Schedule of Events:

?Saturday, September 21, 2024

6pm – 9pm   

SSSA Gallery / Fringe Central  • $3 EFF Button  • All Ages
See the work and meet the artists! A $3 Festival Entry Button is required The exhibit is open throughout the festival during Fringe Central hours.

Wednesday September 25, 2024

5pm – 7pm: Preview Party

Martini Room - $3 EFF Button  - 21+

Check out short previews by Elgin Fringe artists as they attempt to lure you to their shows! Wear your fringe button, drink a #fringetini, and start your festival right! EFF Buttons and tickets will be on sale.

?Thursday, September 26, 2024

6:00pm

Short Show Showcase A (Rated PG - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

keeping/tracking/passing - Ambo Dance Theatre

Hamlet in Jazz - Makoto Yamaguchi

Body Works excerpts - Dance Uprising

The Chase: A Light Bringer Story - Light Bringer Productions (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

Pre-Perceptions - Marie Cooney Stories (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Subversive Librarian: Stories Lived and Told by An American Librarian in Norwich, England - Sarah Beth Nelson (Rated PG-13 - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

7:30pm

Short Show Showcase B (RATED PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Slicing Oranges for the Exorcism - Mike Chernoff

Stuart Tilton: Experimental Electronic Music on two Benjolins - Stuart Tilton

The Picture of Dorian's Gray Hair - Slapdash Theatre  

The Greatest Betrayal - Vague Idea Production (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

That Woman - The Monologue Show - Tennessee Playwrights Studio (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

Goddess Revealed - Deborah From (Rated R - $7 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

?9:00pm

He-Man is the Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale - Kyle B. Dekker (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Jen Tries to Make a Comedy Special: A Comedy Special - Jen Durbent (Rated R - $7 - EPH Pub 217)

Ka$h Money Karl Presents Bringing Home the Bacon - Ka$h Money Karl (Rated R - Free - Martini Room)

Kelly Bolton Presents: Nice to Meet You! - Kelly Bolton (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

Sad Girl Songs: A Comedy Show - Gwen Coburn (Rated R - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Friday, September 27, 2024

6:00pm

EXODUS - KMAX (Rated G - $12 - EPH Pub 217)?

Intimate and Appropriate - Paul Thomas (Rated R - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Memories In Motion - Rachel Benzing (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Turtle Knows your Name and other tales - DramaforaChange (Rated G - $12 - SSSA Theater)

7:30pm

Short Show Showcase B (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Slicing Oranges for the Exorcism - Mike Chernoff

Stuart Tilton: Experimental Electronic Music on two Benjolins  - Stuart Tilton

The Picture of Dorian's Gray Hair - Slapdash Theatre

The Greatest Betrayal  - Vague Idea Production (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

He-Man is the Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale - Kyle B. Dekker (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Subversive Librarian: Stories Lived and Told by An American Librarian in Norwich, England - Sarah Beth Nelson (Rated PG-13 - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW - Tennessee Playwrights Studio (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

??Upstairs neighbor music - Thomas A. Rodriguez (Rated PG - $7 - Martini Room)

??9:00pm

Big Honor Student Energy - Alisa Rosenthal (Rated PG - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

feverdream - Memoriam Development (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

How To Make Friends & Alienate Them - Danny Wightkin (Rated PG-13 - $7 - SSSA Theater)

Ka$h Money Karl Presents Bringing Home the Bacon - Ka$h Money Karl (Rated R - Free - Martini Room)?

Kelly Bolton Presents: Nice to Meet You! - Kelly Bolton (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

10:30pm

Burlesque is... - Haus A'Blaze Burlesque (Rated R - $12 - Martini Room)

Goddess Revealed - Deborah From  (Rated R - $7 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Jen Tries to Make a Comedy Special: A Comedy Special - Jen Durbent (Rated R - $7 - EPH Pub 217)

Sad Girl Songs: A Comedy Show - Gwen Coburn (Rated R - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

The Chase: A Light Bringer Story - Light Bringer Productions (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

?Saturday, September 28, 2024

10:30am
FeelJones and the New Gospel - FeelJones (Rated G - FREE - DuPage Court)
 
12:00pm
Dinder Brother's Circus AKA: the DON'T try this at home show! - Dinder Brother's Circus (Rated G - FREE - DuPage Court)
 
1:30pm

The Kindness Show - Miss Make-Believe (Rated G - FREE - DuPage Court)

SHORT SHOW SHOWCASE A (RATED PG - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

keeping/tracking/passing - Ambo Dance Theatre

Hamlet in Jazz - Makoto Yamaguchi

Body Works excerpts  - Dance Uprising

Pre-Perceptions - Marie Cooney Stories (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Turtle Knows your Name and other tales - DramaforaChange  (Rated G - $12 - SSSA Theater)

?3:00pm

EXODUS - KMAX (Rated G - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

Phases - Electric Moon Dance Collective (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)
 
4:30pm

Big Honor Student Energy - Alisa Rosenthal (Rated PG - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

He-Man is the Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale - Kyle B. Dekker (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

The Greatest Betrayal  - Vague Idea Production (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

Too Fat To Run - Fat Theatre Project (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)
 
6:00pm

Intimate and Appropriate - Paul Thomas (Rated R - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Ka$h Money Karl Presents Bringing Home the Bacon - Ka$h Money Karl (Rated R - Free - Martini Room)

Sad Girl Songs: A Comedy Show - Gwen Coburn (Rated R - $12 - SSSA Back Space)?
 
7:30pm

Short Show Showcase B (RATED PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Slicing Oranges for the Exorcism - Mike Chernoff

Stuart Tilton: Experimental Electronic Music on two Benjolins  - Stuart Tilton

The Picture of Dorian's Gray Hair - Slapdash Theatre  

Betty the Pan Am Stewardess - Leslie Goddard (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Burlesque is... - Haus A'Blaze Burlesque (Rated R - $12 - Martini Room)

ElectroCult Circus presents… - ElectroCult Circus  (Rated PG-13 - Free - Vern’s Light Lounge)

How To Make Friends & Alienate Them - Danny Wightkin (Rated PG-13 - $7 - SSSA Theater)

Subversive Librarian: Stories Lived and Told by An American Librarian in Norwich, England - Sarah Beth Nelson (Rated PG-13 - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

?9:00pm

Conversion Therapy: Drag Queens on Parade! - Moana Lotte & Friends (Rated R - $12 - Martini Room)

The Chase: A Light Bringer Story - Light Bringer Productions (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

feverdream - Memoriam Development (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Goddess Revealed - Deborah From  (Rated R - $7 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Jen Tries to Make a Comedy Special: A Comedy Special - Jen Durbent (Rated R - $7 - EPH Pub 217)

THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW - Tennessee Playwrights Studio (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

??10:30pm

Almost Closing Party!  - (All Ages - $3 EFF Button - EPH )
Come and hang out with Fringe artists and the people who make it happen. Join us at Elgin Public House to raise a glass and celebrate!

Sunday, September 29, 2024

1:00pm

Short Show Showcase A (RATED PG - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

keeping/tracking/passing - Ambo Dance Theatre

Hamlet in Jazz - Makoto Yamaguchi

Body Works excerpts  - Dance Uprising

EXODUS - KMAX (Rated G - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

He-Man is the Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale - Kyle B. Dekker (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW - Tennessee Playwrights Studio (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)

Turtle Knows your Name and other tales - DramaforaChange (Rated G - $12 - SSSA Theater)
 
2:30pm

The Chase: A Light Bringer Story - Light Bringer Productions (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Theater)

Ka$h Money Karl Presents Bringing Home the Bacon - Ka$h Money Karl (Rated R - Free - Martini Room)

Memories In Motion - Rachel Benzing (Rated PG-13 - $12 - SSSA Back Space)

Pre-Perceptions - Marie Cooney Stories (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Subversive Librarian: Stories Lived and Told by An American Librarian in Norwich, England - Sarah Beth Nelson (Rated PG-13 - $12 - EPH Pub 217)

Too Fat To Run - Fat Theatre Project (Rated PG-13 - $12 - Vern’s Light Lounge)
 
4:00pm

Burlesque is... - Haus A'Blaze Burlesque (Rated R - $12 - Martini Room)

How To Make Friends & Alienate Them - Danny Wightkin (Rated PG-13 - $7 - SSSA Theater)

Intimate and Appropriate - Paul Thomas (Rated R - $12 - Vern’s Speakeasy)

Jen Tries to Make a Comedy Special: A Comedy Special - Jen Durbent (Rated R - $7 - EPH Pub 217)??

Sad Girl Songs: A Comedy Show - Gwen Coburn (Rated R - $12 - SSSA Back Space)??

?5:00pm

Closing Party! (21+ - $3 EFF Button - Martini Room)??
To close our time together we’ll honor our artists and contributors and present some special awards.

Date: September 20-29, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Elgin, IL

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