Damon Kirsche: actor • singer: Kimmel Center

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Sep 6, 2011

Barrymore Award Nomination

I've been nominated for a Barrymore Award (by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia) for my work earlier this spring in "A Passing Wind," in which I played legendary Vaudeville performer Joseph Pujol – a.k.a. Le Pétomane (“The Fartiste”). I had the honor of performing the story for Pujol's own great-grandson and great-great grandson and talking with them afterward about their infamous ancestor. Many thanks to the troupe of seasoned players and the committed creative team who supported me. And thanks, Philly!

With the cast and creative team of A PASSING WIND, as well as Henry and Marc Pujol, Joseph's great and great-great grandsons.

A PASSING WIND

World Premiere Musical

An enchanting chamber musical chronicling the (mostly) true life of Joseph Pujol – a.k.a. Le Petomane (“The Fartiste”). From provincial baker to populist entertainer at Paris’ renowned Moulin Rouge, Pujol grosses-out thousands, while out-grossing his contemporaries, until World War I leaves unprecedented devastation in its wake, and Pujol’s act of crepitation no longer tickles France’s funny bone.

Book, Music and Lyrics by Seth Rozin

Directed by Seth Rozin

Music Direction, Sound Design by Daniel Perelstein

Assistant Director, Choreography by Karen Getz

Damon Kirsche as Joseph Pujol

Leah Walton as Elizabeth Pujol

Ian Bedford as Henri Oller

Tim Moyer as Sigmund Freud

Laura Catlaw as Angèle Thibodeau

Peter Schmitz as Claude Monet

Maureen Torsney-Weir as Sarah Bernhardt

Jered McLenigan as Erik Satie

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts

"The Spirit of Paris 1910-1920"

Facebook: A PASSING WIND, PIFA

Apr 3, 2011

"A Passing Wind"—Photos

From our final dress rehearsal of "A Passing Wind," at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts: (Costumes: Anna Frangiosa, Photography: Sandy Flint)

The company of "A Passing Wind": Jered McLenigan (Satie), Ian Bedford (Henri Oller), Maureen Torsney-Weir (Bernhardt), Laura Catlaw (Angèle Thibodeau) and Leah Walton (Elizabeth Pujol).

"Baking our bread daily, making our daily bread," Leah Walton as Elizabeth Pujol and Damon Kirsche as Joseph Pujol

Joseph Pujol (Damon Kirsche) debuts his legendary act for patrons of the Moulin Rouge.

Joseph (Damon Kirsche) and Elizabeth (Leah Walton) backstage.

Pujol (Damon Kirsche) and Oller (Ian Beford) interrupt Angèle's new act "La Femme Pétomane."

And a few shots of an earlier dress rehearsal:

The Moulin Rouge salutes France at the outbreak of WWI:
Ian Bedford as Henri Oller, Damon Kirsche as Joseph Pujol, Laura Catlaw as Angèle Thibodeau.

Joseph Pujol, AKA "Le Petomane" (Damon Kirsche) blasts Angèle (Laura Catlaw),
who stands in reluctantly as a German soldier.

Sarah Bernhardt (Maureen Torsney-Weir) explains the ephemeral yet eternal beauty of Theatre to Pujol (Damon Kirsche): "Life begets life, chemistry begets chemistry, it's only by spending oneself that one becomes rich."

Mar 18, 2011

4/7 - 4/17: "A Passing Wind" at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

A PASSING WIND

World Premiere Musical
April 7 - April 17, 2011

2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts

"The Spirit of Paris 1910-1920"

Click here to see photos from A PASSING WIND.

I'm currently in Philadelphia to premiere "A Passing Wind," an enchanting chamber musical chronicling the (mostly) true story of Joseph Pujol – a.k.a. Le Petomane (“The Fartiste”). From provincial baker to populist entertainer at Paris’ renowned Moulin Rouge, Pujol grosses-out thousands, while out-grossing his contemporaries, until World War I leaves unprecedented devastation in its wake, and Pujol’s act of crepitation no longer tickles France’s funny bone.