introduction to jeff onore
Jeff's solo show "What Happened to Jeff" was #1 Fan Favorite at the New England Fringe Festival, Boston Center for the Arts, 2008. He has performed in the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax NS, 1 x 1 Festival in Cambridge and Newburyport, MA, in the Red Room and Stage Left Studio in NYC
"...wickedly funny, decidedly edgy. . ."
- Fosters Daily
"...the left side of life, hip, urbane, style all his own”
- Metronome
“manically focused performance….. entertain with the darkest of black humor”
- Syracuse New Times
In this captivating, deadpan expression of urban loneliness and disconnection, Jeff Onore delivers a series of vignettes pegged to life's realities (weddings, fatherhood, work) which fold quickly into mesmerizing, startlingly funny tales of darkness and absurdity. A grown man eats crayons and tenderly parents a robotic baby; his family's multiple therapists compete for influence; his incorrigible dead father intrudes in the unlikeliest way. Grappling with improbable memories and health challenges, the character looks back on his life and hires a team of “revisionators” to make changes. Reviewers say: "...wickedly funny, decidedly edgy. . ." "A captivating performance that goes beyond the sardonic wit of the comedian"… "the left side of life, hip, urbane, style all his own.” Jeff Onore's previous show -- What Happened to Jeff -- took top honors at the New England Fringe Festival, Boston, in 2008.
