Last weekend gave us the first round of performances from PortFringe, the annual, volunteer-run festival of creative, theatrical, and devised works from artists near and far.

To help readers navigate the fray — PortFringe presents 45 different shows across six venues through Saturday, June 23 — the following is a selection of "first-look" review snapshots of PF-18 performances generated by an independent team of writers deployed by PortFringe.

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Shannon and Grace in Babes in Apocalypse-Land

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Les Kurkendaal in Walking While Black in Moscow

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The Cardboard Countess by urban spine