2026 Encore Shows

Cincy Fringe Encore Shows

In the middle of the Fringe Festival, we ask YOU which shows deserve an encore – one extra performance on Saturday, June 13th to give a glorious end to our incredible two-week theatre festival. The Encores offer these artists an additional show date and our audience ONE LAST CHANCE to see these shows LIVE!

Tickets to encore shows on Saturday, June 13th can be purchased below.

Have questions regarding encore performances? Call our box office for further details.


Champagne Dreams

3 Sticks

Auburn, AL USA


Eloise longs to escape her boring life for… Champagne Dreams.

It’s winter 1987, and Eloise is stuck living on the frozen plains of South Dakota. If only she could escape this cold reality, for the decadent luxury of her Champagne Dreams. Featuring puppet/object theatre, live video, and green screen technology to create a one of a kind theatrical fantasia.

Hosted at the First Lutheran Church – Basement.


Category: Physical Theatre | Interdisciplinary | Puppetry

Tags: Experimental, Puppetry, Multimedia

Rating: PG-13 (13+)

Poster image for live show Champagne Dreams, produced by the Know Theatre for Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Features purple background and text, with a champagne bottle being poured over a car on a road.
Poster image for live show Colonial Circus, produced by the Know Theatre for Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Features two characters in clown attire, one standing over the other with their arms dramatically spread and the lower character holding a red cloth to cover them both.

Colonial Circus – History, Clown Style

Two2Mango

Toronto, ON, Canada


Two Brown Clowns Pretending To Be British Colonizers Journey Through The History of Colonialism.

Colonial Circus is a comedy show where two brown clowns pretending to be British colonizers journey through the history of colonialism. This show has travelled across the USA, UK and Canada, collecting awards like Critics’ Choice- Orlando Winter Fringe, Artists’ Pick- Edmonton Fringe, Outstanding Clown show- Montreal Fringe and more.

Hosted at the Know Theatre.


Category: Physical Theatre

Tags: Interactive, Visual, Comedy

Rating: R (17+)


Hollywood Horror Story

Ingrid Garner

Los Angeles, CA, USA


The wild true story behind TV’s first horror host, Vampira.

Before Elvira, before Morticia, there was television’s first horror host: Vampira. 18-time award-winning Fringe veteran Ingrid Garner (Eleanor’s Story) uses her signature gift for transformation to resurrect the legend behind Hollywood’s most fascinating forgotten icon and the star-studded life of her creator, Maila Nurmi, in a dazzling multimedia performance.

Hosted at the Know Theatre.


Category: Solo Performance | Play

Tags: History, LGBTQIA, Counter-Culture

Rating: PG-13 (13+)

Poster image for live show A Hollywood Horror Story, produced by the Know Theatre for Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Features a UFO casting down onto a road lined with palm trees, a hand coming up from the ground in the middle and a set of dramatic feminine eyes and eyebrows above the hand.