NEW SERIES

EPISODE ONE
FRIDAY Sept 21, 8pm
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/277174

A Night of Transdisciplinary Art

2012 Generative Artist Award Winners on KCUR

 
 By Steve Walker for KCUR

 

"Since 2008, the Charlotte Street Foundation has recognized creative Kansas Citians who, within their various genres, consistently produce original and innovative work that often falls outside the mainstream. 

Selected for this year's Generative Performing Artist Awards are composer and musician Patrick Conway and theater artist Heidi Van.

Receiving an honor like the Charlotte Street Foundation's Generative Performing Artist Award can prompt honorees to think about their work – where it’s been and where it’s going. Conway and Van take the opportunity to describe themselves as artists lest anyone else do it for them."

Listen to the interview here!

Fishtank Produces 4th Annual Window Play

The Annual Fishtank Window Play
 
"Voyeur: An Urban Rhapsody" 
by Fishtank Curator Heidi Van 
Featuring Heidi Van and Coleman Crenshaw With Pete Bakely, Hailey Lauren Jones and Shawna Downing
With live music composed by Patrick Alonzo Conway and will be performed by the People's Liberation Big Band of Greater KC.


Heidi Van and Patrick Alonzo Conway are the 2012 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Fellows and their performance follows a celebratory pre-show reception at the Fishtank.  Tickets can be purchased in advance here!

Lessons From Marlene EXTENSION

Lessons From Marlene 

is extending to 

FIRST FRIDAY AUGUST 3

and

SATURDAY AUGUST 4 

Performances are at 8pm

Tickets are $10 online (plus service charge) or $15 (cash or check) at the door.

Buy advance tickets here for 8/3 or 8/4!  

"Katie Kalahurka's commanding performance leaves little doubt in the viewer’s mind that he or she has seen something remarkable!" - KC STAR
 

FISHTANK FRINGE News & Reviews!

 THE GREATEST SPEECH

KC Fringe 2012: “Greatest Speech” is a great history lesson | KCMETROPOLIS.org - Kansas City's Online Journal of the Performing Arts

KC STAGE Audience Reactions

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LESSONS FROM MARLENE

Writer/Performer Katie Kalahurka talks with KCUR's Laura Spencer about her one woman Cabaret, Lessons From Marlene

Kalahurka featured in Fringe Preview in KC Star

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DANDELION CHAINS

In her one-woman show Dandelion Chains, playwright and actor Shanna Shrum performs the roles of six characters whose lives intersect as two men struggle to maintain custody of their adopted daughter, Ella. It examines deeper issues of redefining “normal” and “family,” inherited familial and societal values, and domestic abuse. Dandelion Chains asks, what can we do to assure a better life for our children, no matter how painful it may be for ourselves? Can we achieve redemption from our pasts? Read the full review here! 

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 DOWN TO MONTEREY

Audience Reactions to Lee Domann and Down to Monterey 




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REMEMBER ALL FRINGERS MUST ALSO PURCHASE A FRINGE FESTIVAL BUTTON FOR ENTRY TO ANY SHOW. BUTTONS ARE A ONE TIME PURCHASE OF $5. 
ALL PATRONS MUST HAVE A BUTTON. 

EXTENDED AUGUST 3 & 4

LESSONS FROM MARLENE

written & performed by Katie Kalahurka

directed by  Vanessa Severo 

In a pivotal moment Marlene Dietrich graces the earth to provide guidance while entertaining us with song, dance, and good old fashioned sketch comedy.

Click to purchase below! Limited Seating!

Fringe Performances:

July 23 at 6pm    July 25 at 6pm     July 27 at 9pm

Extension:
August 3 & 4 at 8pm

THE FISHTANK HOSTS 7 SOLO SHOWS AS PART OF THE KANSAS CITY FRINGE FESTIVAL JULY 18 - 29

FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.KCFRINGE.ORG 

THE WOMAN

by Phil Blue Owl Hooser

June 1 - 4 

It is funny, inspiring, quick, witty and there is only one weekend to see not the movie The Women, but a stunning recreation/tribute by Philip “Blue Owl” Hooser. Not seen since its Late Night Theatre premiere in 2004, this one-man show (with a whole lot of lady parts) will resurface at the Fishtank Performance Studio.
 

Hooser portrays nearly 100 characters, all women, with the help of quite a few hats. … The story revolves around New York City’s 1 percent, as gossip ruins the marriage of Mary Haines with a little help from her frenemy Sylvia Fowler and, of course, Crystal Allen, the girl behind the perfume counter who has her hooks in Mary’s husband.
 

It’s your gay aunt’s Jungle Red -- not the pitiful remake. Known for dialogue that drips with venom, this movie is a significant piece of gay history and Hollywood gossip -- all of which will be revealed, from the feuds to the injury, from the Lavender Mafia to the uncredited screen debut! So, if you can’t see the Spiderman musical, you still might see an actor die on stage.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. June 1-4 at the Fishtank Performance Studio, 1715 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. To pre-purchase the $12 tickets, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/250176

THE NIGHTCAP  

with Arty Vulgaris & Annie Cherry 

June 8, 10pm, $15

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. 

Tickets are $15 and available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/219576

SHOW ON THE ROAD

Devised in a clown car from California to Kansas City.
 

Featuring
Pico (Becca Stabile)  

and  Spatula (Hailey Jones)
 

Saturday, June 16th at 8pm
Sunday, June 17th at 3pm and 8pm
Monday, June 18th at 8pm
 

Two recent graduates of Dell'Arte are driving from Northern California to Kansas City. While driving, they are going to create a piece of clown theatre. They will arrive in Kansas City on Friday night and put up a show on Saturday. No performance will be the same, as they will be altering the piece as it lives with the audience. Come meet Spatula and Pico!

This show will be appropriate for kiddos! Also, Sunday is Father's Day! So bring your dad!
Tickets are $10 in advance, or $12 at the door. Buy Advance tickets here!

InTENsity! April 27-30

THIS WEEKEND AT THE FISHTANK

FOR RESERVATIONS CALL (816) 853-4529

OR EMAIL FHWRITER@AOL.COM

APRIL AT THE FISHTANK

JOLLY RANCHER
by David Wayne Reed
EXTENDED! 4/20-22

If you missed out on Jolly Rancher a couple weeks ago and were all like "dang, I really wanted to see that..." you still can! TONIGHT-SUNDAY. As you know the Fishtank is intimate so reserve your tickets now.  Enjoy lots of laughs!!! Look forward to seein ya'll.  Reserve your tix online NOW at brownpapertickets.com.

Show features special opening acts: Daisy Buckët on Friday, April 20th at 8 p.m.;  Annie Cherry & Damian Blake on Sat, April 21st at 8 pm.; and Corrie Van Ausdal on Sunday, April 22nd at 7pm!!