EdgeFest theater festival radically cut back
The Edge of the World is shrinking, at least for this year. In its sixth year as L.A.’s annual showcase for small, scrappy theater companies, the Edge of the World Theater Festival has been reduced to two events, down from 48 productions and seven other events last year.
“We’re scaling back because we plan to expand in 2005, and we need more time to do that,” said Ray Simmons, the festival’s executive director.
Last year’s EdgeFest budget was $27,000. This year’s is $9,000. Next year’s, if fundraising meets its goals, will be $100,000.
The mini-EdgeFest begins this weekend, with the annual Los Angeles History Project -- readings of five new plays related to Los Angeles history -- at the Museum of the American West in Griffith Park, beginning at 11 a.m., Saturday and Sunday.
On Oct. 17 is EdgeFetish, a collection of excerpts from past EdgeFest productions that will begin at 4 p.m. and is expected to extend into the wee hours of Monday morning, at the 24th Street Theatre.
Unlike past EdgeFests, this year’s includes no productions by individual companies.
Simmons hopes next year’s EdgeFest will be more concentrated into one geographical area, instead of spread all over L.A. as in past years.
The areas that are considered candidates for next year’s EdgeFest are downtown and Hollywood.
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