Saturday at the Fringe brings audience goers political polemics, aerial artistry, deconstruction chic and a tour of some D.C. neighborhoods. When you have to navigate, don’t forget to use our special Fringetastic new Google Map. The best way to get to the show on time!
Theatrical Performances:
Frozty the Abominable Snowman, Landless Theatre
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found! For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around. And, uhm…murder people. A rock musical, swimming in Landless’ secret sauce. [Woolly Mammoth Rehearsal Hall, 3 p.m.]
Pretty Theft, Madcap Players
Angsty Allegra’s looking for happiness, and joined by an autistic man and her unhinged friend, she sets off on a surreal road trip to find it. Capitol Hill’s Madcappers bring the Festival this premiere of Adam Szymkowicz’s cross-country coming of age comedy. [Canadian Embassy, 3 p.m.]
You Don’t Know Dick, The Art Riot Theatrical Co. & Accokeek Creek TheatreCo.
The best thing about the advertisements for this production, a collection of five short plays about Vice President Dick Cheney, is that we are warned that the play “contains profanity.” Well, duh. It’s about Dick Cheney! [Flashpoint, Mead Theatre Lab, 3 p.m.]
Hidden Pages, Q. Terah Jackson
Hip-hop meets experimental drama in this vision of a dystopian future about a fallen city, warring tribes, and the woman who might be able to prevent disaster. [The Warehouse Next Door, 6 p.m.]
Bushwa: A Modern Ubu, The Georgetown Theatre Company
The Georgetown Theatre Company have to be giddy considering that President Bush recently provided their play some interesting synergy by getting caught on camera using the word “shit.” That’s an in-joke for all you fans of turn-of-the-century French Absurdism. [Goethe-Institut, 8 p.m.]
The True Tragedy of the Mortician, Odyssey Productions
From Brooklyn comes this apocalyptic comedy that takes place at New York’s “hottest new restaurant.” Blending the sensual with the horrific with gutty comedy, it’s the only play in the Capital Fringe to boast a character named “The Soothing Voice.” Nice. [Hotel Helix, 8 p.m.]
