Hosts Todd Sullivan and Alice Gillette are here to tell us what was good and what was awful because hierarchy and winning are the only reasons we do this, right?

Actually, they found 87 golden trophies at the Goodwill Bins and they refuse to lug their blue IKEA bag back onto the RTD. To save them the trip, they’re giving them all away tonight.

They’re even crowning one lucky audience member for the Best Review (so get yours in via the Google Form).

Come help them empty the bag.

Featuring live performances from:

• Tiff

• Jared

• Villy & Aardvark

• Patrick

• Camera Man

• Camera Baby

• …and one of the Denver Nuggets?!??

TL;DR: it’s like…

• …THE ONLY AWARDS SHOW THAT MATTERS.

Hosts: Alice Gillette, Todd Sullivan

Genre: clown, variety, game show

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

Reviews on the hosts:

“THIS FEELS LIKE A TRICK OR A TRAP BECAUSE HOW DO WE LEAVE A REVIEW OF A SHOW THAT HAPPENS WHEN REVIEWS ARE BEING READ.”

-V.

“I can confidently say the hosts are not doing a good job right now!”

-Mike

“The hosts are literally reading off of an iPad like iPad babies. This is nuts. Thank god there are bits in this show from actual perfomers!”

-Sara M.

“With a gun to their heads, Alice and Todd would still probably continue to give us 1/10 energy as hosts. LOL Alice and Todd do and don’t look like they’re having a good time (as hosts) … is it a bit? Also, they’re still charming? What’s going on? BUTTTT they are definitely having a great time watching everyone when they don’t have to host.”

-Anonymous

“Can I just say: seeing Alice Gillette walk and talk exactly like Meat Show (but in her normal clothes without any of the costume or makeup) is deeply disturbing. It’s the theatrical equivalent of finding out your parents are Santa.”

-Anonymous

Reviews on the bits:

“I love Yama and how Yama floats.”

-Adam P. re: Yama

“Yama has starpower.”

-Alice G. re: Yama

“Morph suit guy got no love but he killed.”

-Anonymous re: Yama

“Jared’s commitment to the choreography and the inherent awkwardness of the piece is FUN and VERY DUMB! (compliment!!) It’s a fearless performance that relies on a rare, specific kind of charm to bridge the gap between the audience and the absurd. Jared’s one of my favorite clowns to watch.

-Alice G. re: Jared

“That dancing guy in the sick ass hat has a stage presence that draws you in by giving everything while simultaneously giving nothing at all.”

-Anonymous re: Jared

“This has the energy of a DIY David Lynch-inspired SNL bit. It’s a high-concept performance with an incredible payoff, where the sight of an adult man playing a baby is exactly the right kind of disturbing. “

-Lauren M. re: Cameraman

“The world-building here relied entirely on cardboard and baby monitors. This impressed me. I love seeing these artists do so much with very few props. Eerie as fuck. Cool as shit. Knowing this is being developed into an hour-long show for the Denver Fringe Festival this year has me excited and scared.”

-Anonymous re: Cameraman

“Cameraman is kind of hot.”

-Christina B. re: Cameraman

“Villy and Aardvark is an incredible use of costumes, prosthetics, and props that evokes the world of Broadway’s CATS but with a much cooler and edgier sensiblity, as if it was played by the cast of HBO’s Search Party.”

-Alice G. re: Villy and Aardvark

“Sharp pacing that moves through a series of weird games and asides that are as funny as they are surprisingly sweet. A highly specific, well-executed bit of character work. I definitely need to see this dog and aardvark (?) again.”

-Anonymous re: Villy and Aardvark

“Mike and Megan deliver so hard with their short play. It’s a twisted, noir fever dream with acrobatic choreography and immersive (and kind of bad, but very funny) mime work. There are so many windows.”

-Anonymous re: The Big Deceit

“An incredible sense of physicality. The choreography by Megan is a highlight, for sure. At one point, she jumps acrobatically onto Mike to light a cigarette like a human Rube Goldberg machine.”

-Anonymous re: The Big Deceit

“Mike’s deadpan delivery kills me. Really into the overall twisted, sexy energy of the bit. Even though it was performed in color, I was so immersed and locked in that I found myself watching it in black and white in my head.”

-Anonymous re: The Big Deceit

Lost in the desert miles away from her Burning Man camp, Psychobitch comes across relics of present, past, and future.

Part rave, part journal entry, and part bad trip, Psychobitch Superstar is a semi-psychedelic choose-your-own-adventure where the audience determines how it all ends.

A messy, funky, tender, early stages work in progress where anything can happen, and everything can go wrong.

TL;DR: It’s like…

…Mind Game meets your junk drawer in a hard techno, open world adventure.

Artist: Soleil Kohl

Genre: Choose-your-own-adventure; psychedelic horror comedy

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Thank you for the poem. I teared up. ”

-Sameer V.

“Don’t fuck with Daisy. She has the power of God and anime on her side. Seriously, I saw this being workshopped at a Clown Jam and I wasn’t expecting it to go the places it did. 10/10.”

-Andrew C.

“Omg what a amazing scary psycho bitch. That was some serious workout. Gotta work out Myself just watching the show. Had to add 5000 steps to my steps app just for watching. Loved the pirate being abducted by the aliens. Solei you are amazing. You rock.”

-Baz

“I liked the mouth stuff. And I liked the wailing coach.”

-Nib

“This is such a fun concept, and I can’t wait to see how it develops. The club sequence is so high energy, and combined with the audience occasionally shouting at you to drink water, it makes me wonder if a bit/game you can do is literally ask the audience, “Should I drink water?” And have them pick yes or no. Especially since one of the prompts at the top of the show was to make sure Daisy drinks water.

I’m excited to see what the least bit was, with the audience cue cards “Oohhhh”, “nooooo”,“applause”, “laugh”, etc. It felt like it could be a sitcom-style world! And I apologize if I missed what that bit was about.

The ending with Daisy being a higher power/god/demon entity is brilliant! MOAR of that please, even more bigger and terrifying. It was a beautiful twist.”

-Anonymous

Smoocholi Nights is an audience interaction clown, improv, musical extravaganza about friendship, having fun, and following your dreams!

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …Grease meets The Sopranos.

Artists: Co•Depen•Dunce - Gabbie Perez & Tatianna Gerlits

Genre: Clown, improv, sketch

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“It’s actually a beautiful story. It had fun music, cool animations, and clever use of video characters interacting with characters on stage. Awesome show.”

-Corey G.

“Pure. Unbridled. New Jersey. Chaos. A co-dependent love story for the ages, spanning across different mediums. It’s everything I ever dreamed of in a mafia opera.”

-V.

“Great Show. Paula has the voice of an angel.”

-Mom

“Bee A U Te Full. Long live the Queens. It is funnier every time I see it. Masterpiece of singing and dancing. Broadway has a new home and it lives in the hearts of Paula and Toni Smoocholi.”

-O.

“Smoocholi Nights is a triumph of absolute commitment. Gabbie Perez and Tatianna Gerlits immerse themselves so deeply in their roles that the audience fully buys into every moment of the absurdity. It’s like if Tony and Carmela Soprano took couples counseling at The Groundlings.

It’s impressive to see a stage production so unashamedly handmade (with plastic toy guns, popsicle sticks and a blow up doll) yet somehow achieving a truly cinematic feel. This is strange, brilliant theater that everyone in Denver (and beyond) needs to experience.”

-Alice G.

He has the world’s second-heaviest brain and the world’s worst impulse control. Now, he’s facing the ultimate trial: you.

This work-in-progress comedy invites the audience to judge a murderer not by his actions, but through a fever dream of absurd tests and that gosh darn devil’s music. Should we save this man’s life or not, you guys?

You decide.

TL;DR: It’s like…

• … a courtroom drama retold in painstaking detail by that little freak in your class on the playground. 

Artists: Todd Sullivan

Live directed by Alice Gillette.

Genre: clown

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“I live-directed this WIP so maybe I’m a bit biased, but Todd brings a frightening level of commitment to this work-in-progress, proving once again why he is such a vital, skilled mainstay within the Denver theater and clown scene imo!!! The show is a little annoying in the best way possible… it's incredibly clever nonsense that leaves you feeling pure joy even when you aren't quite sure what’s happening (this is a compliment). This could be Todd’s finest hour of Bit Lord nonsense.”

-Alice G.

“A Homer-ic courtroom drama live directed by the artist’s 13 year old daughter.”

-Anonymous

“Writing this on Saturday morning, this was my favorite show all week. The juxtaposition of choral chanting music with a paper accordion lit up by finger lights made this moment feel SERIOUS. And it was! Todd put the world's first serial killer on trial (sorry, spoilers) and we had to determine if this man deserved to live or die. High stakes! So much responsibility! Todd's physicality is like an al-dente spaghetti: at the same time both wiggly and firm. Thank you for doing the WORK.”

-V.

“thoroughly impressed by ivy on tech. live direction shows make me feel encouraged to try more things within this community, its extremely cool to peek into creative's minds.

todd did a wonderful job trying to blur the black and white of morality by reminding us that this serial killer is an underdog while facing trial. the end was visceral until proven silly. i had a good time!”

-Ari W.

In this series finale of a TV show you’ve never seen, Meat Show, a “man” (derogatory), cracks his space helmet while working on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!

Watch as this clown faces the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily while being soundtracked live by musician Bryan Richard Martin (Cotton Jones, Page France.)

TL;DR: It’s like…

• … the weirdest kid in your homeroom who was obsessed with Wrestlemania and Toy Story and The Truman Show.

Artists: Alice Gillette, Bryan Richard Martin

Genre: sci-fi, grindcore clown

Here’s an interview with Alice Gillette about her show, Meat Show in Space.

Selected out of 350 artists, Alice Gillette was chosen by FringeArts in 2025 for a cross-promotion with Live Nation for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This video provides a look into her show, Meat Show in Space, alongside commentary inspired by David Byrne’s 2025 tour.

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“meatshow is unstoppable. he’s endearing and lovable and dedicated to his truth ”

-BCC

“‘What the hell’ in the best way possible.”

-Andrew C.

“impressive speed! ending makes me want to be okay with the sound of people throwing up!”

-Ari W.

“A marshmallow-suited space janitor clown who makes you laugh, cringe, and strangely root for him.

Meat Show is a ridiculous and oddly lovable character—part cosmic trash collector, part cartoon hero lost in the vacuum of space. Alice Gillette commits fully to the bit, stomping around the stage in a puffy white suit that gives delightful marshmallow-man energy while moving with the physical chaos of a silent-film or Three Stooges–style clown. With pulsing music underneath, the show lives in a weird and wonderful space place.

Meat Show’s world feels almost like watching a cartoon character brought to life with real word objects and NASA Communications. His exaggerated physicality, his awkward bravado, and even his tiny, strangely phallic tongue popping in and out create a character that is both cringe-inducing and completely charming. The audience becomes ‘the stars,’ pulled into his orbit as he fumbles, celebrates, spirals, and occasionally sprints across the stage to fast paced comedic music in moments that release the tension in the funniest way.

Underneath the absurdity, there’s a strange sweetness to Meat Show. He boasts about strength and masculinity but also seems lost in his own feelings, unable to quite say what he means. The audience laughs at him, but by the end you can feel that they’re also rooting for him.

And honestly… someone should give Meat Show flowers after every show.

Audience notes: Meat Show is such a fun clown character that I’d love to see him dropped into other strange environments—space trash collector today, maybe flower shop delivery guy or zoo caretaker tomorrow. The live directing on this performance was interesting, though part of the joy of the character is watching Meat Show figure things out (or avoid figuring them out) in his own wonderfully chaotic way. NASA and the music felt like the right balance to pace and balance the show.”

-TC M.

“What I love about Alice, and Meat Show, is that they are both absolutely not afraid to explore anything.

Meat Show in Space exists as a show, but then it feels like Alice asked the question, ‘What if we fucked around a little bit more with what's already there?’ and then went and did it.

The audience was so on-board to the point where we want to protect Meat Show at all costs. Nothing bad can ever happen to him!! The only reason it's 4 stars is because NASA and the live directors were both live directing the show and it felt like sometimes they weren't gelling with each other and as someone who wants Meat Show to be happy I NEED EVERYONE TO GEL. I know that Meat Show is a big boy and can handle himself but for the love of Babe, we gotta work together, for Meat Show!!”

-V.

Vera’s balancing a near-perfect career in customer service with a budding romance that you, her customers, never asked to witness. While she's more than happy to double-check your authorization forms and provide the proper signatures required for your unprecedented request, she’s kind of busy right now.

Mind if she places you on a brief hold?

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …The Notebook meets a Parks & Rec council meeting narrated by Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off .

Artist: Vera

Genre: solo, clown, character, dystopian, romance, surrealist, anti-humor, absurdist, education (hehe), self-help

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“When you really think about it, we all help others for completely selfish reasons. ”

-Sameer V.

“Customer service is a difficult job and never more difficult when your trainer is alternating between flirting with someone, refusing to answer anyone's questions and being incredibly obtuse. Wonderfully baffling and hilarious with surprising pathos at the end. I don't want the reviewer award, I just want the cloud storage I think I was promised during training.”

-PB

“4 stars because I was truly triggered by all of the corporate workplace jargon. Too immersed. But thank you for making it pleasant!”

-V.

“meg does an incredibly real depiction of someone who encourages classroom participation for the sole purpose of proving her power over them. being at the whim of costumer service is a confusing treat with tons of ambition. im excited for whats to come!

(strobe lights hurt and might cause seizures, please try a different lighting)”

-Ari W.

“Meg is absurd! So funny and odd. Meg’s fully present throughout, and watching her fold her moments of “breaking” immediately back into the performance was one of the best parts of this show. The soundscape of call waiting music mixed with random coughing and disjointed dialogue creates a liminal space that feels genuinely eerie. The audience was present and leaning in the entire time, which is a testament to the world she’s built.”

-Alice G.

It's day 1,000 of shoving a crab up his ass every single day.

Crabman is throwing a grand finale to celebrate the ending of this life changing series.

Help Crabman fight his demons and get through the final push.

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …Michael Scott meets Nathan For You.

Artist: Melo as “Crabman”

Genre: Solo clown, dark comedy, Puppet

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“One of the most absurd premises for a clown show I’ve seen in recent memory. Melo’s performance starts out goofy before shifting into something that feels surprisingly like a life story told through a surreal lens. The technical elements, from the puppetry and special effects to the multimedia, are handled with a fearless hand (and sometimes crab claw) all while being anchored by a costume that is as delightfully simple as it is effective. Melo’s crowd work is exceptionally high-level. Melo keeps the audience locked into a world that is equal parts ridiculous and heartfelt. Crabman needs to host the Emmys.”

-Alice G.

“Crabman is a poignant but hilarious examination of the unhealthy relationship between wanting fame and what you'll do to get it. Also, a man shoves a crab up his ass. 11/10. Please do not give me the reviewer award, I post this review solely for the joy of it.”

-PB

“Federico will be remembered. May his molt be magnificent.”

-Sameer

“Crabman brings the cartoon of influencer culture to life. Wait, nah nah.. actually, I think the thing is it's he does that thing.. from that era of movies from Dick Tracy and shit. He puts those shoulder pads in and it's incredible. It's in that kinda immersive fashion that's stylized like a cartoon. It's impressive. And his crowd work is on point. He doesn't really faulter when he's in with the crowd, you know what I mean? He's automatic. I think Crabman is my favorite thing I've seen so far. A very confident 5 (out of 5 stars).”

-BM

“I had originally thought that Crabman shoved a different crab up his ass every single day, like, 999 different crabs have been up his ass. I did not think that the crabs would have survived. Now that I know it's one crab, I find myself wanting to see more of the relationship between Crabman and the crab. Was this originally a mutual consensual agreement? What was the crab's life like before this? Were they a fellow colleague at the Best Buy Geek Squad and they, too, yearned for something more? Watching Crabman go THROUGH it realizing that the journey was over - now what? was so great because he wanted to savor every last second before it was all over. That felt real. That was the more realistic interpretation of stalling because you didn't want it to end I have ever seen on stage!”

-V

“This show was incredibly unique and creative and avant- garde in the best ways. Crabman’s clear need for love and validation through the lens of media and influencers today was really cool and meta in many ways. What a fun and special piece of art!”

-Jane C.

“I’m really glad he shoved the crab up his ass twice.”

-NLB.

Learn what you want to be when you grow up from the advice of accomplished experts!

Special guests include principal Craig, secret agent Kathleen, Lisa the philanthropist, flag barer Marie, and YOU. It’s a character show!

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …2004 public school meets asking your boss for a raise as seen through the colorful lenses of an Ohioan.

Artist: Natalie Lien-Bowdish

Genre: Puppets, improv, clown

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Natalie and Tyler brought the house down! The dancing. The comedic timing. It’s all just so clever and well done. Natalie’s voices kill me. One of my favorite puppeteers to watch on stage. So charming. I want to stay in this world forever.”

-Alice G.

“Walked out feeling inspired and ready to start a career as a philanthropist!”

-Sameer V.

“incredibly lovable energy from Natalie. dance sequence was SUBLIME! big foot scared the shit out of me :D ”

-Ari W.

“I am obsessed with the neckbeard principal. Please let Big Foot present at the next career day! Aspiring hide and seekers would like to hear from him!”

-V.

“This was a hilarious and nostalgic piece that ends with such a beautiful poetic element. Such a fun and cerebral time.”

- Katie B.

Two Outlaws find themselves at the end of the road. Can their friendship survive a duel at high noon?

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …It's The Odd Couple meets Man With No Name, but written as Of Mice and Men.

Artists: Little Dusty, Big Neighbor (fka Patrick and Caroline)

Genre: Wild West Clown

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Both clowns are fully committed here, and the odd, DIY aesthetic of the costumes and makeup is a standout feature. While the narrative is easy to follow throughout, the ending felt unearned, with a turn toward messiness that undermines the focus and hard work established in the earlier sections. I left the theater immediately when it ended tbh. With that said though, it truly embodies the spirit of a WIP, even as the final moments struggle to match the cohesion of the rest of the piece. Physicality was off the charts. ”

-Lauren W.

“The story was so easy to follow and I loved both of these characters!! Also, bravo for going ALL THE WAY with all of the wet shit AND bonus bravos for not getting any of the audience splashed! Relying on physicality instead of dialogue was such a treat. You could stick these two in any Western scenario and they'd have a blast.”

-V.

“Oh, wow.

I do love the world being built in this play. There’s a clear, charming vision, particularly with the makeup and costuming which are a highlight. Charm factor there is HIGH! Caroline can get away with anything. I enjoyed the pace of the story right up until the ending, which is a bit jarring and at odds with the themes already laid out by the characters in the story. In its current form, the ending feels more like a prank, and I’m curious to see how this develops into a conclusion that honors the audience’s time, the craft of the actors and the strength of the story itself.

The foundation of this work is strong and the performances from Patrick and Caroline are too good to miss."

-Alice G.

Todd Sullivan and Asa Erlendson were given 30 minutes to do anything they wanted on stage.

They chose to be quiet.

TL;DR: it’s kind of like…

• holding in a fart while watching Taskmaster on full volume in the school library (shh!)

Artists: Asa Erlendson, Todd Sullivan

Genre: clown, improv, endurance

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Two of the best performers in Denver, together?!! Hot DAWG. Truly, Asa Erlendson and Todd Sullivan individually are both just SO NATURALLY PRESENT. Having a conversation with either one of them is invigorating; it feels like the universe righted itself on this night to bring them together to play. And Bryan Richard Martin doing live music was the chef's kiss of perfect vibes. I hope that they had as much fun performing with each other, as the audience did watching them.”

-V.

GULP! Uh-oh! Aww? A normal day falls into chaos when Henry falls in love with a banana.

Both deranged and delicate, GULP! is a lucid dream of the ordinary.

A clowning, physical comedy play.

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …a car crash of american life through breakfast fruit.

Artist: Prith

Director: Todd Sullivan

Genres: alt-comedy, physical comedy, clown

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“A wildly inventive piece of physical comedy that turns absurdity into something playful, tender, and unexpectedly heartfelt.”

GULP! is a beautifully absurd physical comedy where an ordinary morning spirals into a full lifetime love story between Henry and… a banana. In just 30 minutes, Prith dances us through romance, marriage, family life, loss, and memory with playful commitment and surprising tenderness.

Prith’s performance is both silly and graceful. His movement has a balletic quality, and he uses the entire stage with creativity and joy. The props are simple but brilliantly imagined, transforming again and again in unexpected ways. His expressive eyes and physical storytelling carry the audience through every emotional turn, while the audience participation is light, welcoming, and perfectly balanced.

Beneath the absurdity is something quietly moving: a reminder that love and life are a little fragile, a little bruised, and wonderfully short. Henry dances us through it all with warmth and delight.

My one small hope for future versions would be slightly less time in the funeral slideshow and one more emotional Henry moment—perhaps a brief, bruised-hearted dance before the final beat. I want more Henry. I want a deeper emotional dip before the slip. I love this show it should by analyzed and taught in English and Theatre classes for years to come. Prith, keep it up, I am a fan.

A wildly imaginative piece that feels perfectly ripe with life and silliness.

10 leaping bananas out of 10. 🍌”

-TC M.

“GULP! Felt like classic Lecoq and/or Gaulier-style clown: A premise that was easy for the audience to follow, and lots of fun explorations and games within that premise. I loved the physicality, and Prith's acting was heartfelt and genuine. This show felt so relatable and was extremely clever with how everything was choreographed.”

-V.

“The eulogy wrecked me. I have a banana shaped hole in my heart now too.”

-NLB

“The originality of the show was impressive, the physical comedy, the timing and the facial expressions were spot on”

-SE

“Gulp was hilarious. Prith is just such a unique character and he really makes me crack up in a way unlike anything I’ve experienced.”

-JWB

In this series finale of a TV show you’ve never seen, Meat Show, a “man” (derogatory), cracks his space helmet while working on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!

Watch as this clown faces the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily while being soundtracked live by musician Bryan Richard Martin (Cotton Jones, Page France.)

TL;DR: It’s like…

• … the weirdest kid in your homeroom who was obsessed with Wrestlemania and Toy Story and The Truman Show.

Artists: Alice Gillette, Bryan Richard Martin

Genre: sci-fi, grindcore clown

Here’s an interview with Alice Gillette about her show, Meat Show in Space:

Selected out of 350 artists, Alice Gillette was chosen by FringeArts in 2025 for a cross-promotion with Live Nation for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This video provides a look into her show, Meat Show in Space, alongside commentary inspired by David Byrne’s 2025 tour.

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“meatshow is unstoppable. he’s endearing and lovable and dedicated to his truth ”

-BCC

“‘What the hell’ in the best way possible.”

-Andrew C.

“impressive speed! ending makes me want to be okay with the sound of people throwing up!”

-Ari W.

“A marshmallow-suited space janitor clown who makes you laugh, cringe, and strangely root for him.

Meat Show is a ridiculous and oddly lovable character—part cosmic trash collector, part cartoon hero lost in the vacuum of space. Alice Gillette commits fully to the bit, stomping around the stage in a puffy white suit that gives delightful marshmallow-man energy while moving with the physical chaos of a silent-film or Three Stooges–style clown. With pulsing music underneath, the show lives in a weird and wonderful space place.

Meat Show’s world feels almost like watching a cartoon character brought to life with real word objects and NASA Communications. His exaggerated physicality, his awkward bravado, and even his tiny, strangely phallic tongue popping in and out create a character that is both cringe-inducing and completely charming. The audience becomes ‘the stars,’ pulled into his orbit as he fumbles, celebrates, spirals, and occasionally sprints across the stage to fast paced comedic music in moments that release the tension in the funniest way.

Underneath the absurdity, there’s a strange sweetness to Meat Show. He boasts about strength and masculinity but also seems lost in his own feelings, unable to quite say what he means. The audience laughs at him, but by the end you can feel that they’re also rooting for him.

And honestly… someone should give Meat Show flowers after every show.

Audience notes: Meat Show is such a fun clown character that I’d love to see him dropped into other strange environments—space trash collector today, maybe flower shop delivery guy or zoo caretaker tomorrow. The live directing on this performance was interesting, though part of the joy of the character is watching Meat Show figure things out (or avoid figuring them out) in his own wonderfully chaotic way. NASA and the music felt like the right balance to pace and balance the show.”

-TC M.

“What I love about Alice, and Meat Show, is that they are both absolutely not afraid to explore anything.

Meat Show in Space exists as a show, but then it feels like Alice asked the question, ‘What if we fucked around a little bit more with what's already there?’ and then went and did it.

The audience was so on-board to the point where we want to protect Meat Show at all costs. Nothing bad can ever happen to him!! The only reason it's 4 stars is because NASA and the live directors were both live directing the show and it felt like sometimes they weren't gelling with each other and as someone who wants Meat Show to be happy I NEED EVERYONE TO GEL. I know that Meat Show is a big boy and can handle himself but for the love of Babe, we gotta work together, for Meat Show!!”

-V.

Through sheets that reveal, balloons that pop, and eggs that crack, Skeleton Kii brings the audience into a world of play, discovering more of their own identity and begin to unmask.

It’s whimsical, otherworldly, and avant garde, but grounded in connection and playful games.

TL;DR: It’s like…

• … if Elmo took acid.

• … an art film IRL. 

Artist: Skeleton Kii

Genre: Clown, solo, physical theater

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Delightfully weird, with a twist I genuinely didn’t see coming.”

-Andrew C.

“Felt every emotion along the way ”

-Sameer V.

“curious and engaging. we discovered so much together along the way! ”

-BCC

“I have seen Kii do this piece twice now. Somehow, the second time is even better. I was really swept away in the pure joy of play and the absolute grace of silliness. It's often hard to fit silliness and elegance into the same container, but Kii is an absolute master of this juxtaposition. ”

-Rebecca G.

“Kii's clown is a perfect balance of being high status while also being a stinker. Kii's clown fully encapsulates the art of being a stinker. Despite Kii's constant disappointment with us as an audience, we never stopped rooting for her. That balance is really hard to execute.”

-NLB

“Mortisse is whimsy, explored. Mortisse is childlike but not naiive; clever but not high-brow; silly but not radically off-the-rails. Kii is a wonderful performer who can express anything and we're hanging off of every breath because we don't want to miss anything. Truly a delight.”

-V.

“I have seen this show multiple times because it is so fun and captivating. Every experience is different and personal from the last, so beautiful and surreal.”

-Katie B.

Asa Erlendson does characters that make you haha, whoo hoo, teehee, huh, eck, hmmm, and haha more. 

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …Looney Toons meets Donnie Darko set in the mind of a single father nodding off at church. 

• …QVC for literal shit painted gold hosted by Ralph Nader. 

• …Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but of your favorite aunt's ex-boyfriends, and we're all in a good mood.

Artist: Asa Erlendson

Genre: Showcase of comedic character monologues. A dumb mirror.

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Goddamit Micheal, get your shit together ”

-Sameer V.

“I really enjoyed the lighting and sound transitions between each character, with Donavan reading the notecards being a close tie for favorite along with the grandpa. ”

-Gabbie

“A masterclass in character comedy—smart, silly, and deeply human.

Asa Erlendson delivers a joyful carousel of characters that are as hilarious as they are oddly touching. Framed by a gentle old man drifting in and out of sleep, the show moves seamlessly between wildly different personalities, each bursting with strange passions, unexpected details, and very specific worlds. Every character feels complete, we see their quirks, their obsessions, and just enough of their inner life to make the audience laugh and lean forward at the same time.

Asa’s physical presence is a delight to watch. Tall and lanky, he uses his whole body to transform on stage, shifting posture, rhythm, and energy so each character arrives fully formed. His timing is excellent, and he isn’t afraid of quiet moments—silence becomes part of the comedy as the audience waits with anticipation for the next turn.

What makes Asa special as both a writer and improviser is the depth of thought behind the silliness. His characters aren’t just funny; they’re passionate about strange little corners of life, rattling off facts, ideas, and obsessions that make them feel vividly real. The result is a show that feels like a carnival ride through human oddness, and you never want it to end.

By the end, the framing device reveals something quietly powerful. As grandpa drifts away, we realize something surprising—we learned so much about every character, but we never really asked grandpa about his life. He spent the whole show asking us questions, welcoming us in as his grandchildren. It took me a minute to realize, and when it landed, it landed gently. I left feeling touched and softly reminded to know the people in our lives beyond the roles we see them in every day.

In my house, Asa is known as Denver’s best improviser, so much so that my partner, who normally avoids improv and clowning entirely, will happily attend a show if Asa is performing. Watching this piece, it’s easy to see why.

A wildly funny and imaginative showcase of characters that makes you laugh, think, and occasionally say “huh” in the best possible way.

10 out of 10 bat facts. 🦇

Audience note: The grandfather framing device is a beautiful anchor between characters. The realization at the end about how little we know about him is quietly powerful, and it might be interesting to explore that thread even further in future versions. ”

-TC M.

“Asa has such a natural stage presence. Every character felt three-dimensional, as though these were real-life people that Asa had met and wanted to immortalize them as characters. Having grandpa as the through line was sweet, and the audience absolutely fell in love with him. Thank you, Asa, for gifting us with this show and showing off your character acting chops.”

-V.

“Asa's show was probably my third favorite, so far. I really like the shape of this show (it’s painterly).”

-Anonymous

In this series finale of a TV show you’ve never seen, Meat Show, a “man” (derogatory), cracks his space helmet while working on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!

Watch as this clown faces the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily while being soundtracked live by musician Bryan Richard Martin (Cotton Jones, Page France.)

TL;DR: It’s like…

• … the weirdest kid in your homeroom who was obsessed with Wrestlemania and Toy Story and The Truman Show.

Artists: Alice Gillette, Bryan Richard Martin

Genre: sci-fi, grindcore clown

Here’s an interview with Alice Gillette about her show, Meat Show in Space.

Selected out of 350 artists, Alice Gillette was chosen by FringeArts in 2025 for a cross-promotion with Live Nation for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This video provides a look into her show, Meat Show in Space, alongside commentary inspired by David Byrne’s 2025 tour.

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“meatshow is unstoppable. he’s endearing and lovable and dedicated to his truth ”

-BCC

“‘What the hell’ in the best way possible.”

-Andrew C.

“impressive speed! ending makes me want to be okay with the sound of people throwing up!”

-Ari W.

“A marshmallow-suited space janitor clown who makes you laugh, cringe, and strangely root for him.

Meat Show is a ridiculous and oddly lovable character—part cosmic trash collector, part cartoon hero lost in the vacuum of space. Alice Gillette commits fully to the bit, stomping around the stage in a puffy white suit that gives delightful marshmallow-man energy while moving with the physical chaos of a silent-film or Three Stooges–style clown. With pulsing music underneath, the show lives in a weird and wonderful space place.

Meat Show’s world feels almost like watching a cartoon character brought to life with real word objects and NASA Communications. His exaggerated physicality, his awkward bravado, and even his tiny, strangely phallic tongue popping in and out create a character that is both cringe-inducing and completely charming. The audience becomes ‘the stars,’ pulled into his orbit as he fumbles, celebrates, spirals, and occasionally sprints across the stage to fast paced comedic music in moments that release the tension in the funniest way.

Underneath the absurdity, there’s a strange sweetness to Meat Show. He boasts about strength and masculinity but also seems lost in his own feelings, unable to quite say what he means. The audience laughs at him, but by the end you can feel that they’re also rooting for him.

And honestly… someone should give Meat Show flowers after every show.

Audience notes: Meat Show is such a fun clown character that I’d love to see him dropped into other strange environments—space trash collector today, maybe flower shop delivery guy or zoo caretaker tomorrow. The live directing on this performance was interesting, though part of the joy of the character is watching Meat Show figure things out (or avoid figuring them out) in his own wonderfully chaotic way. NASA and the music felt like the right balance to pace and balance the show.”

-TC M.

“What I love about Alice, and Meat Show, is that they are both absolutely not afraid to explore anything.

Meat Show in Space exists as a show, but then it feels like Alice asked the question, ‘What if we fucked around a little bit more with what's already there?’ and then went and did it.

The audience was so on-board to the point where we want to protect Meat Show at all costs. Nothing bad can ever happen to him!! The only reason it's 4 stars is because NASA and the live directors were both live directing the show and it felt like sometimes they weren't gelling with each other and as someone who wants Meat Show to be happy I NEED EVERYONE TO GEL. I know that Meat Show is a big boy and can handle himself but for the love of Babe, we gotta work together, for Meat Show!!”

-V.

Bold, intimate, and unpredictably silly. Charged moments stretching between two people like saltwater taffy, dotted with the inevitable flaws of being human.

Two-by-two, Tear/Jerk sets the stage with patient, grounded improvised scenes that build and twist into a poetically chaotic entanglement of heartfelt and ridiculous stories.

TL;DR: It’s like…

• …TJ & Dave meets Key & Peele written by Twilight fan-fictioners.

• …The Notebook meets Naked Gun, played by Pheobi and Chandler from Friends. 

• …Mad Men Meets Mr. Bean as a Bill & Ted adventure.

Artists: Julianna Beckert, Chris Longfield-Smith, Mathea "Mae" Tanner, Jorge Soto, John Clayman, Chandler Harris

Genre: Dramatic improv, improvised theater

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“Poignantly abrasive.”

-Sameer V.

“Horny!”

-Ari W.

“The form of this improv show is great. With the use of neutral masks, the scene is not colored in yet. It's like setting the table before dinner is served. I had never seen Tear/Jerk before this so I thought, "Oh okay they're gonna do artsy stuff" and then I recognized the stage pictures and I got SO EXCITED!! And then the dinner being served is that starting line that the audience gave, and then they cook the rest of the scenes. Having the scenes/world all weave together at the end is a great move too and feels like a Harold. This is high-brow improv but it doesn't make me feel stupid. LOVE.”

-V.

“Tear/Jerk is easily the best improv show in Denver. All of the actors in this ensemble are heavy hitters in the scene in and out of Denver. Their collective experience in clowning, writing, teaching and production spans the country. The lens through which they create is vast, resulting in a show that is funny, absurd (and actually kind of sexy, okay?! The audience was crushing hard at certain points.) Tear/Jerk is deeply smart theater that allows the actors to look stupid without ever losing their edge. It’s the perfect show for an audience that wants something genuinely clever.”

-Alice G.

The 2026 Winter Olympics is an international multi-sport event currently taking place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, with competition in selected events beginning 4 February 2026.

The Olympics include a mascot designation and sacrifice to allow for the snowfall to support this historic event.

Directed by Alice Gillette and Madly Regular.

TL;DR: It’s like…

…the Winter Olympics meets Mad Men… in a semi-arid climate.

Artists of HAIRY:

• Meg: aka “Worcester, MA”

• Katie: aka “Dallas Philadelphia”

• Caroline: aka “Jacksonville, Florida”

• Percy: aka “Norman, OK”

• Blake: aka “Viborg, South Dakota”

• Patrick: aka “Grayslake, IL”

• Mike: aka “Boulder”

• Sameer: aka “New Delhi, India”

Genre: Olympic clown ensemble

Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot. 

The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.

Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.

The lineup is subject to change.

Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.

Reviews

“The greatest sporting event ever created. Fleeing a rough brick made me laugh so hard I hit my head on the seat in front of me.”

-SG

“a great deal of mess with dashes of absolutely stunning stage pictures. a cinematic rejection of plot”

-Ari W.

“Clown groups are HARD. And Hairy (Harry?) nailed it. Clowns are naturally lil' stage hams and when you have so many on stage, it's hard to share the spotlight or know who's got the audience's attention at any given moment. But these folks were kind and patient with each other; you could tell there was trust, and no ego. They wanted to have a good time and wanted the audience to feel the joy too. The winner of these games was everyone (except the person who said that they didn't like the show but I think they were also a winner in that they got to experience dumb clown joy).”

-V.