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This cunning, bittersweet piece--comprising monologues delivered by a quartet of sideshow freaks, who use Barnumesque razzle-dazzle to avoid facing troubled, fraudulent lives was a hit at the Chicago and New York Fringe Theatre Festivals, and now makes its New Orleans debut with Four Humours Theatre under the co-direction of Big Easy Award winner Michael Martin and Margeaux Fanning. Starring Big Easy nominated actor Vatican Lokey (AEA).
NOV 1-18 at MICHAEL'S ON THE PARK, 832 NORTH RAMPART
Thursdays-Saturdays, and Mondays, at 7:30pm
Sundays at 3pm
$12 at door/$10 in advance, and for students/seniors
Thu 1 Nov 7:30: Preview, pay-what-you-can
Fri 2 ...Read More
This cunning, bittersweet piece--comprising monologues delivered by a quartet of sideshow freaks, who use Barnumesque razzle-dazzle to avoid facing troubled, fraudulent lives was a hit at the Chicago and New York Fringe Theatre Festivals, and now makes its New Orleans debut with Four Humours Theatre under the co-direction of Big Easy Award winner Michael Martin and Margeaux Fanning. Starring Big Easy nominated actor Vatican Lokey (AEA).
NOV 1-18 at MICHAEL'S ON THE PARK, 832 NORTH RAMPART
Thursdays-Saturdays, and Mondays, at 7:30pm
Sundays at 3pm
$12 at door/$10 in advance, and for students/seniors
Thu 1 Nov 7:30: Preview, pay-what-you-can
Fri 2 Nov 7:30: Opening Night, with reception
Sat 3 Nov, Fri 9 Nov, Sat 10 Nov, Fri 16 Nov, Sat 17 Nov, all 7:30: Regular performances
Mon 5 Nov 7:30: Industry Night, pay-what-you-can
Sun 11 Nov, Sun 18 Nov, both 3pm: Matinee performances
THE ART OF UNBEARABLE SENSATIONS cannot be explained.
The Art of Unbearable Sensations must be witnessed by the mind's third eye, heard howling across the misty night, felt crawling down the twisted spine.
FOUR HUMOURS THEATER [Feeding the Moonfish, Happy Days, The Gnädiges Fräulein] welcomes welcomes...WELCOMES YOU, Laydeez and Gennulmen!...to SHAWN REDDY'S award-winning "The Art of Unbearable Sensations," the most surreal, evocative, baroque carny sideshow ever seen on this or any plane!
Featuring wondrous performances by...
the Great Galvani, Half-Man, Half-Frog!
Petrovna, the Three-Armed Gypsy Psychic!
Dorian, Head Doctor Extraordinaire!
...and your hostess for the evening
Ludmilla, the Beautiful Singing Bearded Lady!
Winner of Chicago's Orgie Award for Original Playwriting and a "sleeper hit" of the New York International Fringe Festival, THE ART OF UNBEARABLE SENSATIONS has been critically lauded as "highly recommended, charming, interesting, conceptual, timely" (TimeOut New York) "one of the year's best: Smart… experimental… hypnotic… another bull’s eye" (Chicago Tribune), and "Artfully eccentric, psychologically probing, intriguingly veiled… this cunning, bittersweet piece--delivered by a quartet of sideshow freaks, who use Barnumesque razzle-dazzle to avoid facing troubled, fraudulent lives." (Chicago Reader)
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SHAWN REDDY is an award winning playwright, director and educator. His work has been exhibited extensively in Chicago and other parts of the United States in museums, galleries, theaters, and performance venues including The Museum of Contemporary Art, Steppenwolf Theatre, Gallery 2, The Museum of Science and Industry, The Art Institute of Chicago, The DuSable Museum, The Chicago Cultural Center, and The Player’s Theater, NYC. Shawn currently lives in Chicago with his wife Robin and their two children, Ruby and Arlo.
PLEASE NOTE:
The Art of Unbearable Sensations is NOT a New Orleans Fringe Festival production. Fringe buttons do not apply to the ticket price.
FEATURING ORIGINAL ARTWORK
(AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE)
BY...
JOSIE BURAS, JAMIE CHIARELLO, CLAUDIA GEHRKE, ADRIENNE GREENE-KATIEN, MARSHALL HARRIS, STACIE LeJEUNE, ARIEL MOON, MANUEL PONCE, MAX RUEHL, AYO SCOTT, and CORI WALTERS.
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