Walt Fit

from Jimmy Grzelak (Philidelphia, PA)

Returning Participant

Primary Lineup – Solo Performance (Music, Political Themes, Fitness)

Rated: R

Show Description

Walt Fit is a self-care-healthcare exercise system for everybody. In 1858, famously lofty poet Walt Whitman released an inspirational self-help health-and-beauty book. It was soon after lost to time. Until now. Reanimate this zombie path to total wellness– attend this seated transformational dance party led by Jimmy Grzelak, “winningly offbeat imagination” (Washington Post) and 2017 Citybeat Critic’s Pick.

Website

waltfit.com

Social Media

Instagram

Producer Biography

Jimmy moves around a lot. This is his fourth full-length touring solo piece. In 2013-2014, Jimmy traveled Eurasia by train with the support of a Florence Chandler fellowship for “imagination, moral sensitivity and resourcefulness.” Critics have called him a “wunderkind of weird… a force of nature” (Washington City Paper), “a gifted and charming storyteller” (Cincinnati City Beat)and “balls” (mobtreal.com).

Fringe Festival Credits

(2013), Montreal Fringe, How to be a terrorist
(2013), Portfringe, How to be a terrorist
(2013), Capital Fringe, How to be a terrorist
(2015), Pittsburgh Fringe, St. Jimmy Celebrates the “The Food at Our Feet”
(2015), Portfringe, St. Jimmy Celebrates the “The Food at Our Feet”
(2015), Capital Fringe, St. Jimmy Celebrates the “The Food at Our Feet”
(2017), Cincy Fringe, Wilderness Survival