An ambitious 24 year performance experiment.
Presented in 2014 by FringeArts

The Sincerity Project takes the idea of a heart-to-heart conversation and explodes it into a theatrical derby of hilarious, ecstatic, and unconventional vulnerability. Six performers engage in a ritual of sincere storytelling and exuberance as they wrestle with the pleasures and pains of their pasts and the complexities of being a young person becoming a not-so-young person.

Responses to The Sincerity Project #1

For this first brilliant installment, the ensemble looked at their future prospects, the love they might find, the kids they might have, the bodies that will inevitably betray them, and the mortality that is staring them in the face, challenging them to last long enough to finish this project. And as they made a promise to themselves to see it through to its finale in 2038, so they invited their audience along for the lengthy, ambitious journey. It’s been a while since I laughed that loud, and wept that openly, and I can’t wait for 2016.”
- Jeremy G, Playwright

Even after moments of sheer freedom and seriously introspective chats, the cast proceeds to strip away the traditional veil of drama associated with performance art-usually created amongst fussy costumes, frilly props, and distracting sets-figuratively and literally. While some audience members may connect most with the “mysterious and cool” Hirano, or Mr. Camp, the opening narrator who explains that he and his wife are about to have their first child, (a daughter who will touchingly always be the same age as this project), it is certain that everyone will connect with one (or all) of the participants. This memorable collection of heart-to-hearts, sublime movements, and ever-evolving competitions is one you need to see to believe. For real.”
- L. Haber, Phindie, 2014

At its heart, The Sincerity Project celebrates hope and the desire to live both life and art as more than a series of disconnected moments.”
- Jim Rutter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2014

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Photos by Jen Cleary

Cast & Team

Performer/Creators: Aram Aghazarian, Benjamin Camp, Rachel Camp, Makoto Hirano, Jenna Horton, Mel Krodman, Iris McCloughan
Choir: Arianna Gass, Dani Solomon, Amanda Damron, Bonnie Friel, Anissa Weinraub, Lesley Berkowitz, Brian Ratcliffe, Kathy Pentek​
​Director: Alex Torra
Set Designer: Colin McIlvane
Costume Designer: Katherine Fritz
Lighting Designer: Maria Shaplin
Sound Designer: Daniel Perelstein
Production Manager: Katie Pidgeon
Technical Director: Robert Edmondson, Jr.
Stage Manager: Rebekah Church
Assistant Director: Laurel Hostak
Assistant Light Design: Melissa Mann
Choreography: Sarah Gladwin
Camp Dramaturgy: Ed Sobel
​Actual Dad: Anthony Camp

This creation of a live time capsule strikes me as an interesting social experiment, showcasing how bodies, relationships, and perspectives change — almost like the movie Boyhood, but without the neat narrative arc and with an even stronger dose of earnestness.”
- Samantha Maldonado, Broad Street Review, 2014

Find out more about other SINCERITY Iterations

Special Thanks and Support  

The Sincerity Project was developed, in part, with assistance from The Orchard Project, a program of The Exchange (www.exchangenyc.org), through the Live Arts Brewery (LAB) Fellowship program, and the First Person Arts RAW Program. Funding for The Sincerity Project was provided by the Wyncote Foundation, the Charlotte Cushman Foundation, and our Kickstarter Supporters: Dito van Reigersberg, Matthew Neenan, Scott Reynolds, Alice Ku, Ahren Potratz, Kevin McCloughan, J. Alexandra Pruner, Briehan Lynch, Megan & Michael Hollinger, Stephanie van Reigersberg, Jeff Koleba, Aram A. and R. Lucy Aghazarian, Dan Rothenberg, Jonah Spear, Beth Nativ, numbsafari, Daniel Perelstein, Debra P Goodwin, Jason Rothenberg, Debby Lau, Catharine Slusar, Josh Koenig, Sarah Anton, Megan Gaffney, Jared Delaney, Adrienne Mackey, Sandra Conde, Mara Zepeda, Johnny Showcase, Lisi Stoessel, Terry Guerin, Sarah Yusavitz, Sarah Chandler, Aruna Crovetto, Leah Franqui, Nicole Bindler, Beth Nixon, Mina Estrada, Pamela Kasenetz, Beverly Agard, Eduardo Placer, Christa Avampato, Gregory Moss, Peter Papazoglou, Joya00, Mark Kennedy, Jacques-Jean Tiziou, Dustin Hurt, Charlotte Ford, Carrie Gorn, Anisa George, Brian Osborne, Sam Perry, Karen Ivy, Alison King, Miriam White, Nick Benacerraf, Rachel Moffat, Mia A Rotondo, Nick Kourtides, Joe Garwood, Jesse Geiger, Whit MacLaughlin, Emma Gibson, Deborah Stein, Rosy Gort, Jordan Kaplan, Brian Houtz, Sarah McCarron, Quinn Bauriedel, Rebecca Wright, Leslie Rivera, Gail Byrne, Kathleen Driscoll, Mike Durkin, Sarah Clare Corporandy, Inger Hatlen Daniels, Laurabeth Breya, Geneva Wren Michaelcheck, Annie Wilson, Patrick Mulryan, William George, Megan Schumacher, Belina Mizrahi, Louise Flory, Eileen O'Brien, Jaamil Kosoko, Hinako Arao.

​Special Thanks: Megan Bridge, Peter Price, Anna Drozdowski, Christ Church Neighborhood House, The Penn Glee Club, Eva Steinmetz, Tommy Butler, Sarah Bishop-Stone, Nick Stuccio, Craig Peterson, Bonnie Friel, Laura Gibson, Olivia Jorgensen, Connor McAndrews, John Sinclair, Martha Stuckey, Erin Washburn, Jamie Brunson, Alex Bechtel, Liz Filios, Katie Chavez, Gabrielle Revlock, Troy Herion, Meryl Sands, Karina Kacala, Kamili Feelings, John Jarboe, Marc Miller, Gedney Barclay, Marla Burkholder, Jordan Rock, Karl Hein, Alice Yorke, Hannah de Keijzer, and the Arden Theatre Company.

Double Special Thanks: Anthony Camp- our actual Dad,  Katie Gould - trainer and collaborator for SincereFit, our 10 week workout program thefidget space - Team Sunshine’s favorite place for rehearsals and creation