SAVE THE DATE
to the next Omaha Fringe Festival
August 6-9, 2026
See you next year!
#OmahaFringe25 August 7-10, 2025
Thank you for joining us for the Omaha Fringe Festival, 2025. All of us at Omaha Fringe are delighted to provide the community with another full weekend of original works. This year, we received an overwhelming response to the application process, and are proud to inform you that the producers in this year’s festival represent nine different states. The theme for this year’s festival is Journey, Together. As we have explored this theme as inspiration for the festival, it worked its way naturally into the Omaha Fringe culture itself. We assembled new board members who have poured their hearts into the festival, rooting their minds into the values of the Fringe, and brought forward new and relevant ideas as we have worked to invest in the future of the Fringe. Working with established as well as new members of the board, together, we took the feedback you, the audience members, provided for our continued growth; we added processes to provide more inclusion and communication. We truly found ourselves taking the Journey, Together. As part of the nature of any Fringe festival, we have been pleased to not only continue our Festival journey with UNO and Blackstone Theaters, but are delighted to be sharing space this year with our newest venue partner, the Shelterbelt Theatre. We thank you Dan Wach, and his entire team, for this partnership. We congratulate you, your reopening, and always in our hearts, we thank Roxanne. I encourage everyone to take advantage of seeing as many productions as possible, get to know all our partners and producers, fellow artists, and make connections. We have added activities this year, including the second year of Bingo with prizes, and fun activities with Scooter's Coffee. We had a record number of applicants for the button contest, and we thank Paul Pape Designs for providing, for the first time, cash rewards for winning contestants. Connections take us on unexpected journeys. Unexpected journeys take us to new joys, to new relationships, and to new endeavors we may not have found otherwise. I invite you during this year’s festival, to formulate your new journey.
We then take the Journey, Together. Enjoy!
-Lara Marsh, Artistic Director
Buttons, Tickets, & the All Fringe Pass
Learn more about how to attend #OmahaFringe
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The Button
$5
This is a one-time purchase. You must have a button to gain entry to the festival. You will receive your button when you attend your first show! Buttons can be purchased online with your ticket order(s) or later at the door when you attend. your first show. Proceeds from button sales support operating costs for the festival. Art for our buttons are created by local artists and chosen via an annual contest.
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Tickets
$15
This is your ticket for a single performance of a single show.
This is a good option if you only want to see a few select shows. We recommend purchasing tickets online in advacnce as sell-outs are possible. All shows will have at least three performances throughout the festival. Proceeds from ticket sales go directly back to the artist whose show you're seeing!
But don't forget, you will need to have a button AND a ticket OR festival pass to attend a performance.
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All Fringe Pass
$80
An "All Fringe Pass" is your entry to all of the shows for the entire festival. That means you can see all twenty shows as many times as you want!
If you attend 8 shows, you've already saved $5 on tickets. See all 20 shows? That's a $220 discount
And that's just if you see every show once. You've got an All Fringe Pass! Why not see your favorite show two or three times? Proceeds from pass sales go directly back to all of our artists. All Fringe Passes can be purchased online or at the door.
But don't forget, you will need to have a button AND a ticket OR festival pass to attend a performance.
Sensory Kits are available at each Box Office.
Please ask a staff member to borrow one.
Thank you to the BLUEBARN Theatre for lending them to Omaha Fringe!
#OmahaFringe25 Schedule
Click through to see the full schedule!
Venues
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Sensory Kits are available at each Box Office.
Please ask a staff member to borrow one.
Thank you to the BLUEBARN Theatre for lending them to Omaha Fringe!
Fringe Passport
Passport Prizes
TIER 1
if you see 3 shows...
Value of $15
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1 entry into the grand prize raffle
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Omaha Fringe merch
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Local Theatre Merch
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Candy
PICK UP YOUR PRIZE AT UNO
TIER 3
if you see 6+ shows...
Value of $200
Tier 3 closes at 6:30pm, Sunday, August 10th
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Omaha Fringe ‘25 Button Artwork
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Omaha Fringe ‘25 Button tote bag
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Card signed by all Omaha Fringe 2025 Artists
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Invite to the the Closing Party
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2 All Fringe Passes for the upcoming year
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Scooter's Gift Basket:
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Scooter’s Coffee K-cups, Two drink cups, 2 bags of ground Scooter’s coffee, $50 Scooter’s Gift Card
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Circle Theatre-
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Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan (3 tickets)
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Ever After Productions-
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Nutcracker Delights (2 tickets)
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Shelterbelt Theatre-
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Pivot (2 tickets) & Shelterskelter (2 tickets)
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Bluebarn Theatre-
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2 tickets to any show in Season 37
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$25 gift card & T-shirt from The Grove
The box office at each venue you get a stamp at will track your entries.
TIER 2
if you see 6 shows...
Value of $30
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1 additional entry into grand prize raffle
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Scooter's Merch
PICK UP YOUR PRIZE AT UNO
Fringe Passport FAQs
How do I play? You see Fringe shows and then you can win prizes! If you see 3 shows and receive 3 stamps on your passport, then you win TIER 1. If you see 6 shows and receive 6 stamps on your Passport, then you will win TIER 2. After that you will now qualify for the TIER 3 Grand Prize! With each additional stamp you receive on your passport, you add another entry into the Tier 3 prize raffle.
Where do I go to get my Passport stamped? Your Passport will be stamped at the house doors of whichever venue you are at for your show.
Where do I get my Passport? You can pick up a schedule and Passport at any of the Fringe venues!
Where do I pick up my prizes for Tier 1 & 2? Bring your stamped Passport card with you to our box office at UNO, and you can pick up your prizes. That is when we will also collect your contact information to qualify you for Tier 3.
When will we know about Tier 3? Tier 3's winner will be announced after 5pm on Sunday. Once the winner's name has been drawn, we will contact you via the information provided when you pick up your Tier 1 & 2 prizes.
2025 Button Artwork
Select a show that you think embodies
the best of Omaha Fringe 2025.
We will announce first, second, and third place winners at the end of the festival!
*note: you may not cast more than one vote for Best of Fest.
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View & Brew
✨Nothing pairs better than a snippet of a Fringe performance and coffee!✨
Energize your Fringe journey on
Saturday, August 9th at Scooter's Coffee.
Stop by the Scooter's location at 10196 Maple Street and grab a coffee to-go or stick around for a while to catch some preview performances, direct from the festival!
10% of all proceeds for the whole day will go
to support Omaha Fringe Festival.
Day of Giving:
All day during business hours (5:30am-9:00pm)
Pop-up Performances from 8:00am-12:00pm
Can't make it on Saturday? No worries!
Pick up a Scooter's punch card at any Fringe venue or participating Scooter's store. Visit five times between now and the end of September and return your card to Scooter's send $5 to Omaha Fringe AND be entered into a raffle for a chance to win some awesome Scooter's swag and two All Fringe Passes for Omaha Fringe 2026!
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Connect with fringe artists and fringe lovers alike, plan your weekend, and get a sneak peek of #OmahaFringe25 at the Opening Party!
Wednesday, August 6th
7:30pm
Opening Night
