Farm Arts Collective presents of weekend of innovative performances Sept. 13-15 during a 3-day festival of solo works by women artists. All performances will take place at the new Agri-Cultural Center on Willow Wisp Organic Farm located at 38 Hickory Lane, Damascus, PA 18415. Tickets are $30 or $60 for a 3show pass. Purchase online at www.farmartscollective.org
The shows include:
“FOOL ,” by Clown Daddy, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13.
“Fool – the Wanderings of the Last Clown on Earth,” is the tale of a solitary clown stuck alone in a bunker. Each day is like the last, until one not-so-special day, the unexpected happens, and she decides to go outside. Clown Daddy is a Sullivan County based artist trained in French mime techniques (L’Ecole Jacques LeCoq) and at Atlantic Theatre Company, NYU Tisch.
“Dora’s Gently Used Dream Store” by Morgan McKenzie Kauffman, set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14
“Dora’s Gently Used Dreams Store” is created and performed by Morgan McKenzie Kauffman, a Philadelphia area theatre artist. Get a glimpse inside a makeshift shop containing Dora’s secret collection – the dreams and nightmares donated by past customers.
Writer and performer Morgan McKenzie Kauffman merges simple magic, character, science and folk lore to tell the story of Dora and the patrons who make up this mysterious market. This interactive show changes every performance as Dora’s collection grows with each new audience.
Shop the store, donate dreams in this intimate experience about our relationship to the uncontrollable stories that come through us every night. For the antique addicts, mystically moved, even the dubious doubtful, “Dora’s Gently Used Dream Store” offers a sense of awe and enigma for the unconscious phenomenon shared by us all. This show premiered at the Philly Fringe September 2023 to a sold out 6 show run.
“Decompositions” by Tannis Kowalchuk, set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15.
Theatre artist and organic farmer, Tannis Kowalchuk writes and performs a series of fiercely personal stories, dances, and songs that explore decomposition as a metaphor for living a full life. Kowalchuk’s dynamic duet with a pile of compost is a brave new work of live intimate theatre.
Tannis digs into her life as a farmer and artist, theatrically exploring personal stories of art, farming, illness, mortality—and the beautiful mess of loving it all. Directed by Mimi McGurl, songs composed by Rima Fand and Tannis Kowalchuk, sound design by DJ Tikka Masala, and production director is Jess Beveridge. Following this home base presentation at Farm Arts Collective’s new Agri-Cultural Center, this November, “Decompositions” will tour to River Clyde in Prince Edward Island, Zuppa in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2025 the play goes to Mondo Bizarro in New Orleans.
