The Mothman Cometh

Overview

Best Comedy: Edinburgh Horror Fest at Edinburgh Fringe

Audience Choice: Green Bay Fringe

Darkness.

We’ve been told to fear it, to hide from it – It’s where the monsters and demons lurk.

The Mothman says otherwise: Darkness is the time to dream, to think, to love.

Come. Join the Mothman.

Follow him into the void and offer him your shadows.

The Mothman Cometh is a dark, interactive alternative comedy.

Mothman will lead the audience deep into the void and through a series of games and rituals so they can embrace the darkness together.

“I laughed, I screamed, I cried, I danced… I needed that,” – Deeply Affected Minion

“I think I just microdosed being in a cult,” – Converted Minion

Show contains haze, frequent audience participation, and prolonged periods of darkness (lit mostly by Mothman’s glowing red eyes).

While participation is not mandatory, audience members should be aware of the potential for unexpected or intimate interactions during the performance.

About the Artist

Richie Schiraldi is a circus and devised physical theater performer based in Chicago. He specializes in physical comedy, Cyr wheel, partner acrobatics, character work, and movement, and focuses on blending circus, movement, and character work to create interactive pieces that playfully embrace the darker things in life.
Richie is inspired by his own vivid, lucid dreams, as well as a fascination with cryptic creatures, old surrealist films, and 60s/70s performance art. This has led him to create strange and absurd pieces aimed to share similar experiences with audiences. He aspires to generate a sense of magical realism in his art, and hopes to use interactive character theater to build community while making vulnerable things less scary.

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