ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 We\u2019re in the midst of 14 days of uncensored, unvetted theater.<\/p>\n
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival<\/a> is celebrating 35 years, touted as the longest-running fringe fest in the United States.
\nThe theme this year is a celebration of all things \u201cweird.\u201d \u201c[We] embrace weird as whatever you are,\u201d spokesperson Tempestt Halstead said. \u201cCome as you are.\u201d
\nThe fest pulls in artistic rebels, the misfits, and the dreamers who would rather not rotate in the circles of mainstream entertainment. The Visual Fringe gallery also showcases the creatives.
\n\u201cAwaken\u201d is one of the highly anticipated shows this year. It\u2019s a contemporary dance and spoken word production that journeys through the five stages of grief, something its creator \u2014 Cindy Heen \u2014 is experiencing right now. \u201cFour years ago, I lost my mom. And then, on May 7, 2026, my 101-year-old grandmother passed away. It\u2019s a way to come together and find that inner warrior that we all have.\u201d
\nThe Fest is taking place at Loch Haven Park<\/a> through Memorial Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 We\u2019re in the midst of 14 days of uncensored, unvetted theater. The Orlando International Fringe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4093,1595,1011,8273,8274,104,1190,115,4094,139,141,140,835],"class_list":["post-277288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-allison-walker","tag-app-arts-entertainment","tag-app-human-interest","tag-app-latest-arts-entertainment-stories","tag-app-latest-entertainment-stories","tag-entertainment","tag-human-interest","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}