DESCRIPTION: Hijacked in mid-air, an 19th-century balloon pilot struggles with his assailant over failure, motivation, and survival – the nature of exploration. Inspired by the works of Jules Verne and NASA astronauts.
CAVEAT: I have collaborated with some of the performers in the past, most notably in a 2010 Fringe show which Sara produced/directed, Danielle choreographed, and for which I wrote the text.
CAVEAT (and a rather embarrassing one, too): I actually dozed off at a couple of points during the show – not in any way out of boredom or disinterest, but I’d opened my own show earlier that afternoon and seen shows in just about every slot in between – I was wiped. So, yes, I almost certainly missed a few key points.
DESCRIPTION: In Quacker Holler, Tennessee, the Lake Wobegon of the south, erotica-writing nun Sister Candance is murdered. Emily must use her investigative skills, fainting goats, and mental illness to solve the crime.
CAVEAT: Ben and I have worked together *extensively* for the past several years, making this pretty much the freaking definition of a conflict of interest.
And here I am, once again breaking my blogging cherry for the Fringe. Which is a dead metaphor, really, because cherries don’t regenerate. Which makes me think about, like, Lady Deathstrike – she’s kind of the female Wolverine, with the healing factor and stuff. So, like, does her hymen regenerate every time she has sex? Because that’s pretty fucked up, right there.
DESCRIPTION: This dance theater work delves into the construction of the artistic mind by exploring the intertwined relationship of four characters caught within a young female writer’s reality and creative imagination.
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