Theatre on the Fringe

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Sheilah Kast,

Published November 8, 2016 at 10:16 AM EST

Baltimore is in the midst of the fifth annual Charm City Fringe Festival. As the name implies, this may be unlike any theatre you’ve seen. Events include a one-man performance of the epic war film Apocalypse Now, an absurdist game show, and a play called Piper Bidet: Bathroom Detective. The festival runs through Sunday at a variety of venues. Charm City Fringe Festival co-founder and president Zach Michel sets the stage for us. And Chad Short, a performer in a Fringe Festival play called Yo, You Be Trippin’ explains how the play, an unusual take on the history of LSD, came to be.

Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am. Originally, she hostedWYPR's Dupont-Columbia University award-winning Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast from 2006 - October2015. She began her career at The Washington Star, where she covered the Maryland and Virginia legislatures, utilities, energy and taxes, as well as financial and banking regulation. She learned the craft of broadcasting at ABC News; as a Washington correspondent for fifteen years, she covered the White House, Congress, and the 1991 Moscow coup that signaled the end of the Soviet empire. Sheilahhas been a substitute host on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and The DianeRehmShow. She has launched and hosted two weekly interview shows on public TV, one about business and one about challenges facing older people.

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Andrea Appleton

Andrea Appleton is a producer for Midday. She comes to WYPR with years of experience as a freelance journalist filing stories for newspapers, magazines, and public radio. She has reported on topics ranging from bull riding to bionic fish, with an emphasis on science. She is also former senior editor of the Baltimore City Paper, and a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism.

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