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CHRIS KAUFFMAN
(1970 - )Nationality: USA
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New York-based writer/performers Richard Harrington and Chris Kauffman met in 1997 and began to craft the unusual blend of comedy, absurdity, tragedy, geography and accordion music that eventually became the two-man team of Belgian cabaret singer Gustave and his associate Nhar. Harrington & Kauffman debuted their first Gustave and Nhar show, Motel California, in 1999, and followed it up with Nharcolepsy in 2002. Their latest show, Cabaret Terrarium, opened in 2009. Each of these shows toured for several years around North America and the world. Chris Kauffman has collaborated on new work for productions at Bleecker Street Theatre, the Alliance Francaise, HERE, PS122, NADA. He has performed regionally at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA; Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, AK; W.H.A.T in Wellfleet, national tour of The Miser. Performed with dance company dona orphéline in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Montreal. He has taught and directed at Gettysburg College and is the Co-Director of the Greylock Theatre Project at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Cabaret Terrarium Motel California NharcolepsyCabaret Terrarium
Synopsis:
Gustave and Nhar from Harrington & Kauffman's Nharcolepsyand Motel California return! In this epic comedy of amnesia and redemption, watch Belgian cabaret singer Gustave and his silent assistant Nhar travel the world in search of clues about Gustave's family and his own shadowy past
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created And performed by Richard Harrington And Chris Kauffman
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Brick Theater's "amuse Bouche" Clown Theatre Festival Hors D'oeuvre
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Synopsis:
the heartwarming tale of ruthless Belgian cabaret singer who gives up his life of killing for the cabaret.
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created by Richard Harrington And Chris Kauffman
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Comedy, 60 min One act
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Synopsis:
a Belgian cabaret singer and his assistant freeze to death at the North Pole while searching for the Yeti.
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created by Richard Harrington And Chris Kauffman
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