Portable Performance Festival 2022: Homecoming!
On-demand streaming for all shows now available for purchase through October 1st! Click on the show graphics in the grid below. (Viewing access is active through Oct. 15th.)
A festival of solo storytelling and minimalist performance:
- 21 different shows; spread over
- 30 performances; within
- 3 weeks; incorporating over
- 100 artists!!!!!!
As we reemerge from the pandemic, we recommit to 18th & U's original spirit and vision, inviting a new batch of creators to share their fresh “portable” work.
After Lightning
After metaphorical lightning strikes, things don’t go quite as planned.
Juliet Waller Pruzan | Alex Ung
Dinosuar Arms
The story of how a diagnosis of autism saved Adam’s life.
Written & performed by Tracy Leigh
He Hawai'i Au
A Native Hawaiian woman leaves to reinvents herself in Seattle. A local film by Daymien Nainoa Bunao.
Navel-Gazing
Streaming not available. A movement piece investigating the body, objects, and identity. Creator/Performer: Kara Beadle
Preexisting Conditions
Conversations reliving encounters in the mental health profession. Troy Mink | Ken Ryan | Randy Dixon
SkullKat
Giddyup metal disco fizz + cat jokes by post-punk professionals. SkullKat is Angelina & Kat + guest artists
What Sounds At Night
Classical composers’ interpretation of nighttime. Libby Phelps, violin. Kayleigh Miller, viola.