In true underground DIY spirit (and very reflective of our moment), Exit Theatre‘s annual independent 15-play thespianic onslaught Fringe Festival (Fri/8-August 24) offers everything from “I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Going to Take It Just a Little Bit Longer” to “Due To an Unforeseen Apocalypse This Will Be Our Final Performance”—with everything from parlor seances and generational trauma to frenzied improv and voices of the formerly incarcerated in between.

One particular performance caught my eye. “Box [M]” (August 9, 16, and 24) offers one of those incredibly unique Fringe Fest experiences, “using visual storytelling, dance, circus and acro-pole tell an unconventional duo show about a father’s relationship with his trans son.” The piece—directed by Genie Cartier, performed by Landyn Endo a

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