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The Third Annual Harrisburg Fringe Festival | Harrisburg | July 17-20, 2025

The Third Annual Harrisburg Fringe Festival is a four-day multi-venue event that will feature original performances across multiple theatres and spaces in the city.

Performances will include a spectrum of artistic specialties: dance, comedy, drag, music, film, improv comedy, theater, hip-hop and more.

Since its inaugural festival, the HFF has hosted more than 300 unique artists, who have presented hundreds of performances of their original productions, which have earned more than $30,000 in ticket sales, 100% of which was returned to the performing artists.

Catharsis | Harrisburg | July 11-13, 2025

In this new work by Pennsylvania playwright, Hope Showers, five powerful Greek heroines find themselves trapped in the same room. As they begin to talk to one another, the women realize that they must band together in order to find the means of escape.

The Boys Next Door | Camp Hill | July 11-27, 2025

Following four mentally disabled young men living in a New England group home, The Boys Next Door provides a glimpse into the inner lives and experiences of these complex, colorful characters — doughnut-loving Norman, bookworm Lucien, Arnold the chatterbox and Barry with his fantasies of being a golf pro. Along with their increasingly burnt-out social worker, the boys next door show that joy, fear, hope and humanity belong to all of us.

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