The Next Festival of Emerging Artists also has its eyes on the future. An annual event founded by composer-conductor Peter Askim in 2013, it brings together young like-minded string players and cutting-edge composers for a week of intensive preparation followed by a pair of performances.
This is a laugh-out-loud comedy that pleases on so many levels, makes a statement or two and releases an audience's need to ignore what's going on outside the theater for a bit over two hours.