2025 Super Saturday Performers

Mark Lippard
Tryon Fine Arts Center, 9:15 & 1:15
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Mark Lippard will wow you with his fast paced show full of dazzling juggling, comedy, trick unicycling, fire eating, and fun-filled audience engagement. Mark is from Denver, NC and has been captivating audiences nationally and internationally for many years. Mark’s entertainment and friendly approach leave a lasting impression on every audience!
Powerhouse Percussive Dance
Tryon Fine Arts Center​, 10:30 & 2:30

Powerhouse combines innovative tap, precision clogging, Irish step dancing, and stomp into an electrifying dance experience! Comprised of a diverse group of nationally recognized percussive dance performers, Powerhouse is comedic and highly interactive! 
Bright Star Theatre
Tryon Theatre, 9:15 & 1:15

Join Lenny and Mabel, “The Greatest Actors in the World,” as they bring two classic tales to the stage. Dance at the ball with Cinderella and challenge the giant with Jack and the Beanstalk as these stories come to life in front of your very eyes! Fun and interactive, this show is great for younger audiences or anyone who is young at heart.
Earth Spirit Taiko
Holy Cross Episcopal, 9:15 & 1:15

Earth Spirit Taiko is a Japanese taiko group devoted to expanding the training and traditions of Japanese taiko drumming.
Leland Faulkner
Tryon First Baptist, 9:15 & 1:15

Dreamcatcher is a collection of works dealing with Native America, and the Native American perspective. These visions are brought to life using the tools of theater, mime, spoken word, and visual magic. Traditional tales of wonder are full of entertaining lessons from Turtle Island, and are a gift and legacy for future generations. Dreamcatcher is a celebration of the beauty and simplicity of human imagination and the power of community.
Rockstar Magic
Tryon Theatre, 10:30 & 2:30

Rockstar Magic provides a high-energy blend of outstanding showmanship, great stage presence, surprising versatility, fun-filled audience participation, flashy costumes, and a host of amazing illusions! Chris and Neal take their audience on a magical journey of wonder, mystery, drama, danger, and adventure that will leave the audience on the edge of their seats. 
Native Pride Productions
Holy Cross Episcopal, 10:30 & 2:30

This high-energy show features an innovative blend of modern and traditional Native American dance styles! The performers’ regalia are adorned with vivid assortments of brightly-colored ribbons, feathers, beads, and furs-all of which honor their nations’ elders and the legacy of their traditional arts. 
Shepherd Shakespeare
Congregational Church, 10:30 & 2:30

Shepherd Shakespeare will present "A Midsummer Night's Dream!" Mischievous fairy. Group of friends. Feuding King and Queen of the Fairies.  All lost and mixed up in the woods. Find out what midsummer madness and magic happen in this one-man show!
Grey Seal Puppets
Congregational Church, 9:15 & 1:15

Grey Seal Puppets will present "A Tangle of Tales!" Three favorite folk tales from around the world come to life with a touch of the familiar and a taste of the new. Using a variety of puppet styles, The Frog Prince from Germany, Three Billy Goats Gruff from Scandinavia, and The Three Little Pigs from England are each told with refreshing wit and wisdom. In between each of the tales there’s a whole menagerie of zany characters to see and enjoy. A skinny ant dances a lively jig; "block heads" learn how to get along, and the zaniest creatures of all, the "Wobblies," open the performance with an extraordinary ballet choreographed to Kabalevsky's The Comedians Suite.  A Tangle of Tales is fun for everyone!
Ramya Kapadia
​Tryon First Baptist, 10:30 & 2:30

Ramya will present Bharatanatyam, storytelling through movement and mime. Bharatanatyam is a form of dance from South India, steeped in cultural motifs and iconography that draws heavily from nature. Expression is achieved through the use of facial and body movements, lyrics, melodies, and rhythms. Through an interactive performance, the audience is introduced to hand gestures and body language through which geometrical and abstract shapes are created in space, to weave stories rich in life lessons.