It's a Circus Out There
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All performances at Logan Fringe Arts Space: Trinidad Theatre, 1358 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Friday, July 10, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 12, 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 19, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 25, 12:00 p.m.
Synopsis
Leila Blaze takes over as the new CEO and President of the Bringling Brothers Circus, the finest circus in all the land. As problems and crisis begin to mount, will Leila be able to handle the pressure, or will she crumble like three-day-old cotton candy? An allegory on the unforseen challenges leaders must face, It's a Circus Out There is an all-ages theatrical experience complete with clowns, knife throwing, fire eating and more!
We hope you will join us for It's a Circus Out There!
Written and Directed by
Kevin Finkelstein
Starring
The Ringmaster: Michael Harris
Leila Blaze: Stefanie Garcia
Oliver Droopbackle Dzierzanowski: Nick DePinto †
Akolo: Jon Jon Johnson
Sally Jericho / Nancy Heifersweiderfur: Jacqueline Chenault
"Wild Bill" Burdenhop / Paul Massey: Christian Campbell
Lucy Reeves / Trish Cassidy: Duyen Washington †
Vladimir Petrov / Alejandro: Casey Severn
† Appears Courtesy of Actors Equity Association
Production and Design Team
Stage Manager: Corie Bruines
Sound Design: Mehdi Raoufi
Lighting Design: Brian Allard
Costume Design: Kat Schuster
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kristina Zilli
Set Design: Kevin Finkelstein
Meet the Cast and Crew
Christian M.A. Campbell
Jacqueline Chenault is thrilled to be returning to the DC Fringe Festival in her Federal Theatre Project debut, after previous projects with Red Knight Productions (Medieval Story Land) and Off The Quill (Violent Delights: A Shakespearean Brawl-esque Sideshow). Other recent projects include: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (U/S) at the Folger Theatre; Astro Boy and the God of Comics (U/S) with Studio’s 2nd Stage; The Merchant of Venice in original pronunciation with the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory; A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Two Noble Kinsmen with Brave Spirits Theatre;Sunny and Licorice with Arts on the Horizon; Fallbeil with Glass Mind Theatre Company; and The Arabian Nights at Silver Spring Stage. She is a Company member at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and a proud graduate of the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. www.jacquelinechenault.com
Nick DePinto is an Actor based in Washington DC. He has performed internationally, at domestic regional Shakespeare Festivals, on national tours the lower 48 (6 times!). He has studied at the Moscow Art Theatre, the Hilberry Repertory Theatre at Wayne State University, and Wittenberg University. Around town you have sen him as: Huxley in Trumpery and Oliver in Da at the esteemed Olney Theatre Center; Foustka in Temptation and Apollo in The Orestia (The Helen Hayes’ John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company) at the rowdy Constellation Theatre; Fred/Young Ebeneezer in A Christmas Carol at the historic Ford’s Theatre; Dumaine the Elder in All’s Well That End’s Well at the renowned Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Conjurer in Magic at the rascally Washington Stage Guild, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the zesty Annapolis Shakespeare Festival; The Giant in The Carolina Layaway Grail at the subversive The Welders. When not onstage, Nick can be found teaching Acting for Stage & Screen as an adjunct faculty member at Mcdaniel College. He also enjoys all forms of artistic collaboration as well as comic books, cooking, painting, and playing original music with his comedy rock duo, A Rustic Riot, or with his powerfolk band, The Dusty Stars. Nick lives with his wife and 2 cats.
Stefanie Garcia is happy to be back with the Federal Theater Project for a third time. Stefanie has performed at the Kennedy Center (Shear Madness), Gala Hispanic Theatre (Living Out), Studio Theatre (Motherf*cker With the Hat u/s), Spooky Action Theater (The Wedding Dress), Landless Theatre (Sweeney Todd: Prog Metal Version, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog, High Fidelity: The Musical), Synetic Family Theater (Las Aventuras de Tio Conejo), Young Playwrights’ Theater (New Play Festival), and more. Graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Lee Strasberg Film & Theater Institute.
Kevin Finkelstein (Writer/Director) is the Founding Artistic Director of the Federal Theatre Project, as well as the Co-Founder of LiveArtDC and the Resident Director for Lean & Hungry Theater. He is also an Executive Producer for Frozen Penguin Productions. Past directing favorites include The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson's Sixth Grade Class and Someone to Watch Over Me (Federal Theatre Project), Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Oedipus the King, Hamlet and MacBeth (Lean and Hungry Theater), Fat Men in Skirts and The Horrors of Online Dating (Molotov Theatre Group) and The Good Woman of Setzuan (Assistant Director, Constellation Theatre Company). Kevin will next appear onstage in 2016 for Lean and Hungry Theatre's Lear. Follow along with his adventures at kevinfinkelstein.com.