Get Your Tickets to the 2024 Charm City Fringe Festival

The 10th annual Charm City Fringe Festival is happening September 26 - October 6 at The Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum! You won't want to miss this fantastic line-up of new, funky, always thought-provoking, occasionally sexy shows and artists plus exciting after hours events. Join us for a free opening night party with a live band, local market vendors and a sneak peak at the acts on September 26. But don't wait for the opening night party to buy your tickets! Tickets are on sale now!

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**Brodrick Jones - Madame Edgewise Tells Your Fortune**
**Pitch**: Drag Grandma humanette transforms tarot reading into improvised puppet show.
**Moses Williams Center**
**Friday 9/27 - 7:15 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 2:15 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 7:00 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 2:30pm**
**Genre:** Theatre, Comedy, Puppetry, Improv, storytelling
Whether you’re a sage-wielding true-believer or a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic, everyone can get behind the power of STORY. So let us gather together, performer and audience, to create a story that is only OURS, only this moment. Let us allow the cards to guide us. For a laugh. Or a truth.
**Running Time:** 40 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)
**Website:** brodrickjones.com

**Theatre LuDu - PANIC**
**Pitch**: Join an outrageous quest for salvation in a Seussian post-apocalyptic America.
**Moses Williams Center**
**Saturday 9/28 - 8:15 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 3:45 pm**
**Tuesday 10/1 - 8:00 pm**
**Wednesday 10/2 - 8:45 pm**
**Genre:** Theatre
Two academics traverse a post-apocalyptic America searching for a legendary relic believed to be capable of reinstituting order in an anarchic world. PANIC catapults into an outrageously Suessian society littered with prismatic characters, not-so-nice settings, and do-I-know-you circumstances which blur the line between paradise and the abyss.
**Running Time:** 50 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Suggested (PG)
**Website:** Kevinduvall.com

**Next Stage - Presley Tweed: Fancy AF**
**Pitch:** Unfamous yet unforgettable: Cabaret tales from the outskirts of stardom.
**Old Council Chamber 201**
**Friday 9/27 - 7:00 pm**
**Saturday 9/28 - 6:45 pm**
**Sept 29, 2024 - 2:15 pm**
**Genre**: Comedy, Cabaret
Dive into a cabaret extravaganza where forgotten dreams get a spotlight. Join Presley for an evening of uproarious tales and tawdry tunes, as he explores the comedic side of never quite making it. It's a heartfelt, humorous journey along the glittering edges of stardom—unfamous, yet utterly unforgettable.
**Running Time**: 55 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13), Mature Audiences Only (R)
Website: https://komalty.com/next-stage/

**As Yet Untitled - (self)PORTRAIT(s)**
**Pitch:** Let’s talk about each other.
**Old Council Chamber 201**
**Thursday 10/3 - 6:45 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 9:30 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 8:00 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 3:30 pm**
**Genre:** Theatre, Performance Art
Everybody has an origin story – unique, exciting, maybe a little terrifying... They make us the individuals we are. But they really only matter if we share them with each other. Our identities depend on how we are seen by others. What do we have on common? Let’s find out.
**Running Time:** 55 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/rogue_bunzli/?hl=en

**Ti Malik Coleman** - **40 Year Old Puberty**
**Pitch:** Testosterone, tantrums, and tenacity: a trans journey to manhood.
**Garden View Gallery**
**Friday 9/27 - 7:00 pm (2nd fl.)**
**Sunday 9/29 - 2:15 pm (3rd fl.)**
**Thursday 10/3 - 6:30 pm (2nd fl.)**
**Saturday 10/5 - 6:45pm (3rd fl.)**
**Genre:** Theatre, Comedy
The show premiered at Montreal Fringe in June 2023, headlined the 2024 Chroma Comedy Fest in Portland, OR and will be a featured International entry at the Victoria Fringe festival in 2024. Testosterone, tantrums, and tenacity: a trans journey to manhood. Join Ti Malik Coleman on a hilarious storytelling adventure through the triumphs and trials of a second puberty. From religion to relapse, training bras to chest binders, dating to breakups, this show has it all. Don't miss this show!
**Running Time:** 50 minutes
**Intended Audience**: Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)
**Website**: timalikpresents.com

**Aladrian C. Wetzel** - **Are you still WOKE?: A Game show**
**Pitch:** Game show that exploits White wokeness.’
**Old Council Chamber 201**
**Friday 9/27 - 8:45 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 3:30 pm**
**Thursday 10/3 - 9:15 pm**
**Latrobe 207**
**Sunday 10/6 - 3:30 pm**
**Genre:** Theatre, Game Show
Remember 2020 and the summer of unrest? When White people paid their subscription to be an Ally against racism? Well, it's been 4 years....is the membership still valid? "Are you still WOKE?" is a game show that challenges White players to see if they are ready to renew.
**Running Time:** 50 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Suggested (PG), Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)
Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLbbrc6vx-g

**Benjamin Kintisch - Life Review: The Hospice Musical**
**Pitch:** Fiddler meets Chorus Line, set in a hospice.
**Moses Williams Center**
**Saturday 9/28 - 6:30 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 1:00 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 6:30 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 1:00 pm**
**Genre:** Musicals and Opera
An exciting one-man version of the new musical comedy, featuring eight songs, highlights from the full-length show. "Life Review" celebrates lives well lived, bringing the stories of our lives to stage through the power of beautiful songs. Inspired by the real-life experiences of the playwright Benjamin Kintisch, the creator will present the show accompanied by live piano and guitar.
**Running Time:** 50 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)
WEBSITE: lifereviewmusical.com

**Noam Osband** - **Brother Love's Good Time Gospel Hour**
**Pitch:** A bawdy, satirical, musical church service with some absurdist theology.
**Garden View Gallery 3rd fl.**
**Friday 9/27 - 8:45 pm**
**Moses Williams Center**
**Sunday 9/29 - 5:15 pm**
**Thursday 10/3 - 9:30 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 8:30 pm**
**Genre**: Theatre, Comedy, Musicals and Opera, Music (band), Performance Art
Brother Love and Sister Alice are here to save souls and raise money. In this bawdy musical satire, you're invited to grab a tambourine as they sing and preach about the sexiness of Jesus, the spiritual power of narcotics, and the importance of buying Brother Love's godly Christian porn.
**Running Time**: 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13) Venue: 3rd Floor Exhibition & Moses Williams Center
**Website:** Watch
http://www.noamosband.com/brother-love.html

**Tennessee Playwrights Studio** - **That Woman - The Monologue Show**
**Pitch:** The history you were never taught in school.
**Latrobe 207**
**Thursday 10/3 - 8:15 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 8:45 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 9:30 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 4:45 pm**
**Genre:** Theatre
THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW is a series of monologues from the perspectives of women involved with President John F. Kennedy, including: Ellen Rometsch, Blaze Starr, Mimi Alford, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Judith Exner, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The history you were never taught in school.
**Running Time**: 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Mature Audiences Only (R)
**Website:** tnplaywrights.org

**Lazaros Theodorakopoulos - Night Just Before the Forest by Bernard-Marie Koltès**
**Pitch:** A dynamic performance that is unrelenting to the actor.
**Garden View Gallery 2nd fl.**
**Friday 9/27 - 8:30 pm**
**Saturday 9/28 - 8:00 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 2:00 pm**
**Genre**: Theatre
An unstoppable monologue that must be uttered. Not sure where it came from. As definite and unknown as love, life and death is. Will you find the words to say what you want to say? Will you manage to love, live or die? Will you manage to finish this monologue?
**Running Time**: 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Mature Audiences Only (R)
Website: www.thelazaros.com

**Arzoo Malhotra** - **Masala**
**Pitch:** A spicy and seasoned comedy (in more ways than one)!
**Garden View Gallery 2nd Floor**
**Saturday 9/28 - 6:30 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 1:00 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 6:30 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 1:00 pm**
**Genre:** Comedy
Who doesn’t like it hot? Seasoned stand-up Arzoo returns with her third hourlong comedy. Get ready for the spiciest show at the Fringe- in more ways than one! ‘Sassy, bold, and irreverent’ (ITP Media) ‘Funny, acidic’ (Magpie) 'Surprisingly kind’ (ThreeWeeks).
**Running Time:** 55 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13)

**Petula Caesar** - **Baltimore: In Recovery**
**Pitch:** What would it look like if Baltimore got therapy?
**Old Council Chamber 201**
**Saturday 9/28 - 8:00 pm**
**Thursday 10/3 - 8:00 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 8:15 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 2:00 pm**
**Genre**: Theatre
What would it look like if Baltimore got therapy? Three Baltimore archetypes in counseling face their anger. Each converses with a therapist about who they are and why they are who they are. What will they reveal, during the session? Is it too late to get help? Is redemption possible?
**Running Time:** 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Suggested (PG)
**Website:** www.petulacaesar.com

**Rufus Drawlings** - **Guevmes**
**Pitch:** Jungle witches, tiki drama, pineapple zombies, handless scientists, lustful exotica.
**Latrobe 207**
**Thursday 10/3 - 6:30 pm**
**Friday 10/4 - 7:15 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 9:30 pm (Old Council Chamber 201)**
**Sunday 10/6 - 2:15 pm**
**Genre:** Theatre
Corporate colonialism on a paradise island. Queer billionaire boys searching for jungle drugs. A sociopath Lothario sweaty with lust and rum. A governess from Prague and a witch hell-bent on revenge. Deep in the flora and fauna of the past a jungle lord reigns supreme, but Western interests will infect this secret garden.
**Running Time**: 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Mature Audiences Only (R)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RufusDrawlingsTheater/

**Germar Derron** **- Love, frfr (the ballad of a good man)**
**Pitch:** Sometimes you love Mario, sometimes you choose the bear.
**Latrobe Room 207**
**Friday 9/27 - 8:30 pm**
**Sunday 9/29 - 3:30 pm**
**Saturday 10/5 - 8:15 pm**
**Sunday 10/6 - 6:00pm**
**Genre:** Theatre
Mario is a good man--a dream come true. He listens. He works hard. He's funny. He's kind. He's sensitive. He's an artist . . . and an athlete. His brains are only bested by his biceps. His therapist calls him "perfect." So why does this nice guy still finish last?
**Running Time:** 60 minutes
**Intended Audience:** Parental Guidance Strongly Suggested (PG-13), Mature Audiences Only (R)
Video: Watch

Location + Parking

The Peale

We’re excited to spend this year’s Fringe Festival in a beautiful new home, The Peale Museum — Baltimore’s Community Museum. A huge thanks to the folx at The Peale who have made this transition as smooth as possible!

The Peale
225 Holliday St
Baltimore, MD 21202-3612

Parking

There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holiday St. entrance, and multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of (as well as street parking). There are four access parking spots on the 200 block of Holiday Street.

Savor the Festival Memories

Charm City Fringe returned to Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District for its first festival since 2019! Relive the memories or see what you missed in our photo galleries.

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