5-Minute Fringe 2020

Don’t miss fourteen new works by local playwrights and performing artists. 

Pushing Boundaries | Taking Risks | Brand New Theater

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The 5-Minute Fringe gives creative artists a platform to develop new and experimental work on a small scale, and it gives audiences a glimpse into the minds of local performers and writers.

Thursday, February 20 at 8pm |Friday, February 21 at 8pm |Saturday, February 22 at 8pm |Sunday, February 23 at 2pm 

at the Yocum Institute for the Arts, 3000 Penn Avenue, West Lawn, PA

This year’s theme is MIRROR, explored through music, words, and movement by:

  • Adam Richter – Unboxing Match
  • Chris Heslop and Fadi Acra – A Love Finding Its Reflection 
  • Chris Paolini – FACETS – Part 2
  • David Nice – This Mortality Jazz: Three poems reflecting a life
  • Emily Hannon – Echo and Narcissus
  • Jane Ney – Seeing and Believing
  • Jayne R. Brown – Tomboy
  • Jessica Warchal-King and Emily Coppa – Wheels of Light
  • Nancy Lamb – Herstory and Mirror, Mirror
  • Phillip Jeffrey Tietbohl – Mirror Dialogue: What Do I See
  • Sue Lange – Party for Obsolete Words

Plus two original works by the Yocum Institute for the Arts Teen Ensemble, directed by Megan Rose

We are grateful for the support of the Celebration of Women in the Arts – Berks County.