50% NonverbalNEXT PERFORMANCE:
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
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Interdisciplinary performance artist C. Neil Parsons offers a solo variety show that is
part storytelling, part musical act, part physical theatre, and part TED Talk. In between musical/choreographic interludes with a trombone, Neil relates true stories about his personal relationship with silence, what happens when his sleep alter-ego takes over, and why an experimental composer created music in pictures without telling anyone how it should sound. Performed at the 2026 Orlando Fringe International Theatre Festival
& the 2026 Winnipeg Fringe Festival Workshop performance at the 2025 Boston Fringe Festival |
RESPONSES TO 50% NONVERBAL
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"Parsons mixes masterful horn playing and nonsense scat singing with athletic choreography and sprightly physical comedy."
- Orlando Weekly |
"Parsons is a charmer."
"[T]he imagery he creates...will leave you smiling. And his discourse will leave you pondering." - Orlando Sentinel |
"A masterful trombonist/dancer in concert! This variety show really showcases this performer’s strengths"
- Orlando Theatre Review |
"Shifting from goofy to sincere and back, 50% Nonverbal embraces its eclectic mix of artistic disciplines. Audiences willing to follow its dreamlike logic will find a thoughtful and elegantly inventive Fringe experience."
- THE JENNY REVUE
50% Nonverbal |
Created and Performed by C. Neil Parsons
Lighting Design by Brea Denno Soft Shoe Coaching by Brooklyn Toli |
Music |
Subadobe (for trombone only) by Fredrik Högberg
Fascinating Rhythm by George Gershwin Recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas) by Henry Purcell Parallel Play by C. Neil Parsons Treatise graphic score by Cornelius Cardew Interpretation for solo (dancing) trombone by C. Neil Parsons chewing gum tornado by Curtis K. Hughes Moonrise With Memories, Part 1 by Frederic Rzewski Recorded by The Fourth Wall Ensemble C. Neil Parsons (bass trombone) Hilary Abigana (flute & piccolo) Greg Jukes (percussion) |
Thanks |
Andy Spence
Hannah Spence Hilary Abigana & Greg Jukes |
