How to Win at Fringe: Seeing 35 shows with Brett Mapp

Brett Mapp all dressed up to Fringe. Photo by Plate 3 Photography.
Brett Mapp all dressed up to Fringe. Photo by Plate 3 Photography.

Brett Mapp has been attending the Philly Fringe Festivals since it was a small collection of performances in Old City. Currently the director of operations for the Old City District municipal authority, Brett has been a self-described “hardcore Fringer” since 2005.

We mean hardcore Fringer: his schedule is jam-packed, with 35 shows over 20 days. He knows his Fringe, so his itinerary would be a good starting point for anyone considering what to see. Here’s where you can find him:

Date Title Time Type Guide Page Show #
Tues 9/6 Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs  7:30 PM Theater 72 1
Thurs 9/8 CITIZEN 7:00 PM Dance 30 2
Fri 9/9 Exile 2588 7:00 PM Circus 92 3
Fri 9/9 Feed 8:30 PM Theater 93 4
Fri 9/9 Antihero 10:00 PM Theater 93 5
Sat 9/10 Raphstraganza noon Interdisciplinary 71 6
Sat 9/10 Levee des conflits 8:00 PM Dance 32 7
Sun 9/11 Who Would Be King 2:00 PM Theater 94 8
Sun 9/11 They’ll Be Calling Us Witches 4:30 PM Theater 94 9
Sun 9/11 Notes of a Native Song 8:00 PM Music/Theater 38 10
Mon 9/12 The Sincerity Project 7:00 PM Theater 36 11
Tues 9/3 Gala 8:00 PM Dance 46 12
Weds 9/14 I Fucking Dare You 8:30 PM Theater 72 13
Thurs 9/15 Animal Farm to Table 6:00 PM Theater 81 14
Thurs 9/15 Wroughtland 9:00 PM Dance 84 15
Fri 9/16 Omeletto: Like Hamlet… 6:00 PM Theater 85 16
Fri 9/16 Surface Tension 8:00 PM Circus 92 17
Sat 9/17 The Elementary Spacetime Show 2:00 PM Music/Theater 44 18
Sat 9/17 Before I Die 5:00 PM Theater 71 19
Sat 9/17 CATCH takes BOK 8:00 PM Theater 50 20
Sun 9/18 Pandaemonium 3:00 PM Dance 48 21
Sun 9/18 Gilbert and Sullivan’s Switched 5:00 PM Theater 72 22
Mon 9/19 Explicit Female 7:00 PM Dance 84 23
Tues 9/20 The Long Tides 7:00 PM Theater 85 24
Weds 9/21 One-Man Apocalypse Now 7:00 PM Theater 106 25
Thurs 9/22 Carried Away 8:00 PM Dance 98 26
Thurs 9/22 THIS INFO WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 9:30 PM Theater 73 27
Fri 9/23 Julius Caesar. Spared Parts 7:00 PM Theater 54 28
Sat 9/24 Le Cargo 2:00 PM Dance 56 29
Sat 9/24 portrait of myself as my father 7:00 PM Dance 52 30
Sat 9/24 Martha Graham Cracker 10:00 PM Music 60 31
Sun 9/25 King John 1:00 PM Theater 100 32
Sun 9/25 Macbeth 7:00 PM Theater 58 33
TBD habitus ongoing Visual Art 40 34
TBD 4-Minute Booth ongoing Happenings 93 35

The director of operations for the Old City District municipal authority, Brett is one of Leadership Philadelphia’s Creative and Emerging Connectors. He serves on the board of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates and Flashpoint Theatre Company, is one of the founding members of Philly Stake and The Brothers’ Network, and is the only person to ever serve on committees for both the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and Dance USA/Philadelphia.

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