Carny Knowledge

Here are some scenes from the recreation of a circus sideshow called Carny Knowledge a dazzling array of carnival-inspired plays and carnival-style performances — using new-timey production methods to evoke old time-y interpretations. Drawing its roots from the sideshows that spread across the nation from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, Carny Knowledge conjures up that mysterious thrill that would envelop curious onlookers every time the circus came to town, accompanied by the cacophony of sideshow barkers promising the wonders of the world to those who had never strayed far from home.

 

 

 

Silvia Graziano & Marc S. Miller, Impresarios 
January 29-February 6, 2010
Cambridge YMCA Theatre
820 Mass. Ave.
Central Square, Cambridge MA