Kicked out of ballet lessons at 4 for being “too much,” Alisa Rosenthal has carried this same joie de vivre through her whole life.
From an ill-fated semester at clown school to singing at a nightmare kid’s party, she somehow always finds herself eager to please in this breezy comedic solo storytelling show.
“Rosenthal’s Big Honor Student Energy is packed with fun escapades and honest reminiscence, delivered by a performer who quickly commands the room and includes her audience in her storytelling.”
“...my kind of fringe show…”
Show runs 55 minutes, and afterwards features an optional artist Q&A talkback for those who are fringe festival or longform storytelling curious.
Artist bio: Alisa Rosenthal is a writer and actor based in Chicago. A semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, credits include the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, FRIGID New York, the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, and Artscape Baltimore. Called "...daffy and sweetly outlandish..." by the Chicago Tribune, previous fringe shows include "One-Woman 'Beaches'" and "Songs to Caftan In." She performs as her vaudeville-style, ukulele-playing, zinger slinging alter ego Plucky Rosenthal at speakeasies and watering holes around town.
Please be advised:
The Newport Theater is up a flight of stairs with no elevator, but access to a Genesis portable mobile stairlift (rated up to 400 pounds) is available. Please email newporttheater@gmail.comin advance of your arrival to coordinate entry and sign a waiver (required by our landlord).
There are four single-stall non-gendered restrooms available onsite.
All entrants must comply with the Newport Safety Policy
