Rainbow Militia and Circus Foundry present an immersive evening like none other.
Step through a portal into another world: A hidden pocket where humans dare not tread and monsters gather for a night of revelry. Where there are monsters, the hunters are sure to follow, but although the battle between sides still rages with no one claiming true victory - the libations are flowing and all are prepared for a howling good time.
Will you:
* Join the monster hunters as the roam the forest searching for a way to rid the world of monsters once and for all?
* Step into the court of the vampire Queen as one of her devoted minions?
* Slip under the waves in the cursed lagoon to join the sirens, mermaids, and deep sea monsters of yore?
* Shamble around in search of tasty brains with the Zombies in their haunted graveyard?
From dancing in 360 degree soundscapes, to incredible libations, stunning circus performances, intriguing characters, and and some fun surprises, you won't want to miss the halloween shindig of the century, curated by the brilliant minds of Rainbow Militia (who brought you the smash hit Zabiti)!
Choose your side and come dressed revealing your true nature. No humans of modern day will be allowed.
THIS EVENING IS OPEN TO BEINGS NUMBERING OVER 21+ YEARS OF AGE
A bit about Circus Foundry:
Creating ensemble contemporary circus is our passion! Mixing disciplines from a variety of different performance art such as music, theater, dance, and circus we like to create unique story lines that are empowering and relatable. Unlike the spectacle of larger productions we create complex stories and themes through our movement and character interactions. As a true ensemble cast we work together on stage to explore new realities.
Circus Foundry was created with the simple idea of make cool art and help others in the process. As a group we develop opportunities where communities can gather and participate in art and entertainment and help support local under represented demographics. We believe that by investing in local community development that we can foster lasting bonds that can help improve the lives of people. Our art brings us great happiness and we want to share that joy with others.
Follow the link below for tickets… if you DARE!
CAST
Rainbow Militia Owner
Amber dreams of one day growing wings and learning to fly. She is a Founder and Producing Director for Rainbow Militia Circus, and has over 15 years of PR, marketing, donor relations, theater, event planning and production experience.
Amber has been practicing the aerial arts for over 10 years, with fabric as her favorite apparatus. When not in the air, she is a tarot reader, bottle walker, actor, and public speaker. She has performed all over the front range but thrives when she is able to perform with live musicians. One of her favorite collaborations was with Chimney Choir at the Levitt Pavilion in a space themed circus extravaganza.
She has been featured in 5280 Magazine, Denver Post, and Denver Westword as one of Colorado’s Creatives and as one of 9 People to Watch in 2021
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Executive Producer, Director & Performer - Thief Queen - Beer Quest - 2021
Producer, Director & Performer - Nemesis - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Producer, Director & Performer- Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Producer, Director & Performer - Las Sombras de las Brujas - Gnome Away from Home - 2020
Producer, Director & Performer - Bride of Frankenstein / Ghost - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Producer, Writer, Director - Zabiti - 2019
Skills
Aerial Silks, Tarot, Stilt Walking, Aerial Duo, Aerial Bartending, Rope & Harness, Invented Apparatus, Rock Climbing, & over 20 years of theater experience.
Photo by Michelle Christiance
Rainbow Militia Owner
Staza Stone does stuff. Swinging stuff, spinny stuff, stilt stuff, sparkle stuff... all the stuffs. She is a multi- faceted performer based out of Denver, CO. She is an aerialist, stilt walker, hula hooper, fire dancer, burlesque artist, and clown. She graduated from Frequent Flyers Productions Professional Aerial Dance Program in 2014 and has been perfirming professionally ever since. Currently Staza can be found performing both nationally and internationally in a variety of circus extravaganzas. Highlights of 2019 including stilt dancing in Japan for EDC Japan and being contracted with Cirque Dreams. She is co-director of Rainbow Militia, a unique circus collective aimed at bringing the community together through artistic collaboration. Staza also teaches locally at several studios. She is known for her short but notorious career as a shopping cart drifter in Tokyo.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Producer, Director & Performer - Barley-tholomew The Bard - Beer Quest - 2021
Producer, Director & Performer - Aite - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Director, Performer, Curator - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Director, Performer, Curator - Our Room in Their Room - Gnome Away From Home - 2020
Mischevious Fairy - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Marya - Zabiti - 2019
Skills
Hammock, Stilts (Stilts + Aerial, Stilts + Fire), Lyra, Fire (hoop, fans, poi, palm torches, fire eating), Hooper, Aerial Silks, Rope, Trapeze, Rope & Harness, Aerial Duo, Theater, Clowning, Miming, Aerial Bartending, Invented Apparatuses, and much more!
Photo by Nina Reed Photography
Rainbow Militia Owner
Liz fell in love with aerial fabric at a traveling circus years ago, and once she took to the air, there was no turning back! Since discovering a wonderful aerial community in Colorado in 2008, she has been passionately studying, performing, teaching, and obsessing over silks, rope, lyra, and whatever weird apparatuses she can get her hands on. She was a finalist in the Aerial Fabric Acrobatics Festival in 2013, and over the past few years has performed with artists such as String Cheese Incident and Elephant Revival, and in productions such as Cirque Side of the Moon and the 1940’s ball. She’s passionate about sharing her love of aerial work, has taught in a variety of programs in Denver and Boulder over the years, and you can currently find her classes at Moth Contemporary Circus. In her spare time, Liz writes software and plots adventures with her favorite unicorn musician and their circus toddler Avi.
Rainbow Militia Roles
Vampire Queen - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
The Tinker - Zabiti - 2019
Skills
Aerial Silks, Rope, Hammock, Lyra, Duo-work, Rope & Harness, Aerial Bartending, & Flute
Photo by Nina Reed Photography
Bryan Connolly was born both whimsical and bloodthirsty. Naturally this dichotomy led to a career in the circus. It began by learning to juggle from Jon Wee of the Passing Zone, and quickly escalated to acrobatics, stunt work, acting, dance, and worst of all, street theatre. By the time he received his Bachelor’s degree for Theatre Performance from Colorado State University, there was no turning back. He was committed to a life of circus. He has now performed in a plethora of circus shows with companies such as Rainbow Militia, Circus Foundry, Cirque Dreams, even toured with a professional jousting company for a while, and is the second-in-command at Knights of the Tempest.
Despise him if you must, but he will continue to find occasion to bewilder audiences far and wide.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Performer - Richard the Frothy - Beer Quest - 2021
Performer - Adrestium - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Performer & Curator - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Performer & Curator - Knives and Knaves - Gnome Alone - 2020
Monster Hunter - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Gregor - Zabiti - 2019
Anthony's passion for circus began while in school for engineering where he used juggling as a way to relax and escape the stress of class. In late 2016, this led him to join a professional circus training program and upon graduation, he and his partner moved to Las Vegas to improve their skills. Not long after moving to Vegas, he and his partner were hired as a professional acrobats for Royal Caribbean International, where they traveled the seas for over a year before returning to Denver. Since then, he has worked to co-found the Circus Foundry and has collaborated with Rainbow Militia and other local artists in various shows. He's excited to bring his unique talents to Zabiti and share them with all of you.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Performer & Choreographer - Helios - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Monster Hunter - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Circus Performer, Actor - OLEG, A DOMOVOI - Zabiti - 2019
Known as the "Miracle Sisters" in studios around the nation, real life sisters Larea Edwards and Christin Grant are gems of the mile high city. Their voices have been celebrated across the U.S. from California to New York, and even over seas. This multi talented duo has been singing together since birth. They read and write music, they rap, they play instruments, they act, they dance, they do areal, played semi pro football, Larea plays the violin...these ladies do it all. Joined by their sister and cousin, they are the National recording group "Spirit Of Grace" or SOG. SOG produces "Black Music Matters" annually in connection with Vocal Coalition to connect hundreds of children in DPS with local artists to celebrate Black music. They are also active in the community. They sing at churches, rallies, community events, political events, and on famous stages like Red Rocks and the House of Blues.They created the front yard music festival to bring together communities, creating a safe space to allow the opportunity for everyone to connect with open dialogue. They sing for and tour with several bands. Reaching #1 on whatsinstore music last year with their original music with The Deep Pocket Thieves.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Musicians & Composers - The Muses - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Musicians, Composers, Curators - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Musicians, Composers, Curators - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters — Gnome Away from Home —2020
Siren Singers — A Very Victorian Monster Soiree — 2019
Bethel Lindsley is a Colorado Native growing up in Evergreen, she has been doing acrobatics for over 20 years. She was highly competitive in the USA Junior Olympic program for 13 years where she was an accomplished level 10 artistic gymnast. After her club gymnastic career she went to Colorado State University where she created and was captain of the CSU Club Gymnastic Team that was then ranked 7th in the Nation. She graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Nutrition and Fitness. During college she was introduced to the world of circus and performing and fell in love with the stage. After graduation she signed her first acrobatic contract where she performed for a year with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line on the biggest ship in the world The Allure of the Seas. Since then she has worked in small and large shows around the world. She spent 2 years in Wuhan, China working for Franco Dragone as a member of the creation cast of The Han Show where she was a speciality performer. She recently returned from her second contract with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines but this time on The Oasis of the Seas where she was the featured performer and the aerial coordinator. She has worked for Feld Entertainment on the largest stunt show in the world Marvel Universe Live bringing superheros to life. Currently she is the Founder/ Owner of CIrcus Foundry a touring ensemble contemporary circus company based out of Denver as well as the Acrobatic Captain for the Phantom Circus. She is a generalist and has a wide skill range in several different disciplines such as: trampoline, tumbling, partner acrobatics, hand balancing, duo/solo aerial, diving, flyboard, dance and russian swing.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Performer & Choreographer - Selene - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Coordinator, Performer - Monster Hunter Queen - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Circus Artist, Actor - NEPRA, A QUEEN - Zabiti - 2019
An environmental engineer bitten by the circus bug at a climbing gym where he discovered slacklining, Jeff Paley continues to follow the siren’s song of circus and is now a multi-disciplined performer based in Boulder, CO. Through performance, he has transformed into characters such as a 10-foot tall stone spirit roaming the paths of the Denver Botanical Gardens during Glow at the Gardens, a giant bubble-making fisherman at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, and even a bouncing clown on jumping stilts with Electric Daisy Carnival in Zhuhai, China! Taking a pandemic-imposed break from Vegas and the Black Rock Desert this year, he is elated to have this safety-conscious opportunity to share his craft with you.
Rainbow Militia Roles
Fibblesticks Dabbledoo & Technical Director - Gnome Away from Home - 2020
Jumping Satyr - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Artsmyths established in 2005 creates leather masks, headdresses and accoutrements. Lynn and Tiffany Smyth are a mother and daughter duo who have been creating art together for 25 years. Tiffany started ArtsMyths after discovering the art of mask making in 2003 inspired by Lunar Fire, a musical and performance art group.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Leathersmith + Glasssmith - Beer Quest - 2021
Headdress Designer/Leathersmith - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Mask Designer - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Mask Designer - Gnome Away from Home - 2020
Mask Designer - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Costume Designer, Mask and Leather Designer - Zabiti - 2019
Bio Coming Soon
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Puppetmaster - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
Circus Artist, Actor - GREGOR, A VAZILA SPIRIT - Zabiti - 2019
Thomas Vincent is a Rambler; Ozark's-bred Hillbilly, self taught wizard, desert dweller, alien abductee, trash rat, who found his way to Colorado years ago. He’s an artist/ fabricator by day and has a background in music production, as well as banging on miscellaneous instruments. He spends a majority of his free time reading, writing and playing music for his partner and their cat, Gizzard.
RAINBOW MILITIA ROLES
Performer & Curator - Tartarus - Celestial Chaos - 2021
Performer & Curator - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
Performer & Curator - Our Room in Their Room - Gnome Alone - 2020
Bad Rat - Zabiti - 2019
Tom Varani is a Denver artist, innovator and explorer and the other half of the dynamic duo that makes up the Unbuilt Library.
Rainbow Militia Roles
World Builder - Death’s Unraveling - 2020
World Builder - Gnome Away from Home - 2020
World Builder - A Very Victorian Monster Soiree - 2019
World Designer / Builder - Zabiti - 2019