Artist Bio The creators of past Cincy Fringe productions Rewind-A-Buddy and Knifeslingin’!, Paper Soul was founded by J. Merrill Motz (rhymes with boats) for the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival with the aim of creating original works experimenting with audiences’ misconceptions and expectations of solo performance. Nearly ten years, eight original …
Artist Bio Performance Gallery(founded 2002) and Solasta Theatre Lab (founded 2018) are Cincinnati-based experimental theatre-makers. Their collaborations focus on non-traditional storytelling through innovative, devised, physical theatre with the intention to challenge and delight their audiences. Performance Gallery has produced at every Cincinnati Fringe since its founding and Solasta founders met …
Company Bio Brian Feldman is an award winning performance artist and actor. His work has been featured on television, radio, in print, and online, earning critical comparisons to the likes of Marina Abramović, David Blaine, John Cage, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Tehching Hsieh, and Andy Kaufman. Since August 2003, he has …
Company Bio Autumn Kaleidoscope creates theatrical performances that aim to be high in quality, well researched, and feature elements of both the familiar and the absurd. Founded by Sean P. Mette to tell the story of a girl wanting to dance in a Burlesque show for furries (“Furlesque”), Autumn Kaleidoscope …
Company Bio Founded by J. Merrill Motz (rhymes with boats) for the Minnesota Fringe, Paper Soul focuses on experimenting with the misconceptions and expectations of solo performance. From their first festival, they had six original shows premiere from 2013-2018. Their production Knifeslingin’! was toured to QED Astoria, InFringe NOLA, CMU’s …
Artist Bio Performance Gallery and Solasta Theatre Lab are Cincinnati-based theatres that thrive on collaboration and creating and promoting challenging, unique, innovative works of theatre. Performance Gallery has been a mainstay at Cincy Fringe, participating every year since the Fringe’s founding. Solasta grew out of a friendship forged while working …
Company Bio Playable Artworks is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit. We create connections between people and places in order to change participants’ perception of our world and our communities. We build original immersive and interactive performances that are specific to time and place, and give audience members the kind of freedom and …
Company Bio Pones provides artistic opportunities for community growth by creating engaging new ways for audiences to experience dance.Founded in 2008, Pones has collaborated with over 200 artists and 80 arts and service organizations. Pones performers use their bodies to speak their minds. The collective uses its signature ‘pedestrian-inspired’ movement …
Company Bio Erika Kate MacDonald and Paul Strickland are 16-time Best of Fest winners at Fringe Festivals across the U.S. and Canada. Their acclaimed shadow puppet horror play 13 Dead Dreams of “Eugene” was produced Off-Broadway. Past Cincy Fringe hits include Ain’t True & Uncle False, Papa Squat, Tales Too …
