Fringe Fest Offers an Original Mix of Shows ; Topical Issues in Some Plays
The Washington Times › July 14, 2007
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The Fringe Fest makes you think irreverent, off-kilter, experimental, right? What about topical, serious, controversial?
Most of the theater offerings at the second annual Capital Fringe Fest are just what you'd expect - absurd, satiric or surreal - but some of the artists and playwrights are tackling thornier issues in their original pieces.See the full content of this document
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Fringe Fest Offers an Original Mix of Shows ; Topical Issues in Some Plays
Emerging playwright Lynette Long, a D.C.-based psychologist and author who claims to have coined the phrase "latchkey kid," takes on the hot-button topic of abortion in her work "One in Two," which will be performed July 25 through 29 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast Washington.
"I decided the first year to write a play and then thought about abortion, which...See the full content of this document
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