DAMASCUS, PA – Farm Arts Collective presents a weekend of innovative solo performances September 13-15, a 3-day festival of brave solo works by women artists. 

All performances will take place at the new FARM ARTS COLLECTIVE Agri-Cultural Center, a state of the art performance venue and agriculture education space located on Willow Wisp Organic Farm, 38 Hickory Lane, in Damascus, PA 18415.

Tickets are $30 or patrons may purchase a $60 pass for all three performances. Tickets online at www.farmartscollective.org

Fool: The Wanderings of the Last Clown on Earth

By Clown Daddy 

Friday September 13 at 7:30 PM

Fool: The Wanderings of the Last Clown on Earth is created and presented by Clown Daddy. Fool - the Wanderings of the Last Clown on Earth, is the tale told of a solitary clown stuck alone in a bunker. Each day is like the last, until one not-so-special day, the unexpected happens, and she decides to go outside. Clown Daddy is a Sullivan County based artist trained in French mime techniques (L’Ecole Jacques LeCoq) and at Atlantic Theatre Company, NYU Tisch. 

Dora’s Gently Used Dream Store

By Morgan McKenzie Kaufman

SATURDAY, September 14 at 7:30 PM

Dora’s Gently Used Dreams Store is created and performed by Morgan McKenzie Kaufman, a Philadelphia area theatre artist. Get a glimpse inside a makeshift shop containing Dora’s secret collection – the dreams and nightmares donated by past customers. Writer and performer Morgan McKenzie Kauffman merges simple magic, character, science and folk lore to tell the story of Dora and the patrons who make up this mysterious market. This interactive show changes every performance as Dora’s collection grows with each new audience. Shop the store, donate dreams in this intimate experience about our relationship to the uncontrollable stories that come through us every night. For the antique addicts, mystically moved, even the dubious doubtful, Dora’s Gently Used Dream Store offers a sense of awe and enigma for the unconscious phenomenon shared by us all. Dora’s Gently Used Dreams Store premiered at the Philly Fringe September 2023 to a sold out 6 show run. Other performances: Excursion Ciders, Phoenixville PA – Jan 18th, 2024

Decompositions 

by Tannis Kowalchuk

Sunday September 15 at 2:00 PM

Theatre artist and organic farmer, Tannis Kowalchuk writes and performs a series of fiercely personal stories, dances, and songs that explore decomposition as a metaphor for living a full life.  Kowalchuk’s dynamic duet with a pile of compost is a brave new work of live intimate theatre. Tannis digs into her life as a farmer and artist, theatrically exploring personal stories of art, farming, illness, mortality—and the beautiful mess of loving it all. Directed by Mimi McGurl, songs composed by Rima Fand and Tannis Kowalchuk, sound design by DJ Tikka Masala, and production director is Jess Beveridge. Following this home base presentation at Farm Arts Collective’s new Agri-Cultural Center, Decompositions will tour to River Clyde in Prince Edward Island, Zuppa in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and to Mondo Bizarro in New Orleans Canada.