Lewis Luvz Clark
In this solo-performance piece, Rebecca Posner is taking you on a riverboat tour of the mighty Missouri. But this tour is unlike other tours; she’s going rogue! Experience a horny, attention-starved, new mom navigate the tragic story of the probable-possible-maybe-made-up-but-probably-not love affair between Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. She’s taking history into her own hands and along the way tackling issues of motherhood, sexuality, and the crises of existence. All…
Lindsey Noel: I’m a Magician
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a professional trickster? Or to have to kindly lie for living? Or how it feels to be a woman in a male dominated art form? Well, this is the show for you! Join professional magician, mind-reader, stylist, and emcee extraordinaire Lindsey Noel as she takes you on a journey from her time in the cabaret and nightlife world to working crazy hours on…
LGBTQuiet
It’s 8:00 am on a Monday morning. Mr. Wright, the only openly queer teacher, is not in the building. As rumors fly and students begin to question each other and the adults around them, the school is thrown into turmoil. LGBTQuiet is a one-act play that follows a group of students as they navigate claiming their personal identities in the culture war of their school. This show will explore identity,…
Life After Me
A solo requiem in five parts to honor the memory of a loved one lost to suicide. The music incorporates dozens of vocal layers and loops drawn from recent and ancient memory. The listener is immersed in a rippling world of impossible questions, eventually finding solace in simple melodies and hopeful reflections.
Last Call
Last Call is a multidisciplinary dance work developed by Natalie Gotter. With a soft premiere at the Going Dutch Festival in 2022, this work has been described as poignant and timely with a sense of deflective and defensive humor. This dance performance experience is a work that investigates perceptions, expectations, and embodiment of femme experiences in different iterations of night life. Who sets the rules of femininity and whose voices are heard…
In High Germany and The Parting Glass
The Irish Heritage Theatre presents Keith Conallen performing in two plays by Dermot Bolger. In High Germany, Eoin, an Irishman living in Germany, recalls a story of friendship and nostalgia for a football match from Euro ’88. Twenty years later Eoin returns to Ireland in The Parting Glass, where he is now part of a changing country caught up in a surging economic boom while also experiencing life altering personal events. The…
it’s better when you close your eyes
‘it’s better when you close your eyes’ A theatrical meditation on grief, depression, identity crisis, nostalgia, isolation in a pandemic and civil rights movement, fear and love. Through movement, theater and connection, the artists build their way through waves of emotion, heartache and pain in search of joy and human connection. Somehting that may be there all along, but harder to find that we think. BigKid Dance strives to…
I Hear You and I’d Like to Respond
A circus of words, a flight to nowhere, a desperate attempt to make meaning in an unrelentingly confusing world. Award-winning “Fringe Favorite” and Cannonball Festival Producer Almanac’s newest — and largest ever — ensemble acrobatic show explores the lengths we’ll go to change our language rather than change ourselves. In I Hear You and I’d Like to Respond, artists and audiences alike board a metaphysical flight, traveling together to a…
I.D.: Intimate Deceptions
I.D.: Intimate Deception is an uncanny demonstration of sleight of hand, and psychological illusions performed in a close up setting. This 30 minute personal, blackbox show is not just about tricks, it’s about how magic can be used as metaphors for time, the significance of numbers, and connecting with strangers in surprising ways.
Imagination Playground
The “Imagination Playground” at Hatfield House created by Philadelphia-based choreographer Christina Castro-Tauser and visual artists Roger Wing, Bariq Cobbs, and Santi Castro, with performances by Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble, will combine sculpture and dance to inspire creativity, exploration, reflection, and community engagement. Imagination Playground” at Hatfield House will combine site-specific art and dance made with professional dancers and community members; and co-created dance, music, and art. Plus short works by…
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