Frustrated by opportunities for virtual theatre already disappearing from fringe festivals, actor/creator Tia Shearer Bassett (known locally as the cancer-surviving "TheatreWolf") has founded a festival dedicated to the work that kept her feeling connected and inspired as she underwent chemotherapy in 2020: online, telephone, and by-mail theatre (a category she hopes to include in future Fests).
"The From-Home Fest is a celebration of the theatrics that blossomed at the start of the pandemic...shows that bravely and playfully expand the definition of 'theatre;' welcome artists and audiences who may be unable to physically go to a theater; and surprise us with an experience of real human connection."
The inaugural From-Home Fest runs between October 28th and November 5th, 2023. A designated space on Discord will serve as "fringe central," where audiences and artists can meet and mingle. The small-but-mighty festival includes the following works:
· Juxtapose Tenement - a whimsical interactive website inspired by the works of Joseph Cornell, featuring vintage spectacle, physical theatre and theatrical clown. Created and presented by Happenstance Theater (DC area).
· The Ritual - a one-on-one horror show via telephone, guiding audiences through a ritual to fend off an eldritch terror. Created and presented by Phoenix Tears Productions (FL).
· Edward and Christine - a Zoom/object theatre/solo performer reimagining of a poem-play by Kenneth Koch. Presented by Anna Lathrop, Deb Sivigny and Tia Shearer Bassett (DC area).
· in a way that matters - a live multimedia performance exploring death acceptance and the body through mushrooms, trans ancestors, and a dash of Hamlet. Created and presented by Tristan Willis (DC area).
· Void Main - a live online production where audiences' choices determine the fate of one astronaut alone on a station 750 million miles away. Created and presented by CirqueSaw (NY/MA).
Pay-What-You-Wish tickets to these shows can be purchased on the From-Home Fest website, fromhomefest.com. Festival logo created by Bagels N Pretzels Illustration.
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Dracula's Midnight Masquerade George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor (10/16-11/01) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (9/26-9/26) |
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Factory of Fear - Outbreak ARTfactory (10/15-10/24) |
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Dupont Investigations: Flight of the Fallen Nocturne Hall (9/01-11/11) |
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BAD KREYÒL Mosaic Theater Company (5/20-6/13) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Game's Afoot" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/25-10/04) |
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Brontë Sister House Party Van Ness Main Street (8/14-9/12) |
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7th Street Echo Mosaic Theater Company (3/25-4/18) |
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Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "Haddon Hall" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/04-9/06) |