Alt-Psych-Grungy Nostalgia-Rock to stimulate the senses. Enigmatic yet hauntingly familiar. Listen closely and you’ll find a combination of relatable and devastating tales, intricate but attainable tunes and pop culture references through the years. Immerse yourself in a visually captivating journey as each note plays, the visual landscapes morph and evolve, creating a unique, ever-changing experience. So grab the popcorn and 3d glasses and buckle up for a ride you won’t soon forget.

Juliet and Desdemona, two characters canonically destined for tragic endings, break away from their scripts and attempt to find happiness in each other. Desdemona battles duty with love while Juliet struggles to let it consume her entirely. When confronted with their scripted ends, they must advocate for one another and prove that love is worth fighting for.

Drag In Bloom is a Pansy Palace Production event to showcase new and emerging performers to drag and burlesque. The theme for the show is flora/fauna, encouraging our performers to experiment with plant and animal themes within their blooming performance styles. Our list of performers include 3 debut performers as well as 4 up and coming artists to the local drag/lesque scene. As this is a drag and burlesque show, there will be content warnings for partial nudity, sexual innuendo, and harsh language.

Blank Slate explores themes of identity, perception of the female form, and the dehumanization that often occurs when trying to make it in “the acting industry”. It is equal parts social experiment, interactive exhibition, and photography diptych. The viewer is invited to analyze The Body on display and choose from provided identifiers which can be affixed anywhere on the surface of The Body. Content warnings include simulated nudity, body image, death, and strong language.

Join the No Script Society for 90 minutes of improvised fun! Our free-form comedy shows include theatre games and scenes created on the spot with the help of prompts from audience members. Each show is unique, but it is always fun! We strive to create live scenes, stories, and games that engage audiences and break the boundaries of traditional live theatre. Anyone can play any character, and our imagination knows no limits!

After witnessing horrific crimes against women, before, during and after the pandemic, Emerald A. Behrens took the name JD, for Jane Doe, a name given to murdered women who are unidentified. This work, "The Stand" speaks out about these crimes. She is dedicating her name to the victims she couldn't save. This performance is dedicated to the victims of violence, when there is no justice, we have only ourselves. Take a stand now!

The realm of music is extremely diverse and seemingly knows no limit. This show aims to showcase various aspects of music, including traditional music, music throughout history, and the intersection of music genres. This show features performances of original music and rearrangements of songs from various periods and genres as well as a short set from the Portland-based band, Gored, to give you a glimpse into the modern DIY metal scene.

This work surrounds itself with ideas of self perception. I am questioning how this biased perspective influences how we approach forgiveness. The project aims to present/offer responses that could take place within the evolution of forgiving the self. Shame, impatience, and observance.

Notes to Self is a set of original songs written and played by Liz. These songs lyrically dance in the realm of self-discovery, mystery, and deep awareness while the vocal and guitar melodies carry them in a dreamy flow of ambient and harmonic vibration. The setting is an intimate space with an at-home feel, emulating her own cozy creative corner at home.

'Third Seven' is an international touring one-man cello artist led by Billy Mickelson. His musical style and approach is not held to any one genre, as he draws global influence from cultures around the world. While placing particular importance on honesty, vulnerability, and relationship building in the music, Third Seven uses looping and layering of cello, percussion, and vocals to fill an audience with a uniquely blended atmosphere for all demographics to get lost in.

Temporal Echoes is an entrancing hour-long composition for 10 metal tongue drums, where time becomes both conductor and muse. Notes cascade and reverberate, echoing the passage of time itself. Each resonant tone intertwines with the next, creating a captivating sonic tapestry that reflects the fluidity of temporal existence. Through this evocative piece, listeners are transported on a journey of reflection and contemplation.

Murder ballads are a traditional form of folk music; musical retellings of notorious crimes as part of an oral tradition that stretches back centuries. However, most were told from the perspective of a third party, or that of the killer. Ghost Ballads is a literary songwriting collection that flips the script on the traditional murder ballad, by using the form to recount crimes from the perspective of the ghosts of the victims; exploring their experiences and the implications of their death, rather than the killer’s justifications.

A Rose That Grew From Concrete, is a devised theater project consisting of 14 Youth between the ages of 7 and 12. With gentle guidance from Shanique S. Scott as a facilitator, and workshops from local professional artists, they are presenting what they've created! Enjoy!

Oscar Wilde’s Salome is remade into a darkly comedic fever dream of a rock opera written and composed by the Ilima Considine of The Sexbots, reset in an after hours club full of off-duty strippers, bartenders, and mountains of cocaine. This is a gay, feminist retelling of Salome - retold not as a story of a man in power led astray by a teenage temptress, but of a young girl caught in an impossible situation in a world where patriarchy forces women to objectify both themselves and others in order to survive. And yet, in spite of everything, young queer folk discover themselves and each other - irrepressible as dandelions growing out of a sidewalk.

Demonstrations of chemical reactions involving perceived color changes. These can come from acidity or basicity, physical changes, chemical changes, or changes in light wavelength reflections. The show will include some education while emphasizing the fun and visual effects of chemistry in action!

More Trans Bodies in Art is a figure drawing workshop featuring transgender models organized in an effort to encourage diversity in the fine art community.

“My Girlfriend Is A Killer” is a new musical, inspired by 1920’s and film noir, about unlikely lovers. This is a story about falling in love with someone without knowing much about them, and having to decide between working out the issues, or if it would be better to separate. This production at Fringe Festival will be a live readthrough, with a QR code leading to a website or portfolio with designs created by our designers. This way, the audience can see what we are envisioning for a future, full production.

TidalCycles is a live coding environment that allows users to take samples and synths and manipulate them using what it calls mini-notation. It plays samples continuously according to parameters and allows for live changes. TidalCycles is a domain-specific language embedded in Haskell, and uses the SuperDirt framework to generate sound with SuperCollider. There are 2 other languages like this: FoxDot(Python), Strudel(JavaScript). Tidal is the most well documented and robust.

Maria de Los Angeles (b. 1988, Mexico) is an interdisciplinary artist who addresses ideas of migration, belonging, and identity through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and wearable sculptures. She holds an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale School of Art (2015), a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute (2013), and an Associate Degree in Fine Arts from Santa Rosa Junior College (2010)

Enter a world of poetic wonder at the Oregon Fringe Festival's poetry reading event. Delve into the evocative realm of verse as talented poets weave their narratives through the air. From stirring reflections to whispered musings, immerse yourself in the mystery and allure of poetic expression. Join us for a night of intrigue and introspection, where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur in the gentle cadence of spoken word.