Orlando Fringe best exemplified the ingenuity shown by our artists in this pandemic year
As we warm ourselves beside the dwindling embers of the dumpster fire that was 2020, it's difficult to remember anything positive about this past year, especially amid the devastation of Central Florida's cultural community. But despite bearing a disproportionate burden of COVID-19's economic impact, Orlando's artists and entertainers agilely adapted, inventing new ways of connecting to audiences despite social distancing and serving as beacons of hope — or at least desperately needed distractions — during the pandemic's darkest days.
After the initial shock of last spring's shutdown subsided, I discovered unexpected joy in watching how local performers adapted to our abnormal new normal.