Cannoncast
Cannoncast is an exploration into the artists behind the Cannonball Festival, part of the yearly Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Cannonball Festival is a month long, wild, experimental, loosely pirate themed performing arts festival produced by Almanac Dance Circus Theatre. We hope you’ll join us for this year’s event concurrent with the Philadelphia Fringe September 1st-30th. Sail over to cannonballfestival.org for more information.
Episodes
In this episode Jeff speaks with Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg about their show Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People. They talk about their collaborative process, making art together as the reason to get to know someone, cross-generational connection, and their visions of theater and acrobatics.
The captioned version of this episode is available https://youtu.be/F9DrxRcbxLs
In this episode Jeff speaks with Jim Julien about his current show Krampus Gets Cramped. They talk about cranky boxes and shadow puppetry, and Jim's background as a sculptor.
A captioned version of this episode is available on Cannonball's YouTube channel.
In this Cannoncast episode Jeff speaks with Joi Cox about her latest work The Death Circus. We hear stories of Joi's experiences in the American Southwest and connecting with nature, working with dance and aerials, and themes of impermanence and detachment.
A captioned version of this episode is also available https://youtu.be/ICbGDQbk5uQ
In this Cannoncast episode Jeff speaks with John Michael Colgin about his latest work Spank Bank Time Machine in which Narcan plays a central role. They get things started with a raucous salute to "no one owns normal", talk about gender and sexual identity, the stigmatization of addiction, and the process of devising new material in the moment.
A captioned version of this episode is also available: https://youtu.be/JQBHKZFmDzY
In this Cannoncast episode Jeff speaks with Alaina Johns about her role at Broad Street Review and the vision and scope of its coverage of Philadelphia and regional arts. They talk about accessibility in the arts, the role of cultural criticism in the arts ecosystem, and the excitement of discovery and connection at Cannonball and the Fringe.
A captioned version is also available: https://youtu.be/EvIIR1GBK8Y
Earlier this week, Jeff went to go see this show at Christ Church Neighborhood House, and he loved it.
Synopsis:
Dogberry and Verges Are Scared is a pants-pissingly funny new comedy that follows everyone's third favorite pair of Shakespearean clowns as they blunder through the events of Much Ado About Nothing and beyond.Their friendship and their wits will be tested as they attempt to foil Don John's evil plot, save Fair Hero's w...
In this episode Jeff speaks with Jasmine Jiang and Ryan Wilson about their upcoming show Frankenstein's Body. They talk about historical context of grave robbing in Philadelphia, the connections between humor and horror, and improv as embodied performance.
In this Cannoncast episode Jeff speaks with Jack McManus about their upcoming show Traffic Cam. They talk about the making of Jack's play and ideas of perfection explored through performance, audience dynamics, AI and self-surveillance.
This episode is also available as a full video with captioned audio: https://youtu.be/DSDhNhAiINA
In this Cannoncast episode Jeff speaks with Daniel Maseda about his upcoming show Be Good!, with Paulette. Their conversation touches on themes of absurdity and social discomfort, creative process, and audience interaction. The captioned interview is also available on Cannonball's Youtube channel @CannonballFestival www.cannonballfestival.org
In this episode Jeff speaks with Taj Rauch about his upcoming show After Worlds. Their conversation touches on themes of immersive theater, the role of AI in creativity, and the evolution of artistic identity.
The captioned version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/cPbUqmoHl8c
Cannoncast 2025 is hosted by Jeff Evans, and is edited by Vanessa Kamp.
In this episode, we open the 2025 Cannonball season with an interview with Antihero Theatre Company founders Beth Applebaum and Daniel Brucker. They talk with Jeff about the creation of their company, connecting with deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, and their latest work Zap! which they will present at the Bluver theater at the Drake in Philadelphia.
Find out more: https://phillyfringe.org/events/zap/
Love you Love you Love you uncorks a heady brew of mothering, dementia, and legacy. Creator-performer Sarah Sanford conjures real memories and mythic demonesses to witness a beloved mothers passage into uncharted cognitive territory. Sanford slips between characters and consciousnesses, willing an altered neurological state to take center stage. Part clown show, part tragedy, Love you Love you Love you exposes the stigma surroundin...
Imagine a world trapped in eternal winter. A journey across the harsh tundra awaits you. It takes strength to move forward when you can't feel your toes. A combination of characters, movement, and worldbuilding tell the story of a society frozen in this solo theatre show by local artist, Patrick Burke. That which is buried under snow needs warmth to recover. Will you see the magic on the other side of the blizzard?
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Sharing one role on a popular 90s sitcom, lovable twins MK + A rose to stardom before they could even talk. Now, 30 years on, 'You're Invited' to their first public appearance in a decade. In front of a live studio audience, MK + A navigate a crash course down memory lane of their famous fictional childhoods. Part illustrated audio concert, part psychological thriller, MK + A Rewatch Podcast asks: What dark realities lurk beneath o...
Is he man? Or is he banana? The Cavendish banana is stuck in a shipping box, with only his sexy, more flavorful cousin Gros Michel to help him escape. But does the Cavendish even want to leave? Stand-up, physical comedy, magic, striptease and more in this OffFest-nominated “comedic tour de force” (The Interrobang), a solo absurdist clown show exploring themes of isolation, denial, and human connection, using comedy as a tool to pro...
Dick Ripper left a sleepy trailer park in Lubbock, TX for a new life in Las Vegas. The rearview mirror was aglow with the bridges he burned as his foot stomped on the accelerator of his unregistered Ford LTD. Dick drove across the desert, keeping hydrated with an ever-warming case of Miller High Life, and a single bottle of water.
He ripped a tiny piece of the stuff from the tinfoil envelope and placed it under his tongue. The acid...
Pieces is a collection of audio performances gathered from over 17 years of memoir writing workshops facilitated by Susan DiPronio, who strives to create Art For Social Change. It is an archive of the shared stories serving as a healing place for the storytellers and the communities from which they come. Pieces seeks to both educate and to inform. Some of the earlier workshops were funded by The Leeway Foundation.
The "Audience/Li...
A Musical Anatomy is a one man musical, or as close as I can get by myself. A few years ago I wrote this play for a festival that I then adapted into a musical. I was never happy with it, though, so I'm going to put it on again and dissect it a bit. I'm going to talk about musicals. I'm going to talk about storytelling. And all the while I'll be playing every part of a show that definitely should have more than one actor.
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As a guest of this intimate tea party, you will be served tea of exceptional quality, play entirely civilized parlor games, and when the end comes, no need to panic, you won't be alone.
You and your fellow guests are attendees at a tea party at the end of the world, partaking in the rituals and obligations of being a guest in someone else's, for lack of a better word, home. Your host for this tea party is new to the gig, but what s...
Treading the peripheries of narrative and performance, Cheetah Banks is a 60-minute solo where three different characters embody codes of power, gender, and desire using dance, movement, sound, and objects, paving a path that is equal parts absurd, harrowing, and unpredictable.
Born in Florida in the 1980s, Cheetah Banks has gone to Barcelona to visit, but since their driver's license has expired, cannot return to Florida. Cheetah’...
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