Wilbury Group Announces 4th Annual FRINGEPVD, in Collaboration with WaterFire Providence
By: A.A. Cristi Jun. 29, 2017
The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly announces the 4th annual Providence Fringe Festival, FRINGEPVD - to be held July 24-29, 2017. The premiere Fringe Theatre Festival in New England, FRINGEPVD has grown rapidly since its inaugural year in 2014. The 2017 Festival will bring together more than 300 individual theatre, music, dance, multi-media, and performing artists for five nights of performances in traditional and non-traditional performance venues throughout the Providence area.
Presented by The Wilbury Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, the 2017 Festival will be centered around the new WaterFire Arts Center and designated performance spaces within it. Additional performances during the festival will be held at The Steel Yard and AS220's Black Box Theatre, a new pop-up performance venue at RISD's Point Street location, as well as additional non-traditional spaces throughout the city to-be-announced.
The week begins with a special Opening Party on Monday, July 24 at the WaterFire Arts Center featuring preview performances by local and national artists from the fringe. Regular performances will be held at Fringe venues Tuesday, July 25-Saturday, July 29. Additionally, the 2017 Festival includes the 3rd annual Family Fringe Day on Saturday, July 29 to be held outdoors at the WaterFire Arts Center featuring children's performances, games, and workshops.
Visit fringepvd.org for more information about the 2017 Providence Fringe Festival, including information on the venues, performing artists, and more. Complete schedule of performances will announced the week of July 10.
Modeled after the original Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and in the tradition of Fringe Festivals around the world, FRINGEPVD brings over 300 independent performing artists from around the country to Providence to share original work from the "fringe."
"Since 2014 FringePVD has been bringing arts organizations throughout the city together to provide artists the opportunity to present their work in a way that supports each of them, while still allowing the artists to retain 100% of all ticket sales for their performances," says Festival Founder and Artistic Director Josh Short. "In addition to continuing to foster an environment of support for artists, our goal this year through our partnership with WaterFire and their beautiful new arts center, is to centralize the majority of the festival performances to encourage our visiting artists and audiences to see more shows and engage with each other on a deeper and more meaningful way."
ABOUT FRINGEPVD
Presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group, The Providence Fringe Festival (FRINGEPVD) is produced to nurture emerging and established performing artists from around the world by presenting fun, fearless and affordable theater to the community and creating ties between artists, audiences, businesses and local organizations, amplifying the vibrancy of Providence as a renowned cultural destination and an unparalleled place to live, work, and visit.
The 2017 Providence Fringe Festival is presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, with support from Big Nazo Labs, the Rhode Island School of Design, The Dean Hotel, The Providence Tourism Council and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Tickets for all performances are $5-$15 and are available at the door. More at www.fringepvd.org.
The Providence Fringe Festival, FRINGEPVD, is a proud member of the United States Association of Fringe Festivals and the World Fringe Network.ABOUT THE WILBURY THEATRE GROUP
Founded in 2010, The Wilbury Theatre Group is an ever-evolving collaboration of artists committed to presenting adventurous audiences with the highest quality professional theatre. Founded on the belief that quality theatre should be an affordable and accessible means of enrichment to the community; The Wilbury Group presents contemporary, experiential theatre that simultaneously engages, inspires, and provokes thought among audiences. www.thewilburygroup.org.
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