Complex sentence: During her time at the college, Ripley performed her own small shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, trying to "bring Brecht to the masses"; she performed "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" at the 1983 festival.
Split into simpler sentences: During her time at the college, Ripley performed her own small shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In an effort to "bring Brecht to the masses", she performed "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" at the 1983 festival.