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 Living the Questions theatrical cabaret

coming to National Storytelling Network Fringe,

and KC Fringe

photos by John Blumenfeld

 

Welcome to the Cabaret of Questions—songs, stories, and poems present characters living questions both personal and political.  An experiment combining story, music, and movement.  Final questions up to you — 

 

Minnesota performance artist Rachel Nelson brings her theatrical cabaret Living the Questions to the 2008 National Storytelling Network Fringe in Gatlinburg, TN on and the  KC Fringe Festival in Kansas City, MO.

 

  Text Box: "[The show’s] creator and lead performer Rachel Nelson . . . uses her edgy presence and piercing gaze to fill the black space and captivate her audience."
Mary Hudetz, Minneapolis Star Tribune
 

 

 

Songs, stories, scenes and poems introduce characters living questions both personal and political. 

 

Meet the devilish cabaret singer, the laid-back folk musician, the woman who has lost her voice, the Washington advisor who pulls an audience member up for a “5-minute political makeover.”  Meet the returning Iraq vet, the redwood tree-sitter. 

 

                                     

 

                       

               

 

     

 

                   

 

               

 

 

As their intersecting stories unfold, what questions do you want to live?  

 

               

 

(See audience Questions from MN Fringe Festival run in 2007 here.)

 

Living the Questions premiered at the 2007 Minnesota Fringe Festival.  A theatrical collaboration, it  features video entr’actes by director Kym Longhi and photographs by Chante Wolf.   The live show also features percussionist Linda Melcher accompanying Nelson’s guitar and fiddle.

 

Read company bios here.                                                                            Text Box: National Storytelling Conference Fringe show
Friday, August 8, 9:30 pm
Gatlinburg A - Gatlinburg Convention Center

 

 

Living the Questions  -

KCFringeFestival                                                                                            

WHERE: 

  The Foundation, 1221 Union,

  (West Bottoms district) 

  Kansas City, MO   64101

 

PERFORMANCES:

Tuesday, July 22 - 8 pm

Wednesday, July 23 - 8pm

Thursday, July 24 - 6:30 pm

Friday, July 25 -9:30 pm

Saturday, July 26 -11:00 pm

 

TICKETS:  $10  (and a KC Fringe button)

On sale at the door, or

Advance tickets after July 14

at www.kcfringe.org, 816-516-4750

 

 

 

For further information, or to schedule phone interviews,

contact Rachel Nelson, bardlive@usfamily.net or 651-353-3370.

08/04/2008                         Copyright  BardLive Music     2008