New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC.
& {breathing time machine} present

PANORAMANIA;
Or The Adventures of John Banvard
An O'er True Tale.

Book by David Jackson,
Music & Lyrics by PartyFolk 
Video by Closing Eye Studios
Directed by Jacob Sexton

The Play: 

A panoramic, folk infused, multi-media view of the life of John Banvard (1815-91), the unknown creator of the first "moving image."

Why Donate:

We can’t thank you enough for your generous support. Any amount helps. Fordham University supported the play’s development through a research grant; and now we need your help to fully realize PANORAMANIA at the New York International Fringe Festival this August!

Your donation will help support: 

- Re-creating Banvard's massive panorama
- 19th century period costumes (P.T. Barnum, Queen Victoria, and more!)
- Original music and live performance by NYC folk band, PartyFolk!
- Original videography by Minnesota based Closing Eye Studio!
- A very exciting, ambitious projection & video design.

Artists:

Actors: Kabby Borders, Noah Chase, Tyler Gattoni, Sarah Hegarty, Erica Hernandez, Leah Latella, Brendan McDonough, Emily Rose Prats, Blake Sugarman, R.J. Vaillancourt, and Brandon Zelman.

Production & Design: Will Barrios, Jessie Bonaventure, Jonathan Bremner, Tanner Curtis, Sarah Ford, Mia Hull, David Jackson, Megan Lang, Andrew Laudel, Pauline Lu, Luca Nicholas, Marissa Parkes, Edward K. Ross, Jacob Sexton, and Isabelle Simone.

Musicians: Ben Antelis, Noah Chase, Mitch Friedman, Doug Goldstein, and Leah Latella.

Video Team: Gus Ganley and Walken Schweigert.

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