By Carson Kreitzer. Directed by Elizabeth Ware.

Area Premiere. For mature audiences only.

At the turn of the last century, a traveling Freakshow finds itself at a crossroad.

Things are changing. The line between “normal” and “outcast” is blurring. The family they have created may be dissolving.

Will the Dog Faced Woman break from the show?

Can the jaded Ringmaster find redemption through love?
Does the Pinhead find solace in Jesus, or burn the place down?

Tickets / Information:
$20, and may be purchased at
www.coreperformancemanufactory.com
or by calling 214-893-3009

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“Freakshow examines otherness and the idea of being an outsider, something we all can relate to. Rejected by the “normal” world, these people have created their own family. Their home is not always safe. They love each other and betray each other. They can be monsterous. They are like any other family.”

- Elizabeth Ware, Director

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"Playwright Carson Kreitzer gets Freakshow off to a ripping start. She plunges the audience immediately into the intrigues of a turn-of-the-century sideshow— tales of freaks born and made, of the genuine article and gaff, of the "shame of exhibition" and the terrible need to be seen. She sketches the liaisons among Amalia; her muck-covered lover Matthew; the idiot Pinhead; Aquaboy, the human salamander; the Girl, a pert runaway; Judith, the dog-faced woman; and Mr. Flip, the operation's unctuous barker, promoter, and paterfamilias.

Kreitzer can create complex characters, such as the lordly, dirty-talking Amalia, and write tender, clever dialogue— as when the runaway goes to kiss the begilled, beguiled Aquaboy, and he warns her, quite sadly, "I don't turn into a prince."

— Alexis Soloski, Village Voice