TSTMRKT
Comedy, Interdisciplinary, Improv/Sketch/Stand-Up, Performance Art, Solo Show, Theater
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TSTMRKT (pronounced “Test Market”) is a performance art sketch comedy amalgamation held together with film loops, cut-n-paste theatre, and a relentless soundtrack. There is no “sound person” running the effects. It’s just a “start” button and a bag of nerves.
Once the actor hits “start” on the playback, the film collages and sound effects are triggered only by time. It’s the actor’s task to keep track of each second that passes, each syllable that is uttered, and each movement created in space. If anything is off, the entire thing falls apart. It’s a theatrical tightrope. You’ve never seen anything like it.
Hailing from Las Vegas, TSTMRKT has performed at the prestigious San Francisco Sketchfest, The Cleveland Ingenuity Festival, The Dallas Comedy Festival, The Hollywood Fringe Festival, and the Portland Sketch Comedy Festival.
Circus Campus hosts its fifth hub with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival: Circus Campus Presents! Since the establishment of Circus Campus in 2017, we’ve been fostering a tight-knit community of teachers, students, performers, creators, movers & shakers. Our hub strives to showcase the skills & variety of these incredible human beings.Circus Campus is an educational headquarters; it’s also a home for some of the most unique talent in the Philadelphia Area. We invite everyone from the Philadelphia metropolitan area to visit our restored church facility in leafy-green West Mt. Airy, located directly adjacent to Upsal Station.
September 27, 2026 5.00pm
6452 Greene St
General Admission: $20
PWYC Options
September 27, 2026 8.00pm
6452 Greene St
General Admission: $20
PWYC Options
About the Artist
Ernest Hemmings is an American playwright and performance artist living and working in Las Vegas. His plays have been produced in theaters across the country, and his work is known for bold experimentation, absurdist influence and a sustained commitment to social critique. His most recent stage play The Guardian was the recipient of the Nevada Arts Council 2026 Project Grant. Hemmings was also the Founder and Executive Director of the Fallout Fringe Festival, the Artistic Director of the Las Vegas Sammuel Beckett Festival, and the Artistic Director of SEAT (Social Experimentation and Absurd Theatre). His long running, ever-evolving, comedic performance piece TSTMRKT has called the Las Vegas Theatre Company "home" since 2020, and has toured North America several times over.
- ERNEST HEMMINGSTSTMRKTERNEST@TSTMRKT.COM
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This event is appropriate for ages 13+
Adult Language
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This event does not require masks to be worn
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