SEASON ONE (2003-2004)
Maximum Verbosity comes into existence with its first show at the 2004
Minnesota Fringe Festival:
the musical revue Lokasenna, consisting of songs and routines excerpted
from the full-length comedy Norseplay: The Musical
Adventures of Loki and Thor.
SEASON TWO (2004-2005)
Excerpts from two one-act plays, Camelot is Crumbling:
An Arthurian Nightmare and the verse tragedy Broceliande:
The Death of Merlin, are presented as part of the double-bill Camelot
is Crumbling: Two Arthurian Dreams at the 2005 Minnesota
Fringe Festival.
SEASON THREE (2005-2006)
The mime show Warrior Needs Food, Badly: The Journey
to America is created in April 2006 for the physical comedy festival,
FoolFest.
In July of that year is presented the political sketch comedy
Libertarian Rage at the Bryant-Lake
Bowl.
SEASON FOUR (2006-2007)
Warrior Needs Food, Badly is remounted in May
2007 as part of the mime showcase Minimum Verbosity.
The company has its first major success in the storytelling show Descendant
of Dragons, which travels to the Iowa Fringe Festival in July and
the Minnesota Fringe in August,
where it is the bestselling show in its venue and awarded with a coveted
Encore slot. Hire this show for your event!
SEASON FIVE (2007-2008)
The company celebrates its five-season anniversary with Logorrhea:
The Most of Maximum Verbosity in January 2008 at the Bryant-Lake
Bowl, collaborating with a variety of other artists to re-interpret
work from previous years.
An adaptation of the Lewis Carroll poem, The Hunting
of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits, is presented in April as part
of the Alice in Biffyland physical comedy showcase.
The Secret Book of Jesus, a retelling and harmonization
of the Apocryphal Gospels, is presented in May as part of the Spirit
in the House religious theatre festival. Hire this
show for your event!
Descendant of Dragons is remounted in May and
June as part of Mother's Daughter, Father's Son, a storytelling
double-bill. Hire this show for your event!
All Rights Reserved: A Libertarian Rage is remounted
in July at the Kansas City Fringe Festival;
again in August at the Minnesota
Fringe; and again later that month as part of Rolling Out the Welcome
Mat: Artists Respond, a cabaret of political shows created in response
to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
SEASON SIX (2008-2009)
The Rise of General Arthur becomes the first
MV show to travel internationally; it tours to the DC,
Kansas City, Minnesota,
and Indianapolis Fringe Festivals,
as well as to Melbourne,
Australia. In Minnesota, it is nominated for Oustanding Spoken
Word Performance by FringeFamous,
and remounted at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage by Nimbus
Theatre. Hire this show for your event!
SEASON SEVEN (2009-2010)
Fear and Trembling is presented, in embryonic
form, as "Minnesota Death-Songs" in October 2009 as part of
a storytelling double-bill. Hire this show for
your event!
The Secret Book of Jesus is remounted at Kieran's
Irish Pub in December. Hire this show for your
event!
Pissing on the Great Wall is mounted at the
Bryant-Lake Bowl in February
2010, then remounted by Joking
Envelope in April. Hire this show for your
event!
Descendant of Dragons is remounted at the Kansas
City Fringe Festival in July. Hire this show
for your event!
My
Mother Told Me, an experimental hybrid of storytelling and dance,
is created in collaboration with Sara Stevenson Scrimshaw and DRP Dance
for the 2010 Minnesota Fringe
Festival, where it is nominated for Outstanding Spoken Word Performance
by FringeFamous.
SEASON EIGHT (2010-2011)
The Concept of Anxiety is presented, in embryonic
form, as "Quantum Suicide and Other Songs of Death" in October
2010 as part of Yellow Kings and Darker Things, a storytelling
double-bill at the People's
Center Theater.
Camelot is Crumbling: An Arthurian Nightmare is
mounted at the People's
Center Theater in December 2010. Hire this show
for your event!
Penner vs. the Hydra: A Comedy of Many Loves is
mounted at the People's
Center Theater in February 2011.
The Rise of General Arthur is remounted by Girl
Friday Productions in July 2011. Hire this show
for your event!
Camelot is Crumbling: An Arthurian Nightmare is
remounted at the Kansas City, Minnesota, Indianapolis, and Chicago Fringe
Festivals. In Minnesota, it is nominated for Oustanding Solo Show
by FringeFamous. Hire
this show for your event!
SEASON NINE (2011-2012)
The Gray and the Gold is mounted as part of Nightmare
Fuel at the Lyric Lab in October 2011. Hire this show for your event!
The latest iteration of Norseplay: The Musical
Adventures of Loki and Thor receives a public reading at the Black Forest Inn in April 2012.
Fear and Trembling is remounted at the Kansas
City and Minnesota Fringe
Festivals. Hire this show for your event!
SEASON TEN (2012-2013)
Indefinite Articles: A Libertarian Rage is
mounted at Kieran's Irish Pub in
October 2012.
The Camelot
Cycle is mounted at CONvergence
in July 2013.
The Concept of Anxiety is remounted at the Kansas
City and Minnesota Fringe
Festivals. Hire this show for your event!
The Tragicall Historye of Launcelot and Guenever
is produced by Six Elements
Productions at the Minnesota
Fringe Festival.
SEASON ELEVEN (2013-2014)
The Concept of Anxiety is remounted at MarsCon
in March 2014. Hire this show for your event!
Copulation Density is mounted at the Die
Laughing Comedy Festival in April 2014. Hire this
show for your event!
Two one-act plays, Broceliande: The Death of
Merlin and The Rise of General Arthur, are
presented as part of the double-bill Tales from Camelot by Six
Elements Productions at the Northrup King Building in April 2014.
Fear and Trembling is remounted at CONvergence
in July 2014. Hire this show for your event!
Indefinite Articles: A Libertarian Rage is
remounted at the Hollywood,
Kansas City, Minnesota,
and Indianapolis Fringe Festivals,
as well as one-night shows in Rochester,
Ann Arbor, Des
Moines, and Saint Paul.
Hire this show for your event!
SEASON TWELVE (2014-2015)
Tales from Wonderland, a double-bill including The Hunting of the Snark, is mounted at the Phoenix Theater in March 2015.
The launch party for my first book, Indecision Now! A Libertarian Rage, takes place at the Phoenix Theater in April on Tax Day 2015, followed by a reading and a signing in July at CONvergence 2015. Hire this show for your event!
The Secret Book of Jesus is remounted at the Kansas City, Minnesota, and Indianapolis Fringe Festivals, as well as one-night shows in Rochester and Ann Arbor. Hire this show for your
event!
SEASON THIRTEEN (2015-2016)
Readings for Indecision Now! A Libertarian Rage are scheduled for AgoraFest 2015 in September, and for the Die Laughing 50-Hour Comedy Marathon in April 2016. (We also had a table and a signing at the AWP Bookfair in LA in March-April, a signing at the LPMN Convention in April, and a reading and signing at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in July.) Hire this show for your event!
The Twin Cities' first open-mic dedicated to speculative fiction, The Not-So-Silent Planet, is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout October 2015-June 2016. (We also produced curated shows at StoryFest 2016 in April, and as part of the Word Sprout Slumber Party in June; an open-mic at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention; a collection of previews for the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival in July; and a more heavily rehearsed and developed show with three of our regulars and a live accompanist for the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival in August.)
Get Thee Behind Me, Santa: An Inexcusably Filthy Children's Spoken-Word Farce for Adults Only is produced as part of the Up Your Chimney! alternative holiday festival in December 2015. Hire this show for your event!
Indefinite Articles: A Libertarian Rage is
remounted at the Atlanta Fringe Festival in June 2016. Hire this show for your event!
The Golden Age is mounted at the Phoenix Theater in June 2016, and at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
Descendant of Dragons is remounted at the Pointless Brewery & Theatre in Michigan in July. Hire this show for your event!
Pissing on the Great Wall is remounted at the Kansas City Fringe Festival in July, and at the Pointless Brewery & Theatre in Michigan in August.. Hire this show for your
event!
Maximum Verbosity's thirteenth season was partly sponsored by
CONvergence Convention 2016
A Four-Day Celebration of Science Fiction and Fantasy
June 30 - July 3, 2016
SEASON FOURTEEN (2016-2017)
The Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout September 2016-June 2017. (We also produced curated shows at the Twin Cities Horror Festival in October, and at the Die Laughing 50-Hour Comedy Marathon and Power Point Karaoke in April.)
A reading for Indecision Now! A Libertarian Rage takes place at AgoraFest 2016 in September, then at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in July. Hire this show for your event!
The Alternate Party Party is produced at Bedlam Lowertown in St. Paul in October.
The Not-So-Silent Planet: A Speculative Podcast is broadcast online from October 2016-July 2017, with a live recording at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in July.
A full-cast reading of The Gray and the Gold is produced as part of the Twin Cities Horror Festival in October.
The Not-So-Silent Planet: A Speculative Reading Series takes place at the Phoenix Theater from April-June 2017.
Superman: The Golden Age is mounted in July at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
Serpentine is mounted as part of the the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August 2017.
SEASON FIFTEEN (2017-2018)
Season three of the Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout September 2017-June 2018. (We also produced a collection of previews for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival in July.)
The launch party for my new comic fantasy novella, Get Thee Behind Me, Santa: An Inexcusably Filthy Children's Time-Travel Farce for Adults Only, takes place at the Phoenix Theater in November 2017. A reading and two signings also take place at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention; a reading at the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Rochester, MN; and a one-man show at the Kansas City Fringe Festival which wins the bestselling show in its venue, both in July. Hire this show for your event!
The Not-So-Silent Planet: A Speculative Podcast is broadcast online February-April 2018, with a live recording at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in July.
PlanetFest: A Speculative Short Play Festival is mounted at the Phoenix Theater in March 2018.
A Greater War: Thucydides in the Park is mounted at the Wolfe Park Veterans' Memorial Amphitheater in June 2018.
Batman: The Golden Age is mounted in July at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
SEASON SIXTEEN (2018-2019)
Season four of the Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout October 2018-March 2019. (We also produced a curated show at the Die Laughing 50-Hour Comedy Marathon in March, and the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in July.)
Get Thee Behind Me, Santa is adapted into an ensemble musical and mounted at Strike Theater November-December 2018.
Indefinite Articles: A Libertarian Rage is
remounted at FRIGID New York in February-March 2019, and at FringePVD in Rhode Island in July. Hire this show for your event!
The Gray and the Gold is remounted at the Boston-area Story Space in May. Hire this show for your event!
Dawn of Justice: The Golden Age is mounted in July at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
The solo version of Get Thee Behind Me, Santa is remounted at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August 2019. Hire this show for your event!
SEASON SEVENTEEN (2019-2020)
Season five of the Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout October 2019-February 2020. (We also produced a curated show online as a fundraiser for Strike Theater in May.)
The solo version of Get Thee Behind Me, Santa is remounted in Boston at the Arisia science-fiction convention in January 2020, as well as online as part of FringePVD in July. Hire this show for your event!
Descendant of Dragons is remounted at the Boston-area Story Space in March. Hire this show for your event!
Strange Wor(l)ds is mounted online as a fundraiser for the Minnesota Fringe Festival in May.
On the Concept of Irony (with No Reference to Socrates) is mounted online as part of the Minnesota Fringe Virtual Festival in August.
SEASON EIGHTEEN (2020-2021)
Season six of the Not-So-Silent Planet (produced in collaboration with Word Sprout) livestreams online October 2020-March 2021. (We also streamed a curated show for StoryFest 2021 in May; streamed a collection of previews in July for the 2021 Minnesota Fringe Festival; produced an open-mic as part of the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in-person in August; and streamed a more heavily rehearsed and developed show with three of our regulars and original accompaniment as part of the Minnesota Fringe online.)
Your Election Night Soundtrack is mounted online in -- when else? -- November.
The solo version of Get Thee Behind Me, Santa is remounted online as a fundraiser for Strike Theater in December. Hire this show for your event!
An abbreviated (and full-cast) version of On the Concept of Irony (with No Reference to Socrates) is remounted online as part of Die Laughing Halftime in April 2021, and a recording of the 2020 livestream is made available for rent as part of the Kansas City Fringe Festival in July. Hire this show for your event!
The Yip of Cthulhu (a short film excerpted from On the Concept of Irony) is presented as part of PortFringe in June 2021.
The Gray and the Gold is mounted online as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August 2021.
Myth and Legend: The Golden Age is mounted in-person in August at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
Camelot is Crumbling: An Arthurian Nightmare is
remounted online in September. Hire
this show for your event!
SEASON NINETEEN (2021-2022)
The launch party for my new horror collection, Monsters in a Mirror: Strange Tales from the Chapel Perilous, takes place at Strike Theater in October 2021. Readings take place at Eat My Words Bookstore in December, DreamHaven Books in January, and CONvergence 2022 in August; books are made available for sale at CryptiCon Minneapolis 2022 in September, and DeCongestant and the Twin Cities Book Festival in October. Hire a reading for your event!
Season seven of the Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout October 2021-March 2022. (We also contributed a curated lineup of performers to the Strike Holiday Circus in December, produced a collection of previews for the 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival in July, and hosted an open-mic as part of the CONvergence speculative fiction convention in August.)
A recording of the livestream of The Gray and the Gold is made available online Halloween week. Hire this show for your event!
The solo version of Get Thee Behind Me, Santa is remounted at Strike Theater in December. Hire this show for your event!
We hold a reading of Moliere's Don Juan in honor of the playwright's (belated) birthday at Strike Theater in February.
I livestream a reading of Stages: A Horror Story in February, and perform it live as part of Cages and Stages in July. Hire this show for your event!
We produce a new storytelling series, Word Salad, at Eat My Words Books in March, June, and September.
Monsters in a Mirror is adapted into a horror anthology show and mounted at the Phoenix Theater April-May.
WASTED: The Comedy Horror Show is mounted at the Phoenix Theater in April.
Stages: A Horror Play is mounted at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August 2022; a recording is made available for online rental as part of the Fringe Hangover series in September.
The Concept of Anxiety is remounted at CONvergence 2022 in August. Hire this show for your event!
Tales from the Multiverse of Radness is mounted at CONvergence 2022 in August.
Takin' It to the Streets: The Golden Age is mounted in August at the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
SEASON TWENTY (2022-2023)
Season eight of the Not-So-Silent Planet is produced in collaboration with Word Sprout October 2022-March 2023. (We also host an open-mic as part of CONvergence 2023 in July.)
We conclude our Word Salad storytelling series at Eat My Words Books in December.
We hold a reading of Some Black Storm: The People's Rebellion of Jack Cade Against the Usurper King Henry VI at the Phoenix Theater in January.
In honor of the company's twentieth anniversary, our first script Norseplay: The Musical Adventures of Loki and Thor receives its first full mounting at the Phoenix Theater in June.
Myths and Moonshine is mounted at the Phoenix Theater in June.
Elements of Style is mounted at CONvergence 2023 in July.
A reading and signing for my horror collection, Monsters in a Mirror: Strange Tales from the Chapel Perilous, take place at CONvergence 2023 in July. Hire a reading for your event!
The Gray and the Gold is remounted at the Kansas City Fringe Festival in July. Hire this show for your event!
In honor of the company's twentieth anniversary, Too Many Notes is mounted at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, featuring one-night-only performances of Get Thee Behind Me, Santa, The Concept of Anxiety, The Gray and the Gold, On the Concept of Irony, and Camelot is Crumbling. All five shows available for hire!