The Fringe 2005 Ping Pong Ball Awards

The "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" Award

To Rik Reppe and David Mann, who are both doing red state/blue state one man shows to dissect the oddities of our supposedly polarized electorate in the aftermath of the recent Presidential election (that in my opinion was neither the mandate some people are calling it, nor as close as some other folks might wish to think it was).

I just spent some time talking about Rik's show and my happiness at his return to the Fringe this year.

David Mann was originally planning to be part of last year's Fringe - but he had other more pressing productions to tend to - his wife was due to deliver their baby in August, right around Fringe time. So he withdrew from the schedule early on in the gestation period of the 2004 Fringe, to deal with gestation of the different sort. He jokingly commented at the time that he would return in 2005 with a sequel to his popular one man opus "Sex...with David Mann" - calling it "Sex with David Mann - The Consequences." Apparently, other things are on his mind instead.

Currently, while Rik develops Red State/Blue State, David is working on the following...

Red is Blue
A one man show about people from 'red' and 'blue' states, not being themselves.

And just like with Rik, I'm very much looking forward to the results of David's work. It's always a treat. Do yourself a favor and see them both. After all, it wouldn't be the Fringe if there weren't some amusing musing on politics involved.

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