The time is near for this year’s Capital Fringe Festival, our annual celebration of theatre and freedom of expression. In 2024, the Capital Fringe Festival will feature entirely original theatre, dance, and unclassifiable productions with a total of 150 cast and crew members, 83% of whom are from the DMV area and 17% from across the country and internationally.
The festival has once again moved to a new neighborhood and will take place in the Golden Triangle neighborhood, in three vacant retail storefronts on Connecticut Ave NW equipped with three stages, as well as two additional stages at the Edlavitch DCJCC and Theater J.
This year’s productions are original works that open up an exploration into an array of human experiences and examine the angst on the eve of a presidential election, the joy of budding a relationship to acknowledging one’s own death, church as dance club afloat somewhere in the universe and the history of Black firefighters in Washington, DC, flamenco to modern dance and of course so much more. All shows run for 50 – 75 minutes. And you can get a taste of some of the shows with FreeFringe Lunchtime Teasers during lunchtime at Edward R. Murrow Park.
As we prepare for our 17th annual festival, would be remised not to highlight that Capital Fringe has been in existence for 19 years, so this is our organization’s final teenage year. Capital Fringe’s annual festival is the only un-juried, self-producing live performance festival in the Washington, DC area. Since 2005, we have presented 17 festivals featuring over 52,700 artists to an audience of 393,234 ticket buyers. The festival has generated over $2.7 million in artist revenue.
This year’s festival would not be possible without the support of our partners, including the Golden Triangle BID, and our venue partners the Edlavitch DCJCC, Theater J, and Blake Real Estate.
“Bringing the Capital Fringe Festival to the Golden Triangle will make these imaginative productions accessible to a wide audience of District workers, residents, and visitors,” said Leona Agouridis, President and CEO of the Golden Triangle BID. “We are delighted to partner with Capital Fringe to host hundreds of memorable performances in the Golden Triangle this summer. Arts enliven the neighborhood and bring creative energy to vacant spaces. We look forward to welcoming Fringe performers and theatergoers to our community.”