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UPCOMING SHOWS
Planets, Planets, Planets is an alt comedy troupe that uses improv, clown and sketch to unpack different astrological moments in time.
Planets, Planets, Planets is an alt comedy troupe that uses improv, clown and sketch to unpack different astrological moments in time. The cast is composed of 10 femme and non-binary LA-based comedians and artists, each personifying a planet within an absurd zodiacal world.
Using charts of individuals or the planetary alignments of the moment, every show is different and improvised around a unique theatrical map.
Developed by a group of clowns who are also professional and/or serious students of astrology, the depth of astrological symbolism is met with the nonsense of comedic storytelling.
On Sept 25th, they will be performing the upcoming Full Moon in Aries.
Doors 6:30, Show 7pm
There was once a child named Loves Seafood and it was his destiny to love seafood! Adventure to the seaside with Loves Seafood as he meets various tasty friends. 7 clown creatures show you the wonders of the ocean deep! Will they get eaten?
Featuring: Athena Reddy, Faith Berrigan, Kevin Chu, Michael Colby, Alex Derderian, Ben Haynes, Danelle VonVisger & Lauren Yang!
An exhausted warrior prince must take a great risk to save the last of his men from a supernatural foe. Prince Veridian, First of His Name, Sword of the Dawn and Protector of the People, has fought many wars for his brother, The King, but nothing compares to the eerie threat of The Iron Skeleton and his army of Blood-Soaked Iron Skeletons. Prince Veridian may have to call upon strange, forgotten magic to attempt to win this fight.
An exhausted warrior prince must take a great risk to save the last of his men from a supernatural foe. Prince Veridian, First of His Name, Sword of the Dawn and Protector of the People, has fought many wars for his brother, The King, but nothing compares to the eerie threat of The Iron Skeleton and his army of Blood-Soaked Iron Skeletons. Prince Veridian may have to call upon strange, forgotten magic to attempt to win this fight.
PREVIOUS SHOWS
Le Vicomte is a horny nobleman determined to have every whore in Paris before his wedding tomorrow morning. But the Greatest Whore in Paris refuses to take his money! She hates the aristocracy and would rather see Le Vicomte DEAD than sleep with him. Join them at The Brothel and be a part of The Greatest Love Story of All Time. One part clown, one part burlesque, one part tragedy and three parts true love. Audience participation available for the bold.
Featuring:
Danelle VonVisger as "She" - @danelleisme
Athena Reddy as "Le Vicomte" - @sirathena
Le Vicomte is a horny nobleman determined to have every whore in Paris before his wedding tomorrow morning. But the Greatest Whore in Paris refuses to take his money! She hates the aristocracy and would rather see Le Vicomte DEAD than sleep with him. Join them at The Brothel and be a part of The Greatest Love Story of All Time. One part clown, one part burlesque, one part tragedy and three parts true love. Audience participation available for the bold.
Featuring:
Danelle VonVisger as "She" - @danelleisme
Athena Reddy as "Le Vicomte" - @sirathena
Le Vicomte is a horny nobleman determined to have every whore in Paris before his wedding tomorrow morning. But the Greatest Whore in Paris refuses to take his money! She hates the aristocracy and would rather see Le Vicomte DEAD than sleep with him. Join them at The Brothel and be a part of The Greatest Love Story of All Time. One part clown, one part burlesque, one part tragedy and three parts true love. Audience participation available for the bold.
Featuring:
Danelle VonVisger as "She" - @danelleisme
Athena Reddy as "Le Vicomte" - @sirathena
Athena Reddy & Danelle VonVisger in LOVERS MUST DIE! 18th Century. Paris. Le Vicomte must marry his cousin, The Queen, in the morning! But he has spent the last 5 weeks at The Brothel, debaucherously indulging himself in every prostitute. Except One: She. She will not take his money or even look at him! He becomes obsessed...Come see two clowns venture through this dangerous liaison...
Athena Reddy & Danelle VonVisger in LOVERS MUST DIE! 18th Century. Paris. Le Vicomte must marry his cousin, The Queen, in the morning! But he has spent the last 5 weeks at The Brothel, debaucherously indulging himself in every prostitute. Except One: She. She will not take his money or even look at him! He becomes obsessed...Come see two clowns venture through this dangerous liaison...
Athena Reddy & Danelle VonVisger in LOVERS MUST DIE! 18th Century. Paris. Le Vicomte must marry his cousin, The Queen, in the morning! But he has spent the last 5 weeks at The Brothel, debaucherously indulging himself in every prostitute. Except One: She. She will not take his money or even look at him! He becomes obsessed...Come see two clowns venture through this dangerous liaison...
Athena Reddy performing a BOG BODY BIT! at a crazy St. Patricks comedy show. So many fools…
Athena Reddy & Danelle VonVisger in LOVERS MUST DIE! 18th Century. Paris. Le Vicomte must marry his cousin, The Queen, in the morning! But he has spent the last 5 weeks at The Brothel, debaucherously indulging himself in every prostitute. Except One: She. She will not take his money or even look at him! He becomes obsessed...Come see two clowns venture through this dangerous liaison...
18th Century. France. The Vicomte must marry his cousin, The Queen, in the morning! But he has spent the last 5 weeks at The Brothel, debaucherously indulging himself in every prostitute. Except One: She. She will not take his money or even look at him! He becomes obsessed. What he doesn’t know is that she is in love with him. Not just a beating of the loins but a beating of the heart. Will they get together? What will they do about his marriage to the queen? A guillotine looms onstage as two clowns venture through this musical 18th Century World. Whose head will roll?
Featuring:
Athena Reddy as Le Vicomte, a lover. @sirathena
Danelle VonVisger as She, a lover. @danelleisme
A nobleman and a prostitute have a strange and tense meet cute at an 18th Century Paris Brothel. And you're there too! This is a romantic clown piece about longing, lust and true love. This is a work in progress and the second half of the show may feature some variety and chaos. Come fall in love!
Featuring:
Athena Reddy @sirathena as The Viscount
Danelle VonVisger @danelleisme as Her
Ring in the New Year with John Newspaper, the Inventor of the Newspaper! And 9 of his closest clowns.
On Christmas Eve, entrepreneur John Newspaper (inventor of the newspaper) and his son Roderick (the first newsie) receive a mysterious gift. Who is it from? Why is it here? Can the ghosts of Christmas future help? Will there even be newspapers in Christmas’s future? Join John Newspaper in his quasi-Victorian world for this yuletide haunting. // a clown play for adult audiences / devised by Athena & The Newspaper Co.
John Newspaper, inventor of the newspaper, faces future info-ghosts on his first Christmas as a dad in a surreal musical by 9 clowns.
On Christmas Eve, entrepreneur John Newspaper (inventor of the newspaper) and his son Roderick (the first newsie) prepare for Santa. But when his rival, Thomas Tabloid stops by with a strange gift, everything is turned upside down and John tumbles into a strange dreamworld. Join John Newspaper and characters like Thomas Tabloid, Techno Lucifer, Lysander Pamphlet and more. Help John Newspaper navigate these ghosts as only YOU, the audience can. This piece is heavily interactive. Sit up front if you want presents. Come early to see the preshow display: The Life of Lysander Pamphlet.
Watch 9 clowns sing 10 songs on 1 Christmas Eve.
Clown at its most melodramatic and musical.
Original Songs by Athena Reddy
Synopsis: Astrid shows up for her first day of work at the Danbury Hydroelectric Power and Treatment facility. What follows is a descent into madness. Astrid meets the strange folks who work at the Dam, who take her on a journey that culminates in a trip all the way to oblivion.
Grace Nix as
ASTRID KELVIN – A New Hire, trying her best to navigate the most confusing first day imaginable.
Sean James as
MIKE BROOM – A Dam Employee, somehow unbothered by this strange work environment.
Jeremy D. Thompson as
DR. PAUL MORGAN – Lead Hydrologist, who fears the Dam may already be out of his control.
Michelle Belmont as
JULIA SPENCER – A Cryptozoologist, who has tracked strange birds to the Dam.
Naomi Melville as
ERIN REYNOLDS – Dam Supervisor, who worries they’ve all been under the influence of the Dam for far too long.
Athena Reddy as
ADRIAN CALIGOS – FBI Agent, returning to the Dam to investigate once more.
Unsweet Perdition is an abstract science fiction play written in the style of the “New Weird”. It draws influence from works such as the Severence, SCP Foundation, Control, Annihilation, and House of Leaves.
SHOW DATES
Thursday, 6/5 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/14 @ 4:30pm
Tuesday, 6/24 @ 10:30pm
Friday, 6/27 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, 6/28 @ 8:30pm
Synopsis: Astrid shows up for her first day of work at the Danbury Hydroelectric Power and Treatment facility. What follows is a descent into madness. Astrid meets the strange folks who work at the Dam, who take her on a journey that culminates in a trip all the way to oblivion.
Grace Nix as
ASTRID KELVIN – A New Hire, trying her best to navigate the most confusing first day imaginable.
Sean James as
MIKE BROOM – A Dam Employee, somehow unbothered by this strange work environment.
Jeremy D. Thompson as
DR. PAUL MORGAN – Lead Hydrologist, who fears the Dam may already be out of his control.
Michelle Belmont as
JULIA SPENCER – A Cryptozoologist, who has tracked strange birds to the Dam.
Naomi Melville as
ERIN REYNOLDS – Dam Supervisor, who worries they’ve all been under the influence of the Dam for far too long.
Athena Reddy as
ADRIAN CALIGOS – FBI Agent, returning to the Dam to investigate once more.
Unsweet Perdition is an abstract science fiction play written in the style of the “New Weird”. It draws influence from works such as the Severence, SCP Foundation, Control, Annihilation, and House of Leaves.
SHOW DATES
Thursday, 6/5 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/14 @ 4:30pm
Tuesday, 6/24 @ 10:30pm
Friday, 6/27 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, 6/28 @ 8:30pm
Synopsis: Astrid shows up for her first day of work at the Danbury Hydroelectric Power and Treatment facility. What follows is a descent into madness. Astrid meets the strange folks who work at the Dam, who take her on a journey that culminates in a trip all the way to oblivion.
Grace Nix as
ASTRID KELVIN – A New Hire, trying her best to navigate the most confusing first day imaginable.
Sean James as
MIKE BROOM – A Dam Employee, somehow unbothered by this strange work environment.
Jeremy D. Thompson as
DR. PAUL MORGAN – Lead Hydrologist, who fears the Dam may already be out of his control.
Michelle Belmont as
JULIA SPENCER – A Cryptozoologist, who has tracked strange birds to the Dam.
Naomi Melville as
ERIN REYNOLDS – Dam Supervisor, who worries they’ve all been under the influence of the Dam for far too long.
Athena Reddy as
ADRIAN CALIGOS – FBI Agent, returning to the Dam to investigate once more.
Unsweet Perdition is an abstract science fiction play written in the style of the “New Weird”. It draws influence from works such as the Severence, SCP Foundation, Control, Annihilation, and House of Leaves.
SHOW DATES
Thursday, 6/5 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/14 @ 4:30pm
Tuesday, 6/24 @ 10:30pm
Friday, 6/27 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, 6/28 @ 8:30pm
Synopsis: Astrid shows up for her first day of work at the Danbury Hydroelectric Power and Treatment facility. What follows is a descent into madness. Astrid meets the strange folks who work at the Dam, who take her on a journey that culminates in a trip all the way to oblivion.
Grace Nix as
ASTRID KELVIN – A New Hire, trying her best to navigate the most confusing first day imaginable.
Sean James as
MIKE BROOM – A Dam Employee, somehow unbothered by this strange work environment.
Jeremy D. Thompson as
DR. PAUL MORGAN – Lead Hydrologist, who fears the Dam may already be out of his control.
Michelle Belmont as
JULIA SPENCER – A Cryptozoologist, who has tracked strange birds to the Dam.
Naomi Melville as
ERIN REYNOLDS – Dam Supervisor, who worries they’ve all been under the influence of the Dam for far too long.
Athena Reddy as
ADRIAN CALIGOS – FBI Agent, returning to the Dam to investigate once more.
Unsweet Perdition is an abstract science fiction play written in the style of the “New Weird”. It draws influence from works such as the Severence, SCP Foundation, Control, Annihilation, and House of Leaves.
SHOW DATES
Thursday, 6/5 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/14 @ 4:30pm
Tuesday, 6/24 @ 10:30pm
Friday, 6/27 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, 6/28 @ 8:30pm
Synopsis: Astrid shows up for her first day of work at the Danbury Hydroelectric Power and Treatment facility. What follows is a descent into madness. Astrid meets the strange folks who work at the Dam, who take her on a journey that culminates in a trip all the way to oblivion.
Grace Nix as
ASTRID KELVIN – A New Hire, trying her best to navigate the most confusing first day imaginable.
Sean James as
MIKE BROOM – A Dam Employee, somehow unbothered by this strange work environment.
Jeremy D. Thompson as
DR. PAUL MORGAN – Lead Hydrologist, who fears the Dam may already be out of his control.
Michelle Belmont as
JULIA SPENCER – A Cryptozoologist, who has tracked strange birds to the Dam.
Naomi Melville as
ERIN REYNOLDS – Dam Supervisor, who worries they’ve all been under the influence of the Dam for far too long.
Athena Reddy as
ADRIAN CALIGOS – FBI Agent, returning to the Dam to investigate once more.
Unsweet Perdition is an abstract science fiction play written in the style of the “New Weird”. It draws influence from works such as the Severence, SCP Foundation, Control, Annihilation, and House of Leaves.
SHOW DATES
Thursday, 6/5 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/14 @ 4:30pm
Tuesday, 6/24 @ 10:30pm
Friday, 6/27 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, 6/28 @ 8:30pm
photo by ewa weber
UNSWEET PERDITION, Hollywood Fringe / photo: Annie Lesser
photo from LOVERS MUST DIE ©alex golshani
“The Vile Slugs” dir. Nick Grant / produced by Athena Reddy
“We Do This Once” dir. Michael Marantz
Athena & Danelle are two sisters quietly wandering around their house at midnight trying to find birthday presents. // Join us for Beta Test Vol. 4, bringing together teams of artists working at the intersection of live performance and technology to share short-form works-in-progress to a live audience online.