Cannonball 2023 Panel Picks
Each year, Cannonball produces a handful of our shows through select production tracks. We provide these artists with additional resources, including a stipend and full presentation support at one of our venues.
This year, we are thrilled to bring back our BIPOC New Works Track, as well as premiere not one but THREE new production tracks: Performance for Young Audiences Cohort, Snack Track, and the CSAW Award!
BIPOC New Work Track
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Manflor
by Santi Castro
A radically magical new play tracking a queer Latin-Indigenous journey of self-discovery across Philadelphia.
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Misket
by Faysal Dakni
An immersive production of a new Turkish play that follows a queer romance at an Ankara pavyon.
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She Was a Conquistawhore
by Rachel O'Hanlon-Rodriguez
A bawdy standup tale about a woman and her cowboy vagina named Pete in search of intergenerational healing.
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The Other Gardeners
by Very Good Dance Theatre
A Black, trans reimagining of the Adam and Eve story incorporating dance, music, and performance art that conjures auto-biographies that never came to be.
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xxJAMxx
by Angel Shanel Edwards, Jonathan González, & Marguerite Angelica Monique Hemmings
An improvisational manifesto score in four parts that attends to the preposterous task of performing and being Black.
For more info on the BIPOC NWT, as well as this year’s panelists:
Performance For Young Audiences Cohort
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Socrates, an odyssey
by Eliana Fabiyi
A puppetry odyssey for ages 5-11 about a normal everyday sock thrust into extraordinary circumstances.
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Sing the Rainbow: a Pride Show for Everyone
by Ants on a Log
An interactive concert for queer kids, families, and allies, featuring a musical performance and short creative activities. Best for ages 4-11.
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Clown in the Round
by Id Circo Theatre Group
A clown take on Shakespeare for audiences aged 7-12 that shows how to pull success from the jaws of failure.
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Read Me a World
by The Exuberance
An interactive, audience-led storytelling experience for friends and family nestled in cozy outdoor reading nooks. All ages.
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Magic Trash Day
by Rough & Tumble Productions
A clown dance theatre piece for ages 4-10 about a Philly kid who finds a magical piece of trash among the rubble, helping them move through grief.
For more info on PYAC, as well as this year’s panelists:
Snack Track for Small Audience and Immersive Works
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Dinner! Franny and Connor Wrote a Cookbook
by Francesca Chilcote and Connor Hogan
An immersive cooking show live-directed by two self-described food influencers turned clowns turned cookbook writers who have no prior knowledge of the ingredients and no formal cooking training, but who share a deep passion for the connections made over food.
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Jefferson Huxley: A Retrospective
by Taj Rauch
An interactive, site-responsive experience for five people about the greatest visual artist you've never heard of.
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Last One Standing
by Jedidjah Julia Noomen
A phone call for one person to the last remaining survivors of real-life disasters and triumphs.
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Object Transfer Station
by Janine Renee Cunningham
A purgatory-esque check-in station run by a garbage undertaker where participants offer items they no longer wish to possess to a ritualistic release.
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Privy Privy
by Donna Oblongata and Patrick Costello
An actual glory hole for ice cream offers an unexpected physical encounter with a stranger, resulting in a moment of pleasure and a tasty treat.
For more info on Snack Track, as well as this year’s panelists:
CSAW Award for New Work by Circus Artists of Color
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ReFlection
by Toni Cannon
A new multimedia circus production that tells the story of self-acceptance of a Black trans masculine person through acrobatics, Chinese Pole, film and more.