Our festival kickoff is a staff & audience favorite–Light up the Runway. Think Project Runway with mystery ingredients a la Chopped and the campy flourish of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Your favorite Fort Worthians team up in hopes of being named “Best Amateur Fashion Designers.” When it’s time for the show, we’ll take our seats in the theatre to laugh, celebrate, and crown a winner. It’s pretty great.
As we gather for Light Up The Runway, local artists from ‘All About Henna’ will create intricate and mesmerizing tattoo-like traditional body art called Henna starting at 6:30.
This event is part of our enthralling two-week adventure, SparkFest 2023. Explore other SparkFest events.
Amphibian Stage’s New Tiered Ticket Pricing Model
Tickets for this show range from $15-40, but YOU get to decide what you pay in an effort to make theatre more accessible for any budget. Read more about our tiered ticketing model here!
LIGHT UP THE RUNWAY 2022
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Writing funny is hard. Like, really really hard. How hard? Nothing I’ve written so far is funny, and I tried really, REALLY hard. If you also need help in this area then join us for an industry panel only at Amphibian Stage. Three professional comedic writers and performers, Paul Varghese, Julia Cotton, and Ashley Ray, explain their journey from notebooks and open mics to being featured on HBO, Comedy Central, NBC, ABC, Adult Swim, VICE and Cosmopolitan.
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
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If you love The Moth’s or Oral Fixation’s storytelling events, this is for you! Five diverse North Texas artists (J. Davis-Jones, Laila Kharrat, Coyote Rock, Devon Kodzis, and Julia Estelle Cotton) share authentic, personal stories inspired by the prompt “Reclaiming My Space.”
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
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Is there a story inside of you that’s ready to jump out? Sign up today for this Storytelling Workshop, only at Amphibian Stage! Led by Julia Cotton (Assistant Director of “Oral Fixation: DFW” and long time Storytelling Teacher), this workshop will help unique voices find the tools, structure, and levity they need to bring their story to life. We all have a story to tell, let’s help you find yours.
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
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Final Showcase for Fun with Comedy workshops.
Invite your friends and family to show off what you’ve learned all week! Cameras are welcome and encouraged.
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
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Do you love belting out your favorite songs? This workshop, designed for ages 9 to 13, is improv with a musical twist, and it’s less about rhyming and more about emotions. If music makes you feel something, come play with us.
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
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This workshop, designed for ages 9 to 13, focuses on improvisation – a style of comedy that’s all made up on the spot. It’s basically pretending, and we’ll play a bunch of fun games that make it seem easy.
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
Upcoming Shows
This workshop, designed for ages 9 to 13, kids will learn how to write original comedic songs in your favorite musical style. No musical background? No problem, as long as you love listening to music. Bring something to write with!
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.
Upcoming Shows
This event is a part of Spark Fest, our annual Summer celebration of groundbreaking and exciting new art.