The Orlando Fringe Festival has announced the Patron’s Pick encore performances for 2017. These 22 shows represent the two best-selling shows of each of the festival’s 11 main venues:
BLUE VENUE
#1 Something Strange, William Travis Ray, Winter Park, FL
#2 Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Ethel Merman, Chrickey Productions, Orlando, FL
BROWN VENUE
#1 Joan Crawford House Party, Doug Ba’aser Presents, Orlando, FL
#2 Vincent, Rauce Like Sauce Productions, Orlando, FL
GOLD VENUE
#1 Psycho Mode, John B. deHaas, Ocoee, FL
#2 Fringe Family Feud, Jester Theater, Orlando, FL
GREEN VENUE
#1 Beau & Aero: Crash Landing, A Little Bit Off, Portland, OR
#2 The Unrepentant Necrophile, The Coldharts, Brooklyn, NY
ORANGE VENUE
#1 Wanzie with A Z, Wanzie Presents & D Squared Productions, Orlando, FL
#2 Bitch, Perfect, Orlando Gay Chorus, Orlando, FL
PINK VENUE
#1 The Rocky Horror Pole Show, MissFit Pole Production, Orlando, FL
#2 Martin Dockery: Delirium, Concrete Drops, Brooklyn, NY
PURPLE VENUE
#1 Mark Toland, Mind Reader, Mark Toland, Chicago, IL
#2 There Ain’t No More: Death of a Folksinger, Willi Carlisle, Fayetteville, AK
RED VENUE
#1 Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets, The Pucking Fuppet Co., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
#2 The Struggle is Real, Runaways, Orlando, FL
SILVER VENUE
#1 High Tea: Another British Comedy, James and Jamesey, Sussex, England
#2 Caws & Effect, Mind of a Snail Puppet Co., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
WHITE VENUE
#1 Duel, The Narrative Union, Orlando, FL
#2 La Reina Yolanda, Leesa Castaneda, Winter Park, FL
YELLOW VENUE
#1 Punslingers: A Western Wordplay Musical, Sam Hammersley, Orlando, FL
#2 Ferris Beuller’s Day Off: The Unofficial Musical, Robert Johnston and Katie Ford, Orlando, FL
Florida artists came out in force and performed strongly: some 14 of the 22 encores were taken by Florida-based artists. The Orlando Fringe Festival is the longest-running and largest Fringe festival in the United States.