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NOVEMBER 7-10
THE ACTS memorize anything at all. Do all the poems rhyme? They don’t, but come find out for yourself! @ Bar Redux
Who are we? Mission Statement To present material that challenges convention and highlights the unique perspectives of emerging and established artists while fostering an open and vibrant community based on equity and inclusion.”
Plunge into a river of ghosts with this post-modern, oneman musical: a haunting tale of a man trapped in an old house. Bremner has delighted audiences around the world. “Fantastic. Sleazy. Stirring. Utterly memorable.” SundayTimes, London, England @ Mudlark Theater
The Bardo Lounge (BYOV) Check Schedule for Location
What’s on the Menu?
Ask A Black Woman (Shanara Sanders, Claudia Duran & Lindsey Haley, Los Angeles, CA)
All 100 Fires (Donna Oblongata, Philadelphia, PA) Somewhere in a forest nearby, a guerrilla commander can tell you aren’t up for this. Meanwhile, the Giant Ibis was thought to be extinct, but video reveals otherwise. Don’t ask about the taxidermy starlings. It’s a touchy subject. “Inventive, brimming with compassion, and monstrously funny.” --Play On Milwaukee @ The Art Garage
All Borders Are Fake, All Titties Are Real: These Are Some Poems, My Hot Takes, and Feels (BYOV)
What happens when a Black Woman welcomes people of different races to ask her any question they want on the streets of Los Angeles? In this solo show, Shanara “The Mouth Peace” Sanders takes one helluva ride responding via reenactments and her mastery of spoken word to illustrate the raw taboo aspects of her life. @ Ashé Cultural Arts Center
(Rel Farrar, New Orleans) Approximately 50% the spirited recitation of famous poetry, and 50% me, a humorous person, discussing that poetry. It is about (Big Empty Barn Producwriting, aging, and life, and why someone would even bother to tions, New Orleans)
Bag of Bones
Songs of Travel: Tiny Cabaret (Bremner)
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” An intimate concert with Bremner, for those afflicted with wanderlust: the irresistible desire for movement.
Rerouting A Road Trip (Erik Bosse & Laurie Dietrich) Join us for the shortest long drive ever. Are we there yet? And what’s for lunch? Psycho-geographical storytelling. Intimate. Immersive. Unusual. No intermission. No bathroom stops.
Threepenny Short Bus (Emcee: Arja Opprecht) A cabaret-style portmanteaux of Infringe talent assembled for you ad-hoc in a ten-seat package.
THE ACTS theory, history, folklore, and autobiography in service of black life, in honor of black death and for love of black dreamscapes. @ Art Klub
Bloodborne - Unmasking The Red Death (The Mudlark Puppeteers, New Orleans) A post-mortem of Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death,” as witnessed from a servant’s perspective, “Bloodborne” brings its audience into a prismatic, apocalypse feast. Who is the mysterious stranger stalking amongst the revelers, striking terror in their hearts? Vital questions loom- and the servant is the soul of discretion... @ Mudlark Theater
Clark Wade A Jazzy Tragedy (BYOV) (Esquizito, New Orleans) Musician/performer Esquizito conjures up notorious characters of “The District” in an adaptation of a Danny Barker (19091994) tale from The Last Days of Storyville. Interpreting Barker’s “lies embellished with truth,” Esquizito makes New Orleans’ redlight district and the birth of Jazz come alive. He is happy to bring this rare work home for his Infringe debut. @ Café Istanbul
Edinburgh Guide. Internationally acclaimed composer James Wright Glasgow performs groundbreaking music he has composed for the new poems of Mario Moroni (winner of the Lorenzo Montano Poetry Prize) as Moroni recites. @ AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
Drift (The Corrijeune Collective, New Orleans) Deeply hidden in the dimension called Corrijeune there is an eternal ritual taking place. Please join us as the weavers of change keep in motion a perpetual tectonic quiver. DRIFT is a surrealist work of dance theatre featuring live music and multimedia sensory delights. @ Art Klub
projected scenes from the most sensually delicious food films, Eat Me will leave much more than your mouth watering. @ Southern Rep
How to Eat a Bear (Luke Balagia & Mack Stine, Orlando, FL) Join Dave and Mark as they embark on an idiotic quest to eat a delicious and dangerous new meat: bear. Will their cravings be satisfied? Or will they bite off more than they can chew? An off the wall, darkish comedy written and directed by Luke Balagia and Mack Stine. An Orlando Fringe audience favorite! @ AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
Immaculation Candy Cotten (Daiquiri Jones, New Orleans) Candy Cotton debuts an afro-surrealist production merging music, puppetry, mime, spoken word, and dance to enhance a kaleidoscopic storytelling experience. Candy Cotten blends
Do You See What I Hear? (Strange Fangs, Pine Bush, NY) A dramatic conversation between music and spoken word, hailed as “Incredibly modern and inventive” by
(BYOV)
Eat Me (Jen Pagan, New Orleans) A sensual exploration of food, sex and how they connect us. Our hostess unveils a recipe for pleasure, comfort and the ultimate ‘food-gasm’. Through salacious stories, peppered with
(Vincent Cacialano & Jeffrey Gunshol, New Orleans) After the success of their album “Erotic Lifestyle”, Fatitja and Leetowhakey, aka Cucci, stars of Jaws the Musical, Fatituelle and the Omen 2 spin off “Don’t PAGE 4
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Make Me Crow You”, return after 12 years in their video and show “Immaculation”, from their new album “Sexplanation”. @ Southern Rep
Gestaltzerfall suggests a sense of decomposition in meaning and complexity, the protagonist recreates a somatic language to sustain their improvisational relationship with their ancestors as they deliberately blur the wall between them and spectators. @ Mudlark Theater
Salas, Candler, NC):
America’s Favorite Cartoon Witch Hilarious and touching vignettes drawn from a variety of sources, including children’s stories and personal life tales.
Frijolito vs The Orange Monster A modern retelling of a classic Punch & Judy tale, with a Mexican twist. Follow Frijolito as he deals with issues of racism and bigotry in America. @ Mudlark Theater
LARRY
Mary Full of Gray (Brittany N. Williams, New Orleans) Mary Jane Bowser was a spy, Mary Jane Henley was a liar, but, most of all, Mary Jane Richards was an actress. Now, this essential figure of the American Civil War tells us who she is in her own words. Somewhere between the lies and the truth is something real. @ Wonderland
(Candy Bones Theatre Vancouver, BC) LARRY wants to prove that he can be “woke” enough for an empowered woman of his desires, but in a moment of accidental transcendence, uncovers a startling surprise in his psyche. A complex, daring and hilarious portrait of a hoser’s foray into feminism. ★★★★★ “A masterful, weird, poignant, gut-busting, vulnerable, and thought-provoking tour de force!” - Cincinnati Fringe
@ AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
The Nix (Lisa Pasold, New Orleans) THE NIX: an outdoor site-specific story-telling walk by Lisa Pasold, created for the streets of the Marigny. What if one night you meet a spirit with impeccable manners wearing an old-fashioned tuxedo, who asks for one teeny little favor... “Pasold successfully casts a spell over her audience.” New Orleans Defender Meets at AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
Love Songs For The End of the World (Caroline Fourmy, New Orleans)
Late Night Puppet Show Double Feature (Toybox Theatre & Edwin
From breakdown to breakthrough, Biblical Eve tells her side of the story in this original raw musical comedy. For what is the end of the world as we know it but simply a shift in consciousness? @ Art Garage
Mu(s)hi (Ryuta Iwashita, New Orleans) An immersive dance performance piece that embodies a phenomenon of a linguistic Gestaltzerfall experienced by a Japanese protagonist who is a non-native English speaker living in the Deep South. As a
Our Unmentionables (Artivism Dance Theatre, New Orleans)
THE ACTS In a world where our whole lives are made public, what do we not talk about and why? This production delves into taboo and shamed subjects in our society and brings them to light. We speak from a personal standpoint; telling our own stories to start a much larger conversation. @ Ashé Cultural Arts Center
After a one-night stand ends in a meteorite crash that destroys his flat, expatriate Johnny Doodle-Dandy’s life doesn’t explode. It supernovas! The meteorite decapitates his neighbor who haunts him with a mysterious message from the end of the universe as he dodges pop stars, prime ministers and eccentric environmental groups. @ The Art Garage
Shitfarmer (BYOV) (Toybox Theatre, Candler, NC) A tale of gods and monsters. Follow the trials and tribulations of a lowly custodian, as he is lorded over by ominous oppressors, until one day he is met by a mysterious stranger and given a gift. Told thru the use of various puppetry styles. @ Happyland Theater
Out of Sync (CC Falcon, New Orleans) An unexpected tip from a sexy stranger leaves a group of resident New Orleans Drag Queens with voices that are no longer their own. Lip synching takes on a whole new dimension as each Queen explores what it means to lose their voice and have to reinvent their lives. @ Art Klub
R&B: A Night of Synsuality (Synamin Vixen, New Orleans)
Personal Space (Ben Fox, New Orleans)
R+B is a night that celebrates the diversity of sensuality by highlighting music of the African Diaspora. R+B encompasses four main themes: Royal + Burlesque, Rhythm + Burlesque, Reggae + Burlesque, and Ratchet + Burlesque. Each night will be different, and will feature burlesque and some surprise performances from Synamin Vixen and friends! @ Art Klub
Stangela For President (Rochelle McConico, New Orleans) Stangela Angela Hemsworth Kingsley Winthrop Farrouk Adams III was destined for greatness. After a run-in with the law forces her to perform community service, she finds her true calling - President. Armed with flawed logic, a team of felons, and celebrity gossip, Stangela mounts her “serious” bid for the White House @ Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Unbridled & Unbossed (No Lye Comedy, New Orleans) Respectable. Responsible. Thick but fit. These are just some of the expectations put upon black women daily. In ‘Unbridled & Unbossed’, a cast of all black women performers shred these expectations as they shed their clothes and bare their souls through comedic monologues and burlesque. Produced by No Lye Comedy. @ The Art Garage
Unholy Matrimony (Flutterbug & Scribbles The Clown, New Orleans) You are cordially invited to Beelzebub’s unholy wedding reception. We look forward to entertaining your wicked delights with rituals, puppets, and pagan enchantments. Feel free to come dressed in costume. Sincerely Flutterbug and Scribbles. @ Mudlark Theater PAGE 6
THE ACTS AFTER PAGE 3
Saturday, November 9, 7-10pm
Tra-La-La Dancehall (BYOV)
Suggested donation $20, no one turned away *NO INFRINGE TICKETS OR PASSES ACCEPTED*
@ Happyland Theater
Special Infringe One Night Only: The Tra-La-La Dancehall is a dance in the spirit of a Fais-do-do. There will be both Cajun & Americana bands playing & a dance instructor to help guide anyone who is feeling a mite rusty. All are welcome, from all walks of life & kids under 18 are free.
(BYOV)
Ye Olde Break-Fast Guild (BYOV)
(The Back Pack, Austin, TX)
(Intramural Theater, New Orleans)
(Non-Prophet Theatre, New Orleans)
A movement-based comedy extravaganza combining non-spoken performance, music, dance, and media. The group’s imaginative style has been described as: a live action cartoon, unmatched in its cleverness, and pure entertainment that will leave you with a smile on your face and a glow in your heart. @ Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Faced with the arrival of a strange, foreign life form and its unprecedented spread, a misfit group of neighbors must decide what to do about their mutating landscape. This original devised piece touches on themes of nativeness and nature, using puppetry, acrobatics and sculpture to frame an immersive performance. @ Backyard Ballroom
Yeah, the NonProphets-South (MONTANA, CORLEONE, PULP SHAKESPEARE, SHAKESPEARE TEEVEE) are back - with Ye Olde Break-Fast Guild, a reboot of the classic John Hughes film, The Breakfast Club, as if written by the Bard himself! Watch The Brain, The Athlete, The Princess, The Basket Case and the Criminal battle it out in iambic pentameter! @ Southern Rep
Wear & Tear
Protrusion
PA R T I E S SATURDAY NIGHT After party at Art Klub featuring Siren on the 1's & 2's! New Wave/ Disco and a special late night performance of NIGHTMARE OF NOISE: A toy orchestra featuring the duo of TOYBOX THEATRE and MEXICAN PURGATORY (Edwin Salas) representing the duality of all things. Chaos magic blending light and dark, whimsy and terror. Toys, homemade instruments, vocals, theremin, turntable, antics. Not to be missed!
SUNDAY NIGHT Closing party at d.b.a. New Orleans: Glamrock Superfoxx featuring Jesse Tripp & The Nightbreed! A raucous tribute to all things GLAM ROCK! Come close out the festival with this high energy celebration!
SCHEDULES AllWays Lounge
5:00PM
THURSDAY
DO YOU SEE WHAT I HEAR
7:00PM
FRIDAY
11:00PM
LARRY
DO YOU SEE WHAT I HEAR
HOW TO EAT A BEAR
LARRY
LARRY
DO YOU SEE WHAT I HEAR
HOW TO EAT A BEAR
LARRY
DO YOU SEE WHAT I HEAR
SATURDAY HOW TO EAT A BEAR
SUNDAY
9:00PM
HOW TO EAT A BEAR
IN F R IN GEFEST.CO M
Mudlark
5:00PM
7:00PM
9:00PM
11:00PM
12:00AM
UNHOLY MATRIMONY
BLOODBORNE
MU(S)HI
BAG OF BONES
FRIDAY
MU(S)HI
BAG OF BONES
BLOODBORNE
UNHOLY MATRIMONY
SATURDAY
BAG OF BONES
MU(S)HI
UNHOLY MATRIMONY
BLOODBORNE
BLOODBORNE
UNHOLY MATRIMONY
BAG OF BONES
MU(S)HI
THURSDAY
2240 ST CLAUDE AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
SUNDAY
AMERICA’S FAVORITE CARTOON WITCH/ FRIJOLITO VS. THE ORANGE MONSTER
1200 PORT ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
Art Garage
7:00PM
9:00PM
LOVE SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
UNBRIDLED & UNBOSSED
ALL 100 FIRES
PERSONAL SPACE
PERSONAL SPACE
ALL 100 FIRES
UNBRIDLED & UNBOSSED
LOVE SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
SATURDAY
ALL 100 FIRES
LOVE SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
PERSONAL SPACE
UNBRIDLED & UNBOSSED
SUNDAY
UNBRIDLED & UNBOSSED
PERSONAL SPACE
LOVE SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
ALL 100 FIRES
THURSDAY
5:00PM
FRIDAY
11:00PM
2231 ST CLAUDE AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
The Nix
5:00PM
THURSDAY
THE NIX
FRIDAY
THE NIX
7:00PM
9:00PM
11:00PM
THE NIX THE NIX
SATURDAY SUNDAY
THE NIX
Walking Tour (Begins outside AllWays Lounge. Tickets available at AllWays Lounge Box Office or Healing Center Info Hub)
Art Klub
5:00PM
7:00PM
THURSDAY
OUT OF SYNC
CANDY COTTEN
R&B
DRIFT
Southern Rep
DRIFT
OUT OF SYNC
CANDY COTTEN
R&B
THURSDAY
OUT OF SYNC
DRIFT
R&B
CANDY COTTEN
CANDY COTTEN
R&B
DRIFT
OUT OF SYNC
FRIDAY
9:00PM
11:00PM
5:00PM
7:00PM
11:00PM EAT ME
(MAIN STAGE)
SATURDAY SUNDAY
THURSDAY (LAGNIAPPE STAGE)
FRIDAY
1941 ARTS ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
EAT ME
(MAIN STAGE)
FRIDAY Wonderland
5:00PM
7:00PM
THURSDAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
FRIDAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
SATURDAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
9:00PM
SATURDAY
EAT ME
(MAIN STAGE)
SATURDAY MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
MARY FULL OF GRAY
SUNDAY
EAT ME
SUNDAY
IMMACULATION
(LAGNIAPPE STAGE)
3405 ROYAL ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
YE OLDE BREAKFAST GUILD
IMMACULATION
(LAGNIAPPE STAGE)
(MAIN STAGE)
SUNDAY
YE OLDE BREAKFAST GUILD
IMMACULATION
(LAGNIAPPE STAGE)
5:30PM SHOWING
YE OLDE BREAKFAST GUILD
2541 BAYOU RD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119
Ashé
1:00PM
3:00PM
5:00PM
7:00PM
9:00PM
11:00PM
STANGELA FOR PRESIDENT
ASK A BLACK WOMAN
WEAR & TEAR
OUR UNMENTIONABLES
WEAR & TEAR
OUR UNMENTIONABLES
STANGELA FOR PRESIDENT
ASK A BLACK WOMAN
ASK A BLACK WOMAN
STANGELA FOR PRESIDENT
OUR UNMENTIONABLES
WEAR & TEAR
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
WEAR & TEAR
OUR UNMENTIONABLES
1712 ORETHA CASTLE HALEY BLVD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113
T U R N F O R BYOV S C H E D U L E S
BYOV SCH EDUL ES Cafe Istanbul
5:00PM
7:00PM
Bar Redux
9:00PM
5:00PM
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
CLARK WADE CLARK WADE -
2372 ST CLAUDE AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
801 POLAND AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
Happyland Theater
5:00PM
7:00PM
THURSDAY
SHITFARMER
SHITFARMER SHITFARMER
9:00PM
Backyard Ballroom
8:00PM
THURSDAY
PROTRUSION
FRIDAY
PROTRUSION
SATURDAY
PROTRUSION
SUNDAY
PROTRUSION
SHITFARMER
7:00 PM TRA-LA-LA DANCEHALL
SATURDAY
(Cajun Dance Party; tickets available at Happyland.) See descriptions for more details.
SUNDAY
SHITFARMER
SHITFARMER
3126 BURGUNDY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
The Bardo Lounge
3:00PM
5:00PM
6:00PM
FRIDAY
7:00PM
8:00PM
REROUTING
REROUTING
9:00PM
(@ALLWAYS LOUNGE)
10:00PM
11:00PM
THREEPENNY SHORTBUS
(@ART KLUB)
(@ALLWAYS LOUNGE)
REROUTING
SATURDAY SUNDAY
3519 ST CLAUDE AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117
(@ART KLUB)
BREMNER: SONGS OF TRAVEL
9:00PM
SUNDAY
A JAZZY TRAGEDY
FRIDAY
7:00PM ALL BORDERS ARE FAKE, ALL TITTIES ARE REAL: THESE ARE SOME POEMS, MY HOT TAKES, AND FEELS
SATURDAY
A JAZZY TRAGEDY
SUNDAY
I N FRI N GEFEST.CO M
BREMNER: SONGS OF TRAVEL
(@ALLWAYS LOUNGE)
THREEPENNY SHORTBUS
(@ALLWAYS LOUNGE)
REROUTING
(@SOUTHERN REP)
(@SOUTHERN REP)
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