Press Release For Immediate Release Date: August 28, 2024 Contact: Kristen Caven – 510-338-5206 “The Dirndl Diaspora” Brings Fashion and Culture to Oaktoberfest Oakland, CA – This year’s Oaktoberfest beer festival in the Dimond District will feature more campy cultural fun and fashion through the lens of Kristen Caven’s animated play, The Dirndl Diaspora. “Dirndl […]
My ancestors are either bursting with pride or rolling in their graves. My animated (storyboarded) play, The Dirndl Diaspora, is getting great reviews! This 90-minute animated/storyboarded feature-length film was written as a play + fashion show for Oaktoberfest, but 2020 decided we couldn’t have live theater, so I upshifted the whimsy. This story, about a seamstress […]
I’ve just written my third Ode to Oakland (after Joaquin Miller Went Walkin’ and BeMused). May I introduce: The Dirndl Diaspora! After instigating some polka at Oaktoberfest last year, my eyes were drawn to the brilliant riots of color at the multiple African fabric pop-ups. What do they have to do with Germany? I wondered. All […]