Student Fringe Festival celebrates innovation and creativity

ISU Theatre’s Student Fringe Festival gives students from every major on campus an opportunity to flex their theatre muscles in a celebration of innovation and creativity. The festival runs May 2-4 and includes events and performances at Fisher Theater, the Student Innovation Center, North Grand Cinema, and the Ames Public Library.

All festival events are free with general admission. Some performances may contain adult language and content.

Festival selections

All My Love and Patience
Saturday, May 3, 10:00 a.m., North Grand Cinema
Directed and choreographed by Emma Lea Werling

A short film exploration of how fashion and visual storytelling enhance the narrative power of dance.

Elemental Stories: Choral Theatre at the Fringe
Sunday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m., Fisher Theater
Conceived and directed by Rylee Foreman, Jennifer Rodgers, Amelia Shafer, and Emma Lea Werling

150 singers from the ISU Cantamus and Lyrica ensembles and the Ames Chamber Artists form a choral theatre. This closing event of the festival features both ancient stories and natural soundscapes.

ISU Choose Cabaret
Friday, May 2, 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 3, at 9:30 p.m., Fisher Theater
Directed by Ashton Hale

A musical theatre cabaret with a twist – the audience can actively engage and select duets with randomly selected actors to perform songs each night! U get to choose!

Loop
Friday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 3, at 4:00 p.m., Fisher Theater
Written by Faye Silk and directed by Emily Golden and Faye Silk

A man is trapped in a time loop in a 24-hour diner in this one-act play.

Marcescence
Friday, May 2, at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m., Fisher Theater
Created by Alex Harrell and Claire Thede

Original monologues and scenes centering on the trials women face in our world.

Memories of the Dead
Saturday, May 3, at 9:00 a.m., North Grand Cinema
Directed by Bryce Steadman and Alvaro J. Escalante

ISU filmmakers present their original short films at North Grand Cinema.

Romeo and Juliet
Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, at 6:00 p.m., Student Innovation Center Step-a-torium
Directed by Katie Scarlett Ammerman

A gender-bending adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic.

The Death of Station Axis
Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, at 2:00 p.m., Ames Public Library
Written and directed by Quinn Raven Young

A last group of survivors flee Earth in this one-act play set in a dystopian future.

Victims of the Cell Block Tango
Friday, May 2, at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 3, at 8:30 p.m., Fisher Theater
Written and directed by Mady Ney

The victims of the “Cell Block Tango” tell their side of the story in this 10-minute play.

What are Best Friends For?
Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, at 1:00 p.m., Ames Public Library
Written and directed by Teddy White

This contemporary 10-minute play is a snapshot of a heartfelt coming-out experience between two friends. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness includes everyone.

Visit the ISU Theatre website to save a calendar schedule of all events.