The thing about all those clichés like, “A picture is worth a thousand words”? They’re actually kinda true. Iconicity, a smart offering from this year’s Capital Fringe Festival, takes such sentiments to heart, and presents a meditation on the power of pictures through a theatrical lens.

The title refers to the production’s emphasis on iconic imagery and unforgettable, universal events. The “Where Were You?” sentiment we all fall prey to when discussing historical happenings of our lifetime is palpable in the piece, whose imagery spans a time period from as early as 1936 to Hurricane Katrina. The pictures come into play as the cast either displays actual photographs, or re-enacts the more recognizable ones, from Iwo Jima to the ubiquitous “Kiss In Times Square.”