seats to a performance.

• $wampland by Other Voices and Playwright's Center of SF^[32] - 1 award
• Hitler in the Green Room by K.S. Haddock - 3 awards

See also

• Elastic Future
• EXIT Theatre

References

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snowflakes-may-feel-triggered_us_59b7fce5e4b0883782dec32c

Notes and References

1. Web site: 27th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival. Do The Bay. 2018-12-19.
2. News: San Francisco Fringe website. SF Fringe Official Website. 2017-07-12.
3. Web site: San Francisco Fringe Festival. 2017-07-12.
4. Web site: SFTourismTips - San Francisco Fringe Festival 2017. 2017-07-12.
5. Web site: United States Association of Fringe Festivals - San Francisco Fringe Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20120820051601/https://fringefestivals.us/festival/san-francisco-fringe-festival// . 2012-08-20 . 2017-07-12.
6. News: Our 12 Fringiest Picks For The San Francisco Fringe Festival. Joe Kukura. September 8, 2016. SFist. 2017-07-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801002316/http://sfist.com/2016/09/08/12_fringiest_picks_for_the_san_fran.php. August 1, 2017.
7. Web site: DoTheBay.com - Best of the Fringe (Second Stage) . 2017-07-12.
8. News: 2019 Best of Fringe Announcement. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924184629/http://www.theexit.org/fringe/. 2019-09-24.
9. News: James Sundquist SF Fringe 2019. 2019-09-24. September 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924172133/https://james.network/sf-fringe-2019/. dead.
10. Web site: Archived . 10 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924185507/https://niciadelovely.wixsite.com/niciadelovely . September 24, 2019 . unfit.
11. News: Lilith Women's Theater Official Website. 2019-09-24.
12. News: Jamie Brickhouse Official Website. 2019-09-24.
13. News: Ryan Kane Official Website. 2019-09-24.
14. News: My Will and My Life | . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924171730/http://www.theexit.org/fringe/my/. 2019-09-24.
15. News: Resonance Music Project Official Website. 2019-09-24. September 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924185517/http://resonancemusicproject.com/. dead.
16. News: 2019 Best of Fringe Announcement. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924184629/http://www.theexit.org/fringe/. 2019-09-24.
17. News: Jonathan Euseppi Official Website. 2019-09-24. September 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924190457/https://www.jonathaneuseppi.com/new-cover-page-1. dead.
18. News: San Francisco Fringe Festival | produced by EXIT Theatre . https://web.archive.org/web/20180919033939/http://www.sffringe.org/. 2018-09-19.
19. News: James Sundquist Official Website. 2018-09-19. September 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094413/http://james.network/. dead.
20. News: San Francisco Fringe Festival | produced by EXIT Theatre . https://web.archive.org/web/20180919033939/http://www.sffringe.org/. 2018-09-19.
21. News: James Sundquist Official Website. 2018-09-19. September 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094413/http://james.network/. dead.
22. News: Dandy Darkly Official Website. 2018-02-15.
23. News: James Sundquist Official Website. 2018-02-15. September 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902062141/http://www.james.network/. dead.
24. News: Dazie Grego Sykes Official Website. 2018-02-15.
25. News: Sue Bevan Official Website. 2018-02-15. February 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084753/https://www.suebevantheatre.net/. dead.
26. News: Michael Washington Brown Official Website. 2018-02-15.
27. News: Todd Pickering imdb Profile. 2018-02-15.
28. News: Hitler in the Green Room Facebook Page. Haddock. Keith. 2018-02-15.
29. News: Amy Mihyang Ginther Official Website. 2018-02-15.
30. News: Irma Herrera Official Website. 2018-02-15.
31. News: Naked Empire Bouffon Company Official. 2018-02-15.
32. News: $swampland Official. 2018-02-15. February 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216091953/https://www.swamplandvoices.com/. dead.