Emperor Norton's Manifest Destiny

by Dustin Curry & Nate FitzSimons

May 2021 | Dell'Arte International Thesis Festival

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In 1859, Joshua Norton of San Francisco declared himself Emperor of the United States of America. The bankrupt merchant had lost his mind--he was a casualty of the American Dream, after all. Comedy duo Dustin Curry and Nate FitzSimons paint the story of California's Baron Munchausen with strokes of broad satire, vaudeville luster and a twang of folkpunk.

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Where to see it: TBA. We're working on that. It'll almost certainly be online. There'll definitely be social distance. And we'll be using hand sanitizer--liberally.