News: "Lunatic" Will Mix Music, Clowning, and Russian Poetry at the 2026 NYC Fringe
Extraterrestrial Conscience will present Lunatic , written and directed by Elina Kaplun and performed by Elina and Uliana Kaplun, as part of the 2026 New York City Fringe Festival with FRIGID New York at Chain Theatre Mainstage (312 West 36 Street, 4 th Floor, New York 10018) with performances on Sun April 5 at 5:20pm, Mon April 6 at 7:40pm, Sat April 11 at 5:20pm, Sat April 18 at 2pm &; Sun April 19 at 5:20pm. Lunatic is a delightful mix of poetry, music and physical theatre (clowning). Absurdity and surreality, visions and images, despair and hope, sadness and happiness all come together in this performance as in our life. Lunatic is based on Russian poetry of the early 20th century: Daniil Harms, Alexander Vvedensky, Osip Mandelshtam, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Sasha Chorny, and Alexander Vertinsky. The hundred years' gap, the half planet of distance, the different languages do not matter, as we all go through the same things n...