‘A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup’

The 2013 Capital Fringe Festival comes to an end this weekend, and though we only caught 23 of the more than 100 shows playing, we caught enough gems to recommend and duds to avoid to guide late-button purchasers through the last days of the theatrical smorgasbord.

We’ve listed all of the shows we’ve reviewed for posterity’s sake, even those that have completed their run. However, almost all of them have performances left this weekend. Check to see if your show is sold out and try to buy tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. You can also vote for you favorite shows in the audience awards.

Worth Seeing
& Afterwards
“Excuse me if I’m sentimental, but Boggs’ description of emerging from the Dupont Circle Metro station for the first time made me feel a sentimental twinge about this city I call home.” – Sarah Anne Hughes
Saturday, July 27, 8:30pm

A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup
“Yanomi is a master of timing, sound, and movement…Despite a lack of language, her persona instantly connects with the audience, and draws engaged smiles and laughs the whole way through.” – Josh Novikoff
Saturday, July 27, 8:30pm
Sunday, July 28, 2pm

Cabaret XXXY: Who Do You Think You Are?
“A mash-up to end all mash-ups makes you forget everything that came before. That’s before Harkey and then Lange take powerful turns…that are vocally and emotionally perfect.” -Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 5:30 p.m.

Crime Buster Blast-Off 3000
“The song writing is clever — occasionally brilliant, even — but the show’s shining moment involves a sound check with woodland creatures, green spandex, and a presidential ballet solo.” – Alicia Mazzara
Saturday, July 27 at 12:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 28 at 5 p.m.

DC Trash
“For as difficult and divisive as discussing change, gentrification and the past can be, Litman wonderfully puts it all in perspective. That his perspective is trash—literally—adds needed levity to the topic, but he doesn’t shy away from being sharply honest when it’s most appropriate.” – Martin Austermuhle (2012)
Saturday, July 27, 6:15p.m.

Fallbeil
The human search for a connection in the midst of terrible pain and conflict that gives credence to the script’s magical realism and makes Fallbeil a compelling watch. This is a showcase of talent beyond usual Fringe Festival fare and missing its remaining Saturday performance would be a mistake. – Valerie Paschall
Saturday, July 27 at 7:45 p.m.

Fish Outta Water
“His motorcycle garb is soon lost in favor of overalls, as he — a coastal, judgmental, Jewish, non-theist, teetotaling, non-gun owning, cursing guy — goes about seeing if he can really reinvent himself in a city that’s smaller than his old neighborhood, boasts three or four churches on every corner, and has residents that think they’re being cussed out when he cordially exclaims, “Get the fuck outta here!”” – Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26, 8:15 p.m.

Godiva Dates & One Night Stands
“DCist is not a family publication. Still, I probably can’t talk about too many of the stories told by Regie Cabico in Godiva Nights & One Night Stands here.” – Josh Novikoff
Saturday, July 27, 9:45 p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 2 p.m.

The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs: The Musical
“The show seamlessly weaved together all of the history and news associated with Apple and Foxconn, combined with humor, drama, and, of course, music.” – Nicole Dubowitz
Sunday, July 28, 4 p.m.

iLust for GLove: An Auto Ethnography
“It’s not about whether an avocado joke works or not, but rather that ellipses and emoticons determine more about our romantic lives than we’re comfortable admitting.” – Nathan Kurz
Saturday, July 27, 1:45 p.m.

McPherson Madness
“The enjoyable 75 minutes puts you on K Street without having to deal with the anarchists, cold, theft, lack of bathrooms and places to charge your phone, risk of arrests, and rats.” – Josh Novikoff
Saturday, July 27, 6:30 p.m

Smellin’ up the Den
“This production starts with some decent gags and picks up steam after one of the ensemble enters the stage with shopping bags in hand, admitting to his friends that he just splurged on himself — and loves doing it all the time.” – Josh Novikoff
July 26, 9:15 p.m.

Recommended with caution
Dark House
Dark House includes some important D.C. history regarding the 1968 riots in Shaw, Columbia Heights, U Street, and H Street NE, and the aftermath in those neighborhoods. But between Faulkner’s convoluted prose and sort of unclear timing and character shifts on stage, those who haven’t read Absalom, Absalom! might find the plot difficult to follow.” – Nicole Dubowitz
Friday, July 26, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 11:45 p.m.

H Street Housewives
“I would have loved to see a lifelong resident facing the gentrification this group is bringing and a hipster couple still living in a group house in the mix.” – Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26, 10 p.m.

MOTHS
“Notes’ masturbating at the mesh cage of the moths, who sometimes speak up and plead for their freedom? Yeah, this is some demented shit. Your skin is definitely going to be tailored into women’s clothing.” – Josh Novikoff
Sunday, July 28 at 3:30 p.m.

Married Sex
“Married Sex is a very personal one-woman show, and it takes guts to put these things out there in front strangers.” – Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26, 11:45 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 4:45 p.m.

Nephrectomy
“While any play about revenge organ removal is bound to be a little ridiculous, some of the emotional turns in Elizabeth Hagerty’s script are incredibly abrupt.” – Alicia Mazzara
Saturday, July 27 at 3:45 p.m.

The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy
“Most admirable was the impressive stage combat that all characters took part in, which is the specialty of the new company Live Action Theatre.” – Sarah Anne Hughes
Saturday, July 27 at midnight and 4 p.m.

The D.C. State Players Present Agamemnon
“They’ve recorded backstories you can find on YouTube and faux declared their play “the best community theater production in Southern Maryland, Northern Virginia, Central DC, Western Ohio and possibly the world.”” – Josh Novikoff
Saturday, July 27, 9 p.m.

Double Freakquency
“For such a low-concept story—neighbors from Hell, roommates with neuroses—Double Freakquency is weirdly compelling.” – Benjamin R. Freed
Saturday, July 27, 8:30 p.m.

Skip it
How to Have it All: The Musical
“[T]he musical elements ultimately detracts far more than it adds, and it’s hard not to wonder if How to Have It All would have been a lot better if it had only tried to do a bit less.” – Alicia Mazzara
No more performances

Lysistrata 1969
“The climax of the show is carried by a recurring bit of physical comedy where the troupe backs up the claim floating around the festival that the troupe are the biggest dicks at Fringe.” – Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26 at 6:45pm

STATUS – A Social Media Experiment
“If you’re not part of the world of velvet ropes, snobbery, rich guys, model girls, and wannabes this “play” occupies, it’s going to strike a nerve. Is it envy or thankfulness?” – Josh Novikoff
Saturday, July 27, 3:30pm

Someone to Watch Over Me
“The social media fantasy that is central to the plot may have seemed fresh in 2004 as Meetup and MoveOn.org took root, or even 2008 as those platforms gave way to Facebook and other tools. It would be stale for a play set in 2012, let alone the next election.” – Josh Novikoff
Friday, July 26, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 7:45 p.m