DOTS Fringe Festival
July 18 – 21, 2024
Our venues were courtesy of our amazing Sponsoring Partners, High Tide Theatrical and Springfield Contemporary Theatre.
Thank you for amazing Fringe Performances at the Lightroom Lounge and also at the Historic Fox Theatre on the Square.
DOTS Fringe FESTIVAL performances
at the historic fox theatre on the square
157 Park Central Square, Springfield, MO 65806
July 18 @ 7 pm
July 20 @ 3 pm
July 21 @ 3 pm
Tyler Bueno & Rebel’s Guild Theatre
Don’t Lose Sight
Don’t Lose Sight is a journey, a battle to silence that inner voice that strays you from the path!
July 18 @ 9 pm
July 19 @ 7 pm
July 20 @ 5 pm
Best of the Fringe Honorary Mention
Rhubarb the Bear
MAXIMUM fuR & B
Rhubarb performs a mixture of his own songs and covers, accompanying himself on guitar and piano (and the occasional track cued by the A/V staff while engaging the audience and taking requests.
July 19 @ 9 pm
July 20 @ 1 pm
July 21 @ 5 pm
BEST of the FRINGE AWARD
Sandy Leigh Johnson
Little Black Dress
…and a coffee
A one act play that takes place in the Little Black Coffee in the Morning Light Zone
July 20 @ 11 am
July 21 @ 7 pm
Best of the Fringe Honorary Mention &
Fan Favorite Award Honorable Mention
DOTS Ensemble
Another Life Story
A moving story of life, love, grief and gratitude told through physical theatre, puppetry, and music
July 20 @ 7 pm
July 21 @ 1 pm
DOTS Ensemble
The gizzard
A short play focused on family, friends, and adventure.
Curated as the Short Play Series
July 20 @ 7 pm
July 21 @ 1 pm
Dr. Lainie Vansant
Of The World &
HAZARD Pay
Two short plays: Of the World – The music that underscores Mona’s life is changing its tune – she has to find a way to break the news to her parents without throwing away her traditions completely. Hazard Pay – After hearing the big news, Tony asks Jess to quit her job.
Curated as the Short Play Series
July 20 @ 7 pm
July 21 @ 1 pm
Alex Bates
The Filler Play
a 10-minute play that follows two students trying to write a play for class by using the shortcut strategy of adding filler. While the script is filled with filler, their conversation also takes on those very attributes providing a fun commentary on students’ work ethic.
Curated as the Short Play Series
July 20 @ THE DOTS GALA
BONUS GALA PERFORMANCE
tYLER bUENO & rEBEL’S gUILD tHEATRE
aNIME, THE MUSICAL?
DOTS Fringe FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
AT High Tide Theatrical
215 W Olive St, Springfield, MO 65806
Image Credit: Model – Kevyn Marshall; Photographer – Royce Ross at Unchained Photography/Media
July 18 @ 9 pm
July 19 @ 9 pm
July 20 @ 7 pm
Fan Favorite Award Honorable Mention
Sean Parker & Necrobroth Theatre
I hate Her & EarWorm
An evening of TWO spooky plays from the twisted mind of Sean Parker and Necrobroth Theatre.
CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
July 18 @ 7 pm
July 21 @ 5 pm
Asa Leininger
Amaranth, a farcical Tragedy
In a cheeky meditation on how humans would rather destroy the things they love than be honest with themselves, Ellie – an aspiring writer – and Jack – an aspiring professor of classics – row together and are torn apart by their differences.
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS
July 19 @ 7 pm
July 20 @ 5 pm
July 21 @ 7 pm
Fan Favorite Award
eVE mANARY
cHANGING cHANNELS
Inspired by the Neo-Futurists, Changing Channels is a series of short comic scenes spoofing various genres of television such as soap operas, awards shows, after-school specials, and more. Curated with t.b.d.
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE
July 19 @ 7 pm
July 20 @ 5 pm
July 21 @ 7 pm
GORDAN “historic66” RADER
t.b.d.
In 2012 Springfield, 22-year-old Kate Abbott navigates the complexities of young adulthood alongside her eclectic group of friends and confronts the challenges of responsibility, commitment, and the uncertainty of the future.
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS
