Cincinnati Fringe Festival is already making some changes since the 2008 edition was announced last week – hey, it’s Fringe.

 

OUT: the original musical “Landlord” led by Constance Brenneman. I’m told she has a very nice offer that precludes the project. More on that to come. Jen Spillane also had to bow out of her annual solo entry.

 

IN: Fringe vet Matt Slaybaugh (three appearances on his resume) and Available Light Theatre from Columbus return with “then after water,” described as “a violent love story inspired by real events.” Columbus Dispatch called the “haiku-like performance” “one of the year’s best.

Lyrical Insurrection, Hip Hop Congress and Eagle to Squirrel collaborate on “SoulVerses,” a 90-minute “blend of hip hop, spoken word, poetry and motion.”

Busy Ed Cohen, fresh off directing gigs at NKU and CCM Drama and partnering on the opening Madison Arts Center, revives IF Theatre Collective with a world premiere of “The Hotel Plays: 3 Plays by Israel Horowitz.” (Cincy Fringe will be the first time the plays are presented as a program.)

Cohen struck up an acquaintance with the honored American playwright when he direted the admired “Lebensraum” a few season back. Horowitz is letting Cohen bundle three short plays about quirky love and relationships centered around a hotel room and restaurant.

Fringe producer Eric Vosmeier says the Fringe schedule will be announced in late April.