Fringe Training Factory presents Monday and Tuesday Workshops and Fireside Chats on topics of interest to Fringe participants. The second series begins today. Check them out on pages 13 and 14 of the 2008 Capital Fringe Festival Guide.
Here are some images from ones I attended last week.
First was a Monday workshop held at MLK Library titled “Look Ma, No Pixels! Digital Media in Live Performance,” led by Capital Fringe staffer Lane Pianta.
Panelists included Joseph Price of Truffle Pigs and representatives from Banished? Productions. All agreed that the use of digital media in live performance is in its infancy, and has a long way to go. And they gave interesting examples from their experience. More photos here.
Later that evening at Fort Fringe Julianne Brienza, Executive Director of the Capital Fringe Festival, introduced a Fireside Chat called “The 60-Minute Guide to Producing Your Own Play.” Panelists included Terri Allen of DC Cabaret Network, Ed Spitzberg of “The Eddie Lounge Show,” and Mark Whitney of “A Fool for a Client.” More photos here.
Tuesday at MLK Library was “Taking It and Dishing It Out: The Messy Art of Grand Guignol Stage Violence” led by Tara Garwood and Lucas Maloney, Artistic Directors of Molotov Theatre Group.
This was great fun to watch and to photograph as we learned to make stage blood from Karo Syrup and food coloring, and
how to create and apply stage wounds. Here Brian Reed, Online Editorial Associate for City Paper, inspects his "injury." Click here for his video and an account of reactions to his condition as he walked Washington streets. More bloody photos here.
Back at Fort Fringe was a Fireside Chat, “A Discussion on Intercultural Theatre,” again led by Lane Pianta with Huilo Marvavilla of Teatro Jaguar Luna and Lary Moten of Mosaic Theatre Productions. Though not as picturesque as Grand Guignol, the topic was engrossing enough to keep the discussions flowing for almost an hour beyond its scheduled close. More photos here.
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