The 2022 Oregon Fringe Festival will take place live and online from Wednesday, April 27 - Sunday, May 1 with an emphasis on celebrating its zany community that embraces bold, innovative, and outrageously creative talent. For a complete list of performances and other creative opportunities that are being offered, please visit their website at oregonfringefestival.org. Resilience, Mia Raye Smith, Honorarium Recipient Resilience is an autobiographical solo performance that follows the experience of an African American woman accessing mental health care for her anxiety disorder, while highlighting the correlation between race, anxiety, and the healthcare disparities that communities of color face while trying to find treatment. Taking place in Queens, New York with over nineteen different characters, the performance depicts multiple experiences in various therapeutic settings, in addition to reimagining the strength that is needed on a journey of uncomfortable couches. Mia Raye Smith is an international award-winning writer and solo performer who was born in Detroit, Michigan, with an African American, Creole, and Acadian heritage from Louisiana. Spending her teenage years growing up in Queens, New York, it was there that she developed her characters from multicultural backgrounds. Mia’s performances flow through one single actor, playing characters from those various cultural backgrounds, genders, and ages. Studying Acting at William Esper Studio, Mia has gone on to produce and perform at numerous college campuses and theater festivals. She is a recipient of the Queens Council on the Arts Grant, the International Centre for Women Playwrights Grant, and most recently, the Dramatist Guild Mental Health Grant. Mia is a multi-hyphenate creative who strives to create boundary-breaking stories that reimagine American theater.
Performance Date(s): Friday, April 29, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Zoom
Saturday, April 30, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Zoom (Followed by Q+A)
Into the Unknown, Rosemary Kesselring Into the Unknown is a gothic fairy tale about two brothers lost in a strange forest. Will they find their way home? This free performance will present the culmination of a scholarly workshop investigating excerpts from Over the Garden Wall, a musical teleplay by Patrick McHale, with song covers by The Blasting Company. Into the Unknown is put together by a troupe of students from Southern Oregon University who are passionate about immersive theatre. Rosemary Kesselring is the Director.
Performance Date(s): Thursday, April 28, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. SU Diversions (Stevenson Union)
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