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Free and Donation-Based passes are available.
Twenty by Twenty Fringe (TBTF) was conceived to present bold, innovative, and intimate new works created by passionate and newly empowered voices: artists in their twenties.
We value justice, equity, and resonance in theatre and uplift the voices of young artists. Fringe strives to provide low-risk opportunities for creativity and exploration in order to serve as a catalyst for respect and recognition in the arts, particularly for members of the global majority.
Fringe 2023 featured 135+ young artists from varying states, territories, and countries with a beyond-exciting lineup with something for everyone -- the stories took you from Jakarta, Indonesia in the 1990s, to a journey through the Antarctic, to stories of Haitian refugees in the Bahamas. Twenty by Twenty Fringe 2023, in its third iteration, has further explored the multiplicity of artists and cultures across the globe!
All performances and screenings are FREE with a Festival Pass.
STREAM TBTF 2023 MAY 18-28, 2023.
Preview the exciting lineup of plays and films below!
Each piece had a live-streamed premiere on their listed date(s), and all twenty shows were available to stream 24/7 starting May 23.
Streaming closes with our Recognition Ceremony on May 28th at 9pm EST / 6pm PST!
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 3pm EST/12pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 15 Minutes
Ancestral Plane
Outside the Suny Purchase College Student Center rests a graveyard that lies enslaved individuals that tended to the land that was once a plantation. One night, Fatima, witnesses the events that are the last straw for her and friends; she leaves an offering to the ancestors, in hopes of replenishing the energy that was taken from there.
CW/TW: simulated violence, spirits, mentions of SA/SH, drug use, sexual content and death
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 3pm EST/12pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 40 Minutes
Ashe
A young Black storyteller goes on a journey to the city of the bones and must find their way back to AmeriKKKa.
DATES:
Sunday May 21st @ 4pm EST/1pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Comedy
RUN TIME: 18 Minutes
Be Hector
A narcissistic director is determined to mold a fresh-faced actor into the performer of his dreams. But once the actor walks out of the project, the director is left to work with the talent he has before him.
CW/TW: Shouting
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Dramedy
RUN TIME: 6 Minutes
Batty and Chamber
Inspired by a Jamaican proverb "Don't let your left hand knows what your right hand is doing", Batty and Chamber is about a friend who is betrayed by her bestfriend telling lies about her that cost her a promising job.
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 5pm EST/2pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Family Dramedy
RUN TIME: 20 Minutes
City of Kings
Two brothers feel stuck in a cycle because of the sacrifices they make for each other. Oscar and Pancho have lived in King City, CA all of their lives. Because of that, there comes a reputation and weight to their bloodline. They reveal secrets of events that transpired the night before that lead them to make decisions for their future.
CW/TW: Language, Aggression
DATES:
Thursday May 18th @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama, Queer
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
First Sight: A Queer Indonesian Love Story
Sari is an aspiring singer hoping to achieve her dreams of stardom through karaoke. A chance encounter with Lisa, a determined journalist, and the two become a hot item in Jakarta’s lesbian party scene. When Sari is forced to flee from the after effects of Suharto’s dictatorship, the two must adapt their love to conform to the pressures of survival & migration.
DATES:
Thursday May 18th @ 5pm EST/2pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
Freddy's Family & Concha
When a father brings the woman he is having an affair with into his family home, his mother-in-law with Alzheimer's encounters the the woman on her way out. Unsure whether she'll remember, he must navigate the guilt of facing his wife and kids.
CW/TW: Homophobic slurs, Adultery
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 5pm EST/2pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Magical Realism, Drama
RUN TIME: 20 Minutes
Hombres Verdaderos
Anything can happen before Mama calls for dinner. Until then, the masked "EL NIÑO RÁPIDO" takes to the ring before a crowd of adoring fans! But, as a fatal blow smacks our tearful little luchador out of his fantasy, a voice from beyond reminds him of the harmful reality that "hombres verdaderos, no lloran."
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 4pm EST/1pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Narrative Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
RUN TIME: 12 Minutes
Laria
At age 21, Laria is pronounced a Knight. Her mission is to save her people from a curse which has left them plagued by famine. In years prior to her birth, a mythic force called the Evil One, cursed the land. Damning them to starvation. Now; at the final stage of her journey, Laria faces her anger & grief personified.
CW/TW: Violence (fight scene), Grief
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 4pm EST/1pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 3 Minutes
Leave
Leave is the story of a girl who has to deal with the loss of her best friend. It is a story about grief and learning to let go so you can both cherish the past, remember it, but also move on from it.
CW/TW: Depictions of domestic violence
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sunday May 21st @ 5pm EST/2pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Magical Realism, Drama
RUN TIME: 48 Minutes
M is for Medusa
M, a young college student goes on a date that changes the course of her life forever in the worst way as M tries to speak up for herself and fight to tell the truth of her sexual assault. Told through the past and present, M is for Medusa explores the questions of how does society silence a Black woman.
CW/TW: Mentions of sexual assault and rape
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 6pm EST/3pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Experimental Drama
RUN TIME: 11 Minutes
PROJECT CANALLA
Inspired by the filmmaker's own experiences, they sought to create a story that centered on the anxieties people feel repeating old, toxic habits, and the terror experienced when stuck turning into the people they fear the most.
DATES:
Thursday May 18th @ 7pm EST/ 4pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 8:30pm EST/5:30 pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 19 Minutes
Resurface
Resurface focuses on a young woman who has been forced to look her inner demons in the eyes and face them. In doing so, discovers that self-love is the key to battling self-loathing, insecurity, fear, and overthinking.
CW/TW: Depression, Anxiety
DATES:
Thursday May 18th @ 7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 4pm EST/1pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 50 Minutes
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Love follows three generations of a Bengali family communicating between Kolkata and Chicago and striving to find semblances of hope, comfort, and familiarity despite the distance that separates them.
CW/TW: Mentions of mental illness, Artistic depiction of death; Topics of dementia/memory loss, Family trauma
DATES:
Sunday May 21st @ 4pm EST/ 1pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 8:30pm EST/5:30 pm PST
FORMAT: Film
GENRE: Coming of Age, Noir
RUN TIME: 3 Minutes
Sisters
“Sisters” shows the inner workings of a frustrated and grieving young music composer. When she tries to finish composing a specific song from her past, she is flooded with memories of a day she'd rather forget - the day she lost her sister.
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 7pm EST/4pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama, Queer
RUN TIME: 112 Minutes
Some Things Last a Long Time
Four senior-year international students at an elite NYC university – Em, Thomas, Xiaolian, and Jenny – are randomly placed in the same dorm unit during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the play unfolds, the repressed histories between them bubble to the surface and the four find themselves grappling with their past, present, and future.
CW/TW: Strong profanity and sexual language, Sexual encounters, Mentions of mental illness
DATES:
Sunday May 21st @ 6:30pm EST/3:30pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 100 Minutes
The Colour Woman
Sharletaneke, the cream lady sells skin bleaching cream to the black women on her island home. She is also involved in illegally smuggling Haitians into the country. After two white women wonder into her store searching for some "brown skin," she is set on a quest to do something she's never done before--turn a white woman into a black woman.
CW/TW: Suggestive language, Difficult childbirth, Remarks on colorism
DATES:
Sunday May 21st @ 9pm EST/6pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 7pm EST/4pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 45 Minutes
The Long White Line
A psychological thriller set during the long Antarctic night. The story follows three scientists, trapped in the cold isolation of the south pole, as they each slowly unravel.
CW/TW: Flashing lights, Fast movement, Sickness, Blood
DATES:
Saturday May 20th @ 7pm EST/4pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
tre
On Senior Ditch Day, Tay, Rey, and Bree have one thing to do, catch the fireworks with the rest of their graduating class in the middle of bum-fuck nowhere in the woods of NC. A cosmic love letter to the 2010s, high school love, and a wish for any and all Southern Blck boys to love each other and themselves when childhood ends and adulthood inevitably begins.
CW/TW: Mentioning of domestic violence, Threat of police violence
DATES:
Friday May 19th @ 5pm EST/2pm PST
Monday May 22nd @ 6pm EST/3pm PST
FORMAT: Play
GENRE: Operetta
RUN TIME: 30 Minutes
Troubleshooting
A phone call depicting the struggle neurodivergent people often face when we desire connection and closeness, but feel thwarted trying to navigate social settings not built to accommodate our diagnosis. The subject matter is informed by the author’s own experience with autism spectrum disorder.