KC FRINGE FESTIVAL 2025
Performances July 17-27
Visual Art July 06-26
Film July 18-20
KC FRINGE FESTIVAL 2025
Performances July 17-27
Visual Art July 06-26
Film July 18-20
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Show Description
The Year of Sluttery was Scarlett’s first KC Fringe show (now a book!). Before Sluttery is the origin tale fans have asked for. Through humor and courageous honesty, Scarlett shares a journey that many will relate to, a carving away of true self, stepping into cages to belong, and the realization that one must return to the wild. On-stage costume changes & 70s/80s pop culture/music help tell the tales of Unsanctioned Explorations, Love in the Time of Disco, and The Vexed Hillbilly years.
Cast and Crew
Scarlett d. Jones
Artist & Show Details:
Best of Fringe Winner from 2022, The Year of Sluttery. A solo show, writer, producer, storyteller.
EllyD –
I love this performer – I saw her Fringe Show in 2022 and was thrilled to find out Jones’ back story. She’s an excellent storyteller and with very few props and a slide show, she transports her audience to her past and all that propelled her, bravely, into her authentic, current life. Listen and learn.
Cindy –
Compared to other shows I have seen, it was a let down. She obviously has a good sense of humor, however the presentation of the story, mostly just reading it, left me looking for the artistic component.
RRH –
LOVE LOVE LOVED this show! Although I haven’t seen Scarlett’s OG show I was captivated by her storytelling. She launched right in with her childhood and began to paint the picture of how she came to be who she is today…Slutty David Sedaris! Both humorous and heartwarming I found her stories to be so relatable as a woman in the midwest; grappling with the oppressiveness of religion, traditional gender roles, and the guilt that surrounds a woman’s sexuality. By the end of the show, I felt so proud of Scarlett for accepting herself and living her life by her own rules! I hope her story is adapted into a movie someday. And that Jon Hamm is in it. IYKYK
Dave Black –
Don’t misjudge the title. This is about girl power.
Chatting w someone after the show, that young lady (that liked it enough to buy the book) said, “Honestly, I want to share this with my mother.”
We all make choices that can consciously and unconsciously impact us, even decades later.
Other comments from the fun discussion outside the show:
“It’s like a badge of honor.”
(Scarlett envisions women to have the option to reclaim an otherwise negative word, and not be held back by the years, history, … that impacted her.)
“Opens the doors to the big wide (or was it wild?) world. Holy sh!t, what do I do with all this?”
“It’s powerful that she got out of situations, set boundaries. Being called a slut isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It can be a powerful message for anyone.”
I couldn’t tell if one thoughtful lady said “… living (or loving) a life. Show was impactful!”
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Scarlett tells us in her show: all my stories are true. None of this is made up.
She shares interesting progression of stories from girl to high school to marriage and divorce to wisdom.
I really liked how she wove in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and how it applies to her/our lives. Are we leaving one prison for another, or can we gift ourselves real freedoms?
She shares and tells us, “The truth is that it’s never too late.”
Dave Black –
Forgot, and no way to edit/add in the prior review.
Scarlett has added a one-time show Sat (26th, KC Oasis, in the 9pm time slot that was “Enemies Within”). It’s her 2022 award winning show “The Year of Sluttery,” the one that prompted both this year’s “Before Sluttery” insightful prequel show and her 2025 book release.
Also, in the prior review, I commented on a millenial who liked what she saw and heard, felt the empowerment intent of Scarlett’s message, bought the book, and wants to share it with her mother. Coincidentally last night, I saw a mother and daughter attending together. When I asked them about their experience, the daughter was excited to say that her mother was getting her a signed copy of Scarlett’s book.
Nice coincidence. =)
In a world that can too easily dismiss challenges faced by girls, teens dating, grown women pondering divorce while thinking about their own daughters’ lives, to women claiming their own spaces, peeps can choose to have one another’s backs AND choose to be a little less judgmental.
Don’t pre-judge this show. Scarlett’s stories will make you think, laugh, feel.
There are some other comments to be made, but don’t want to ruin some of those nice surprises and components for you to see for yourself.
Final thought, last night when two women were leaving the prior show (Jon, Aussie, funny 15 yrs touring professional, new show “How I Learned to Hug”), I told them a little bit about “Sluttery.” Instead of going home, they decided to stay. And they gave me big smiles, happy thank yous for encouraging them to treat themselves to this show.
KC Theatre Gay –
This show is SUCH a treat. I wasn’t familiar with Scarlett’s OG Show (The Year of Sluttery) before attending Before Sluttery. I was captivated by her origin story of how she got to where she is today. So much so that I got a couple of tickets to her “One Time Only” performance of The Year of Sluttery. This performance is witty, insightful and relatable to anyone who’s been through trauma. It was a reading with visuals and costume changes. While it was scripted as a one woman show, I found the “off the cuff” unscripted comments hilarious that were sprinkled throughout the performance. I also bought her book because I want to know more!!