Ocean enjoys 'small movements, waving, imitating water.' This is Thomas' first festival performance. Between his popping Robot and the Ticking Clock moves, Mr. Entirely self-taught, he has mixed the styles of his native country with hip-hop and physical comedy. What it's about: Born 29 years ago in Trinidad and Tobago, Thomas moved to Brooklyn at age 8. Ladell Thomas: The His-Tory of the Magical Majestic Mr.

It makes you really questioning and uncomfortable, mesmerized and transformed in some way.' Sabarsky plans to start a theater company, Innovocative Theatre, in Tampa.

Payoff: 'It's so difficult but it's rewarding too. I said, 'There's no way I can do this.' My husband said, 'You have to do it because it scares you. Inspiration: 'When I first read it I was terrified. What it's about: Marie-Claude Tremblay plays Andrea, whose childhood abandonment and neglect have left her with cravings for paternal love. Genre: Solo drama by British playwright Philip Ridley, directed by Sabarsky I've gotten feedback from artists and playwrights, what was working in the script and what was not working.' Payoff: 'Just (write) and it will come to you. Inspiration: Barber is an artist and actor who lives in Lakeland with her husband and children. This show is an amusing story wrapped around one of Cole Porter’s magical scores. 'She's trying to balance that part of her life with staying home with the kids. The age-old tale of boy-meets-girl and the complications which ensue intrigue every audience, and no musical puts it on stage better than Anything Goes. What it's about: After marriage and three children intervened, Katherine rediscovers painting and gets a gallery show. 'That helps tourism, it puts people in hotel beds, it puts money into Ybor City and into artists' pockets.' The goal, Jenkins said, is 'for this to become a destination on the touring circuit.' Organizers placed TIFF just ahead of Orlando Fringe (Tuesday to May 29), the longest-running fringe festival in the United States, and at the earliest end of a festival trek across the United States and Canada, culminating in September in San Francisco. This year's offerings include a play about the Falklands war ( Falkland), a comedy about theme park actors ( Callbacks), a dark comedy punk cabaret singer-songwriter ( Mock$tar) and a variety show ( Tyler's Time Out). Artists keep the money from ticket sales. Shows last an hour and run three times over the weekend.

Performers secure their spots by lottery. 'We began talking then really seriously about, 'Wouldn't it be great if Tampa had its own fringe festival?'' Jenkins said.īilled as 'Tampa's first open-access, uncensored, international fringe theatre festival,' TIFF did not require performers to audition. Parry and fellow USF alumnus William Glenn sold out Tampa's New World Brewery with a two-actor show, A Brief History of Beer. It began to take shape three years ago with the encouragement of an old friend, Jobsite Theater's producing artistic director David Jenkins. 'This is definitely the biggest project I've ever been involved with,' Parry said.

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