Fri 3/22/24 7:00pm
Sun 3/24/24 4:00pm
The after-math: a fully improvised story of before and after
by matt peiken and gillian bellinger
Longform storytelling in a seamless narrative. Characters reveal their pasts, reckon with the present and confront the future.
act one scene one
by cayla clark
An absurd take on a play within a play, Act One Scene One touches on the chaos of show business and the indisputable fact that life imitates art, art imitates life, and everyone is insane in their own right.
matt peiken & Gillian bellinger
Along with several television screen credits, Gillian Bellinger has been an improviser for 20+ years at The Second City, The Annoyance, IO West, The Groundlings, and Westside Comedy Theater. In Asheville, she is the founder and Artistic Director of Misfit Improv & Acting School.
Matt Peiken peformed improv for more than 20 years in Minneapolis and Cincinnati before moving to Asheville in 2017 and joining the first resident troupe of the Asheville Improv Collective. The 2024 Asheville Fringe marks their debut as an improv duo.
cayla clark
is an Asheville local playwright who was born and raised in Southern California (yes, one of those). She has participated in the past two Asheville Fringe Festivals, and is honored to be part of such a talented and quirky family of brilliant-minded weirdos.
