Upline: It’s Not a Show, It’s an Opportunity
Megan Stern
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Categories: Theater, Comedy & Improv, Immersive/Interactive Experience
Dates: September 6, 2023 - September 19, 2023
Run Time: 60 mins
Venue: MAAS Building Studio

Produce your show in the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Registration is OPEN!
Categories: Theater, Comedy & Improv, Immersive/Interactive Experience
Dates: September 6, 2023 - September 19, 2023
Run Time: 60 mins
Venue: MAAS Building Studio
Welcome to the party, future Boss Babes! Come travel the glamorous world of Varmon – the multi-level marketing beauty empire that has the best skincare products around and is also an irresistible business opportunity. Varmon is your ticket to Eternal Youth and Financial Freedom!* Upline is the recent winner of both the Audience Pick and Critics’ Choice awards in the Atlanta Fringe, as well as the Artist Pick for Encore in the Cincinnati Fringe. By the end of this absurd and interactive solo comedy, you’ll be ready to sign up and become a Varmonista yourself. Just don’t call it a pyramid scheme.
* Eternal Youth and Financial Freedom not guaranteed.
Cannonball, produced by Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, is the first and largest independent festival hub of the Philadelphia Fringe that presents risk-taking independent artists in back-to-back performances next to delicious lounge spaces, fostering creative collisions and community conversation.
Learn MoreMegan Stern is a New York-based performer who has been called “excellent” (LA Times), “utterly delightful” (Broadway World), and “a complete original” (Chicago Theater Beat). Her work has been seen in such NYC venues as Dixon Place, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, and HERE Arts Center, as well as the Ahmanson Theater in LA and the Kennedy Center in DC. Her solo show UPLINE: It's Not a Show, It's an Opportunity is the winner of both the Audience Pick and Critics' Choice Awards in the Atlanta Fringe Festival as well as the Artist’s Encore Pick award at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
A multi-award winning artist, Shannan Calcutt is sought after as a Performer, Instructor, Director, Writer and Show Creator. She performed her iconic breast implant routine, Scotch Baggies, for millions of spectators at Cirque du Soleil's, Zumanity. She has designed comic acts for Cirque du Soleil, Spiegelworld, the philanthropic event One Night for One Drop, and Berlin’s Friedrichstadt-Palast. Most recently, Shannan was Associate Director at Spiegelworld’s newest creation, The Hook, and will return to Atomic Saloon Show as Resident Director this fall. Shannan is fluent in English and sarcasm. www.shannancalcutt.com, Instagram @shannancalcuttofficial