Ready for an evening of physical comedy? Chicago’s queen of mischief and mayhem, Molly Brennan, will hit the stage for Indy audiences on Sept. 13 & 14 at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre! Also on stage will be NoExit’s very own Drosselmeyer and Sparkle as well as Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective’s Bethany Wells, Michelle Buchanan, & Lauren Curry in Wells’ original work, “This is the Dance”.

NoExit Performance and Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective are proud to announce that Chicago actor and clown Molly Brennan will be the 2019 OPEN Indy Visiting Artist. Molly Brennan, named “Chicago’s Queen of Mischief and Mayhem” by American Theatre Magazine, is a physical comedian who specializes in clown and devised performance. Molly has been teaching students the art of clown and devising for nearly 20 years at the University of Illinois Chicago, Actors Gymnasium, DePaul University, the University of Chicago and all over the U.S. Brennan will offer four masterclasses to the Indianapolis community during her residency as well as showcase performances at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre at 8pm on September 13th and 14th.

OPEN Indy is an advanced arts education program that invites nationally recognized visiting artists to Indianapolis to provide accessible, professional, and innovative training opportunities to performing artists in Indianapolis. Produced jointly by NoExit and IMAC, OPEN Indy has two main components: First as a platform for continued education and training for artists in Indianapolis, and second, an opportunity for our audience to witness training applied to public, professional performance.

This year, OPEN Indy is being supported by the Arts Council of Indianapolis and the Arts Midwest Touring Fund – a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.