SAVE The CONEY ISLANd SideShow
Freaks Don't Cry is an immersive experience inspired by Coney Island's acclaimed sideshow. The year is 1975 and none other than Fred Trump is seeking to evict the resident freaks from their home. Our cast is seeking a daring audience, enthusiastic about joining the act and helping to save the sideshow from obscurity. We are also inviting the possibility of a single audience member getting to be initiated as an honorary freak for the night. Perhaps we will finally learn the true price of transformation.
CONCEIVED BY KENDRA SLACK & JORDAN CHLAPECKA
Directed by KENDRA SLACK
Original Text and Movement by The Company
Based on Hans Christen Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid'
Original Music by Stephen Bennett, Justin Boccitto, and Brendan Littlefield
Featuring:
Steve Moore as Andersen
Jordan Chlapecka as The Showman
Tessa Fairey as The Tatooed Princess
Rita McCan as The Bearded Lady
Shan Y. Chuang as The Girl
Musicians: Stephen Bennett, Heidi Clark, and Brenden Littlefield (Music Director)
Costumes by Nicholas Smith
Illusions designed by Steve Moore
Performed Site-Specifically at 1208 Surf Avenue in Coney Island
March 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19 of 2017
Show made possible by:
“BUT A MERMAID HAS NO TEARS, AND THEREFORE SHE SUFFERS SO MUCH MORE
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“Our tale is no creation of fancy; it is the reality in which we live; bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh
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