2015 – 10th Anniversary Year Fringe, moved to NE DC with 125 productions in partnership with venue partners like the Atlas Performing Arts Center and Gallaudet University. Best Theatre Festival, Washington City Paper: Best of DC. Mayor Muriel Bowser awarded Fringe’s Founding Director, Julianne Brienza, the Mayor’s Arts Award for Visionary Leader and the Washington Business Journal awarded our Founding Director Non-Profit CEO of the Year. Festival Theme: 10 constellations based off of the 10 archetypes that have molded our past, present, and future: the Dreamer, The Fringe-Goer, the Performer, the Critic, the Trickster, the Builder, the Lover, the Funder, the Musician and the Warrior.