My 2023 KC Fringe Show
Godzilla’s Not A Dinosaur
July 21st to July 29th, 2023
Someone has to
say it...
Godzilla’s not a dinosaur, Paul Hollywood has never had a PB&J sandwich, and Lumpy Space Princess is an absolute icon!
In her one-person KC Fringe show, Abby Bland invites you to explore these truths and more in Godzilla’s Not A Dinosaur, a comedy-meets-poetry experience packed with a sizzlin' multiverse of pop culture references and hot takes!
What People Are Saying
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"Abby is even funnier this year in this mad cap blend of poetry and comedy. Don’t miss this one."
Ava, 2023 KC Fringe
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"The show Gen Z (and all the other generations) didn’t know they needed... Innovative and enlightening, it’s terribly funny and also makes you think about all the nuances of 21st century existence."
Stephen H., 2023 KC Fringe
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Amazing blend of comedy and poetry! 10/10; would recommend to a friend.
Jeff K.
About Abby
Abby Bland is a spoken word comic and poet in Kansas City. She has a B.A. in English and sometimes questions that choice. But Abby also likes to put the past behind her, except when she writes poems and jokes about it.
The truth is Abby got a little tipsy and honest one night, stepped on stage at Uptown Arts Bar, and unintentionally ended up on the 2018 KC Poetry Slam national team and then they put her in charge of the whole Poetic Underground organization! Go figure.
Her poems have appeared in a number of journals and her first book The Odds Against a Starry Cosmos sold out two print runs with Perennial Press.
Special skills include reading too many books at once, undying love for spaghetti and meatballs, and procrastinating on writing biographical statements.
What is Kc Fringe?
The KC Fringe is Kansas City’s largest celebration of arts and culture that showcases art from local, national, and internal performance and visual artists.
KC Fringe Festival offerings are non-juried and non-censored. What does that mean? It means you get self-produced shows from artists that are non-traditional and experimental. A KC Fringe Show is likely to be something you’ve not seen anywhere else!
The Fringe theater tradition started at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the 1960s and has continued to grow to an international presence.
FAQs
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You can buy tickets online or at the door.
When you attend a show at KC Fringe you have to purchase one $5 dollar button. This is a one-time purchase that supports the festival and allows you to attend any of the festival shows.
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A blend of spoken word poetry and stand-up comedy.
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No.