MAINSTAGE SHOW
Disaster Fantasy
BY: The Cohort
Welcome aboard Fantasy Airlines, where flight attendants Cyndi and Charli Snortwhore (no relation) will be your guides on the trip of a lifetime. You’ll never want to return to Earth! Put your tray table up, stow your bag under the seat in front of you, and enjoy the view of the horrific nightmarescape.
DISASTER FANTASY is an original absurdist thriller created by Emily Newton and Jeff Desautels and directed by Sascha Blocker using clowning, melodrama and vaudeville-infused horror.
Showtimes
50 min | PG-13
FRIDAY, Oct 9
6:00 PM
Saturday, Oct 10
2:00 PM
sunday, Oct 11
3:30 PM
Content Warning: Strobe Effect
Production
Promotional trailer from the premier performance in 2019 introducing the creators.
Bios
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Creator
Jeff Desautels (he/they) is a founding member of the award-winning clown troupe, Box of Clowns (“infectiously joyful”), with appearances on The Gong Show and America’s Got Talent, which seems to impress people. Along with his self-produced work, Jeff has performed locally with the CoHo Clown Cohort, Portland Revels, Tears of Joy Theater, Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus, Oregon Children’s Theatre and Fou Fou Ha. He has appeared on The Gong Show and America’s Got Talent.
Jeff is the founder and Co-Producer of the Stage Fright Festival.
Photo by Owen Carey
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Creator
Emily Newton is an international multi-skilled comedic performer specializing in the areas of clown, physical comedy and character creation. Originating from Australia, she now resides in Portland, Oregon. Emily has performed both nationally and internationally with companies including Terrapin Puppet Theater (AUS), Oregon Children’s Theater (OR, USA), The Children’s Art Theater of China (Shanghai, CHN) and Dell’Arte International (CA, USA).
Emily also writes, performs and tours solo interactive comedic works throughout the USA including Frank: to be Frank and For the love of down under: an evening with Australia. Emily holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Ensemble-Based Physical Theater from Dell’Arte International (CA, USA), and is a member of the Coho Clown Cohort (CoHo Productions PDX).
Photo courtesy of Emily Newton
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Director
Sascha Lynn Blocker is a performer, director, and creator of original work. She earned an MFA in Lecoq Based Actor Created Theater from the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) in conjunction with Naropa University. Local credits include: Hand2Mouth, CoHo, Imago, Third Rail, Post 5, Liminal Performance Group, and the Portland Actors Conservatory.
Sascha was an associate artist for Drammy award-winning theater company Push Leg and is currently a member of the CoHo Clown Cohort. Sascha also works as an adjunct faculty member and teaches classes in Communication Studies and Theater. Theater teaching includes movement, improvisation, devising theater, and clowning.
Photo courtesy of Sascha Blocker