2016 marks the twenty-fifth year of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. 

Jeff Matz and the all-stars over at Lure Design have crafted a charming new logo suite to usher in the transition. This includes a new logo for Kids Fringe, Visual Fringe, and and the all-new Fringe Teens. The logo itself is raw and hand-crafted, much like the shows in the festival. Matz says they were "aiming for something clean, playful, and a just a little rough around the edges." (Orlando Sentinel)

The fringe festival in Orlando embraces the shortened The Orlando Fringe versus it's longer festival name above.

Kids Fringe festival within the festival has taken on the new 25th Anniversary branding.

Registration will be open Tuesday night, from 7pm-9pm, on all future festivals. Official festival activities will now begin Wednesday morning.



2016: March 16-19
2017: March 15-18
2018: March 14-17

Produced by special arrangement with 
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado”

A Winter's Gift

By Michelle R. Davis and David Ward 
directed by Timothy D. Turner

December 10-12, 2015

Troubled times have befallen Canterbury — the king is absent, the queen is greedy and the people are hungry.  To make matters worse, Vikings have been spotted.  As Abbot Gregory ponders a potentially calamitous Christmas, news of a winter’s gift arrives — monks have found a chest of gold, soon to be delivered to their abbey.   In a convergence of playful, convoluted paths, disguises fall, truths are revealed and a winter’s gift is given just in time for the most celebrated night of all!

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Art in Odd Places Orlando
Public Visual and Performance Art Festival
September 17-20, 2015    FREE
Magnolia Avenue between Anderson and Washington Streets

Art in Odd Places aims to stretch the boundaries of communication in the public realm by presenting artworks in all disciplines outside the confines of traditional public space regulations. AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions and the unfettered exchange of ideas.  Led by Ed Woodham, AiOP has always been a grassroots project fueled by the goodwill and inventiveness of its participants.  Don't miss this very unique festival in September.

Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble names Timothy, Music Director. "...our personal Superman.  He stepped in a day before we opened & knocked the show out without missing a beat. And as if coming in at the last minute and playing every note flawlessly were not enough, Timothy possesses the uncanny ability to feel the actor’s style of singing and marry his playing to the actor to enhance the song as a whole. In a nutshell, Timothy is incredibly talented, great fun to work with, and tops it all off with a respectable professionalism", says Brandon Roberts, GTE Managing Director. Ghostlight Theatre was formed in November of 2004 by Orlando actors Karla Sue Schultz, Meggin Weaver, and Brandon Roberts.  Perhaps by happenstance, the three of us found ourselves in the right place, at the right time, with the right people.  So, then we needed a name...  A ghostlight is a standing lamp, typically left in the center of the stage once a theatre has closed at the end of the day.  It provides the next person in the theatre a means of seeing their way in the darkness.  This symbol of optimism and encouragement was one that we all feel represents what theatre is to us, and what we hope to bring to everyone with whom we cross paths, onstage and off.

With colleague and friend Kylie Koscoe, Timothy has been commissioned to write a play based on the stories of Edgar Allen Poe. "The realities of Poe himself are as mysterious as the stories he wrote for his readers. I have long been intrigued by this great American writer and look forward to creating a educational and entertaining portrayal of Edgar Allen Poe", says Timothy D. Turner, playwright. The play will blur the lines between Poe's reality and the stories he related. The characters of the stories will reveal themselves one by one as actually people in Poe's life. The play will be one of three presented on tour for students for the 2005-2006 Storybook Repertoire Theatre Season. The Storybook Theatre Company has a proven reputation of fine theatrical and educational presentations for schools throughout Volusia, Lake & Seminole counties. This upcoming season marks the first year of a repertoire structure. Schools will have the opportunity to book any of the three productions throughout the entire school year. The three tour productions include, Edgar Allen Poe, The Magical Pinata, a bi-lingual musical and Storywagon: African Tales.

Timothy has been performer & director with the Storybook Theatre Company for the last five seasons. Beginning its 25th season,Storybook Theatre is the oldest children's theatre company in Central Florida. As the educational arm of the Sands Theater Center in DeLand, they incorporate youth theater, school tours, summer drama camps, and theater education for all ages. Storybook educators design and conduct creative drama projects to meet specific needs such as oral language development, abuse recognition programs, and the development of social skill, - often in partnership with area schools, community resource agencies, and arts organizations.  

For the 2005-2006 Season, they will be presenting a debut tour of his new play Edgar Allan Poe on a nine month tour of Florida schools.  He is also Musical Directing The Magical Pinata also touring for nine months to Elementary schools throughout five Florida counties. 

Storybook Theatre is the oldest children's theatre company in Central Florida - they are the educational arm of the Sands Theater Centerin DeLand. The 2004-2005 season marked his 14th production with the aclaimed theatre company and his roles have included "Uncle Ralph and "Pablo Piccasso" in Noonie's Masterpiece in Purple, "Actor 1" in Aesop’s Fables (Tour Feb – May 2005), Composer & "Henri" / "Tweedle-Dum" in The Frog Prince (Tour Sept 2004 – May 2005), Director / Music Director of Winnie The Pooh, the Musical Comedy (June 2004), "Devon” inDevon’s Hurt (Tour Feb – Apr. 2004), “Demon” & Foley Musician in Ama and the White Crane (October 2003), “The Magical Fish” in The Fisherman & His Wife (Tour Sept – Nov. 2003), The Prince, “Steve” in The Princess and the Pea (Tour Feb – Apr. 2003), Musical Director of The Secret Garden, musical (December 2002), “Baltus Van Tassell” in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (October 2001), Musical Director of Guys & Dolls, Jr. (June 2001), “Feste” in Twelfth Night (Tour April 2001) and "Rumplestiltskin" in Rumplestiltskin (Tour Feb – Apr. 2001)