In the Rogue show with music Ashes to Ashes, presented by the talented performer/director Kate McKnight, this funeral prayer refers to the death of her father and the ashes of love.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I would pay to watch Martin Dockery read a phone book—he is just that good! (for those who don’t know what a phone book is, it was a book where you could find people’s names and phone numbers back before the internet) When I saw he was going to be at this year’s Rogue Festival I knew I had to be there. During the pandemic, Martin performed many stories on YouTube and I caught as many of them as I could—now I was finally going to be able to see him again in person.
The Rogue Festival is here! Here are more of our Rogue Festival show reviews! There will be many more to come! We also have several Rogue Performer Preview articles that have been going up over the last few weeks.
Joey Rinaldi is a comedian. He has lots of stories to tell, so he puts the titles on a board and lets the audience choose what he should tell next. Some stories are his favorites, some are pretty good, and some are brand new (He’s still working on them).
I’m really excited to be performing at the Rogue Festival for the first time! My solo piece Beyond Belief took shape over the last year as I mulled over a couple of related themes. In the wake of election chaos, global warming, and other polarizing issues, I (like a lot of people) have been trying to figure out Why THOSE People Believe Such CRAZY Things…
Since I started doing stand-up comedy in New York City in 2016, everything I've worked towards has led to my newest solo show, Too Many Stories. As a stand-up comedian, I have always been driven to connect with my audience on a deeper level, but it was not easy at first. I have come a long way from telling shock value jokes in the early days of my career.
I was giving my brother a book for his birthday about a sea captain to whom we might or might not be related. I skimmed through the pages and was stopped by this account.
After the death of both parents, and some other losses, I felt compelled to write a storytelling/solo performance show titled Ashes to Ashes: A Tragicomedy. It’s an exploration of my ability to land on my feet after adversity, and how I’m able to reinvent myself time and time again. In 2013, I wrote a solo performance show for the Rogue Festival that was in response to a series of misfortunes I had experienced the year before.
I’m very excited to reactivate my frequent flyer account and make my way across the continent to the Rogue Festival. (For my eighth time!) It’s still winter here in Brooklyn, but there will be flowers blooming in Fresno. I have no allergies. Let’s do this.
I am returning to the Rogue Festival with a revamped version of my show The Real Black Swann Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen. This is the story of William Dorsey Swann, former slave, who became the “Queen of Drag” in the late 1800s. She was also the first queer activist of record.
