Tippy Topwell

Tippy Topwell Dances Around the Subject premiered in August (in collaboration with Virgina Scott and with the generous support of The Visionary) to wild success and delight! Now she's rolling into New York town, appearing here and there and if you are truly lucky you might even catch a glimpse of her nephew, John Tammy Topwell Bopwell on double slide whistle!

Upcoming Shows!

Saturday 1/10 @ 7:30 & 9 pm

Sunday 1/11 @ 11 am

PhysFestNYC Presents: Spork & Gimble Lose Their Cheese / Tippy Topwell | Stella Adler Studios, 65 Broadway  | Tickets $20 online | IG: @physfestnyc

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Tippy Topwell Dances Around the Subject

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Jamie Graham delivers an evening of poignant nonsense and delight, bursting with comic dance and physical comedy in Tippy Topwell Dances Around the Subject, a show about putting your best foot forward even when you get it stuck in the door, created in collaboration with Virginia Scott and featuring John Coyne on every instrument we can talk him into playing (but definitely the slide whistle, with the slide whistle he does the impossible!)

Performed By: Jamie Graham, John Coyne

Virginia Scott (Director, Co-Creator)

John Coyne (Musician, Composer)

Jenny Rocha (Costume Design)

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Spork & Gimble Lose Their Cheese

In the past, when the Moon was close enough to the Earth that you could reach up and brush it with your fingertips, friendly Moon Cheese harvesters Spork and Gimble team up to make a better life for themselves. Chaos and comedy ensues as they battle the greedy Cheese Foreman. This music-infused, Commedia dell'Arte-inspired play is delightful and touching. It is an adaptation of Soft Brain's original play with music "The Captive Moon (and Other Celestial Stories) which premiered March 2025."

Written By: Lila Perlman

Direction By: RJ Tabachnick

Cast: Nicole Borbone, Parisa Garcia, Lila Perlman, Georgia Reichard*, Nicole Tsarouhas, Jess Westman

Soft Brain Theatre Company is a collective of NYC-based theatre artists focused on process-driven physical comedy, using Commedia dell'Arte and musical theatre as its foundations. We specialize in the Commedia dell’Arte artform because we believe that Commedia has the unique ability to use absurdity and ridiculousness to crack open the most vulnerable parts of the human heart and mind. Using bold physicalizations, loud characters, and bawdy comedy, we allow audiences to quiet the thinking mind and expand their perceptions.

Founded in 2021 by Nicole Tsarouhas and RJ Tabachnick, Soft Brain Theatre Company has produced seven full productions and countless events from workshops to cabarets. Members of the company have trained with physical theatre artists around the world including Lecoq in Barcelona, Commedia in Florence, and Chris Bayes in NYC, to name a few. www.softbraintheatrecompany.com @softbraintheatrecompany

This is an Equity Approved Showcase. *Member of AEA