2023 KC Fringe Festival
Welcome to the 19th annual KC Fringe Festival -- where adventurous audiences meet adventurous artists. This 16-day explosion of unjuried, uncensored performing, film and visual arts features performers and creators from all over- local, national and international. KC Fringe Festival is the biggest celebration of arts and culture in the Kansas City metropolitan region.
Feast your eyes on the Online Program
BEST OF 2023 FRINGE
12:30pm-Best of City Stage - 2023 -Here Be Dragons
1:30pm - Best of Sparkle Room - 2023 - Godzilla's Not A Dinosaur
2pm - Best of Center for Spiritual Living - 2023 -On Account of Sex
3pm - Best of Westport Bowery 2023 -The Last Word Is Hope
3:30pm - Best of Arts Asylum 2023 -JAMMED
4:30pm - Best of the Whim Space 2023 -The Black Card Experience
5pm - Best Of Bird Comedy Theater 2023 -Exes and Embryos
6pm - Best of the Black Box 2023 - Jon Bennett's Ameri-CAN'T
6:30pm - Best of The Bolender 2023 - Razzle-Dazzle
FIND A SHOW
Union Station Gallery
In Grand Hall
30 W Pershing Rd, KCMO
July 16st - 29th, 2023
Open noon-7pm daily
KC Fringe Blue Gallery
@ Gael's Public House
5424 Troost Ave, KCMO
July 1st - 30th, 2023
Hours vary check Gael's website
Fringe shows depend on word of mouth to help boost attendance. Our Review Team works hard to provide comprehensive reviews for each performance, but if you would like to also leave a show review, go to the show description and leave one there. It really helps!
2023 KC Fringe Reviews
“Crave” by Sarah Kane - Reviewed by Chris McCoy
2 Mimes in a Pod - Reviewed by Kelly Luck
An Adolescent Cabaret - Reviewed by Ethan Platt
Be My Guest - Reviewed by Chris McCoy
Becoming Baba Yaga - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Black When I Was a Boy Part I - Reviewed by Kelly Luck
Black When I Was a Boy Part II - Reviewed by Kelly Luck
Bloodline - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
Cody Lindenberger: Uber Lawyer - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Connect | Disconnect - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Diary of a Wimpy Comedian - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Disco Daisy Saves the City From Rock & Roll - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Dreaming Machine - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Exes & Embryos: A Comedy - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
Fruit Salad - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Gleequel - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
Godzilla’s Not a Dinosaur - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Gutterthief - Reviewed by Ethan Platt
Here Be Dragons - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
In Their Own Words: Class of 2023 - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day: A Tribute to Bill Withers - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
J to the A to the Double Z - Reviewed by Kelly Luck
Jammed - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
Jon Bennett’s Ameri-CAN’T - Reviewed by Kelly Luck
Mind Reader - Reviewed by David Black
Mind-Set - Reviewed by Chris McCoy
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
Nathan Thomas: Never Stood a Chance - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Of Monsters and Men (and Murder) - Reviewed by David Black
On Account of Sex. - Reviewed by Chris McCoy
On the Veranda - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
One Million Monkeys - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
Razzle-Dazzle - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Stingy Lulu’s Jumpin’ Jook Joint - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
The Black Card Experience - Reviewed by Stephanie Bonnett
The Gray and the Gold - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
The Last Word is Hope: A Bipolar Biography - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
The Masked Madwoman - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
The Princess Strikes Back - Reviewed by Luke Dodge
The TUNEabomber - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
Un/Classica(eria)L - Reviewed by David Black
What They Said About Sex - Reviewed by Karen Staehling
OUR SPONSORS
Missouri Arts Council
Theater League
Arts KC
NTDF
henderson
VMA