Fall Cabaret 2024
Step Right Up: Vintage Circus
Come One, Come All! We are excited to announce Step Right Up – Wise Fool’s Fall Cabaret. Experience the thrill, excitement, and magic of a variety show featuring local performers under the big top of our Siler Rd studio. We’re taking inspiration from vintage circus for this cabaret’s theme, so get ready to be charmed by a little old world flair!
Prepare to be amazed by the gravity-defying feats of aerialists soaring overhead with grace and strength. Marvel at the acrobatic aptitude of our students as they showcase the skills they’ve been working on all year. And don’t forget to join us for our family-friendly #SaveTheCircus Street Fair on Sunday! Art to G.O., the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s mobile creativity studio, will have on-the-go art making and creative activities for participants of all ages against a backdrop of music and other circus-themed activities.
This is a bittersweet event for us, as it will be our last Fall Cabaret in our current studio. While we’re not sure what the future has in store for us, we’d like to use this opportunity to bring our community together and celebrate how circus has fostered human connection and belonging right here in Santa Fe! It will be a weekend of family-friend entertainment you won’t want to miss.
Date: Saturday, September 21 – Sunday, September 22
Time: Saturday shows at 2pm & 6pm. Sunday #SaveTheCircus Street Fair from 12 – 4pm, followed by 4pm show.
Location: Wise Fool New Mexico – 1131-B Siler Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Tickets: $15 pre-sale for Adults, $20 at door on day of show. $5 for Youth. No one turned away for lack of funds. On sale 8/16 at 9:00am MTN.
Interested in Helping?
We are looking for help and volunteers for our Fall Cabaret! Roles include front of house, stage techs, and more. Sign up by September 13.
Want To Perform?
Our theme is “Step Right Up: Vintage Circus.” How does that speak to you? The theme can inform your music or costume, or you can use a loose interpretation of however you feel it connects to your performance.
Teens are invited to perform in the 2pm Saturday and 4pm Sunday Family Friendly matinees (evening show may end up being billed as “family friendly” depending on accepted acts).
We are currently taking submissions in all disciplines: aerials, acrobatics, clowning, experimental movement, juggling, unicycling, dance, poi, surprise us!
To submit, please send the following info to Amelia (amelia@wisefoolnm.org):
- a brief description of your act
- an estimated duration (acts can be up to 7 minutes),
- a bio (for our MC to introduce you),
- social handles (instagram, website, etc), if you want, and
- which show time (any combination of the 3 times) you want to perform in
- rigging needs
- lighting
- music
- equipment
Rehearsal: September 20th, 5pm, Friday
