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Dishwasher (Washington Metropolitan Area Tour)

WHAT IS IT?
Brian Feldman's first-ever job was as an actor with Orlando Shakespeare Theater. His second? Dishwasher at a fast-food restaurant chain.

This January, in advance of the 25th anniversary of his professional acting debut and a major new project premiering in Florida in March 2016*, award-winning D.C.-based conceptual artist Brian Feldman brings back "Dishwasher," the most talked-about and best-reviewed show of the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival - taking place in the home of the ticket buyer.

At a mutually agreed upon time, Brian will go the ticket buyer's home (Must be within 5 miles of any WMATA Metro Station) and hand wash the dirty dishes in their kitchen sink. Once completed, they will hand him a monologue of their choosing which he will cold read on the spot. Finally, Brian will pose them a question: "Am I a better actor or dishwasher?" After receiving their answer, he will depart their home; posting the verdict on social media.

Only 31 tickets are available for the Washington Metropolitan Area tour of "Dishwasher" (one per day).

*"Brian Feldman's William Shakespeare's Macbeth" premieres on March 20, 2016 in Orlando's Lake Eola Park (facebook.com/events/1426140924363853).

If you host only one show in your home in 2016, make it #DishShow (twitter.com/hashtag/dishshow?f=realtime).

WHEN IS IT?
Jan. 1 - 31, 2016 (31 shows only)
Showtimes are negotiable. After purchasing your ticket, Brian Feldman will contact you directly via email to discuss possible showtimes. (Online sales via Brown Paper Tickets end daily at 6:00 PM. If no ticket is purchased by that time, there is no show that day.)

WHERE IS IT?
Your Home (Must be within 5 miles of any WMATA Metro Station)
http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm?
There are 40 stations in the District of Columbia, 15 in Prince George's County, 11 in Montgomery County, 11 in Arlington County, 11 in Fairfax County, and three in the City of Alexandria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Washington_Metro_stations

HOW MUCH IS IT?
$30.00 (only 1 ticket available per day)
$25.00 (with 2015 Capital Fringe Festival button)
Call 1-800-838-3006 (Available 24/7) or visit
dwdmv.brownpapertickets.com

LINKS
j.mp/dwdmv_fb (Facebook Event)
j.mp/dwdmv_rls (Media Release)
twitter.com/BrianFeldman (@BrianFeldman)
twitter.com/hashtag/dishshow?f=realtime (#DishShow)

REVIEWS FROM 2015 CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
"Dishwasher" might seem like an odd premise for theater, but it is not out of character for Feldman, who has made a career out of a series of similarly interactive and bizarre projects. His endurance work follows in the tradition of great performance artists such as Tehching Hsieh and Marina Abramovic, but it's more playful..."
(Maura Judkis, The Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2015/07/18/for-fringe-actor-brian-feldman-all-the-kitchens-a-stage-and-all-the-dishes-merely-dirty

"Don't get me wrong - this endeavor is certainly abnormal, but long after our dishwasher left, my roommates I sat about, dirtying more dishes with over-easy eggs (and missing our washer), discussing central questions of life and art and where lies the divide. By tidying a few kitchens over the next few weeks, Feldman is challenging the very definition of reality."
(Anne Larimer Hart, Washington City Paper)
washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2015/07/13/what-its-like-to-have-brian-feldman-wash-your-dishes

"The 18 patrons who scored tickets to "Dishwasher" should consider themselves among the festival elite. This performance is, unsurprisingly, the most talked about show this summer. However, rest assured that "Dishwasher" will leave its mark on Washington not for having an eyebrow-raising concept, but for being intimate, engaging, and delightful."
(Jonelle Walker, DCist)
dcist.com/2015/07/capital_fringe_2015_dishwasher_your.php

"(5 Stars: Best of the 2015 Capital Fringe) The monologue I chose for Brian to read (at my mother's suggestion) was a passage from Yeats' "Celtic Twilight," very much about music and magic. He looked it over a few times, and then delivered it tremendously well to a quiet and rapt audience of otherwise very noisy people."
(Eames Armstrong, DCMetroTheaterArts)
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/07/10/2015-capital-fringe-review-dishwasher

"(5 Stars: Pick of the Fringe) My answer to my editor's question (rate the experience on a scale of one star to five stars) will be five stars. I like that there's nothing comparable to this in the festival. I liked that I didn't have to do my dishes Monday night. I liked not having to leave my house for the show. I liked not having to dress up or wear shoes. I like that it got me thinking meta-thoughts about performance. I like being in a very exclusive group, the eighteen "Dishwasher" viewers. We few. We happy few."
(Christopher Henley, DC Theatre Scene)
dctheatrescene.com/2015/07/17/dishwasher-part-of-capital-fringe

ABOUT BRIAN FELDMAN PROJECTS
Brian Feldman is an award-winning conceptual artist, working primarily in time-based performance. Best known for leaping off of a ladder 366 times over 24 hours ("Leap Year Day"), eating dinner on stage with his real life family - in front of paying audiences - over 40 times ("The Feldman Dynamic") and, five years prior to same-sex marriage being legally recognized in the state of Florida, legally marrying a stranger in support of marriage equality via a game of spin-the-bottle ("Brian Feldman Marries Anybody*"); in addition to the more than 100 other projects he has presented since August 2003 through Brian Feldman Projects, the premiere presenter of experimental time-based art in the nation's capital. facebook.com/BrianFeldmanProjects (Facebook) twitter.com/BrianFeldman (@BrianFeldman) wpadc.org/artist/brianfeldman

Poster Design: Edward Alan Feldman
http://www.feldman.graphics/posters.html