Author Archive for Chris Klimek

Hip Shot: Who Killed Captain Kirk?

Mountain – at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Ave NW

Remaining Performance Stardates:
Saturday, July 16, 2:45 p.m.
Sunday, July 17, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20, 10 p.m.
Friday, July 22, 8:15 p.m.
They say: “At a Star Trek convention, actor William Shatner aka Captain Kirk is murdered. It’s up to a group of Trekkies to solve the crime. The [...]

To Infinity and Beyond: Talking With FLYBOY playwright Evan Crump

When manned space exploration makes its next big leap forward, “the right stuff” will no longer be lightning reflexes and nerves of steel, but rather the even-more-uncommon ability to withstand decades of confinement and isolation without losing your mind. In space no one can hear you scream—which might just be the reason you’re screaming.
Playwright/actor Evan [...]

Fringe Fare: Five Shows We at Least Mosly Liked That You Can See Tonight

Although it’s slimmed down by about 10 percent from last year, the Capital Fringe Festival is still a huge, sprawling jungle of an event, and deciding how to bet your $17 can be taxing. (In this heat, blinking your eyes is taxing.) But soft! The Fringe & Purge Action News and Commentary Squad [...]

Regrets: Too Few to Mention! Getting Nostalgic for Capital Fringe Festival VI, Part the First

Egad, what a sticky and eventful first weekend’s Fringery!
CapFringe Audience Services Director Cory Ryan Frank dons a tie to do the numbers: Nine thousand tickets! Five thousand buttons! A thousand passes! Uncountable memories!
It almost didn’t get off the ground at all. The milk of human kindness, as we all know, is in actuality beer. Some [...]

That’s What We’re Here For

Constant reader, if you’ve got a question that’s even tangentially Capital Fringe-related, the Fringe & Purge Action News and Commentary Squad is here for you!
Let us know what you want to know, either in the comments below or via Twitter. What we can’t answer, we shall endeavor to discover. And what [...]

Tonight They’re Gonna Rock You Tonight: Being an Unscientific Guide to Bet-Hedging as Capital Fringe VI Begins

The burning sensation in between your toes? Probably means you need to wear socks and wash better. But the electricity you feel in the air is because we’re a mere four hours out from curtain-time on the sixth Capital Fringe Festival’s opening salvo of shows!
The 22 Fringe offerings popping off this evening between roughly happy [...]

We Came Here to Do a Thing, Again: Fringe & Purge Is Open for Business!

The 2011 Fringe & Purge Actions News and Commentary Squad is exploding into action! Catch the fever!

Julianne and the Numbers

Capital Fringe Festival Executive Director Julianne Brienza does the numbers at the 2010 festival’s closing-night party, Sunday, July 25.

Fringe Interview: Jo Firestone & Dylan Marron

Video interview with Jo Firestone and Dylan Marron, the winners of the 2010 Captial Fringe Festival Directors’ Award for “Ridgefield Middle School Talent Nite.”

The (cough) Morning After

Capital Fringe Festival 2010, hazily, lovingly remembered.