PortFringe Theater Festival

We are PortFringe! We are a by-lottery, non-juried fringe theater festival. We support new, edgy, and experimental performance in our city of Portland. We celebrate the imaginative and the weird. We seek to eliminate financial and logistical barriers so that artists can focus on their work (and maybe even make money doing so). We celebrate and contribute to Maine’s vibrant performance art community. We do this out of love and passion – for theater, for creativity, for cardboard props, and packed houses. Plus, it’s super fun.

Every year we host a summer theater festival, inviting artists near and far to Portland for a week of over 100 performances across 5 different stages. All of the proceeds we charge for ticket sales are returned right back to the artists and performers. We couldn't do this work without the help of dozens of volunteers assisting with Box Office, Tech, Publicity and more. PortFringe 2015 is June 20-June 26 this year.