MCC Daily Tribune

MCC's On the Edge Drama Troupe Open Auditions

On the Edge Drama Troupe is a performing arts troupe that premiered in 2012 and hails from Monroe Community College. The troupe is known for its various performances in all of the nine consecutive years of the Rochester International Fringe Festival, and is excited to once again be performing at the 2021 Fringe Festival. From unique and unconventional adaptations of Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Lewis Carroll, to creative performances of movement, puppetry, and masque, to clever interactive comedy performed live online, as well as chilling and avant garde productions of original scripts from area playwrights, On the Edge Drama Troupe strives to produce performance art that is both meaningful and reflective to our times and the human condition.  

This year, On the Edge Drama Troupe will be presenting its original show: flOUR CITY interactive ROCgarden at the Rochester Fringe Festival. Performances will be held outside at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center on East Ave. We are currently looking for actors to portray legendary Rochesterians as statues that come to life to tell their own tales and bits of folklore about our region. Rehearsals will follow a Hybrid model, and will be definitively scheduled upon student enrollment. If cast, students will be enrolled in THE 160: Touring Theatre Troupe, and will receive three credits. Interested students should upload an unlisted video of themselves performing a contemporary monologue to YouTube and then send the link to director Heather Chang at hchang2@monroecc.edu by next Wednesday, Aug.18th.

Please note: The Rochester Fringe Festival is requiring ALL participants to show proof of vaccination for Covid-19. This is a festival policy, not my own, nor the college’s, and therefore is non-negotiable.

If you have any questions, please contact Heather Chang.

Heather Chang
Visual and Performing Arts
08/12/2021