Thursday, July 23 – August 2nd

In 2015, the San Diego International Fringe Festival reached a new peak of “eyeball-busting” variety, expanding its footprint to a record 11 days, 18 venues, and over 430 events!! This year was defined by the “Bring Your Own Venue” (BYOV) movement, which saw performances in locations as diverse as the rooftop of the Natural History Museum in Balboa Park and a basement soundstage on Seventh Avenue.

The 2015 festival also deepened its international and local ties, hosting artists from Ireland and Italy while introducing the SDSU Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, marking the first time film was officially integrated into the performance lineup. 

“Among many other things, the Fringe functions as an update on what’s going on. Artists from around the world express their concerns about right this minute in non-traditional forms – and venues. Thanks to the Fringe and the La Jolla Playhouse’s popular Without Walls series – both Craig Noel Award Winners – San Diegans now step outside the box of a traditional theater/audience relationship. Sites become “sets.” The art isn’t encased. It can bust eyeballs anywhere!” – San Diego Reader — READ MORE HERE

3rd Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival

2015 FESTIVAL ARTIST AWARDS:
(Theatre / Arts)

Award Recipients
● Best of Bi-National: “Todavia,” Hernan Del Riego
● Best of Fringe: “Save My Soul,” Wingrove Studios
● Spirit of the Fringe (Tie): “Big Shot The Musical” and “Beats Without Borders”
● Critic’s Pick: “Tears of the Knife,” Bodhi Tree Concerts
● Outstanding Drama: “Blamed An Established Fiction,” Rose and Rue Theatre Co.
● Outstanding Solo Performance: “84 Gradini,” Giuseppe Mortelliti
● Outstanding Production: “HipHopcabHooray,” Melissa Adao
● Outstanding Vocal Performance: “Phantasmagoria,” Jack Lukeman
● Outstanding Direction: “Les Midges: An Unexpected Journey of Hobbit Proportions,” Turning Tydes Theatre Co.
● Outstanding Actor: Paulo Madrigal, “Debotas al Votox”
● Outstanding World Premiere: “Looking to Upgrade,” Lisa Pedace
● Outstanding Original Score: “The Things We Never Say,” Breakthrough Workshop Theatre
● Best Musical: “Les Midges: An Unexpected Journey of Hobbit Proportions,” Turning Tydes Theatre Company
● Outstanding Choreography: “Whispering Directions,” somebodies dance theater
● Outstanding Dance Production: “Reverberate,” Blythe Barton
● Outstanding Physical Theatre: “The Other Don Quixote, La mancha de clown Quijote,” A Bordo Teatro
● Outstanding Site Specific Performance: “Blurred, Ruffled, and Unglued,” San Diego City College Collective
● Fringe of the Fringe: Kate McGrew, “Hooker, P.I.,” A Skirt Production
● Audience Favorite: “The Mysterium Show”
● Outstanding Comedy: “Scenes from Mars One: Now With 68% Less Gravity,” Mars One Productions
● Outstanding Circus Performance – “FRONTIER(A),” Circus Collective of San Diego

● Volunteer of the Year: Jenni Bethell

Check out this link to watch some previews from 2015!

Outstanding Original Score: “The Things We Never Say,” Breakthrough Workshop Theatre

Venues of 2015:

• Fringe City, Horton Plaza #2, 759 First Avenue, downtown.
• Estacion Teatro, Av Revolucion/Av Constitucion, between 3ra. And 4ta, 22000, Tijuana, Mexico.
• Horton Grand Theatre, 444 Fourth Avenue, downtown.
• Hosteling International, 521 Market Street, downtown.
• Les Girls Theater, 3790 Riley Street, midtown.
• Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, downtown.
• Queen’s Arts & Cultural Center, 3925 Ohio Street, North Park.
• RAW Space Off Broadway, 923 First Avenue, downtown.
• San Diego City College, 1313 Park Boulevard, downtown.
• Rosewood Five, 1150 Seventh Avenue (basement), downtown.
• Spreckels Theatre Fringe Off Broadway, 923 First Avenue, downtown.
• Swedenborg Hall, 4144 Campus Avenue, University Heights.
• Tenth Avenue Arts Center, 930 Tenth Avenue, downtown.
• Visual Fringe/Visitor Center, 969 First Avenue, downtown.
• Central Library, 330 Park Boulevard, downtown.
• Black Box Theatre at Cosa, 650 D Street, downtown.
• El Mirador (rooftop of the Natural History Museum), 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park.