Dreams of a Clown
“Emotional, passionate, artistic and breath-taking, Soul Penny Circus gives us an incredible circus/physical theatre piece that stays with you for a long time.”-Theatre Scotland “A collaborative concoction of aerial, dance, clowning, and theatre.”-Westword Soul Penny Circus’ international, four-star, Brighton Excellence Award-finalist production is now making its debut across the East Coast. Come enjoy a multi-sensory audience experience that whisks participants through a heartfelt story. Follow the Sandman Clown, Dingus, as he traverses…
Dream of A
Yu.S.Artistry is delighted to be returning to Cannonball Festival, with two world premiere pieces: “Dream of A,” by artistic director Yuki Ishiguro, and “A Flamboyance and a Funeral,” by assistant artistic director Olivia Wood Ishiguro. Both choreographers delve into their world-building choreographic styles, drawing inspiration from Japanese myths and legends and the societal customs of creatures and humans alike. With original music by composer Rin Nagaya, exciting use of props…
Do You See What I Hear?
After award-winning runs in the Nordic Fringe Circuit, “Do You See What I Hear?” is returning to tour in 2024! A dramatic conversation between music and spoken word, hailed as “Incredibly modern and inventive” by Edinburgh Guide (Edinburgh Fringe 2018) and “The reason festivals like ours exist” by the Atlanta Fringe Board (2022). Internationally acclaimed composer James Wright Glasgow performs the music he has composed for the new poems of…
Dixie Cup Séance
Daddy issues. Scams. And a pilled-up medium who hates talking to the dead. Dixie Cup Séance is the story of a grieving daughter and her one chance to speak with her dead father, but… she only gets three questions. What will she ask? And why?? And who uses Dixie Cups to contact the dead???
Diva! Live From Hell
As president of the drama club at Ronald Reagan High School and the star of every school play, Desmond Channing spent most of his short life in the spotlight. But when Evan Harris, a hotshot transfer from New York, challenges his throne, Desmond responds, as any diva would, with lethal force. Now, stuck in the Seventh Circle, Hell’s most squalid cabaret venue, Desmond is forced to relive his disturbing tale…
Dislocada/Dislocated 2024 Internacional Performance Video Showcase
An international showcase of performance videos by some of the world’s leading performance artists in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Americas, addressing through performance work, the uncertainties and challenges of global warming and its impact on human life and that of our planet. Presented by Cuerpos Disidentes – Dissident Bodies (San Juan, USA) & Casa de Duende (Philadelphia, USA).
Disaster Theater
A bio-engineered fly in the ointment, acid rain on our parade, ice cream melting on the hot hot sidewalk. Disaster Theater repurposes pop culture disaster tropes to confront an endless cycle of catastrophe. Deconstructed public service announcements, plague diaries, doomsday films, and more coalesce into an intricate performance collage. Disaster Theater was Originally Presented by The Brick, and is powered by the Producer Hub (www.producerhub.org).
Desert Turtle
Desert Turtle is a multimedia solo performance piece that looks at ideas of shelter, landscapes, and migration, drawing from family history, voice, and geology. Mitsu’s mother arrived from the wet and dense city of Yokohama, Japan, to the vast and dry Mojave desert. She related to the turtles she found in the landscape, hiding in their shells and traveling with their home on their back. In Japan, a turtle was…
Delivery Boy
DELIVERY BOY is a unique seriocomedy that focuses heavily on the lower middle class of America, giving perspective on the families who are stuck in a never ending struggle of spending every last bit of money to stay exactly where they are stuck. The play deals with the slow, clawing nature of depression, mental illness, and generational trauma, with a heavy emphasis on the hefty burden of the college admissions…
Dead Muse
Dead Muse is a wry and heartfelt journey into the shadows that haunt us all. Erotic misadventures, colliding family stories, grand embraces, and longing for escape intertwine in this visceral new solo performance written and performed by Almanac co-founder Adam Kerbel, where the audience lands inside the psyche of an artist hounded by an enigmatic Los Angeles. Set against a backdrop of Hollywoods old ghosts, Dead Muse blurs the lines…
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