Saturday, September 19th, from 7 pm to 10 pm
Tickets: $10; claim your seat here
Rose Luardo's work combines elements of fine art production (installation, sculpture, fiber art), costuming, and varied performance practices to achieve immersive interdisciplinary experiences. She creates moments of wholesomeness, shock, whimsy, terror, tenderness, fear, fantasy — a spectrum by which a viewer can be moved. She is up for friendship. Rose is/was part of The New Dreamz, Nulliparous Tits, and Queer Bait — all performance duos. She is also a member of The Incredible Dreamz: a 4-way video and performance group. She was a member of the power-pop band Sweetheart, and she is currently deeply obsessed and still friends with all these folks she got into the creative bed with. Rose’s performance and fine art work have been exhibited at PS1 MoMA, PRACTICE Gallery, Space 1026, LUMP Gallery, The Fairmount House, Slow Culture Gallery, Art Basil, The Cannonball Festival, The Philly Fringe, and Elsewhere Museum.
Sarah Knittel is a theater artist, festival co-founder, event producer, and clown. She helped found Free Fringe Philly festival, which creates accessibility to Fringe work in Philadelphia by eliminating costs and ticket prices while supporting the artists. Free Fringe Philly won a coveted arts spot on the Best Of 2021 list from Philly Magazine. Sarah on a stage has been described as “totally engaging” and “the work of a pro, fearlessly engaging the audience from start to finish, until we are all practically co-stars, or at least co-conspirators.” (Broad St Review) Hailed “Philly Actors Who Are Better Than You (at acting)…” (Phindie) The creator of Ben Franklin Sex Party and NIGHTMARE FUEL, a brutal clown show, which won the “Spirit of the Fringe” award in 2019 at Cincinnati Fringe. It was also one of the recipients of 1812’s Jilline Ringle Fund. It garnered four stars at the Edinburgh Fringe and was lauded as “a quintessential niche fringe experience” by the Wee Review. Sarah produces a multitude of events throughout Philadelphia, including a monthly variety experience called HELLRIDE. Sarah wrote and starred in a series of horror comedy shorts called “HELLTOWN,” now out on YouTube. IG: @sarahhmonster
Jeff Joseph Katz is a white queer writer, maker, and film worker based in Philadelphia, PA. He works across media to discover the secret passages between thinking and feeling.
Sofie Rose Seymour is an art-maker from Philadelphia, PA. She is primarily a mover, shaker, and dance-maker, and has also worked in documentary film and theatre. Her practice is anchored by a belief in social impact, storytelling, and an obligation to work towards a more just world. She is still trying to figure this out and is open to suggestions.