Love Fest

Love Fest
Theater	The Institution Theater
Directed by	Clifton Highfield
Cast	Jessica Arjet Andrew Basile Ashley Jayne Carlisle Cat Drago Mitchell Deane Andreas Fabis Scott Hearne Clifton Highfield Ryan Hill Brandon Martin Nathan Sowell Sarah Swofford Dana Yanoshak
Run	February 2013

Love Fest (AKA "Lovefest") was an improvised longform show based on the theme of love for Valentine's days 2013. It ran concurrently with Bitterfest.

Format

Each show consisted of three separate troupe performances by Nugefield, Bedfellows, and The Seven Eight Sevens. The troupe performances were interspersed with brief musical acts and true stories by the cast members about their love lives.

The Seven Eight Sevens' format for Love Fest was conceived of by Clifton Highfield who was coaching them at the time. The format was titled "Missed Connections", and was a series of scenes on the them of love interspersed with readings from that day's "Missed Connections" section of craigslist.