Actor and Writer, David Wayne Reed, debuts Jolly Rancher at Fishtank Performance Studio for a three performance weekend, April 6th, 7th and 8th.

"If everything we read was like this, I might give a shit." --Community College student from Gardner, KS.                                                               Growing up on a farm in Louisburg, Kansas without formal creative outlets, Reed created his own venues for self-expression—performingimpromptu drag performances for visiting seed salesmen, dancing for the hay crew after a long day’s work, rehearsing Shakespeare in abandoned grain silos…

Finding the wheat among the chaff, Reed presents Jolly Rancher, a collection of stories culled from his own rural upbringing. In Jolly Rancher, Reed plows through a collection of humorous and poignant short stories rife with hilarious characters and universal truths unveiled from his life in the Land of Oz.

SHOWTIMES
FIRST FRIDAY APRIL 6 at 8pm with special guest, Honey Tahini!
SATURDAY APRIL 7 at 8pm with special quest, Amy Farrand!
SUNDAY APRIL 8 at 7pm with special guest, Ron Megee!

Tickets are $10 and available in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/237008

 

 David Wayne Reed has been described as an "actor, writer and a bon vivant" as well as "a one-man classic rock circus." Reed is a founding member of the late Late Night Theatre where he appeared in over 20 shows playing over 50 roles. He wrote/directed Mother Trucker (2004), adapted/directed Come Back to the 9 to 5 Dolly Parton Dolly Parton (2002, 2006), co-wrote/co-directed Supermodels in Space (2005) and adapted The Show Formerly Known as Purple Rain (named Best Play of 2005 by the Kansas City Star) White Nose Christmas (2010) and Bump (2011). Reed was voted Best Actor: Reader's Choice and Best Trouper (for work in LNT) in the Pitch Weekly in 2000, Best Actor/Actress in 2008 and won Best Stocking Stuffer for White Nose Christmas in 2011. Reed is a 2011 Arts KC Inspiration Grant recipient and a Charlotte Street Generative Performing Arts Award nominee. Jolly Rancher debuted at the Seaside Repertory Theatre in January 2012 during his month-long artist residency with Escape to Create. 

FIRST Friday at the Fishtank!

CARD TABLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

LITERARY CANON FODDER

 8pm! $8 at the door.

A hysterical historical romp through 4000 years of history's greatest literature! This Lawrence based company that last appeared at the Fishtank with the Shitty Deal Puppet Theatre's A Very Shitty Christmas Carol is back with hilariously surreal assaults on world literature from Hammurabi's code to Nick Hornby.

"You get the impression that Will Averill had a lot of fun writing this... I'd compare it to a well-known store's 'extremely chocolatey mini-bites'; tasty morsels of treats that would be far too much to consume in the whole. Avoid literary indigestion and take this short-cut." --ThreeWeeks (Edinburgh Festival Newspaper)

PLAYING LIVE FROM 6-7
THE B'DINAS

February at the FISHTANK

ROMANTIC FOOLS 
FEBRUARY 2 - 19

Men. Women. Dating. Relationships. Taking a chance on the hope of romance....you'd have to be a fool, right? From a cavemen with a heart of gold, to a couple of vegans with one greasy secret, Romantic Fools presents us with a world where no blind date can be too horrific, no relationship too weird. This two-character comedy examines love, lust, dating, and romance.

Written with the comedy stylings of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Classic Vaudeville, and Late Night Theatre in mind, this is one night of live sketch-comedy you won't soon forget. Husbands bring your wives, wives bring your boyfriends, come have a laugh... and maybe a drink or two.

MY CINEMATIC VALENTINE
or Love's Lost Reels & Deleted Scenes
FEBRUARY 13 7:30pm
$ donations accepted at the door  $

Thirteen days before the Oscars and 306 days before the 2012 Presidential Election, in which the GOP candidates have given us some entertaining moments, the Fishtank Performance Studio invites you to MY CINEMATIC VALENTINE. This third installment of the anti-Valentine series features our performers blowing the cobwebs off the reels of their own love stories, careless make-out sessions in the back row and power-hungry love triangles in which the outcome could affect our Constitutional freedoms.

Ok, maybe that third one’s a stretch, but with this group – Peter Bakely, Gail Bronfman Bunch, Lisa Cordes, Philip Hooser, Laura Jacobs, Tom Kessler, Jeremy Lillig, Mark Manning, Sarah Beth Mundy and Tyson Schroeder – anything’s possible. This one-night event features music by Jason Beers.

SCREW THE ROSES
FEBRUARY 16 8:30pm
$10 online or at the door

Troupe Somnium, Kansas City's Premiere Dark Cabaret Troupe, is pleased to present our 2012 Season Opening at the Fishtank with 'Screw the Roses', a close up look on the darker sides of love, obsession and the passions of the heart. 

With the men and women of Troupe Somnium, along with special guest stars. 

Tickets are $10 and available online here!

SHITTY DEAL PUPPET THEATRE

FEBRUARY 24 & 25

MORE INFO TO COME

Original LIVE Late Night Talk Show Debuts at the FISHTANK!

THE NIGHTCAP

FRIDAY THE 13TH

10PM

tickets are $15 and available online here!!!

The theatrical team of Damian Blake and Annie Cherry present a new live talk show at the Fishtank Performance Studio at 10pm the second Friday of each month. The show features interviews with local performers, and occasional historical and/or fictitious characters. Blake plays his infamous lounge lizard-esque character, Arty Vulgaris, and asks the hard hitting, the intimate, and the awkward questions. The show also features notable musical guests. The lineup for the debut show includes Annie Cherry, actor Katie Gilchrist, comic Martin Plant, music by The Vi Tran Band, and burlesque by Violet Vendetta. The program will be webcast the week of the performance.

Damian Blake and Annie Cherry are a performing duo, specializing in vaudeville style entertainment, though their talents defy confinement to just one genre. They sing, dance, act, pantomime... They are as comfortable and engaging performing in a fancy-schmancy theater as they are on a rural sidewalk. With performances ranging from family friendly clowning to bawdy material they will charm the pants right off of you (usually figuratively speaking). Always searching for new creative outlets, these two are guaranteed to captivate, titillate, and twitterpate. The two perform as well as writing and producing their own material.

CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS DECEMBER 18 & 19 ONLY

The Fishtank Performance Studio is happy to host

CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS

a one woman memory play

by Christopher Martin

Starring LINDSEY MCKEE

DEC 18 & 19 8PM, $15

tickets available online here

CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS is Lindsey's story.

A native of Great Britain, Miss McKee was born in the big bedroom of her grandmother's house in Kingston on Thames, London. The middle child of dysfunctional parents, her family moved to South Africa where a discerning music teacher discovered Lindsey's voice. After taking the lead in Pirates of Penzance at the local boys school, she developed a taste for treading the boards and there was no looking back. On returning to the U.K., she completed high school, went to college, received her degree in music education, then was sidetracked by her opportunities to perform. She attended the Guild Hall School of Music in London and received her degree in vocal performance. Whilst a student at the Guild Hall, she sang with the London Bach Choir for the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer  her invitation only being issued after she boldly invited the Prince for a drink at a local pub. She made her professional debut in London singing Mary in Elgar's The Kingdom before marrying and moving to the United States. Since crossing the puddle in 1982, Ms. McKee has performed with numerous orchestras, opera companies and professional theatres. 

Today she is a professor of voice for both the University of Tulsa and the University of Missouri, Kansas City. After having been asked to tell her story for many years at various events and parties, she asked playwright Christopher Martin to combine her life experiences into a piece of relevant art, CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS.

A VERY FISHTANK HOLIDAY SEASON!

 AD HOC MUSIC SERIES CURATED BY PETER LAWLESS

NOVEMBER 27 8pm, $8

Peter Lawless' GAME NIGHT - This special event will feature series curator PETER LAWLESS and his closest musical friends performing a number of original "game pieces." Written over the last five years and inspired in part by the early work of John Zorn, these interactive pieces of for improvising musicians inject much-needed humor and fun into the often stuffy world of Avant-Garde music.

Advance tickets are only $8! Get your at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/183027



SHITTY DEAL PUPPET COMPANY  LAWRENCE, KS
PRESENTS: A SHITTY CHRISTMAS CAROL
FIRST FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 and SATURDAY DECEMBER 3  - 8pm AND 10pm  TICKET PRICES COMING SOON

"Shitty Deal Puppet Theatre Company is like a Chinese meal, in that 15 minutes later you want another one... Brilliant stuff."  - TheScotsman.com

From London, England to Edinburgh, Scotland to Lawrence to the Fishtank! We are happy to host the Shitty Deal Puppet Company! Each show is based on Mr Doper's exposition of the given topic for the benefit of his "little friend Bobby", a creature so adorably cute you'd kick Bambi out of the way to cuddle him. In Shitty Deal Christmas Carol Bobby learns meaning of Christmas through a series of heartbreaking yet funny events.  Four puppeteers play all the roles in this Lawrence company that has performed in the states and at the Edinburgh Fringe from 2007-2009 in which they received  five-star reviews from one of the toughest comic critics at the Edinburgh Fringe!



GETTING LUCKY: 
A STAND-UP SHOW FROM A LAY-DOWN LADY
KC NATIVE, SUSANNA LEE, BRINGS 1-WOMAN SHOW HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 9PM  $10

Lucky DeLuxe (Susanna Lee) is a notable figure with a very noticeable one. Calling to mind a modern-day Mae West, she tickles her audiences with a combination of sharp-wit, shameless experience and teasing sensuality. Having successfully integrated burlesque routines into her standup stage show, this lovely lady brings a bevy of sauce and seduction to every performance. She’s been described as “a cross between June Cleaver and Columbia from Rocky Horror, with the vernacular of a stevedore.”  “Getting Lucky”, was awarded the “Best Of Fringe” title for its venue, during its debut run at the 2011 Kansas City Fringe Festival. 

"I can't wait for these shows! KC is my hometown and I'm excited to film my dvd at the Fishtank! One of my favorite venues!" -Susanna Lee

Tickets are $10 and available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/212959

CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS 

DEC 11, 12, 18 and 19, 8PM $15

These leftovers require much more than tupperware and a microwave.

An original solo show inspired by her own experiences, Christmas Leftovers is the story of Lindsey, a mother of one daughter and sister to two siblings, who is left to survive and breathe in the shadows of her recently deceased mother. It is now her responsibility to create the idyllic Christmas that her family has grown to know and expect. She discovers that she must confront her past so that her family can realize a more perfect Christmas right now.  Written by Christopher Martin. Directed by James Wright.

Tickets available online for $15 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208674

BUMP! "Savagely Funny" - KC Star

The Fishtank Performance Studio Presents:
BUMP 
BY David WAYNE REED    BESS WALLERSTEIN   &  HEIDI VAN

NOVEMBER 4 - 14 at the FISHTANK

CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TIX - ON SALE NOW!

From the creators of WHITE NOSE CHRISTMAS: A Tabloid Nativity of Rehab and Rebirth comes the next installment in the life and times of Brindsay Kardilton, America's favorite celebutataunte. 

Brindsay Kardilton, desperate to restart her career in the wake of her jail time and rehab stints, decides to give back to the world by becoming a surrogate. Due any moment, she heads to the Big Apple for a whirlwind press junket to promote her new lines, a new life and her big bump! 

BUMP IN THE NEWS
KC STAR Review! Bump gives Birth to Laughter at the Fishtank!

BUMP Brings Faux Celebrity Back to the Fishtank 

KC STAR Preview Article: Heidi Van's Baby Bump Has A Starring Role in Fishtank Production

White Nose Christmas, winner of 2011 "Best Stocking Stuffer"

SHOW TIMES
NOV 10, THURS.    8PM
NOV 11, FRI.          8PM & 10PM
NOV 13, SUN.        6PM & 8PM
NOV 14, MON.       8PM
      
TIX are $15. On sale Online NOW!
WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND PURCHASING TIX IN ADVANCE! SEATING IS LIMITED!

COMING UP AT THE FISHTANK!

WORKSHOPS @ the FISHTANK

Actors with Moxie Presents:

Workshops in IMPROVISATION

Registration required: CONTACT STACEY SIEGERT @ Actorswithmoxie@gmail.com 

 

 

October 16, 9am - 12noon, $50

Move it! Yes, I mean you.  (Physical Improv class)

Karen Elanor Wight

By freeing up the body, the student will discover new characters, different approaches to creating a relationship onstage, and tools to add variety to their scene work.  

Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and be prepared to move!

 

INSTRUCTOR: KAREN ELANOR WIGHT is a NYC-based actress, dancer, improviser, and teacher. Karen has been improvising for 17 years and is one-half of the wordless improv duo Imp with Asaf Ronen.  In addition to performing, Karen teaches improv at festivals nationally and internationally including Seattle, Toronto, New Zealand, Austin, Baltimore, Providence, Oberlin, Miami, and Los Angeles.

OCTOBER at the FISHTANK!

 FIRST FRIDAY @ the FISHTANK: OCT 7

Ashlee LaPine & Todd Carlton Lanker star in DYING CITY

DYING CITY

A Kansas City Premier, DYING CITY is a staggering &  intimate drama about dealing with loss in our post 9/11 world.

   

Friday, October 7, $15 online & at the door 

7PM Reception & 8PM Show! 

Find out what's next at the studio and enjoy a delicious spread by Californos and cold beverages courtesy of Pabst Blue Ribbon!

Tickets are available online for $15

Seating is limited.

Photo by Noah Whitmore

Featuring  

ASHLEE LAPINE & TODD CARLTON LANKER  

Remaining Performances:   

October 6 - 10, All performances 8pm. 

Special $10 INDUSTRY PRICING  

SUNDAY OCT 9 & MONDAY OCT 10! 

Seating is limited and we strongly encourage purchasing tickets in advance.  Tickets are available online here!

WORKSHOPS @ the FISHTANK

Actors with Moxie Presents Workshops in IMPROVISATION

Registration required: CONTACT STACEY SIEGERT @ Actorswithmoxie@gmail.com 

October 16, 9am - 12noon, $50

Move it! Yes, I mean you. (Physical Improv class)

By freeing up the body, the student will discover new characters, different approaches to creating a relationship onstage, and tools to add variety to their scene work.  

Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and be prepared to move!

 

INSTRUCTOR: KAREN ELANOR WIGHT is a NYC-based actress, dancer, improviser, and teacher. Karen has been improvising for 17 years and is one-half of the wordless improv duo Imp with Asaf Ronen.  In addition to performing, Karen teaches improv at festivals nationally and internationally including Seattle, Toronto, New Zealand, Austin, Baltimore, Providence, Oberlin, Miami, and Los Angeles.

Improvisation for Intermediate & Advanced Actors*

October 29, with Megan Hovde Wilkins from the Second City in Chicago

Two Sessions: 1pm-3:30 or 4pm-6

Impressionism Advanced Improv for Actors 3.5 hours 1-3:30pm $45

What impression do you make as an improviser?  Sometimes an outside eye can inspire you in a new way, let’s see… This workshop provides a one on one opportunity to perform and receive assessment from the perspective of a director, teacher and fellow inproviser.

Intermediate Improv for Actors 2 hours 4-6pm $40

For the day player.  Had a little improv in your life? Want some more?  This workshop will hone your skills and focus on character work- developing and maintaining interesting choices and creating sustaining believable characters.  Solid character work is one of the most important elements of both long and short form improv.

 *Experience level: Must feel comfortable improvising.

 

INSTRUCTOR: Megan Hovde Wilkins is a professional actor and improviser in Chicago, and has been performing and teaching improvisation for 10 years.  She's a member of the Second City National Touring Company, performing improv and sketch comedy all over the world. She also performs at the IO Theater (Improv Olympic), the Annoyance Theater and at improv festivals all over the country with improv teams American Dream and KOKO, among others. Offstage, she is an instructor at the Conservatory at the Second City Training Center.

SEPTEMBER AT THE FISHTANK

The Fishtank has an exciting line up for the Fall. Here is what is coming up this month in the studio. Each event has a different producer and different ticket prices. If you have any questions or need further information I will be happy to help you at Heidi@FishtankTheater.com

 

SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 10      

RELEVANCE PRODUCTIONS Presents
DYING CITY 

By Christopher Shinn, Directed by TREVOR BELT
A Kansas City Premiere & 2008 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Starring
ASHLEE LAPINE and  TODD CARLTON LANKER

The time is July, 2005. A year after her husband’s death in Iraq, Kelly, a young therapist, confronts his identical twin brother, who shows up at her apartment unannounced. A Kansas City premiere, DYING CITY is a staggering and intimate drama about dealing with loss in our post 9/11 world.

“The finest new American play I’ve seen in a long while…” 

–The New York Observer

  

DYING CITY runs September 22-24, September 29-October 2 and October 6-10 at 8PM Tickets are $15 General Admission. Seating is limited! We encourage purchasing in advance.

Tickets can be purchased online here!

Relevance Productions: "Bringing Socially Relevant Theatre to Kansas City."

 

SEPTEMBER 25, 8pm

Peter Lawless & The Ad Hoc Music Series Present

HOMINID

HOMINID is Hunter Long's project exploring the use of electronic sounds in new modern jazz. Hunter combines his love of the beats of Bjork, Kanye West, and Radiohead with his studies with modern jazz icons Dave Douglas and Greg Osby. 

With Russell Thorpe, Matt Leifer, and Jeff Stocks, they expand the music to create one of the most forward thinking groups in Kansas City.

Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. 

Tickets are available online here! 

SEPTEMBER 26, 7pm

Philip blue owl Hooser Presents

Eat Their Words

$5-15 at the door

Ironic toward the iconic, "Eat Their Words" returns to the Fishtank Performance Studio after summer vacation with a fresh new set of stale celebrity books to read from, and all for laughs.

"It's like adult story time -- and sometimes very adult, "says series curator Philip blue owl Hooser. "Some very talented and funny performers gather to read from literary heavyweights like Suzanne Somers, Marilu Henner, and Keith Richards. We will also premiere a selection from a very special collective autobiography which is not just beyond belief, it is Beyonce belief."

The books are brought to life by a revolving cast of some of the area's best comedic performers, including Bess Wallerstein, Mel Neet, Pete Bakely, Gail Bronfman Bunch, and Samantha Silveira.

First Friday at the Fishtank Presents a Benefit Performance

Photo by Richard Sutton

September 2, 2011 8pm - 10pm

First Friday Benefit & Performance

$20, Kids 12 & under are free

8pm Doors Open 

Cocktail & Hor D'ourves Reception

Resident & Associate Artist Meet & Greet

2011 Fall Season Preview

9:30pm Performance: Rubble by Heidi Van

Experience a Fishtank trademark window play. Rubble is a surreal & cinematic story played out in the Fishtank’s storefront window, giving Kansas City audiences a truly unique “theater al fresco” experience.
  

Tickets are $20 and available online at Brown Paper Tickets or by clicking this link.      Kids 12 & under are free!

SPONSORED BY

RUBBLE: A new play by Heidi Van with music by Peter Lawless examines what's left behind after devastation & destruction. Performed in and outside the windows of the Fishtank, "an environmental theatre break through" (The Pitch). Featuring Doogin Brown, Coleman Crenshaw, J. Will Fritz, Ashlee LaPine, LowRain Milburn, Vanessa Severo & Heidi Van with original live music by Katelyn Boone, Katie Guillen & 

Peter Lawless.  

 Heidi Van is the recipient of a 2011 Inspiration Grant awarded by the ArtsKc Fund which provided financial assistance to make this performance possible.

RUBBLE REVIEWS AND PHOTOS FROM THE 2011 KC FRINGE FESTIVAL

RUBBLE Reviews & Photos

RUBBLE REVIEW: LOOK FOR THE SIGNS...  

   

RUBBLE... IN KC STAR  

FIRST DAY SLIDE SHOW OF FESTIVAL INCLUDES RUBBLE... KC STAR  

RUBBLE REVIEW - THIS SHOW IS WHAT FRINGE IS ABOUT 

BLANK by Brian Stanton

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

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Kansas City Native Returns Home with Award-Winning Solo Play Exploring Adoption & Identity

Los Angeles based Playwright/Actor Brian Stanton announces the Midwest Premiere of his award-winning, critically acclaimed, original solo play BLANK, directed by McKerrin Kelly.

Produced by Heidi Van and The Fishtank Performance Studio in association with BLANK Productions, BLANK, written and performed by Kansas City native Stanton, will run June 23 – July 10, Thursdays thru Saturdays at 8:30pm with Sunday matinees at 3:00pm at The Fishtank Performance Studio in the Crossroads District of Kansas City at 1715 Wyandotte.  Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at 

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/178955.

Stanton plays 12 characters to share his true adoption story, the title referring to the name space on his Original Birth Certificate.  He has 2 birth certificates: one stating the names of his adoptive parents, and, although illegal for adoptees to possess in his birth state of Missouri, one revealing the name of his birth mother.  Brian embarks on a mythical quest for identity only to learn he’s a product of rape.  This horrific truth ultimately leads Brian to discover an instinctive love for his birth mother, a grateful dedication to his adoptive family and a sense of wholeness within.

BLANK had its World Premiere in Los Angeles, CA in April of 2010.  Since then, BLANK has visited Off Broadway New York, Dallas, Orlando and several cities in Southern California garnering critical acclaim along the way including a “Best Solo Actor” award at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City and 2 StageSceneLA awards: “Outstanding Actor in a Solo Performance” for Stanton and “Outstanding Director of a Solo Performance” for Kelly. Following the Kansas City run, BLANK will return to New York City in August for the New York International Fringe Festival.  Stanton has also reached out to the adoption community performing for national support organizations such as the American Adoption Congress and the Concerned United Birthparents.

Stanton began his professional acting career in Overland Park, KS at Theatre for Young America in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mike TeeVee in 1988.  He was last seen acting in Kansas City in The Rose Theatre at Rockhurst High School in 1993.  After receiving his MFA in Theatre at California Institute of the Arts, he has made a theatrical career in Southern California. BLANK marks Stanton’s first turn as playwright.

For further information on BLANK, please visit www.thebrianstanton.com and “Like” BLANK on Facebook. 

BUY TICKETS HERE!

Pies From the Porn Kitchen -EXTENDED! April 7-9!

A new play by Natalie Licardello

"A potent bit of alternative theatre." - KC Star
Read the full review here!

Two cleaning ladies walk into an upscale Manhattan apartment and encounter an unlikely mix of baked goods, pornography, and a naked dude named Zeke. Shenanigans ensue, hearts are won, and a star is born in “Pies from the Porn Kitchen”, a new play by Natalie Liccardello, directed by TJ Chasteen and starring Emily Peterson, Maggie Hogan and J. Will Fritz.

Performances are 8:00pm on Thursday April 7, and Friday, April 8.
A late night performance at 10pm on Saturday, April 9.
Pie and refreshments will be served.

To reserve you ticket call (816) 809-7110 or email heidi@fishtanktheater.com. Tickets are $10 - 20 on a sliding scale. Proceeds benefit the University Theatre Association.

Get Committed!

THREE PERFORMANCES LEFT!
MARCH 17,18 & 19
All shows at 8:30pm
Tickets: $15

This devastatingly funny show follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at New York's number-one restaurant. From a high class housewife, to Naomi Campbell's light in the loafer assistant and many more in this cast of desperate callers who will stop at nothing to land a prime reservation, or the right table. Amid the insanity, Sam's got his own needs to contend with—his recently widowed dad wants him home for Christmas, and he's up for a choice part at Lincoln Center. While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he manage to look out for himself? Fully Committed boasts a cast of 40 all played by one man!

Shea Coffman as Sam Peliczowski
Directed by Fishtank Curator, Heidi Van

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE

Birdies

116 W. 18th Street

12:00PM - 7:00PM (Tuesday - Sunday)

You can also purchase your tickets at the door 1/2 prior to showtime.

Seating is limited and tickets are going fast!

The lines are long... so get your tickets in advance!

WHITE NOSE CHRISTMAS
created & performed by
DAVID WAYNE REED, BESS WALLERSTEIN
& HEIDI VAN

Now Playing Dec. 16 - 23 at 8:30pm
Tickets are *$15 and available in advance at
Birdies Panties, 116 W. 18th Street
*SEATING IS LIMITED, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND PURCHASING TICKETS IN ADVANCE. TIX ARE $15, THERE WAS A MISPRINT IN THE KC STAR ON PRICING.

"Runaway winner for best holiday show...story flies like a Friday night on ecstacy and is as crisp as this week's issue of US Weekly."

-GRACE SUH, PITCH WEEKLY

"A holiday show unlike anyother...the room resonated with a vibe that wouldn't be out of place in a hole-in-the-wall theatre in downtown Manhattan."

-ROBERT TRUSSELL, KANSAS CITY STAR

Brindsay Kardilton is a Hollywood It Girl with a penchant for all vices great and small. It's all fame and reindeer games till a car accident/DUI/altercation lands her in the slammer. On a not-so-silent night in Jail, Brindsay Kardilton is visited by the Ghosts of Rehab Past, Present & Future where visions of booger sugar and fenemies dance in her head.

Don't miss this original Fishtank Holiday Show by David Wayne Reed, Heidi Van & Bess Wallerstein!!!

Fishtank Generates Original Show for the Holidays

The Fishtank Performance Studio Presents:
WHITE NOSE CHRISTMAS:
A Tabloid Nativity of Rehab & Rebirth
Created & Performed by
Late Night Theatre alum, David Wayne Reed
Bess Wallerstein of CounterClockwise Comedy
Heidi Van (as Brindsay), Curator, Fishtank Performance Studio.

Brindsay Kardilton is a Hollywood It Girl with a penchant for all vices great and small. It’s all fame and reindeer games until an altercation/accident/DUI sends her to jail. On a not-so-silent night in jail, Brindsay Kardilton is visited by the ghosts of rehab past, present and future, where visions of booger sugar and frenemies dance in her head.

This parable is a sobering satire of celebrity, Christmas and cocaine.

The show opens on December 11, 2010 at the Fishtank Performance Studio located at 1715 Wyandotte. The show runs December 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23.


Tickets are $15 and available in advance at Birdies starting on December 1 or by calling 816.809.7110.

Fishtank tours Original Window Play to New Orleans

The Fishtank is sending it's original production
L'HISTOIRE D'AMOUR: A Clown Love Story to the Big Easy for the New Orleans Fringe Festival. L'Histoire is one of the Fishtank Performance Studio's trademark window plays, performed inside of a window with the audience on the street. I've found a wonderful window in the Big Easy at the Le Chat Noir Theatre!

This is an incredible opportunity to expose work to a different market, acquire new patrons and forge new connections with other performing artists and performing arts venues.

I've started a fundraising campaign to support the travel & accomodation costs associated with remounting L'Histoire in New Orleans. Can you help us get to New Orleans?

Pledge now on Kickstarter! Pledges start at $5.

There are some cool kickbacks for backers of this project:

A Patron's Party at Californo's in Westport on Saturday, November 6th

Tickets to December's First Friday at the Fishtank: A Holiday Circus

First Friday at the Fishtank Passes for a Year!

History of L'HISTOIRE D'AMOUR
In August of 2009, Fishtank Performance Studio founders Heidi Van & Corrie Van Ausdal collaborated with actor Matt Weiss and musicians Peter Lawless & Daniel Eichenbaum to create L'HISTOIRE D'AMOUR: A Clown Love Story. It was developed to be performed in the windows of the Fishtank Performance Studio giving Kansas City audiences a unique "theater al fresco" experience.

L'Histoire is a tender tale of a street-sweeping, window-washing clown (Matt Weiss) who falls for the luscious Lucette (Van) whom he sees each day in a pastry shop window. The sweet story turns to a bitter tragedy in this original play that places the audience in the street, looking into the pastry shop.

"Without words, and in just a half-hour, L'Histoire D'Amour works up more excitement between its lovers than most full-length romances." - Pitch, Kansas City

L'HISTOIRE D'AMOUR, produced by Heidi Van's HYBRID: A Theatre Collective, enjoyed a three week run in the windows of the Fishtank and was selected to perform for the Arts KC Luncheon at Starlight Theatre in March of 2010.

This November L'HISTOIRE D'AMOUR has the opportunity to perform in a New Orleans window at the Le Chat Noir Theatre. This fundraising campaign will support costs related to touring the production to New Orleans and participating in the Fringe Festival. This opportunity will provide networking opportunities for the performers as well as producers from HYBRID and the Fishtank to make new connections, gain new patrons and introduce Kansas City window theatre to New Orleans.

Take an IMPROV workshop this weekend and get one FREE!

Take this weekend's beginner/intermediate level classes at
Fishtank Performance Studio, featuring nationally recognized
improvisers, JoKyR and Jesster (Joe Rogan and Jesse Parent), and we'll give you a FREE workshop at the Improv-Abilities Training Center!
That's right, two workshops for the price of one! Click the link below for details and RSVP, then contact kessler.tom@gmail.com to claim your free workshop. Don't miss it! This deal will only come around once!
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