Companies & Artists

* Aileen Imperatrice

* All Too Real Players

* Altered Modalities

* Ananka Dance Company

* AILEEN & TONY IMPERATRICE

* Baba

* Babasword Productions

* Central California Songwriters Association

* CELENA MARTIN

* Daniel G. Ball

* David Spencer & Randy Morris

* DEJA BLUES

* EmSpace Dance

* ENRIQUE LOPEZ

* Flying Mikes Production

* FIG GARDEN SLIM

* Fresneaux Ramblers

* Glen Delpit

* Head to Head Films

* HEARTBEAT

* Hillary Robertson

* Holophrastic Kinesics

*IMPROVER BEHAVIOR

* Inconstant Moon Productions

* Jade Ed Gypsy Productions

* Jaguar Bennett

* Jami Zechman

* Jay Martin

* Jennifer A . Blaylock

* JIM PIPER

* Jo-Anne Yada

* Karen Ruiz

* Kien Lim

* Libby Goold Productions

* Lisa Kao & David Aus

* Mallory Moad's Daredevil Kitchen

* MARCOS DORADO

* Melissa Delaney

* New Music Ensemble

* Other Fish to Fry Productions

* P.B.S. (Peter, Barb & Salo)

* Primal Scream Inner Ear

 Productions

* RICH SEVERSON TRIO

* Robert Weibel

*ROGUE LATE-NITE

*RON CATALANO QUARTET

*RUSTY HAPPENINGS

* Sageland Media

* Shannon Johnson

* Songs 4 Pints

* Tanjora Tribal Bellydance

* Ted Esquivel, Storyteller

* Teri Carter

* The Big Weird Pop Ensemble

* THE FRESNO MET

* The Irregular Theater Company

* THE SAGE COLLABORATIVE

* The Stickhorse Cowboys

* The Tower Jazz Quartet

* The Way Of Dance

* Tim Ereneta

* Trenched

* Vince Warner

* why knot productions

* TROUPE UNMATA

@ Starline, 833 Fern

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Other Mainstage Venues

MAINSTAGE @ STARLINE, 833 Fern

MAINSTAGE @ DIANNA'S STUDIO, 726 N. Fulton

DANCE MAINSTAGE @ DIANNA'S STUDIO, 826 N. Fulton

ROGUE LATE-NITE

Rogue BYO Gallery @ 3 Brush Gallery, 2932 Fresno Street

The Great Escape

Altered Modalities
Fresno, California
www.alteredmodalities.com

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Contemporary Dance
45 minutes, RATED: PG
Primarily for those 12 and older, simply for understanding and appreciation which often comes with age
 

If you’ve never experienced dance, or don’t know the possibilities it offers — EXPERIENCE THIS!! Altered Modalities Contemporary Dance Company will take you on a brief journey of movement, emotion, and passion. You’ll be surprised and impressed where we can take you.

$5

10:00 PM, Saturday, March 5
5:30 PM, Sunday, March 6
4:00 PM, Saturday, March 12
 

* Latecomers admitted within 15 min.

Ananka Dance Company
Fresno, California
www.ananka.com

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Adventures In Time
 

Belly Dance Fusion with a Temporal Twist
60 minutes, RATED PG
Content: Sparkly costumes, a bunch of smiling dancers, and a good time

What happens when belly dancers get lost in time? They have to shimmy their way back to the present, of course. Come along as they go careening through the popular music of many eras. The intrepid temporal wanderers use their moves, fringe, shiny things, surprises and smiles to infuse new life into those old standards you associate with different decades. This isn’t belly dance like you’ve seen or heard it before! (No animals, small children or timekeeping devices were harmed in the making of this production.)

$6

4:00 PM, Saturday, March 5
7:00 PM, Sunday, March 6
1:00 PM, Saturday, March 12
 

* Latecomers admitted within 15 min.
 

Central California Songwriters

Association

Fresno, California

www.centralcalsongwriters.org

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Songwriters Traveling Showcase

Original Music Performance

60 minutes, RATED: G

Content: Songs and stories about songs

Six songwriters from the Central Valley join together onstage to perform a harmonious blend of original music. Chronicling their individual travels through life with songs ranging in style from folk and country to jazzy pop and blues, these writers bring focus and emotion to their observations with their unique voices.

$5

7:00 PM, Saturday, March 5

2:30 PM, Sunday, March 6

10:00 PM, Friday, March 11

* Latecomers admitted within 15 min.

Opposites Attract

by Bruce Kane

Jade Ed Gypsy Productions
Fresno, California

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Opposites Attract

by Bruce Kane
 

One Act Comedy
60 minutes, RATED PG-13
Content: Some language and sexuality.

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Does a woman really need a man who needs a woman who has no need to be needed? Can I meet my soulmate in a bar? Is it OK to fake it? Can infidelity save your marriage? If your lover offered you everything you’ve ever wanted, would you still want it? These questions and more will be hilariously answered by six couples and a sancha. If you believe in happily-ever-after, and especially if you don’t — you won’t want to miss out on this voyeuristic thrill ride.

$6

10:00 PM, Friday, March 4
8:30 PM, Saturday, March 5
2:30 PM, Saturday, March 12

* Latecomers will NOT be admitted.
 

Mechanical Dreams

New Music Ensemble

Fresno, California

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Mechanical Dreams

Post-Modern Experimental Art Music

 60 minutes, RATED PG

Content: Loud noises, music that may be disturbing to some.

The New Music Ensemble — featuring some of the area’s finest young instrumentalists — presents an innovative program of vital, post-modern experimental music by talented emerging composers from CSU Fresno. The constant collaboration between the performers and composers, unheard of in the realm of classical art music, allows the ensemble the unique opportunity to refine their art while simultaneously pushing the limits of contemporary art music. The Ensemble, directed by CSUF composer Robert Strizich, will be performing works by Josh Appleby, Nat Dahman, Mason Lamb, Jabriel Pumarejo, Rafael Silva, and David Van Dyke Stewart and David Van Gilluwe. Come and hear young virtuoso musicians perform new music that is both engaging and provocative!

$5

2:30 PM, Saturday, March 5

1:00 PM, Sunday, March 6

7:00 PM, Saturday, March 12

* Latecomers permitted within 15

Babasword Productions
Vancouver, Canada
www.babasword.com

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The Rap Canterbury Tales
 

Spoken Word/Storytelling
60 minutes RATED: PG
CONTENT: Comical descriptions of sex and violence, references to geriatric lechery, flatulence, cuckolding, explicit euphemisms and literary content.

Created and performed by Canadian rap artist and medieval scholar Baba Brinkman, “The Rap Canterbury Tales” brings Chaucer’s masterpiece to life on stage as an exciting oral performance. The Pilgrims are transported into a contemporary hip-hop setting: they are rappers on a tour bus between gigs, passing time with a storytelling battle. Hilarious and powerful, Chaucer’s stories of murder, lust, jealousy, greed and adultery endure the test of time. The hit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is coming to Fresno!

“Truly awe-inspiring. Five Stars!” - The Scotsman, Edinburgh
“A tour de force!” - SF Weekly, San Francisco Fringe

$6

8:30 PM, Friday, March 4 *Starline, 833 Fern
4:00 PM, Saturday, March 5 *Dianna’s, 726 Fulton
1:00 PM, Sunday, March 6 *Dianna’s, 726 Fulton
7:00 PM, Friday, March 11 *Dianna’s, 726 Fulton
8:30 PM, Saturday, March 12 *Starline, 833 Fern

* Latecomers admitted within 15 minutes.
 

The Irregular Theater Company
Fresno, California

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The Pitiful Lamp Improv-a-thon
 

Character & Improvisational Comedy
60 minutes, RATED: PG
(Please, God, let us be funny)
 

We sent the word out and the response has been amazing! Celebrities from all over the world have pledged their time and talent for our improv-a-thon in an effort to entertain you and raise the vast sums necessary to provide some kind of purely decorative shade. There’s the Governor’s big brother; the latest teen pop star; an impersonator from the Jewish Elvis’s local 189; the underwater barrel riding champion from Clovis; and many more including whoever shows up! However, even with this plethora of talent at our disposal, your participation is also necessary. Join us and help control the comedy! Bring a friend and come back again and again as each improv-a-thon is different from the last. Help us help this pitiful lamp once again light the room with a semblance of pride.

$5

1:00 PM, Saturday, March 5 *Dianna’s, 726 Fulton
5:30 PM, Saturday, March 5 *Starline, 833 Fern
8:30 PM, Sunday, March 6 *Starline, 833 Fern
7:00 PM, Friday, March 11 *Starline, 833 Fern

* Latecomers admitted within 15 min.