| back |
|---|
NON-PROFIT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Lisa Levinson
215-620-2130
Veggie Cabaret, a Comedy to
celebrate Vegetarian Life!
SINGING CARROTS, DANCING BROCCOLIÉNO, SILLY, ITÕS COMEDY
BY VEGETARIAN HUMANS
PHILADELPHIA, PA (September
14th & 15th) - Public Eye: Artists for Animals presents a cabaret-style show with
comedy, theater, puppetry and music, for the 2007 Philly Fringe Festival. Share
funny moments from vegetarians living in a meat-eating world. We invite
all palates to unite for the common cause of compassion. The line up includes Dan
Piraro of Bizarro comics, musical comedians Bob Pyle and Jim Harris, The
Skekses Puppet Company, caricaturist Vance Lehmkuhl, comedic storyteller Annie
Heart and more on September 14th & 15th, 8pm, at
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street. Delicious vegan food will be available for purchase.
Internationally
syndicated cartoonist Dan Piraro shares slides of his most hilarious and provocative animal
rights cartoons. Shannon Dunham and Sharon Waskow of The Skekses perform their puppet show, ÒBirds of a Feather,Ó starring
Tofurky and Turducken who meet on the Thanksgiving table. Vance Lehmkuhl performs his signature Drawalong, a
longtime favorite activity at the Vegetarian Summerfest. Annie Heart presents the trials and
tribulations of veggie dating with sassy sex appeal and candid humor. Jim
Harris and Bob
Pyle weave the show
together with their musical comedy.
ÒThe Veggie Cabaret is a celebration of vegetarian life,Ó says
Lisa Levinson, director and co-founder of Public Eye: Artists for Animals, a
Philadelphia group teaching compassion for animals through the arts. ÒItÕs a
social event for Veggies and Non-Veggies to meet and greet over like-minded
laughs. We hope to unite people who share similar lifestyles and invite
others for a humorous peek into the vegetarian world.Ó
Public Eye:
Artists for Animals is a Philadelphia-area group that produces public arts
events to teach compassion for animals and promote a cruelty-free lifestyle.
Educational
productions include plays, puppet shows, fashion shows, makeovers, drum
circles, art exhibits and dance performances. Public Eye is a project of
Mobilization for Animals (PA), a 501C3 nonprofit organization. Please call 215-620-2130 or visit www.publiceyephilly.org for
more information.
Previous
events include:
# # #
Listings
Information:
Show: Veggie Cabaret
Date: Friday, September 14th &
Saturday September 15th, 2007
Show
times: 8pm,
approximately one hour each
Venue: The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tickets: $15, cash/checks at the door.
Advanced tickets can be purchased through the Live Arts and Philly Fringe Box
Office online at www.livearts-fringe.org
starting early August or by calling 215-413-1318 after August 20th.
Contact: Lisa Levinson at [email protected] or (215) 620-2130. Visit
www.publiceyephilly.org for more
info.
# # #
The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly
Fringe runs from August 31 - September 15, 2007. Tickets can be purchased
online beginning in early August at www.livearts-fringe.org or after August 20th by calling (215)
413-1318. Festival guides which include dates, times, and venues for all
performances for both Festivals, will be available in the Philadelphia City
Paper on August 23rd, at all Festival venues, and other locations
throughout the city.
The
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe was originally founded in
1997 as the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Today, the Live Arts Festival serves
as a series of selected cutting-edge, boundary-breaking performing arts events,
created by some of the most renowned contemporary artists from our region and
around the world.
The
Fringe serves as a collective home for artists bringing their work to audiences
in every conceivable form - in traditional and untraditional venues, using new
artistic forms and established ones, breaking rules or refining them.