FRIGID NEW york presents
New York City
FRINGE
April 2 – 20th, 2025
New York City Fringe (formally the FRIGID Fringe Festival) is an open, lottery-based theater festival that gives artists an opportunity to let their ingenuity thrive in an environment that values freedom of expression and artistic determination. In true support of the Indie Theater Community, 100% of box office proceeds go directly to the artists whose work is being presented.
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At 40 years old, Chris Davis seizes on ballet class as a way to replace all other addictions — drugs, alcohol, Modern Family, and the toxic tropes of 90s John Cusack movies. With only a barre for support, Fringe favorite Chris Davis mixes dance and storytelling in a 50-minute comedy that shows you change is always possible, no matter what your age.
April 2nd at 6:30pm
April 6th at 5:20pm
April 8th at 9:50pm
April 12th at 5:20pm
April 20th at 5:20pm
A rollicking, post-apocalyptic, cautionary bluegrass tale by Greg Kotis (Tony Award-winning co-author of Urinetown.) Join Ma, Pa, Boy, and Girl atop a distant mountain, as they sing about environmental collapse, changing gender norms, the generation gap, questionable survivalist practices, and the road that lays ahead!
April 2nd at 8:10pm
April 11th at 9:50pm
April 18th at 8:10pm
April 20th at 7pm
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through, this one-person show by award-winning playwright Sarah Hogewood and Directed by Jennie Hughes, is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way grief connects us all. If Hamlet had more of a lesbian vibe, this would be his performance art “to be or not to be.” Through stories of trial and error based on real accounts from heartbreak survivors, the audience will crack up and crack open in the search for evidence that we are not alone.
April 2nd at 9:50pm
April 6th at 7:00pm
April 12th at 8:40pm
April 18th at 9:50pm
Comedienne, cabaret artist, and living legend D’yan Forest (currently Guinness World Records Title Holder for Oldest Female Comedian in the World) returns with a new show.
April 3rd at 6:30pm
April 11th at 8:10pm
April 17th at 6:30pm
April 20th at 3:40pm
In Waiting Room Z, Shakespeare’s most often forgotten characters find themselves antsy, excited, and lost. It is here that the all-knowing Stage Manager sends them out into the world. However, it’s been years since these characters have been in the spotlight, and they’re beginning to grow impatient. Hamlet Isn’t Dead’s When My Cue Comes is a devised play that follows four of these “left-behind” characters in the canon and their desperate attempts to do whatever it takes to take their place on stage once again.
April 3rd at 8:10pm
April 9th at 9:50pm
April 12th at 2:00pm
April 14th at 6:30pm
LIANA asks: Where is my lost identity? How can I reconnect with my lineage and be reborn?
In the heart of today’s multicultural Queens, Liana, a young Latina musician, struggles to balance family expectations with her own artistic dreams. Caught between tradition and ambition, she finds an unexpected guide in her great-grandmother Pilar, a passionate flamenco dancer from 1930s Spain. With an original score blending flamenco, Latin jazz, and hip-hop, LIANA weaves magical realism with live music to explore identity, heritage, and self-discovery. Join this powerful journey through music and culture!
April 3rd at 9:50pm
April 4th at 6:30pm
April 5th at 7:00pm
April 6th at 3:40pm
April 7th at 9:50pm
It’s the story of Medusa, a musical comedy, and what happens when #YesAnd becomes #MeToo. Comedian Gwen Coburn brings her “hilarious and harrowing” (Orlando Weekly), “whip-smart” (Free Press), “dark feminist stuff” (Gwen’s Mom) show to NYC Fringe. Winner Best Musical Winnipeg Fringe 2023.
April 4th at 8:10pm
April 7th at 6:30pm
April 12th at 3:40pm
April 14th at 8:10pm
April 18th at 6:30pm
“Stay” is a showcase of contemporary dance from five NYC choreographers that invites us to linger in moments of delight, of meaning, of growth, even of difficulty—and to be transformed by them. This inspiring show will feature eight solo and group pieces interweaving music and spoken word with contemporary, ballet, and jazz dance styles to touch on themes of community, romance, family, loss, and resilience.
April 4th at 9:50pm
April 13th at 7:00pm
April 16th at 8:10pm
April 19th at 5:20pm
At the heart of “He Said, She Says” is Caragh Donley’s powerful story of coming out as trans at age 63 after a lifetime of hiding her true self. This poignant narrative carries a profound message: it’s never too late to become who you want to be.
April 5th at 3:40pm
April 7th at 8:10pm
April 15th at 9:50pm
April 19th at 8:40pm