INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES 2022
Now in its 15th season, the International Fringe Encore Series will once again convene to celebrate the “Best of the Fests”.
This year’s selection committee has already traveled to many fringes, including The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, Brighton Fringe, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival to select this year’s winners for the coveted Off Broadway runs at SoHo Playhouse.
We continue to search Fringe Festivals all over the world to discover and bring the best emerging theater home to New York City.
2022 Judges Panel
Darren Lee Cole, SoHo Playhouse, NY
Britt Lafield, SoHo Playhouse, NY
Scott Morfee, Barrow Street Theatre, NY
Christina Olson, Barrow Street Theatre, NY
Matthew Quinn, Theatre Asylum, Hollywood
Bertha Rodriguez, Theatre Asylum
2022 WINNERS
Abortion Weekend: The Winner of the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022
It’s the summer before best friends Dazia and Ayanna’s senior year of college- their final hurrah before adulthood hits them full force. The girls have big plans for their summer together in LA including a trip to Sixteen Flags, attending Melanin Magic Yoga sessions, and getting lit while having fun in the town. Plans go array when preacher’s daughter Dazia unexpectedly gets pregnant. Dazia doesn’t believe in abortions, but she knows that having a child isn’t an option for her right now. Thus births the plan of “abortion weekend,” a weekend filled with dangerous and self-sabotaging activities in order to effectively end the pregnancy.
FRINGE ENCORE SERIES 2022 FINALISTS FROM BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL
Railed- The award-winning troupe known as Head First Acrobats are venturing out to this year’sBrightonFringewiththeirwackiestshowtodate- a western-themed circus spectacular.
Talk Dirty To Me- Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive, high-energy banger.
In A Cave Voice- A one-woman production about a Neolithic girl whose family have gone out into the snow searching for their missing herd, leaving her to guide them home with her voice.
Lachlan Werner's 'Voices of Evil'- Lachlan Werner – ventriloquist and physical comedian – presents a joyful, queer subversion of the horror genre and traditional ventriloquist acts.
FRINGE ENCORE SERIES 2022 FINALISTS FROM EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
Aberdeen - Cassie Workman
Truth’s A Dog Must To Kennel - Tim Crouch
Afghanistan Is Not Funny - Henry Naylor
Sap - Rafaela Marcus
FRINGE ENCORE SERIES 2022 FINALISTS FROM HOLLYWOOD FRINGE
Afghanistan Is Not Funny- In 2002, UK comedian and 3-time Edinburgh Fringe First winner Henry Naylor (2018 Hollywood Fringe Best International nominee for “Echoes”) went to the Afghan Warzone with photographer Sam Maynard to conduct research for Naylor’s Edinburgh Fringe play “Finding Bin Laden.”
DI LADY DI- HF22 BEST MUSICAL
A searingly innovative and comedic take on an oft-told story, DI LADY DI eschews the fairytale glamor of the people’s princess to illuminate her struggles in a paternalistic society and dysfunctional family.
MADE IN AMERICA- MADE IN AMERICA is an hour-long solo show about a brave first-generation Japanese artist, Teruko’s shocking, raw autobiography.
WEST- The play is set during the 19th Century when countless people left their homeland of Wales to seek their fortune in the United States.
Wisdom of a Brighton Whore: The Winner Of the Brighton Fringe Festival
It’s 1820 (ish) and Betsy is a Brightonian, “at work”. Having parted company from the St Mary’s Home for Penitent Women, she’s been given a “situation” by the knobs of the town, keeping an eye on the house of builder and land developer Thomas Kemp, lest he should return with the money he owes his creditors. Whilst she’s there, she’s required to give comfort to members of the brotherhood, and it isn’t long before she meets Guardian of the Town and Chair of the Committee for the Provision of the poor, George Bintshaft. A most complicated and volatile relationship ensues.