Wednesday, September 21 at the Maas Building Studio

  • Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a One Bedroom apartment in the Bronx

    5:30pm

    I grew up in a Black Sci-fi Christian home in the Bronx. My childhood was full of time travel, prayers, and the planet trying to recover from the apocalypse. There were Angels and aliens. There were twilight zone marathons, zombies and Sunday morning pews. I am from the Bronx. I do not speak the King's English. I speak the Bronx English. My people have Caribbean and West Indian accents and tones. I speak Black Baptist church. Hymns and scriptures. I speak live long and prosper. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. I speak Prince. Sade. Luther Vandross. I speak the erotic and the sensual. The lusciousness and deliciousness of the body.

  • ADAM&EVE

    7pm

    The naked truth is exposed in this boldly dark, intimate and intense retelling of Genesis where lovers are plunged into an existential crisis after a feeding frenzy for knowledge using karaoke-style pop music, wild projections and loads of live apple-eating.

  • Man of La Manchin

    8:30pm

    Democratic Senator Joe Manchin III is eaten alive in this new comedic musical that's not at all based on Man of La Mancha. Absurd, grotesque, and for legal purposes, 100% satire, Manchin serves up a radical dish that just might feed the soul of a nation in need of liberation.

  • Reception

    10pm

    In 2014, the first interstellar object ever sighted near our sun mysteriously changed course and tumbled away. Soon after, voices purporting to originate from Vega poured uncontrollably from the mouth of a local performing artist. Probing the intentions of the audience, this channeling walks a tightrope between a supernatural or psychological explanation.

Wednesday, September 21 at The Maas Building Garden

  • dance/sing

    5:30pm

    Five collaborators intertwine dancing and singing in an exploration of endearment, serenade, and whimsy. The performers (Tori Breen, Rodney Murray, Maddy Mikami, Lilly McGonigle, and Katherine Desimine) all consider themselves dancers first, and then singers, and are exploring how to break open that notion, and find as much power and confidence in their singing voices as in their dancing bodies.

  • Scoring the End

    7pm

    Settlements of dust fall on the expanse of a passing afternoon. On a day like today, where there is no sun, the day is only passing. Given the debris on the windowsill, it's likely that a new genre of days are on the way. By which, I don't mean spring, but new days altogether. Some new, unfounded name, and in essence, unnameable altogether. Nothing is here for the purpose of use. Utility is a sign of the times. Efficacy, stupidity. A pink shirt draped on the horizon as if to gesture toward a sunset. A gesture is all it can ever amount to. A gesture toward allegory, a gesture toward rhythm, a gesture toward the artfulness of our age in general. The punch has been beaten back with a stick. In effect, the punch fails to exist, and therefore, there is no race toward it. A divine mystery, unfolding in a Shell gas station. The man at the counter is the only one saying things he believes. The canicular days are upon us.

  • Overboard Cabaret

    10pm

    Located in the beautiful Maas Garden Bar, the OVERBOARD! Cabaret is Cannonball's FREE nightly offering of music, circus, comedy, storytelling, strange anthems to pirate lords and ecstatic participatory rituals that are sure to be the perfect end to your night at the Fringe.

    WILD WEDNESDAY will feature “very funny boy” Ben Wasserman!

Wednesday, September 21 at Maas Building Cottage

  • "When All Else Fails: or, Why Not Choose Me?"

    7:30pm

    Ashley W. is looking for the one and she's tired of settling - but you sure could! Taking cues from ABC's "The Bachelor" and other reality dating shows, When All Else Fails is a clownish exploration on love and our human tendency to overromanticize it. Through this semi-immersive piece, audiences will be delighted with Shuron's signature mix of dance, theatre, film, and puppetry that grips at the heartstrings through its most joyous and darkest moments.

  • Jonathan Daylight Live!: Helping You Be Motivated and Productive!

    9pm

    This one-man show combines comedy, theater, and juggling to create something that goes beyond traditional motivational speaking. Jonathan Daylight Live! inadvertently pokes fun at at "hustle culture" and the motivation industry's absurdity and inability to create long lasting change in people. As he gives advice and shares stories, Jonathan realizes that true growth comes from acknowledging our intrinsic value and prioritizing our health and wellbeing.