ESL Rochester Fringe Fest

Ants to Gods is back! Get ready for 2 Strange 2 Be True, where Austin Scott and Eno Okung dive headfirst into a completely improvised series based on YOUR suggestion! From bizarre obsessions to untold scandals, they’ll unravel a world of eccentric characters, shocking twists, and absurdly dramatic reenactments—all made up on the spot. It’s wilder thanTiger King, faker than reality TV, and funnier than a conspiracy theorist with a microphone. One suggestion. One documentary. Zero scripts.

Three teams enter, one team leaves. Who survives? That's up to the audience. The sold-out Battle Royale Tournament returns to the Focus Theater for the 2025 Fringe Festival. The winner from the first three shows will advance to the Tournament of Champions, where fame, fortune, and the praise of adoring fans awaits them. All others may experience loss, sadness, public humiliations, loss of limb, dismemberment, and other penalties up to and including death. Join the masses, and BATTLE!

The champions of the 2024 Fringe Festival Battle Royal return for a victory lap. Join Dads for Democracy for a night of improvised thrills and chills. JFT, Eno, JP and Keith will delight with nonsense and non sequiturs. The gang specializes in long form improv. Watch them develop intricate characters, weave scenes and devolve into silliness off of a single suggestion.

WINNER of the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Award for Immersive and Games. InGame Show! Game Show! Game Show! a mischievous host pits one side of the audience against the other in a riveting showdown! Be ready to leave your seat and compete in over 40 games, from trivia and physical challenges to a custom built video game made just for this show. Charge your cell phones! Hailed by one audience member as "One of the best shows I've ever seen!" New games for 2025!

Some of our favorite local improvisers and comedians will battle in the digital arena of Jackbox! Think you have the quips to lash the competition? Join us. The audience can join the game or sway the scores by voting for favorites. Who will be the champion? It's up to you. This is just like chilling in your living room, if your living room were a cute little improv theater - and the best part is it's free!

Late Night With Dan is a talk show in the late-night format that travels from dimension to dimension, interviewing all sorts of characters. Since their last visit at the Focus, Dan has solved murders and wrestled for a championship belt. This time, Dan's happy to bring it back to the dimension he's pretty sure he's from and this time, he's ready to ask those hard-hitting questions.

DnD meets improv where a dungeon master guides improvisors through a one of a kind adventure. The world is brought to life on stage before your eyes, completely unscripted. The audience helps build a character's quest and setting. With unique and memorable non-player characters, creatures, and live skill checks, this interactive show is a must for audience members of all nerdy backgrounds.

Rochester comedienne Kai Von Doom is finally saying "I do"—to herself in this wildly original stand-up comedy show (staged as a full-blown wedding ceremony). Featuring a lineup of Rochester's funniest comics as guests, officiants, and possible objectors, this chaotic celebration of self-love is part stand-up show, part unhinged nuptuals, and 100% unforgettable.