Fitting In: Tales of The Fat Ingenue

Theater

Name of Company: Lexi Schreiber (@thefatingenue)

Description: Fitting In: Tales of The Fat Ingenue

Lexi Schreiber, brings charisma, humor, heart, and show stopping numbers to the Painted Mug Cafe The Fat Ingenue will bring you on a journey of love, acceptance, and money notes while sharing stories of her FAT life, being a FAT woman in musical theatre, and what it means for her FAT body to be enough.

Cast: Lexi Schreiber she/her - creator, writer, performer Katherine Perry they|she - director, co-writer Allison Rossi she/her - pianist, collaborator

Show Dates + Times: 9/23 at 8, 9/24 at 8, 9/25 at 4 pm

Location/Venue: The Painted Mug Cafe 1527 Jackson St

Length of Show in Minutes: 60

Capacity: 35

Description of Venue: cafe

Accessibility: This venue is not wheelchair accessible

Additional Details: mocktails & concessions will be available for purchase

Painted Mug will be distributing a ticket link through their website.

https://thepaintedmugcafe.com/

Bio: Lexi Schreiber (she/her) has a Master of Art in Theatre from Villanova University (2017). She completed her undergrad at University of the Arts to receive a Bachelor of Music with a Minor in Musical Theatre (2014). In 2020, Lexi created “@thefatingenue” on Instagram and Tiktok. Since then, she has accumulated over 39,000 followers across both accounts. In her series for social media “Musical Theatre Roles I Can’t Play Because I’m Fat,” her rendition of “All that Jazz” has reached over 1.6 million views. She is a teaching artist for The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts,Wilmington Children’s Chorus, and Wolf Performing Arts Center. Lexi has been seen in productions in the greater Philadelphia area in such roles as “Mama Morton” (Chicago), “Case Study 11” (Siren Songs), and “Marmee” (Little Women). Lexi is a director, choreographer, and music director as well and has worked on a multitude of musicals. Her favorites include: Cinderella,The Little Mermaid, Jr, Tuck Everlasting, and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. You can follow her on instagram and tiktok @thefatingenue.