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Saturday, June 1, 6-8 p.m.…
Opening Reception FREE
Entertainment:
• Proud Mary Theatre Company Perfromance
• Musician Mike “Firebox” Johnson
Saturday, June 1, 6-8 p.m.…
• 8 p.m. House Of Mann Fashion Show: New collection by Carolina-based artist Brandon Hilton and his partner. House of Mann has quickly gained notoriety after features in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Paper Magazine, CNN and by dressing some of Pop Culture’s biggest names including Alyssa Edwards, Kim Petras, Laith Ashley, Allie X, and Desmond Is Amazing.
Friday, June 7, @8 p.m
“Fun
Home” with live orchestra Winner of Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score,
“Fun Home” by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori is based on the best-selling graphic
novel by Alison Bechdel, “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” and set in the Bechdel
family FUNeral home. Three actors portray Alison at different ages as she
recounts her childhood in the family business, her first year at college, and
her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding her father’s life.
Saturday, June 8 @ 8 p.m.…
Fun Home
Sunday, June 9 @ 3 p.m.…
Fun Home
Tuesday, June 11…
7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Jim Dant’s Stories I Can’t Tell in Church. After capacity crowds in San
Francisco, Atlanta, Greenville and Columbia, Jim Dant is bringing this comedy
hit to Spartanburg. As pastor of Greenville’s 100% inclusive First Baptist
Church, Jim has been complimented, cursed, blessed, blessed out, near deified
and damned for being an LGBTQ ally. It all makes for a lot of laughs and a lot
of tears in this unique comedy.
Wednesday, June 12…
• 7 p.m. Scrappy Shakespeare’s
Much Ado About Nothing
• 9 p.m. Lauren French’s Intimate Dinner or Tap Water Is Fine. A
solo show written and performed by Lauren French and directed by Prentiss
Standridge invites the audience to a food and wine festival event hosted at an
upscale, exclusive, and fictional fine dining eatery in downtown Spartanburg.
The audience follows a server named Lauren — as 18 characters — as she waits
on various customers and navigates surprise guest appearances by celebrity
chefs. This is a comedic and loving look at our absurd relationships with food
and fine dining.
Thursday, June 13 @ 8
p.m.…
Fun Home
Friday, June 14 @ 8 p.m.…
Fun Home
Saturday, June 15 @ 8 p.m.…
Fun Home
Sunday, June 16 @ 3 p.m.…
Fun Home
Monday, June 17…
• 7 p.m. Sparkle City Improv
• 8 p.m. Alchemy Comedy
Theater
Wednesday, June 19…
7 p.m. The
Riedys: Broadway Genderbent A unique twist on Broadway show tunes with Kate
and James Riedy. The siblings will perform classic songs typically sung by the
opposite gender from blockbusters such as Les
Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Dear Evan Hansen, Shrek, and more!
Thursday, June 20…
5-9 p.m. ArtWalk
• Lady Pluuto Live
Demonstrations
• Entertainment by Proud Mary
• Music by Sydney McMath &
Mike “Firebox Johnson
Friday, June 21
• 7:30 p.m. USC Upstate’s Shoestring Players present Keep This for Your Records, a new play
by Anna Elliott
• 9 p.m. Erika Phoenix’s Fragments, a solo show and a fusion of
autobiographical writing, fantasy, dreams, and nightmares that push the
boundaries of the perception of mental health with regards to gun violence.
Somewhere between chaos and humanity lies the protagonist’s quickly
deteriorating reality. Fragments is a
story of dissociation and trying to make sense of nonsense. Relying on the
sounds of words rather than only meaning, this performance is experiential
rather than story-driven.
Saturday, June 22…
• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Madddartist’s
Teen Workshop
• 7 p.m. Concert by The
Madddartist & Special Guests
Sunday, June 23…
• 3 p.m. Play Reading of All That Shines is Not Silver, an
original comedy-drama by Zachary Urban. On a stormy winter’s night, the
deranged Sir Langley and his motley four minions stage an elaborate scheme to
overthrow and take over the Royal Castle. This farcical comedy-drama entails a
missing leg, mischief, ghosts, and graceless fights.
• 7 p.m. The S– Stirrer, acomedy show by Sordid Lives
creator Del Shores
• 8:30 p.m. A Sordid Evening with Del Shores,
on-stage interview, retrospective & Q&A
Monday, June 24…
• 7 p.m. New play reading by
Robert Fuson Barbie Liberation
Organization
Tuesday, June 25…
• 7 p.m. Film screening by
Steven Adam Renkovish of Fugue,
followed by a Q&A with the writer/director and actress Brittany Renee
Smith. Bonus: A sneak peek of the upcoming feature film The Awakening Of Lilith.
Wednesday, June 26…
• 7 p.m. Intimate Dinner or Tap Water Is Fine, a solo show written and
performed by Lauren French and directed by Prentiss Standridge. It invites the
audience to a food and wine festival event hosted at an upscale, exclusive, and
fictional fine dining eatery in downtown Spartanburg. The audience follows a
server named Lauren — as 18 characters — as she waits on various customers
and navigates surprise guest appearances by celebrity chefs. It is a comedic
and loving look at our absurd relationships with food and fine dining.
Thursday, June 27…
• 7 p.m. Fragments by Erika Phoenix is a solo show and a fusion of
autobiographical writing, fantasy, dreams, and nightmares that push the
boundaries of the perception of mental health with regards to gun violence.
Somewhere between chaos and humanity lies the protagonist’s quickly
deteriorating reality. Fragments is a
story of dissociation and trying to make sense of nonsense. Relying on the
sounds of words rather than only meaning, this performance is experiential
rather than story-driven.
Friday, June 28…
• 7 p.m. Play Reading by Brook Nelson: White Picket Wives
by D. Zelda Stron
• 8 p.m. Stonewall 50th Anniversary w/ Patti O’Furniture as Emcee
• Encore presentation of Movement by Proud Mary Theatre
Company
• Gay History Trivia Contest, Bedtime Story Reading and more!
Saturday, June 29…
2-11 p.m. Fringe Rockin’ Finale
• 2 p.m., Brandy Lindsey
and the Punch
• 3:15 p.m. Satori Tree
• 4:30 p.m. DysFUNKshun
• 5:45 p.m. Wounded Hollow
• 7 p.m. TBA
• 8:15 p.m. Irises
• 9:30 p.m. Splatter Punx