Press Kit: Mother x TheTNTGamer

Anne Zander is MOTHER

TheTNTGamer by Annabelle Wright

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“...Zander has eyes that pierce and the ability to register an overwhelming number of emotions at once...”
— Exuent Magazine

Strap in for Anne Zander is MOTHER x TheTnTGamer at Fertile Ground Festival 2024!

Le Why Not Productions proudly presents a hilariously vulnerable Double Feature from physical comedy powerhouse, Anne Zander, and rising clown star, Annabelle Wright, April 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 2pm in the Curious Comedy Annex.

What do a YouTuber-teen-boy turned multi-talented young woman and a longing-for-children artist turned wrestling-with-reality mom have in common? Find out as two clowns* face the complexities of irreversible change, grapple with identity, and draw you into the beautiful absurdity of their real lives.

*Think Natalie Palamides’ Netflix Special NATE over Bozo in the big top 🤡 

3:15pm: Enter the afterbirth at Anne Zander is MOTHER, a postpartum comedy! From the mind that created the “painfully funny” smash-hit JUICEBOX (Official Selection 2020 HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival), and the body that birthed twins 2 years ago, this brand new solo show is clown, character, truth and fantasy, all rolled into one woman, dancing to the beat of her own breast pumps (BroadwayWorld).

2:00pm: Annabelle Wright was once a pre-teen boy with a YouTube channel and a simple dream: to be famous. Integrating the literal (and sometimes mortifying) YouTube videos from her youth, Annabelle’s debut solo show recreates the world of her former self – TheTnTGamer – and explores with vulnerability and absurdity how it shaped her identity and expression.

Laugh your ass off all afternoon and make it home in time for dinner, or grab a Fertile Ground Festival Pass and catch one of the many other shows on the same day!

Le Why Not Productions dissolves barriers between audience and performers, shines laughter into the dark corners of the human experience, and creates a space where contrasts collide and harmonize through the art of comedy. 

Fertile Ground is an annual 10-day, city-wide festival highlighting new work from Portland’s creative community in myriad art forms, offering dozens of “acts of creation” for audiences to experience.

  • Website / Instagram / Facebook

    Anne Zander (she/her/hers) is a “completely ridiculous… completely vulnerable” actor, clown, solo-character creator and physical comedy teacher with an MA in devised, physical theater (Theatre Lab) from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She studied clowning there and beyond with her award-winning teacher, Peta Lily.

    Her “painfully funny” debut solo show — JUICEBOX — took Portland by storm in 2019 and was Official Selection 2020 at Chicago Sketchfest, Dallas Comedy Festival and HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival (Boston). Her absurd, digital solo show, Prolific, debuted at Fertile Ground 2021 and her latest original work, Anne Zander is MOTHER returns to the stage in April at this year's festival. She performs regularly at comedy venues across Portland and is also the mother to twin toddlers, who made multiple stage appearances in utero but have yet to bring their own clown antics to the greater public.

  • Website / Instagram / Something Weird

    Annabelle Wright is a software engineer by day and a variety performer, funny woman, and comedy teacher by night.

    Her comedy is inspired by her background in circus arts and physical comedy. She approaches performance in ways that subvert audience expectation through timing, tension, and vulnerability. She is a self described no-jokes absurdist. Annabelle is a co-producer of Something Weird, a monthly clown show in Portland.

  • Contacting Anne and Annabelle:

    For interview, press comps and other press inquiries, contact lewhynotproductions@gmail.com

    Questions about ticketing and payments

    Fertile Ground is processing ticketing payments for event. Contact them at fertileground@portlandtheatre.com.

    Questions about the venue

    Curious Comedy Annex is the venue for Anne Zander is Mother and TheTNTGamer. This is the smaller, black box style space accessible directly from the parking lot. Contact: www.curiouscomedy.org/contact

Event Details

Show dates:

  • Saturdays & Sundays: 04/13/24 - 04/21/24

Showtimes:

  • Double Feature: 2pm (Doors at 1:40pm). Tickets $25.

  • Anne Zander is MOTHER: 3:15pm (Doors at 3pm). Tickets $15.

  • TheTNTGamer by Annabelle Wright: 2pm (Doors at 1:40pm). Tickets $15.

Tickets:

Location:

  • Venue Name: Curious Comedy ANNEX

  • Address: 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97211  

  • Accessibility: The Curious Comedy Annex (as well as main theater and restrooms) are ADA compliant and accessible.

  • Parking information: Lot located behind the main Curious Comedy theatre venue, with lot entrances on NE Emerson and Sumner Streets. The ANNEX is located directly off this parking lot.

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  • Unclaimed seats may be resold at 5 min to show time!

  • Fertile Ground Passholders without bookings may claim any unsold seats 15 min before showtime.