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The Absolute Latest
[ Butter: a love story ]
for the Capital Fringe Festival
7/21 @ 12:00 pm,
7/22 @ 7:00 pm,
7/24 @ 9:15 pm,
7/26 @ 8:00 pm,
7/28 @ 8:30 pm
All performances will be at
The Warehouse Theatre on 7th Street in NW DC. Tickets available on www.capfringe.org beginning July 9th.
Join Sandy Patti, TV's hottest new chef, as she cooks and sings her way through Broadway hits. Songs include: Taylor the Latte Boy, I Can Cook Too, and Bigger is Better.
The Recent Past
[ Being Jon Stewart ]
Written, directed, and edited by Michael A. Shea
Kristin played the supporting role of entertainment reporter Ava Garnet.
Film Synopsis:
Oscar is having a bad day- everyday. He is also a big fan of real-life television personality Jon Stewart, but Oscar is not the only one thinking too much about Jon Stewart. A pseudo-anarchist cell is out to “Stop the Lies!” and bring down TV’s top funnyman. Oscar gets inside the head of Jon Stewart, but only to bring on misadventure after misadventure. The pseudo-anarchists fail to topple Stewart, but will Oscar the big Stewart fan be the television personality’s undoing?
The Woman
Kristin
Cantwell was born and raised in Northern Virginia. She would tell
you where but no one ever knows where it is, so why put it here? After
escaping a lifetime of Catholic school, she logically went on to receive
her BA in Theatre from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
In 2003, Kristin graduated and packed up her Ford Escort for a journey back up I-95. She has worked numerous day jobs while pursuing her acting career in the wonderful city of Washington, DC. Makeup Artist, Event Coordinator, Horror Movie Script Coverage (seriously), and Office Slave are just some of them. She has performed Off-Broadway at Theatre Studio Inc., and in DC at Theatre Alliance, Washington Shakespeare Company, Studio Theatre, and Source, among others.
Kristin also does film work. Some people may know her
as a "Sex Addict" in John Waters' film A Dirty Shame (She's
the one writhing on a car. Her father was so proud.) Kristin is also a
trained Belter/Soprano who has come to worship that other Kristin, Kristin
Chenoweth. The Kristin's gotta stick together!
In addition, Kristin teaches acting
for kids in the DC area. She will be leading an auditioning workshop for
teenagers through the Fairfax County Library system this August.
She currently resides in that-town-in-Northern-Virginia-no-one-ever-knows with a suicidal ninja cat that answers to Kirby, and a border collie named Snowflake who is traumatized
by the
aforementioned ninja cat.
The Talk
For "Confessions of an Invisible Woman"
My
impressions of Confessions Of An Invisible Woman are that
you will like it a lot especially if you like material delivered from the
heart that has been life tested and full of bittersweet humor… In
fact there were a few times a tear came to my eye in this sweet funny show.
But Ronnie, you say… "Can she act?" Hell, yes she
can act! She is quite simply a joy.
– Ronnie Ruff, DC
Theatre Reviews
For anyone who has ever
felt insecure about something/anything in their life, this show is a charming
journey and discovery of how we develop, and hopefully overcome, the self-limiting
obstacles in our lives. Kristin's introspection is so candid and revealing
that the audience is forced not only to share her feelings but to walk
away with the sense that we all . . . well, I don't want to spoil
it for those who are able to catch this delightful show.
– Audience member review from Vicki Victor of Footlights
Two
great one-woman shows I've seen at Capital Fringe: To War With Love: the
Diaries
of Joan Wyndham, performed by Margaret Contreras, and Confessions of
an invisible Woman - performed by Kristin Cantwell.
Kristin Cantwell is a young, large woman . . . in her hour she told us about
what that means: from childhood to now. Emotional reality. Sadly - I saw Kristin's
last Fringe performance yesterday evening, no more this year.
– Audience
member review from ' Roger G.',
published in Washington's
City Paper's 'Fringe & Purge' Blog
In spinning the subject to her own specs, Cantwell is admirably
direct, especially when conveying some of the subtler means by which put-downs
are communicated to heavy women.
– Peter Marks, The Washington Post
For "Collected Stories"
Kristin Cantwell works hard as Lisa, and at times rises above the material.
– Matt Reville, The Sun Gazette
