Fringe Delights

Sure. We don't always see eye to eye, but Austin and I have one thing in common: our love of a good story. We can make you laugh. We can make you cry. We can make you shake in your boots over the growing troops of the Baby Army, or the threat of a surrealistic political play.

This week, Austin directs two short plays under the title "Short Works of Dangerous Devotion" for the inagural DC Fringe Festival. Ionesco, Fornes, and Durang are the playwrights featured, and acclaimed actress Tina Renay Fulp(of Studio Theatre) stars in two of the three plays.

The DCist.com review of SWDD says, "The first piece toys with fascism, the second with love and the third with religion." Yes, it's a brilliant review delving into the depths of the philosophical discussions brought forth by Austin and his co-director, my beloved aunt, Emily.

If you have never been to a Fringe Festival, this is your chance to see theatre from across the country. Unique, insane, dramatic, inspiring, sleep-inducing... Fringe has it all. I, myself, am greatly looking forward to the one featuring hand-made puppets.

So get up off your butt and support DC's local artists. They need to pay their rent, and you need to admit you haven't seen live theatre since that time your parents dragged you to see Cats on Broadway.

For more info on Short Works of Dangerous Devotion, go to: www.pushingboxes.org