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SOMETHING SOMETHING NEW VAGINA
Presented by Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Jan. 9-10
Over-the-Rhine
A 2014 Cincy Fringe Encore. SOMETHING SOMETHING NEW VAGINA is a solo performance about loving one’s self and one’s body. It’s also about a vagina: Rebecca Kling’s fancy new vagina. Kling was previously seen at CincyFringe in 2012 with Storms Beneath Her Skin; now she’s back (she was never one to call it clits) and is ready to tackle issues of identity without ovary-acting. Climaxing with a Strip Q&A, you’d be doing yourself a dis-cervix if you miss it.
Rebecca Kling is a transgender artist and educator who explores gender and identity through solo pieces and educational workshops. Her multidisciplinary performances incorporate conversational storytelling, personal narrative, humor, movement, and more. Kling takes the position that sharing accessible queer narrative with a wide audience is a form of activism, and that understanding combats bigotry. She regularly tours to colleges, universities, and theatre festivals across the country, and has received praise from media outlets coast to coast.
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KNOW THEATRE and the CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL present
A Cincy Fringe Encore of SOMETHING SOMETHING NEW VAGINA from Rebecca Kling!
A solo performance about laughter, surgery, activism, and a brand new vagina.
The Cincinnati Fringe Festival and Know Theatre of Cincinnati are proud to announce the return of Rebecca Kling’s hit 2014 Fringe show, Something Something New Vagina. This Cincy Fringe Encore will take place January 9 & 10 at 8PM in The Underground at Know Theatre.
Something Something New Vagina is a solo performance about loving one’s self and one’s body. It’s also about a vagina: Rebecca Kling’s fancy new vagina. Prior to her performance of this show at the 2014 Cincy Fringe, Kling was seen in Cincinnati at the 2012 Fringe with Storms Beneath Her Skin. She’s delighted to be back (she was never one to call it clits) and is ready to tackle issues of identity without ovary-acting. Climaxing with a Strip Q&A, you’d be doing yourself a dis-cervix if you miss it.
Something Something New Vagina was a 2014 Cincinnati CityBeat Critic’s Pick.
About the Artist: Rebecca Kling is a transgender artist and educator who explores gender and identity through solo pieces and educational workshops. Her multidisciplinary performances incorporate conversational storytelling, personal narrative, humor, movement, and more. Kling takes the position that sharing accessible queer narrative with a wide audience is a form of activism, and that understanding combats bigotry. She regularly tours to colleges, universities, and theatre festivals across the country, and has received praise from media outlets coast to coast. In 2013, Kling was named as part of the inaugural Trans 100, a list celebrating excellence in the transgender community. In 2014, she was named as the as one of 25 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex.
Tickets for this Cincy Fringe Encore are just $15! Call our box office at 513-300-5669 or visit https://know.tixato.com/buy for tickets.
Since 1997, Know Theatre has been dedicated to creating explosive and evocative live entertainment. We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.
Know Theatre’s work is made possible, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Know Theatre is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving.
Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate member of the National New Play Network.
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SOMETHING SOMETHING NEW VAGINA presented by Rebecca Kling as part of the 2014 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
You can read the show description here.
Following up her 2012 show, STORMS BENEATH HER SKIN, Rebecca Kling returns to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival as a new woman, literally, with SOMETHING SOMETHING NEW VAGINA.
As a performer, Kling has come into her own. Confident and comfortable on stage, she frankly discusses her tribulations as a transgendered woman. The writing is personal, smart, funny and a bit pun-ny.
Overall Kling again offers a heartfelt and engaging performance. She also provides a comfortable atmosphere to discuss a topic that is outside many people’s experience. Hopefully, the audience walks away with new insight and understanding.
Filed under Cincy Fringe Festival, Reviews
Being An Awesome Ally to the Transgender Community
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’14
Gateways to Healing
Over-the-Rhine
Being an ally definitely takes some thought, but it need not be scary. This workshop, with ample time for questions and discussion, will look at allyship from the simple and easy things anyone can do to more active and hands-on ways of providing support to the entire trans community. Led by returning Cincy Fringe Artist Rebecca Kling, who regularly tours performance pieces and educational workshops to colleges, universities, and theater festivals around the country.
Filed under Cincy Fringe Festival, Workshop
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