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Philly GRIT - Koal & Heart Ripped Out Twice & So Can You
When:
February 26th to March 9th
7PM-3PM
Where:
Theatre Exile
1340 s 13th St
Price:
$25-30
Event Details
A saleswoman, a miner, and a koala walk into Exile and put on two shows that will make you laugh, cry, and come back for Cookies. This year Theatre Exile will present two shows in series and end with Camp Cookie featuring Cookie Diorio on March 15. Camp Cookie is Exile’s speakeasy Cabaret with music, laughter, drinks and of course… Cookies.
Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You! By Linnea Bond An enthusiastic sales representative pitches you on existence, but the darker realities of life keep pushing through her carefully constructed presentation - not to mention phone calls that make this sale personal. Written after a harrowing health journey and a devastating breakup, Linnea wonders: is it worth it? A (mostly) comedy about pain.
Running Time - 65 min
KOAL By Jacinta Yelland Part climate-catastrophe, part clown show— KOAL is a one-woman show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner and an Indigenous girl desperately strive to hold onto their homes before all burns and turns to ash. KOAL is an interactive solo-show, performed by Jacinta Yelland and directed by Trey Lyford, that immerses the audience in the middle of the 2019 Australian bushfires. The show follows two eyewitnesses to this climate catastrophe; Koal, a baby koala recovering at a wildlife sanctuary after being saved from a nearby wildfire, and Stevo, a career coal miner trapped in a collapsed mine hundreds of meters underground. Woven throughout is the story of Minah, an Indigenous girl who was removed from her home and interned by her government during WWII. Using documentary theatre, clown, and audience interaction, KOAL takes the audience from laughter to tears as it explores what is lost when your home is erased.
Running time approx 60 min
