Orlando Fringe Announces New Winter Mini-Fest

Over the past 25 years, patrons of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival have been faced with an overwhelming sadness when their favorite annual event comes to an end every May.

When Orlando Fringe began to think about expanding their programming they looked to their patrons and created The Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest.

This new one weekend event will take place January 5-8, 2017 at venues within the Lowndes Shakespeare Center which last year, became the year-round home of The Orlando Fringe offices.

In speaking of the reason for creating this new event, Festival Producer Michael Marinaccio said, "This is something that audiences and artists have been clamoring about for years. We finally felt, after getting through our 25th anniversary festival, that the time was right to make this happen."

Executive Director George Wallace said, "[This new annual event] will present some of the best shows from the previous festival and gives our audiences a chance to see them again or for the first time. Like the annual festival in May, the Winter Mini-Fest will be bringing in local artists to perform as well as artists from across the country and around the world."

While the official schedule has yet to be released, The Orlando Fringe has stated that they will be updating their fans on their website and social media networks.

Watch the big logo reveal below!

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The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is the longest running Fringe in the United States. It is a member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF), United States Association of Fringe Festivals (USAFF) and the World Fringe Network and follows the CAFF mandate to remain 100% unjuried, 100% uncensored, 100% accessible for artists and audiences alike, with 100% of ticket sales given back to the artists. Orlando Fringe is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and receives generous funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, United Arts of Central Florida, City of Orlando and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

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