SIUE Xfest: A Festival of Alternative Theater & Dance
September 9-12 2024
Get Wet! with Deenie Nast
presented by Ten Directions
Monday, Sept 9, 7:00pm, Metcalf Theater
Two Solos
presented by Alexander Davis and Joy Davis
Tuesday, Sept 10, 7:00pm, Metcalf Theater
Manifesto
Presented by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Wednesday, Sept 11, 7:00pm, Metcalf Theater
Make (It) Work: ((A) Work In Process) (Working Title)
presented by The Davis Sisters
Thursday, Sept 12, 7:00pm, Dunham Hall Theater
SIUE Xfest is a five-day festival of alternative theatre and dance that introduces the campus to a dizzying array of performing artists. Each September the festival presents ensembles of national and international renown as well as featuring the works of regional emerging artists. All participating Xfest artists offer master-classes and workshops to departmental majors in a full week-long immersive learning event. As Xfest approaches its ten year anniversary we are thrilled to have hosted artists and ensembles from New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, St. Louis, San Francisco and Chicago. One of the only university festivals of its kind, Xfest marks SIUE as a destination for experimental, alternative and avante-garde performing artists from around the US.
To Purchase Xfest Tickets go to:
www.siue/artsandsciences/theater/current-season/xfest-2022.shtml
"By exposing our students to unique styles of theatre and dance, we encourage them to gain a better understanding of the discipline and to be inspired to create their own works. We believe that it is important to share the creation of new works and to gain exposure to experimental theatre, and Xfest plays a vital part in this learning-sharing process."
Chuck Harper, Xfest Artistic Director
2010
Red Metal Mailbox (NYC), Flying Carpet Theater (Atlanta), UMO Ensemble (Seattle), Theater 310b (SIUE)
2011
500 Clown (Chicago), Theater 310b (SIUE), Jeremy Sher (Chicago), Loco 7 (NYC), Theater Simple (Seattle)
2012
Luis Tentindo (NYC), Wonderheads (Portland), Casey Smith (LA), Squonk Opera (Pittsburgh)
2013
Pacific Performance Projects (SC), The Seldoms (Chicago), Chicago Dance Crash, Wonderheads (Portland), Theater 310b (SIUE)
2014
Split Knuckle (Storrs), Manual Cinema (Chicago), The Seldoms (Chicago), Matt Smith (Seattle)
2015
Lucky Plush Dance (Chicago), Ernie Silva (LA), Wonderheads (Portland), ERA (St. Louis)
2016
ERA (St. Louis), Coldharts (NYC), Chicago Dance Crash (Chicago), Theater Simple (Seattle)
2017
Sidra Bell Dance (NYC), Naked Empire Bouffon Company (San Francisco), ERA (St. Louis), Antonia Lassar (NYC)
2018
Ten Directions (St. Louis), Rotimi Agbabiaka (San Francisco), The Coldharts (NYC), Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (Chicago)
2019
YoungLiars (St. Louis), Ernie de Silva (LA), Wonderheads (Victoria, BC), Lucky Plush Productions (Chicago), Manual Cinema (Chicago)
