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.