Off The Record: An Improvised Music Documentary
OFF THE RECORD: THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY! OTR is an improvised musical documentary — THIS IS SPINAL TAP meets BEHIND THE MUSIC. You’ll experience a band’s rise to super stardom and their inevitable fall into obscurity. (And maybe, a little redemption.) Most impressively: you’ll hear their number-one singles, deep cuts, and B-sides; all played LIVE, all improvised, every show!
Object Transfer Station
How do you say goodbye to a broken cup? An inkless pen? A childhood stuffed animal? Set in an intimate garden outpost, this one-on-one interactive experience guides participants through a meditative memorial for soon-to-be discarded objects. Please bring an item you no longer wish to possess.
non-binary pussy
Performed by Anh Vo and Kristel Baldoz, non-binary pussy takes the form of a “non-binary duet” that imagines revolution through the lens of minoritarian sexuality. Part music, part dance, part propaganda, the work delivers explicit political and sexual language that is rooted in Marxist rhetoric and black female rap history. The emphasis on language and content often becomes secondary to the formal entertainment aspects in live performance —the endless punchlines, the prolific…
Neuro-box-RE-shuffle
What kind of medicine show is this? Immersive video installation for audience/participant of one. Like sorbet for your addled brain between art indulgences. Enter the neuro-box and refresh. Video is a collaboration, produced & created by videographer Sally Linnett. Soundtrack created by PG with assistance from James Mooney and David Goodman.
My Soul is in Command: a tragi-comic musical creep show
Step into a mesmerizing world where the boundaries of reality blur, as “My Soul is in Command: a tragi-comic musical creep show” takes center stage. Conceived, written, and performed by Robert Carlton, with guidance from Jennifer Johnson, “My Soul is in Command…” invites you on a captivating journey of introspection and hilarity. Developed at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts, this performance weaves together elements of the absurd and the…
My Grandmother’s Eyepatch
What happens when an idiot leads a memorial service for a long-deceased family member? In this off-the-wall-comedy, comedian and improviser Julia VanderVeen leads the audience through wild stages of grief as she attempts to honor her beloved Grandmother. At this particular memorial service, what can go wrong, does, and ends up revealing VanderVeen’s deep humanity. The Orlando Weekley said, “The world’s worst eulogy becomes a masterclass in cringe comedy in VanderVeen’s…
Musicopia Workshop and Performance
This performance and workshop program, by renowned percussionist Dendê Macêdo, uses instruments he made from found materials to deliver a message about protecting our environment through reuse and recycling.
Momentum
Equilibrium Dance Company’s Fringe Show “Momentum” will premiere a variety of new dance works along with guest performances by The Fun Dolls and Checkmate Experience. This is a family friendly show so we welcome all ages to join us for our performance.
MOMMA i RODE THE BEAST!
MOMMA i RODE THE BEAST! is a hyper meta-physical dive into the indulgences of undercurrents that shapes our social and political landscapes, and stores itself in BODY. Through a series of horrific metamorphoses and ruptured happenings as a gothic queer existential necromantic wrestling inquisition with the BULL OF CHAOS, Jordan Deal questions the fugitivity to come thereafter~after it’s rode good. Through the sun of fawnings /dust devil/waterspout–Jordan Deal continues their…
Misket
Two koceks (traditional male dancers) have been dancing to Turkish Folk Music and entertaining audiences to make a living in a Pavyon called Misket in Ankara, Turkey. However, the love they share has been a secret that they’ve had to conceal from the conservative society in Turkey for a long time. Now, after returning from their mandatory military service, it is time for them to address the unspoken and make…
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