Loyola students and faculty performing at Charm City Fringe
Loyola students and faculty from the Department of Visual and Performing Arts will perform a collection of original solo pieces at Baltimore’s 10th annual Charm City Fringe Festival. The show, titled (self) Portrait(s), is scheduled for four performances at The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. Tickets are available via the Charm City Fringe Festival website.
Show Times
- Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6:45 p.m.
- Friday, Oct. 4., at 9:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 6, at 3:30 p.m.
The show, (self) Portrait(s), was originally developed in Spring ’24 by Jim Bunzli, Ph.D., MFA, associate professor of Visual and Performing Arts (Theatre), and seven Loyola students: Ange Dickson, ’25, Evelyn Donovan, ’27, Mac Ferrone, ’25, Matt Gamerdinger, ’24, Em McGrath, ’26, Malena Román, ’27, and Charlotte Simon, ’26. The collection of student-devised solo pieces was the February production of the Evergreen Players, Loyola’s theatre group.
“As part of my scholarly and creative work on autobiographical solo performance, I assembled an adventurous group of student actors between November 2023 and February 2024, and we created a brand-new theatre piece,” said Bunzli. “Each of us tells a story from our lives—something that in some way defines us and how we are seen by others. Performing these separate stories together in a single show puts them in conversation with each other. In fact, we are all on stage the whole time and chime in during other people's stories, highlighting the similarities in our experiences. We take the typically solitary solo performance genre and make it a community effort. Our stories matter most when we share them with each other.”
Bunzli submitted the production to the Charm City Fringe Festival, an annual performing arts festival in Baltimore that unites people through art, builds community, provides a place for weird, and empowers artists in producing bold, fun entertainment. The show was accepted into the festival based on a competitive review by Baltimore theatre professionals. The October production will feature all the original cast members apart from McGrath, who is abroad and unable to participate.