A story for people who pick up old photographs, who hear music along the railway tracks, and especially for you, when you walk up from the river, in case one night you meet a spirit with impeccable manners wearing an old-fashioned tuxedo, who offers your heart’s desire in exchange for one teeny little favor...
What can you expect at the Rochester Fringe in September 2019 ? A unique site-specific experience: walking through the streets near the Spielgelgarden, I imagine possible histories and lives of this place and its community. My work is an ongoing examination of “the journey”. These are creative explorations, fictional inventions inspired by factual history, taking you into a story I create especially for a particular festival. The walks are, by their nature, collaborative experiences. I look forward to walking with you!
"Pasold successfully casts a spell over her audience with subtlety and grace." - New Orleans Defender
What can you expect at the Rochester Fringe in September 2019 ? A unique site-specific experience: walking through the streets near the Spielgelgarden, I imagine possible histories and lives of this place and its community. My work is an ongoing examination of “the journey”. These are creative explorations, fictional inventions inspired by factual history, taking you into a story I create especially for a particular festival. The walks are, by their nature, collaborative experiences. I look forward to walking with you!
"Pasold successfully casts a spell over her audience with subtlety and grace." - New Orleans Defender

THE NIX went to the 2019 Rochester Fringe. Around Thanksgiving, THE NIX appeared in Louisiana. In 2020, THE NIX is heading to Mississippi.
So, until we meet again, let me just suggest that if someone offers to buy your soul in return for a few good photographs, it may be wise to simply refuse...
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Lisa Pasold is an award-winning Canadian writer and storyteller. She has been thrown off a train in Belarus, mushed huskies in the Yukon, and been cheated in a Venetian casino. if you're curious for more info, drop by www.lisapasold.com