In case you were wondering, we checked in with a few people who headed out to the Warehouse last night in the wee hours to see Daniel Burkholder and Jonathan Matis doing their 24 hour long performance piece unmapped, and the pair were not cheating or anything. Kudos to you, gentlemen, for bringing a dose of unhinged ambition. We hope you have a good night’s sleep tonight.
The Capital Fringe Festival is going all out to win DC over, and they aren’t through by a long shot. Sunday’s debuts include and afternoon of burlesque, witty dance from a DC veteran, some Shakespeare, some Poe, some anal sex, and to top it all off, Jamaican dinner!
Theatrical Performances:
Stupid Frailty, MuseFire Productions
MuseFire restages Laura Zam’s seriocomic solo piece about a woman who survives a near-fatal car accident determined to land the mose “delicious” man in Washington for herself. And speaking of delicious, these stagings at the Sweet Mango café include delicious Jamaican dinner! [Sweet Mango Café, 1pm]
Realty and Personality, Old City Theater Company
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town gets a post-modern, punked out spin in this tweaked out satire that asks, “Do you want amortized loans…or do you want the TRUTH?” [6th and I Historic Synagogue, 5:30pm]
Promenading With Lunatics, Treadwell Theatre Company
Treadwell relates the true-life stories of Laura Kieler, Nellie Bly, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, literary women whose common bond is their experience with mental asylums. [The Warehouse Second Stage, 6:30pm]
A MidSummer Night’s Dream, Rude Mechanicals
Maryland’s Mechanicals cleverly transport the beloved Bill Shakespeare comedy from the court to the ecstasy-drenched club scene, as lovers rave and bouncers make asses of themselves. [Woolly Mammoth Rehearsal Hall, 7pm]