Sophocles’s drama “Antigone” is one of the great tragedies, time-tested, reworked, and revisited numerous times is its 2,500-year history. This edition, by Needs More Work Productions, offers the audience a chance to change the fate of Antigone, even if the actress playing her doesn’t want it. It repeats through Sunday at Rochester Fringe.
Posts published in September 2026
BIODANCE gave a 20th anniversary performance at the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival that made human connection visible, visceral, and viable. Read more about the performance, which repeats next Thursday, September 24.
Day one of the Rochester Fringe Festival kicked off yesterday, Tuesday, September 15, with showings of some of the main fringe-curated attractions. Those shows proved both irreverent and heartwarming.
The 12-day Rochester Fringe Festival begins today, with the first 27 of 715 performances. Rochester Overture begins reporting on shows tonight, including Cirque du Fringe: Anchors Away and Just to Be Close to You. There are several opportunities to catch both shows, so keep an eye out for our reports…
Now in its 15th year, the Rochester Fringe Festival is known for presenting a cross-section of shows that are wild, weird, and experimental. From the intimate to the spectacle, the festival features 715 performances in 45 venues over 12 days.