Festival Info
2009 Artists
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80 minutes
Theatre N at Nemours
Saturday, October 3rd at 4:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventFestivale
from THE UNKNOWN PENGUINImprovised mockumentary about a small town film festival.
Has-been director Lionel Garroway chooses the 3rd Annual Film Festival of the tiny hamlet of Thompson's Falls to debut his comeback film.
Tags: Improv
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60 minutes
423 N. Market Street
Thursday, October 1st at 6:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventFool For a Client
from MARK WHITNEY"Mark Twain meets Lewis Black!" –Chris Critic, Boulder International Theatre Festival
Caught in a lie because the people he lies to are caught in a lie and facing 225 years in Federal prison, the world's greatest vacuum cleaner salesman represents himself at trial, where he learns everyone's selling a vacuum cleaner. A story as powerful and relevant as it is true, this multi-award-winning, political dramedy, deftly and hilariously explores the inherent tension between the Golden Rule and the Rule of Law, tolerance and zero tolerance, fear and freedom.
"POLISHED.…FUNNY.…MOVING….TERRIFIC" -Peter Marks, Chief Theatre Critic, The Washington Post. "The foremost amateur attorney in the history of the United States!" ~NYTheatre.com; "FIVE STARS! By far the best theatre performance I've seen in years!" ~Mary Belochi; "FIVE STARS! Edge of my seat. Great+." Ina Robbins; "Funnier than ‘Defending the Caveman." ~Roger Calaizzi, Esq. www.markwhitney.com
Tags: Solo, Political Dramedy, PG-13
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45 minutes
Opera Delaware Studio
Saturday, October 3rd at 7:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventCapoeira, the Brazilian Martial Arts Dance
from PROJECT CAPOEIRACapoeira: experience the dynamic power of Brazilian arts in Wilmington!
Project Capoeira performs a colorful, crowd pleasing repertoire of Afro-brazilian dances that fuse rhythmic music with high energy gymnastics and martial arts. The group performs Capoeira, a unique art form developed by African slaves in Brazil in the 16th century. Equal parts dance and self-defense, Capoeira is punctuated by fast footwork, daring leaps, and split-second timing. It is a fast paced, graceful choreography with breathtaking back flips, handspins, and cartwheels.
Tags: Inter-disciplinary, Family Friendly
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60 minutes
423 N. Market Street
Saturday, October 3rd at 6:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventGood Enough for Government Work
From JOEY MARANTOFederal worker goes to battle with his evil boss.
Who would have thought that a simple good deed for a customer at a local funeral home would have opened the doors to the federal workforce? Well, for Joey Maranto, it did. The show chronicles his life from being born a "Beltway Baby", to a naive college intern, to an experienced mid-level manager. But thanks to the boredom of living out the typical suburbanite family dream while managing to deal with the ups and downs of daily life as a federal worker, a birthday wish for an exciting life gives him much more than he bargained for. After landing an opportunity of a lifetime director's position - a break that was intended for his boss' mistress, Joey must do everything he can to survive his probationary period.
Tags: Solo, Federal Government Workforce Themes
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60 minutes
4W5
Friday, October 2nd at 7:00pm
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from DARREN GOINSThis show answers the question, "What does masculine mean now?"
What does it mean to be a man in 2009? "Constructed" consists of five performance art monologues that expose how men in this millennia are negotiating the forces of attraction, power and production to answer this question. "Twenty Nine" is the narrative of a young man who after the unexpected death of his father and brother from cerebral hemorrhages finds himself the man of the family. "That Guy" is a darkly humorous look at a man who can't find anything more than the music of his youth to get fired up about. "Biker" is the narrative of a man who raced Big Wheels and Harleys that finds himself disabled after an accident. "Scents Memory" is a heterosexual man's AIDS narrative about the loss of his wife. In "Engineer" a forty-five year old former construction foreman talks about his transition to primary caregiver to his daughter. This tour de force one person show is a must see in 2009.
Tags: Solo
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60 minutes
504 N. Market Street
Saturday, October 3rd at 5:30pm
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from TONGUE & GROOVE
SPONTANEOUS THEATERReality-based, serio-comic improvised theater inspired by the audience's anonymous secrets.
Tongue & Groove has Wilmington's Best Kept Secrets! Inspired by true anonymous secrets provided by the audience, this unique ensemble spontaneously creates a one-of-a-kind, serio-comic theatre piece on the spot. Come on -- your secret's safe with us!
"Eight skilled actors create genuine, complex, unscripted relationships... both hilarious and painful... anchored by a delicate clarity, and more moving than the best scripted plays." -Philadelphia City Paper 08 "You can tell when an improv group really fits together, and Tongue & Groove (as their name says) has all the good signs. The skilled performers effortlessly riff on all aspects of modern relationships, both comedic and dramatic." -Philadelphia City Paper 07 "Emotionally charged, often hilarious and always very physical...These fearless actors make it their mission to bring the full range of real emotions to the stage." -Philadelphia Weekly 06.
For more info plus a promo video visit tongue-groove.comTags: Improv, Drama, Adult Situations, GLBT Themes
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60 minutes
4W5
Friday, October 2nd at 8:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventI'm Not Oedipus
from JAY NACHMANA play about death, family relationships and religion. With jokes.
Mom dies. Dad dates. Family dysfunction descends. That forms the backdrop for the play "I'm Not Oedipus," a journey about death and family relationships with detours along the way that include sex, loss, religion and rock & roll, and jokes.
Philadelphia's Broad Street Review called "I'm Not Oedipus" "a reflection on death and sex" a "highlight" of the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The Philadelphia City Paper wrote "A guy talking about the death of his mother may sound like a downer; however, Jay Nachman manages to find gentle humor in it all… Nachman digs into his deepest feelings in lighthearted fashion." Playwright and performer Jay Nachman has called "I'm Not Oedipus" "the perfect show for anyone who has, or ever had, a mother."
Tags: Solo, Adult Content
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45 minutes
423 N. Market Street
Thursday, October 1st at 8:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventGoodnight Lovin' Trail
from RISING SUN PERFORMANCE COMPANYTwo wounded strangers find redemption in each other's eyes while negotiating over a stolen guitar.
Joining the festival from New York City, the critically acclaimed Rising Sun Performance Company presents "Goodnight Lovin' Trail". A subtle and touching drama that takes place at a truck stop diner in West Texas, where two desperate and lonely strangers find redemption in each other's eyes while discussing a stolen guitar. The play explores raw human emotions and consequences while these two desperate characters navigate and come to terms with the choices they've made on the road of life.
What the Critics have to say about Rising Sun & their work: "...a profound and complex piece of recent theatre." "Well worth the audience's time and money" "Deeply Honest" "Let's just say, it takes deliciously sick minds to come up with this stuff, and it's pure delight to go along for the ride" "The ridiculously talented ensemble of Rising Sun Performance Company" "Catch it if you can" "....So unexpected and so beautifully played..." "I don't think I've seen a more inventive, funnier bit of theatre this year..." "...funnier than anything I've seen on television in years" The Online Entertainment Guide calls Rising Sun "the most popular Off-Off-Broadway performance company!"
Tags: Smoking, Adult Language, Drama, One Act Play
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Show: 60 minutes
Post-Performance Forum: 20 minBaby Grand
Saturday, October 3rd at 2:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventThe Love Letter Project, Part 2
from THE COLABORATIVEThe Love Letter Project, Part 2 is a multi-disciplinary production created from community love letters by The CoLABorative.
Love is a rich, vital and complex theme integral to every aspect of our lives. "The Love Letter Project" collects love letters, poems and images from the community which The CoLABorative uses to create a new dance/music/theatre production each year. For "The Love Letter Project, Part 2", the performers artfully blend modern dance, flamenco, classical and contemporary music, theatre and poetry into a cohesive and compelling work. The submissions were incorporated as links between a suite of pieces exploring aspects of love and art, a good fight, self love, finding love, parents and children, enduring love, loss, and new beginnings. Led by the creative team of Janaea Rose Lyn, J. Andrew Dickenson and Shawn Hull, The CoLABorative is the six member faculty performing company of Cecil College. An audience/artist forum following the performance continues the process of community involvement through discussion about this production and the ongoing "Love Letter Project".
Tags: Drama, Dance, Musical, Inter-Disciplinary, Family Friendly
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70 minutes
4W5
Thursday, October 1st at 8:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventAutoplant: A Poetic Monologue
from PHILLIP BANNOWSKYRebellion and redemption at Chrysler's shuttered Newark Assembly
Chrysler's now closed plant in Newark comes back to life in this tale of redemption and rebellion on the assembly line. Bannowsky recounts how he and his shop mates, Big Man, Billy Goat, Warthog, and Gravy, torment each other to pass the time and then come together one thirsty summer night in a wildcat strike. Describing the nightmares and hazards of factory life, Bannowsky inserts anecdotes about student activism and popular culture, including Popeye cartoons and the film Soylent Green. In that Charlton Heston movie, an overpopulated world recycles its workers into food called Soylent Green, a process that reminds Bannowsky of the flesh- and soul-consuming labor of the assembly line. Bannowsky augments his presentation with old-fashion Foley to mimic factory sounds, electronic music, and slides of factory life. Journalist and critic Gary Soulsman said that Autoplant could be called "performance art, an epic comic monologue, or high-tech narrative poetry."
Tags: Solo, Drama, Inter-disciplinary, Radical Politics, Adult Content, Adult Situations
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75 minutes
Baby Grand
Friday, October 2nd at 7:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventMy Salvation Has a First Name – A Wienermobile Journey
from ROBIN GELFENBIENInsecure goody-goody finds redemption at the wheel of the Wienermobile.
"My Salvation has a First Name" is based on the true story* of an insecure goody-goody who finds redemption behind the windshield of the Wienermobile. With music, photos and video footage from her unique road trip, comedian and former Hotdogger, Robin Gelfenbien, takes the audience on a touching, yet wild, ride on the Hot Dog Highway. Can she handle a horndog co-pilot, a media circus and her nemesis? Ketchup with her adventures at this 60-minute solo show that you are sure to relish… and that's no baloney! *98% facts. 2% fixins.
Tags: Solo, Comedy, Women's Themes
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Sweet Like Chocolate Poetry in Motion II – The Love Journey Continues
from NAJASong of Solomon meets modern day spoken word
This work written and produced by spoken word artist Naja, incorporates the poetic intimacy of the Song of Solomon scriptures with her own original poetry; music written and produced by her husband Robin Williams Sr. and modern/jazz dance choreographed and performed by Justin Bryant and Maya Johnson. Experience the intimacy of love from the scriptures to the 21st century.
Tags: Inter-disciplinary, Adult Content
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60 minutes
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts
Friday, October 2nd at 8:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventFrom the Space Between Us
from ALLIGATOR MOUTH IMPROVDon't miss this completely improvised performance—inspired and inspiring!
Drawing on theater, movement, vocals, music, storytelling, and video, Alligator Mouth Improv uses audience stories, themes and ideas to create totally improvised one-of-a-kind performances. Ranging from dramatic to playful, an improvised performance, because of its inherent risk and deep levels of authenticity, provides an immediacy and intimacy that are extremely engaging for audience members. You feel connected to the performers and to each other, especially since your ideas profoundly shape what you experience. In "From the Space Between Us," four ensemble members will ask: What's possible when we surrender the "I" to the "we?" What can we create together that we can't create alone? What happens when we say "yes" to each other, no matter what? This is not stand-up comedy improv, this is inspired and inspiring performance. Come with no expectations. Leave with a greater sense of what's possible. For more information, see www.rhondamorton.com/alligator.html.
Tags: Drama, Dance, Improv, Musical, Inter-Disciplinary, Improvised Theater
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60 minutes (15 minute intermission)
Opera Delaware Studio
Thursday, October 1st at 6:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this Event311BH: The Blues and Other Esoteric Humours
from THE ESOTERIC HUMOURSEmbarrassed Airways, Green Monkey Diseases and Other Melodic Diagnoses
Absurdism meets U.S. health care in this multi-media performance which features music, ping pong balls, collages, a nostalgic board game and your very own randomly assigned medical diagnosis (no guarantees that it's not true!). Also educational, this extravaganza makes health care fun, free of political posturing, mendacity or corruption. Join us and discover a new world you only thought you knew.
Tags: Adult Content, Musical, Comment, Inter-disciplinary
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66 minutes
Theatre N at Nemours
Thursday, October 1st at 7:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventPlans 1 to 8 From Outer Space
from INCONSEQUENTIAL FILMS, INC.Visiting Earth? Better have a PLAN!
PLANS 1 TO 8 FROM OUTER SPACE is the unauthorized prequel to Ed Wood's cult classic from 1959. Bumbling emissaries from a distant world visit Earth to warn of the dangers posed by the proliferating nuclear weapons of the era. Their message is misunderstood, time and again, and fails to deter the US government from its own plans. A suburban couple, the FBI, a few beatniks, and two aliens swirl around in intrigue, confusion, and deceit. Improvisationists from Delaware Comedy Theatre will be on hand to add additional live commentary and dialog, just like those obnoxious kids in the seats in front of you.
Tags: Drama, Improv, Inter-disciplinary, Comedy, Family Friendly
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60-70 minutes
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts
Thursday, October 1st at 8:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: A New Audio Drama
from RADIO HOUND PRODUCTIONSA live ensemble-cast audio drama of the classic story
Who is Edward Hyde? Where did he come from? And what is the terrible secret he holds over the head of Henry Jekyll? These are the mysteries that Jekyll's friend and lawyer Gabriel Utterson sets out to investigate. But the truth he uncovers is much more shocking than he could have ever imagined. Radio Hound Productions presents Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story as a live audio drama, bringing old-time entertainment to a modern audience. An ensemble cast gives voice to the memorable tale of a scientist, his ambition, and his dark alter ego, enhanced by live sound effects and an original musical score. With "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", Radio Hound Productions blends the radio theatre of the past with the artistic ideas and aesthetics of the present.
Tags: Family Friendly, Drama, Audio Drama, Old-fashioned Radio Entertainment
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60 minutes
Opera Delaware Black Box
Friday, October 2nd at 6:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventStrawberries & Jellybeans
from WRITING MAN PRODUCTIONSStrawberries & Jellybeans is a play even Grand Mom will love!
"What is the meaning of Life?" "What happens to us after Death?" These are two of the most frequently asked questions of humankind. In Strawberries & Jellybeans one woman learns the answer to another question rarely even thought of, "What happens in that place between Life and Death?"
Tags: Family Friendly, Women's Themes, Drama
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60 minutes
Baby Grand
Saturday, October 3rd at 8:45pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventTissues and Razorblades
from SHARP DANCE COMPANYSHARP's "Meaning behind Movement" transforms dance from a performance to an experience.
Critics hail, "SHARP's performance has emerged as a centerpiece of the Philly Fringe" and "tackles some weighty themes uncommon to the dance stage (Lewis Whittington, Edge Philadelphia)." Raw emotion exudes from SHARP's dancers as they weave their tales, enticingly carrying the theory of "Meaning behind Movement." Dance should be more than a performance; it should be an experience. Addictive, uninhibited emotion, eccentric partnering, artistic collaboration and intense unison material fuse in contemporary movement, connecting the audience through individual interpretation. To intensify and transform dance into an odyssey, SHARP merges with local artists enhancing its innovative choreography with exceptionally moving photography, imaginative set pieces, and stimulating music and media. SHARP's collaborators include: Kylene Cleaver (Photographer), Fred Rogers Jr. (Set builder), Aaron Dougherty (Set builder), Brian Strachan (Costume Designer) and Lauren Mandilian (Projection Artist). SHARP feels that working with other artists expands their voice in a way that working alone never could.
Tags: Adult Content, Dance, GLBT Themes, Women's Themes
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40 minutes
4W5
Thursday, October 1st at 7:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventMnemonic Fool
from MICHAEL FREEMANA middle aged rebel offers up some naked blood and laughter.
This show is focused on the original story of a man in mid life crisis as he ends up naked and bound in a mop bucket ready to tell stories, remembering life as HE would have wanted it to be. He is edgy and abandoned as the stage shifts back and forth from his twisted utopian dreams of how it could have been for him in his life and his current estranged existence. It has been all downhill since being abandoned by his family but he still needs them. There is also the complete horror he must face with all the scary puppets all around him. This is part David Lynch part John Waters on stage, with video by world renowned VJ Holly Daggers and dance and performance by artist Michael Freeman.
Tags: Nudity, Adult Content, Adult Situations, Inter-disciplinary, Performance Art, Monologue, Dance, Puppetry
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45 minutes
504 N. Market Street
Thursday, October 1st at 8:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventBloody Noes' American Dream
from BLOODY NOES'Anti-human activities/provocations starring masked hulk and shadowy sylph.
More than performance art, the Bloody Noes are slowly unfolding the complex "anti-human" mythology surrounding a hulk (MC Drywall) and a sylph (DJ Cardboard). The two priests use a variety of activities and objects, including unworldly costumes, choreography, noise, occult ritualism, video projection and a big blue monster to encounter the audience at the unconscious level of their pop-culture-encrusted American psyche. What is the nature of this American Dream that animates us? The Bloody Noes stage an inquiry that is, at turns, hilarious, hypnotic, and horrifying. Revelations occur.
Tags: Inter-disciplinary, Ceremony, Strobe Lights
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60 minutes
Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew
Friday, October 2nd at 8:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventBlack Horses/The Stronger
from OPERA DELAWAREOpera Delaware Presents World Premiers of Two Short Operas
"Black Horses," from the short story by Luigi Pirandello, depicts a team of horses that once belonged to the Princess. As they philosophize about the their current work in the cartage trade, they wonder why they walk slowly and solemnly with only a light carriage while other horses are whipped to run with heavy wagons. Finally, they realize they're pulling a funeral hearse, with their old Princess inside. In "The Stronger," from the Strindberg play, two women, Clara and Amelia, meet in a cafe on Christmas eve. Singing non-stop, never letting Amelia say a single word, Clara talks of old times together in the theater, until marriage and children changed her life. Memories begin to surface, and Clara suddenly realizes that, years ago, Amelia had had an affair with her husband. She flies into a rage, then consoles herself that she's going home to her family while Amelia remains alone.
Tags: Drama, Musical, Opera, Family Friendly
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90 minutes
Opera Delaware Black Box
Thursday, October 1st at 7:30pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventThe Ass Chronicles
from H.O.L.T. PRODUCTIONSEvery Ass has a Tale to Tell
The Ass Chronicles was inspired by the authors' participation in another production about the beauty and struggles of a woman in 2008. Though there are many aspects of a woman's life that are affected by and determined by her "vagina", the ass of a woman has far too long been overlooked, exploited, and demonized. Today one woman takes you on a journey through the various aspects of women and their asses against the world. Through this journey you will learn to appreciate, laugh, understand and adore the ass as it is chronicled in a variety of aspects.
Tags: Drama, Inter-disciplinary, Adult Content, Strobe Lights, Nudity, GLBT Themes, Women's Themes, African-American Themes
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60 minutes
316 N Market Street
Friday, October 2nd at 6:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventA. Broken Museum
from HAM & EGGS PRODUCTIONS
& starring EDDY SEGERProfound and scintillatingly sage commentary on the meaning of True Art.
A. BROKEN MUSEUM An atypical foray into the world of True Art, not the pseudo-intellectual realm of silly superficiality and mindless appearance so often foisted upon the great unwashed and unsuspecting public by the elite well-connected published. Not for the faint of art. Professor A. Broken, curator and docent, will take the Fortunate Few through an exhilarating perusal and examination of the exquisite but often overlooked collection assembled (with noted art historian, R. Neumann) by his late immigrant grandfather, mirror and glass magnate, Alphonse Broken. With profound and scintillatingly sage comments, unique vision and impeccable insights, Dr. Broken will elucidate and illuminate his way through each exemplary and provocative piece, providing the Truly perceptive viewer with remarkable epiphany after Unbounded epiphany. A veritable Feast for the Eye and Mind. Not to be missed.
Tags: Comment, Solo, Improv, Adult Content
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50 minutes
Opera Delaware Black Box
Saturday, October 3rd at 7:00pm
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Buy Tickets for this EventCity Theater Company Live at the Fringe!
from CITY THEATER COMPANYGreen eggs...clown...hobo. Who could ask for anything more?
This is a cool collaboration colliding the colossal talents of local loveable lad and playwright Matt Casarino with the scrappy, scandalous in your face style of City Theater Company. The piece de resistance, GREEN EGGS AND MAMET, will make a triumphant return to Wilmington for this event. The demented and uproarious take on the famous Dr. Seuss tale played to standing room only crowds at its premiere this past March. Who knew so many words rhymed with "truck"! In tow will be CTCers-in-training hailing all the way from Dover, DE. Under the tenacious tutelage of Mr. Casarino and Ms. Georgie Staley, these 6 up-and-coming trouble makers, direct from the Visual and Performing Arts Gifted Invitational Festival, concocted a "craptastic" musical about a hobo. Did we mention- there's also a play with a less-than-festive clown? Who could ask for anything more?!
Tags: Comedy, Adult Content, Adult Situations
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Chaat
from USILOQUY DANCE DESIGNSUsiloquy Dance Designs present Chaat-a combustive dish of Mudras, music and percussive dance Bharatanatyam.
"Chaat" challenges the conventional perception of Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam, reinterpreting it as a powerful social language that encourages a dialogue in the community about the universal links between dance, food and emotions. Typically an Indian street side snack bursting with intensely hot, tangy, spicy, sweet and salty flavors, Chaat becomes a contemporary hybridization of the ancient techniques of Bharatanatyam, Indo Western fusion music and elaborate costumes. Set to specially commissioned music by Philadelphia based Thomas Flanagan and Jeremy Dyen of the group Amrita, each flavor on stage transforms into a nuanced expressive dance. The culmination of the flavors at the end mark the synchronicity of a fully prepared dish with life in its entirety.
Tags: Dance, Spoken Word, Narration, Family Friendly
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120 minutes
Theatre N
Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
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Buy Tickets for this EventFilm Brothers Festival of Shorts
Get ready to stimulate your senses with the Film Brothers Festival of Shorts! Go to the fringe of your mind with an array of award-winning short films from around the world! Vote for your favorite and win prizes too!
Tags: Short Films
2009 Festival Map