Circus for Fragile Planet Performance & Workshop

ARTFARM’s Circus for a Fragile Planet announces the hometown premiere of its new show, SUBMERGED! on Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 pm at Oddfellows Playhouse, 128 Washington Street, Middletown.

SUBMERGED! is a unique, provocative and educational circus which addresses environmental issues involving Water. This performance is being presented as part of 350.org’s global Moving Planet Event, and will include a movement theater workshop at 4 pm entitled “Moving Planet, Moving People.”

Suitable for all ages, Circus for a Fragile Planet SUBMERGED! features five multi-talented professional circus performers who take the audience on a journey from our kitchen sink to the Pacific Ocean through juggling, acrobatics, balancing, comedy, stilt dancing and slapstick science. The hour-long circus combines breathtaking artistry with hard science and environmental advocacy. Lobsters dance in nets tangled with plastics, fish juggle shampoo bottles, water-bottle wielding clowns chase polluting unicyclists, and sea nymphs on stilts dance as the sea level rises around them.

SUBMERGED! features Dic Wheeler, Megan Berritta, Maegan Fuller, Allison McDermott and Joel Melendez. From our own backyards to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Circus for a Fragile Planet SUBMERGED! raises many important questions about how our actions effect rivers, lakes and oceans while also helping individuals identify ways that we each can contribute to the well-being of the planet's water-based resources.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for kids, and $35 for families, with $5 discounts for anyone bicycling, walking, using public transportation or car pooling to the show.

"Moving Planet, Moving People" is a movement theater workshop with ARTFARM Artistic Director Marcella Trowbridge which will precede the circus performance from 4 - 5:30 pm. This workshop is open to adults ages 18 and up and no movement experience is necessary. Participants should just bring a free spirit and dress to move. Fee for the workshop is $10; workshop and performance packet is $20.

For more information, or to register, call ARTFARM at (860) 346-4390, email info@art-farm.org or go to www.art-farm.org