Jenny Fox

Clutching to the material world and ever unwilling to end any goodbye, elder Eleanor is trapped in a dark cage of her own things. Historically capable and independent, Eleanor desperately searches for her missing lightbulbs and her existence as it was before her mind betrayed her. Haunted by her dead lover who may (or may not?) live inside one of her miniature collectibles and disturbing memories of her long gone mother, she longs for the time when poems came easily and reading children’s books to her beloved daughter comforted them both. Threaded throughout this magically real absurdist fairytale, the Ancestral Mother lives in the wind beckoning Eleanor to let go. When Eleanor’s daughter Janis and granddaughter Althea visit and discover Eleanor’s mystifying deterioration into darkness, three generations of women are thrust together into the nightmarishly baffling medical system on a quest for a diagnosis and acceptance. Laced with poetically transcendent whispers, the animation of the inanimate, and unabashedly tackling the human condition, The Little Horse is Running is a tenderly absurd meditation on intergenerational identity and the human struggle for acceptance in the midst of inescapable mortality.

“Step right up, we aren’t shy! Pitch a tent with us! Make it a big top day!”

Gushing satire and oozing absurdity, Waiting for Barnum barks at us to step right up to the mayhem! Gag with repulsion and giggle at the ridiculousness! It’s a Friday evening at the Cuddly Clown, a local circus themed “breastaurant.” Sexy clown servers cater to rowdy and lascivious customers. As the servers battle to assert their identities in a place that relegates them to smiley clowns, we witness an agonizing discovery and shocking violence. All wait for Barnum in the hopes that he will magically fix what is broken. Will he ever show?

Take a peek under the big tent at the ways in which we are all a part of the circus. Amidst awkward PT Barnum quotes and vulgar circus themed drinks and food, Waiting for Barnum explores themes of power and consent and the transactional structure of our world. We are asked as individuals and as a collective to consider how to take action in the face of injustice.

Content Advisory:
~ Simulation of sexual assault (clothed). Survivors of sexual violence, please take particular note.
~ Profanity.
~ Depiction of racist and misogynistic language and behavior.
~ Mature themes, subject matter, and situations.

Age Recommendation: Generally suitable for persons aged teen and older. However, individual audience discretion is advised due to the nature of the mature topics referenced and the situations depicted.

They judged her to pieces, she fought to be whole.

You Might Think Less of Me is a thought provoking and hilarious solo performance that yanks us along on Girlie’s disturbing odyssey from girlhood to womanhood. Seething with satire and outrageous absurdity, You Might Think Less of Me is an unflinchingly raw catharsis. Whiplashing between a ragtag variety of fifteen wackadoodle and unsettling characters (including sock puppet Girlie, Marilyn Barbie, Girlie’s bullies, and Viki Sky the social media influencer to name just a few!) who scrutinize and overpower Girlie. As Girlie is dissected into accepted and rejected pieces, she battles to become whole. A unique and unpredictable ride through our cultural psyche, scathingly indicting us to challenge societal norms while speaking to the universal quest for belonging, You Might Think Less of Me is an outlandish and welcomed gut punch.

Content Advisory:
~ Profanity.
~ References to sexuality.
~ Depictions of emotional abuse.

Age Recommendation: Generally suitable for persons aged teen and older. However, individual audience discretion is advised due to the nature of the mature topics referenced and the situations depicted.