Faustine: A Dissertation. A Confession. A Mental Breakdown. Faustine is excited to share her dissertation with you, but all is not what it seems. She’s sold her soul to the devil in exchange for her brilliant thesis. Faustine lied, cheated and murdered to get here, and she won’t go back. This solo musical critique of academia, ambition and class (coming to you from a sold-out NYC run) is equal parts Fiona Apple and Richard Wagner, Heathers and Hedda Gabler, pedestrian and academic, and hilarious and horrifying.
Ticket Price: $20.00
About the Artists:
Sarah Norcross (she/her) is a New York-based composer, performer, and sound designer. She’s known for her work at The Center at West Park (Ulysses Missa), the Polyphone Festival for New Musicals (Lilith and Her Demons), the National Gallery of the Arts (The Girl from Montana), Adult Film NYC (Little Miss Ransom), the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Since They Left), Catholic University of America (Swallowtail Variations), Columbia University (Julius Caesar), Carnegie Mellon University (Caucasian Chalk Circle), Spark Festival (Untitled Mermaid Project), and others. Her work has been called “particularly resonant for these times” (The Broad Street Review), “beautifully eclectic” (Chris Jesu Lee), and “tonally cohesive and very refined” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Lydia Brinkmann (she/her) is a performer, producer, and lighting designer from Cincinnati, OH. She is a resident lighting technician for Frigid Theater New York, Shades Dance Theater, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. As a producer and a dramaturg, Lydia specializes in new work development, cofounded the Brooklyn-based producing company The Spade Collective, and is currently developing a New Works Festival with Arthous2B. Previous credits include Mixtapes (Shades Dance Theater), St. Lucy, a Musical (Arthouse2B), The Jeweler’s Shop (Arthouse 2B), Homunculous (IRT), SODA (Farmhand Productions), Dealer’s Choice (The Spade), Arranged (Theater 71), and Doom Tank (Under St. Marks). Her work is known for “Disrupting norms…with raw, unbridled passion” (Evil Thespian).
Brendan Connors (he/him) is a Philadelphia-based producer, performer, and composer. He is currently the cohost of City of Supers: An Improv Superhero Comedy, available on all major podcast platforms. Previous credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Online Showcase (Arden Theatre Co.), What Happened Between the Dakotas (Philadelphia Fringe Festival), and Only a Game (NPR).