We are happy once again to discuss the Omaha Fringe Festival! This will be the 5th year of the festival and Omaha is so lucky to have one. If you aren't familiar with the history of Fringe Festival, it began as a festival in Edinburgh Scotland in 1947. Since then it has expanded to over 100 cities all over the world.

Join us for our conversation with Lara and Tamar about the 20 shows that Omaha Fringe Festival has to offer. And this year there are four venues! Blackstone, Benson and two at UNO. There are two new types of performance art that will be introduced this year, so you'll want to hear all about it.

There will be a Kickoff Party on August 7th, so don't miss that! Plus the festival begins August 8th and runs through the 11th. To get more information, see their website omahafringe.org!

If you want to hear about a specific production, this episode has chapter marks so you can navigate through the podcast.

OMAHA FRINGE FESTIVAL CONTACT INFO:

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Clay Farris Naff is a recently accomplished playwright who is debuting his new play The Cleanup Lady. Clay is an author, and has been an award winning journalist, a correspondent for the United Press International in Tokyo, a freelance reporter for National Public Radio, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Earth Magazine, The Humanist, and Scientific American, just to name a few. He has been a science-and-religion correspondent for the Metanexus Institute, and the Executive Director of Lincoln Literacy.

He is a Nebraska gem, and in the last few years has added Playwright to this long list of achievements. Last year he debuted part of his first play which you may have heard about or seen Mix and Machinate which addresses the tribalized nature about what we’ve become, all taking place at a local public radio station. Part of this play debuted last summer at the 2023 First Flight Festival , and the full play went on to be performed at the 2023 Omaha Fringe Festival.

Clay is now debuting his new play, The Cleanup Lady (When AI Strikes You Need the Cleanup Lady), which is about a company that uses an AI machine to invest in other people's money, except all of the guardrails to ensure the money is being invested with honest investors has been removed.

The Cleanup Lady will be performed at the 2024 Omaha Fringe Festival August 9-11th at the Benson Theatre, one of the Omaha Fringe’s four venues.

There will also be a Preview Performance in Lincoln on August 4th at Eastmont Senior Living Center and open to the public.

Join us for this enjoyable conversation with the talented Clay Farris Naff about his new play. You won’t want to miss it!

For tickets and information, go to www.cleanuplady.com and for information about the Omaha Fringe Festival, go to omahafringe.org.

CONTACT INFO FOR "THE CLEANUP LADY"

Tickets & Website: www.cleanuplady.com

CONTACT INFO FOR THE OMAHA FRINGE FESTIVAL:

Tickets & Website: www.omahafringe.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omahafringefest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omahafringefestival

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