Best of Fest
Here are the top shows from Forget About Spaghetti Festival returning in 2023 for a run!
The highlight of The Elysian's first year of existence was hands-down the final sprint of our year one - Forget About Spaghetti Festival. We premiered over 16 shows and put our money, time and our damned heart into these performers. We supported these shows with access to workshops, prep feedback, rehearsal space, one-on-one time, along with that sweet sweet sauce of encouragement.
We’ve chosen THREE shows to return in 2023 for a run. Plus two shows will get an additional VIP: Very In Progress round of development.
We're proud of every show and because it was built with risk and courage in mind, a shows success was not just about audience turnout or a polished finished product - it's about process, potential and the joy of it.
The below shows have been specifically selected because they stood out for being surprising spectacles that kept us saying "I have to tell you about this show" to every friend, barista and cool person. ;)
We believe in these performers so if you like the weird, wonderful and courageous - then you'll love these shows. See what stuck…
Highlight: When LBJ changes into a too-small, too-tight sailor outfit and announces "I'm a little boy now."
Highlight: Krissy Di Beppo tells her date she likes to be chased, then runs away. The audience member chased her around the stage! So good.
Bonus points: this show incorporated spaghetti ;)
Highlight: A rat asks "What's your favorite item in the world" and an audience member responds "A hot dog." This leads to a dumpster sale song where they eventually auction off this hot dog to a man covered head-to-toe in gold for Three-Million Fish Bones. Hilarious nonsense.
Stay tuned as these next two shows enter into a new Work In Progress run in 2023. To be announced!
Highlight: A moment with their parents on stage revealing, they're a fangirl family. Photos from their childhood at comic-cons and red carpets, set to the Proud Family theme song as the four of them (mom, dad, daughters) dance in celebration together. That was a shed a tear moment.
Highlight: The chicken bone eating competition with the winners foil letters being lined up to spell "ABROL." "That didn't turn out how I wanted." LABOR.