Applications Open!

Applications are open!  There are a lot of new things this year, so make sure you read up on everything before you apply!  The best place to start is 2019 Performers Page.  

New things this year:

1. New Fringe location.  We're moving to the East Liberty, Bloomfield, Garfield and Friendship area on Penn Ave.  We have a map of the "Fringe Zone" on the 2019 Performers Page.

2. New festival model.  We are changing to an Edinburgh, Hollywood, Rochester Fringe model.  Basically this means we don't run the venues.  The venues, and venue managers run the venue.  You'll apply to them through our new backend system.  We hope this will allow more awesomeness into the fringe!

3. New backend system.  To facilitate this move to the new model, we have adapted the Hollywood Fringe backend software.  It may be a bit confusing at first, so please ask us if you need help.  In the end, we think this will give performers more access to ticket sales, and a way to update their web listings on their own, and even have ads on the website.  After you apply, you will be given access to the backend system.

To start the application process, select the "Apply Here!" button below!

How to Apply:

To get into the Pittsburgh Fringe, you'll need to follow the three main steps.  But first to learn more about how it is going to work read the 2019 Performers page.

Step One:

A very detailed description full of screenshots to help you navigate the new system.  This step is the basically tell us about the show you are producing.  To see how to do it, go to Step One.

Step Two:

This is the find your venue step.  Read more about how that works in Step Two.

Step Three:

Step Three is just paying the registration fee.  Step Three gets you on our website, in the printed program, and in our box office system!

Help your local fringe by making a tax deductible donation today!

2019 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival Dates Announced

We've added a new day for 2019!  The festival will now be Thursday to Sunday, April 4-7th!  Put it on your calendar!

Recent Shows:  Unhinged II

Experience Pittsburgh's ONLY immersive Halloween theatre event!

October 26 - November 3rd at Aftershock Theatre
$17 in advance or $20 at the door. Seating is limited!!

Come with us as we take you on a journey through haunts and horrors, dead ends and dead beats... prepare yourself for anything to go terribly wrong... 
Cup-A-Jo Productions is thrilled to partner again with Pittsburgh Fringe in our second annual haunted theatre experience.

World Fringe Congress

We'll be representing Pittsburgh at the World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer during the original Edinburgh Festival Fringe!  

Ana Franco: Learn more about our featured Visual Artist on the 2018 Brochure and Web Design

Ana Franco is an emerging abstract artist from Venezuela currently living in Pittsburgh. She has been interested and excited in creating art since a young age. After becoming a Supply Chain Professional, she found painting again as a space to relax and create colorful and inspiring pieces. Her main medium is acrylic paint, although she likes to experiment with soft pastels and different tools.

Instagram: @anafrancoart
Email: anafrancoart@gmail.com

If you are interested in purchasing her art, please visit her Etsy site: www.Etsy.com/shop/AnaFrancoArt
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Read our preview by Pittsburgh in the Round! Push the logo to follow the link to the review!

​Check out our 2017 award winners!

​Awards are selected by Pittsburgh in the Round:
  • Selke Award “Best Show” - The Portable Dorothy Parker
  • Honorable Mention - Triage
  • Best Actress - Melissa Cole for Mo-to-the-oncle
  • Best Actor - Chris Davis for One Man Apocalypse Now
  • Best Ensemble - Awkward Attic Ensemble
  • Best Writing - The Principle
  • Best Local Show - The Booth
  • Best Out of Town Show - Betsy Carmichael’s Bingo Palace
  • Audience Choice (Tied) - O’Ryan the O'Mazing and Eva & Hillary
  • Best Visual Fringe - Mal Hurley
  • Best College Fringe - Waiting for Death
  • Best Children's Show - Penelope's Dragon​
  • Fringe Storyslam Best Story - Pete Papavlasopoulos
  • Spirit of the Fringe - Cody Clark
  • Best Survivor - Valerie David
  • Best Hugger - Vanessa White Fernandes
  • Best Portable Set - Captain Ambivalent
  • Longest Drive - Shedding Skin
  • Volunteer of the Year - Peggy Walkush

Where were the 2017 shows from? 

A special INSIDE look at where the Pittsburgh Fringe 2017 shows came from this year!  #pghfringe

Somerville, MA
New York, NY
Greensburg, PA
Louisville, KY
St. Louis, MO
Buffalo, NY
Tarentum, PA
Hempstead, NY
Philadelphia, PA 
Washington, DC
Pocatello, ID
Tulsa, OK
Redlands, CA
Scranton, PA
Girard, PA
Norristown, PA
Valparaiso, Indiana

And of course a lot of shows from our own beautiful city, PITTSBURGH!!
​2019 FESTIVAL DATES:
April 4-7th


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Some ads from 2018 Fringe:

A little nostalgia for the past:

Want to see some old festival brochures?

Below is our 2017 Program
Download our 2017 Program
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File Type: pdf
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Below is our 2016 Program
Nostalgic? Download the old Pittsburgh Fringe 2016 Program
File Size: 3791 kb
File Type: pdf
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Below is our 2015 program!
program-2015-web.pdf
File Size: 32871 kb
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Below is our original program that you can download from 2014!
program-1.pdf
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Pittsburgh Fringe Manifesto

(For the visually impaired, the video above is mostly pictures from past festivals - primarily our first year - with some text.  The text reads as follows: Pittsburgh Fringe Manifesto, We believe the arts should be for all, The Fringe community can learn from each other, Together we are stronger.  Pittsburgh Fringe #makeityourfringe)
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FYI: This is a video from our 2nd year.  So it is here mostly for nostalgic purposes! The #makeityourfringe hashtag is not our main hashtag anymore.  We prefer that you use #pghfringe now!  Thank you!