Meet the naked stark: Bodies of water
in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival
September 27th 1-3pm
@ The Fairmount Water Works
FREE, contributions welcome!
Tickets available July 18th!
Meet The Naked Stark
looks a little different this year!
This Fringe season, TNS shares an interactive exhibit and sneak peak of our 2026 production Bodies Of Water. Dive into an exploration of water, time and space celebrating the sites architecture, and the mosiac of memories in the former Kelly Pool.
Bodies of Water co-creators, Amalia Colón-Nava, Chloe Marie, Harlee Trautman, Katherine Kiefer Stark, Marcie Mamura, and Meredith Stapleton, navigate the interplay of each performers’ relationship to water. We are at once streams flowing together and humans making space for each other, carrying and being carried along, discovering the power and possibilities that emerge when we come together.
This piece is an offering to drift, pause, and plunge into a shared inquiry of place and process; a phase in an ever evolving project. We invite you to enter the current of unfolding together, between the seen and unseen, and the water nearby.
Join us for a performance and reception as we discover mutual buoyancy, find each other in the vastness, dive through turbulence, and surface together.
This event is for all ages - meet us at the river!
Last Year…
The Naked Stark turned 15!
Design by Aubrey Donisch featuring photo by Wide Eyed Studios.
Image descrption: A graphic design that reads “Meet The Naked Stark” with The Naked Stark logo (a print of a foot) in bright blue outlined in gold. At the bottom of the graphic is a photo of the six collaborators (Amalia, Chloe, Katherine, Harlee, Marcie, and Meredith) with their arms raised, dressed in white costumes, ready to bow at their Falling Up performance in 2023.
We’ve been creating and performing our work for 15 years! And since 2014, Meet The Naked Stark has brought together our community of artists and arts advocates of all ages dedicated to keeping our work thriving in Philadelphia. Outside of our classes, performances, and workshops, our annual fundraiser and gathering offers another way to dance up-close with us and connect with neighbors far and wide.
In 2024 we...
Reminisced together at our 9th annual Meet The Naked Stark!
We learned line dances (some new and some old!), grabbed a treat, heard from artists in our community, explored our Falling Up craft corner, and found out what The Naked Stark is creating next!
photos from meet the naked stark 2019!
Photos: Jen Kertis, Meet The Naked Stark 2019
Top - Marisa Illingworth & Katherine Kiefer Stark; guests viewing performance; guest at the silent auction table
Bottom - Katherine hands out pops from the Lil’ Pop Shop; Harlee Trautman, Marisa, Chloe Marie Newton, & Katherine joined by guests; guest artist Evalina Carbonell with Weiwei Ma performing excerpts of Honey.
