SEASON ONE (2003-2004)
Maximum Verbosity comes into existence with its first show at the 2004
Minnesota Fringe Festival:
the musical comedy Lokasenna.
SEASON TWO (2004-2005)
Two one-act plays, Camelot is Crumbling 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 All
Rights Reserved: A 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)
Minnesota Death-Songs: Strange Tales From a Minneapolis
Apartment is presented 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.
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.