We're thrilled to announce our international debut at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with our brand new, dark, heartfelt, riotously funny play, cringe (or #no beta we die like men). We premiere in NYC at 59E59 Theater before running at theSpaceUk at Niddry St. from August 12th to 20th.

As you may know, we're a small, independently-run-and-funded little collective making sets out of cardboard and duct tape and stories from gestures. The Edinburgh Fringe is a life-changing opportunity for artists, but mounting a production overseas is expensive. Here is a budget breakdown for our cast of seven actors:

So as you can see, we need a little support from you, our lovely audience! Any amount, even five dollars, gets us closer to fulfilling our goal. And the fabulous thing is, donations are tax-deductible so you can claim that sweet sweet write-off on your taxes.

Please spread the word on social media! We will be posting and sharing our journey (and shenanigans) on Instagram @fishmarket.theatre.co and Twitter @fishmarket_co with the hashtag #cringeatfringe!

Shamelessly celebrate the creation of fanfiction as we know it with a debaucherous romp through classic sci-fi gayety remixed with Y2K internet culture. 

It began with a show. The Show. The star-hopping utopian sci-fi show that seized American hearts and minds, one television set at a time. In 1969, a group of housewives gather in their kitchens to write forbidden love stories. Meanwhile, in a Y2K bedroom, two teens fall down a internet wormhole of a fifty-year old TV series and its obvious homoerotic themes. cringe is an unabashed, unauthorized celebration of intergenerational fandom, liberative queer space, and collaborative fantasy with a dose of camp and an even larger dose of… well. Cringe.

Directed by Nadiya Atkinson
Written by The Three Sardines
Production Manager Katherine Mostek
Production Designed by Raven Zhan
Sound Designed by Jake Eisner
Cast includes Melia Hagino, Jasper Pershing, Tom Robertshaw, Alice Zelenko, and more to come...

Thank you so much for your time, attention, and generosity! We wouldn't be here without you. And if you're so inclined, pass along this campaign with friends, family, and foes.

Sending you all love and good fishing.