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Established in 2009 by Erica Fee, a 1999 graduate of the University who previously worked with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the festival has since doubled in size.
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The festival’s board of directors includes representatives from Boylan Code LLP, the University of Rochester and its Eastman School of Music, Rochester Institute of Technology, George Eastman House, Geva Theatre Center, Method Machine, Mengel Metzger Barr, PUSH Physical Theater, and the City of Rochester.
There are more than 200 fringe festivals worldwide, including 20 in the United States, with festivals closest to Rochester in Toronto and Philadelphia. Last year’s Fringe Festival in Rochester was attended by more than 50,000 people.
To view the schedule of performing groups affiliated with the University, visit . For more information on the festival or to order tickets, visit .
