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Hi-Desert Fringe Festival seeking submissions for its Sixth Season

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Hi-Desert Fringe Festival.

In its sixth year of showcasing original, non-traditional, provocative performance art, the festival will offer three days of performances, improv, film, music and workshops presented by an array of artists May 19-21 at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center.

The theme of this year’s festival is “As above, so below.”

The theme is an acknowledgment to the collaborative atmosphere between the hi and lo desert theatre communities which have both participated over the years in the annual Fringe Festival. The festival will be hosted festival co-founders Miri Hunter and Ann Van Haney. Performers interested in being a part of this annual event can fill out the application form on the festival website hidesertfringe.org.

Deadline for applications is March 15.

Charlie Thomas

Charlie Thomas is a local theatrical director, actor, producer, stage designer and playwright with over thirty-five years’ experience in both professional and non-professional live theatre, film, television, and radio. His pedigree includes most of the major theatrical companies in the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin including Theatre 29, Hi-Desert Playhouse, Groves Cabin Theatre, Palm Canyon Theatre and College of the Desert, to name a very few. Charlie is an active member of the greater desert performing arts scene. He currently serves as Vice-President on the Theatre 29 board of directors. He also serves on the board of the Desert Theatre League, a live performance support organization that provides judging and awards for theatrical and dance excellence for over 39 organizations. He is also a founding panelist of the Alliance of Desert Theatres which formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to network with performing arts houses all over the desert for support and networking while the industry was shutdown. During his theatrical career, Charlie has won many Desert Theatre League performance awards as well as their “Sidney Harmon” award which recognizes honorees for exhibiting theatrical excellence. Charlie Thomas joined Z107.7 in April 2020 and has greatly come to enjoy the everchanging scope of the work. He has also enjoyed the opportunity to share his breadth of knowledge and experience as Z107.7’s Entertainment Reporter. He is grateful to be able to share news stories about the wide variety of arts our beautiful basin has to offer.


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Charlie Thomas is a local theatrical director, actor, producer, stage designer and playwright with over thirty-five years’ experience in both professional and non-professional live theatre, film, television, and radio. His pedigree includes most of the…

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