“We’ve written a brand-new show for the Fringe featuring Mole People, forbidden love, a very intriguing orb, and Sal Loon and his Second Avenue Saloon.”
WHO: Seth Finkelstein
WHAT: “The continuing adventures of America’s second favourite orphan adventurer come to life in a live radio play you’ll have to hear to believe! Join Lil’ Miss Kate, Deputy Mayor of New York City Solomon Russell, Former Heavyweight Champion of the World Lucinda Sheraton, and that faithful horse companion Fiorello for all manner of old-timey adventures. Featuring live sound effects! Don’t miss this hilarious tribute to the action-adventure radio serials of the 1930’s and 40’s that’s Little Orphan Annie meets The Naked Gun.”
WHERE: Mint Studio at Greenside @ George Street (Venue 236)
WHEN: 13:00 (40 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
While I’ve been to Edinburgh only once as a tourist, I did get the chance to see the city dolled up for Fringe season. My wife and I spent almost as much time admiring the posters plastered everywhere around the city as we did the grand historical sites you’re supposed to be focusing on.
But the Fringe has always loomed large for me as a comedian and writer. I’ve had friends and colleagues in the NYC and LA comedy community perform over the past few years like Ian Lockwood, Lily Blumkin, and Woody Fu, and they looked like they had the time of their lives at this giant performing arts summer camp. I couldn’t help but want to jump in and join the fun! Please feel free to throw this answer back in my face once the Fringe is done and I’m the most exhausted I’ve ever been.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2025 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
The biggest thing for me has been learning how to navigate the social media of it all. My personality is not the most attuned to the current state of online platforms.
(I only joined Instagram in 2023 because I thought that I would spend too much time staring at other people’s posts and feeling left out if they were doing stuff without me, and you know what? I was 100% right.)
But learning how to best utilize social, especially images and video, has been a great learning experience and a reminder that marketing is as necessary as actually crafting your incredible piece of art. It’s a shame to have all that work go to waste if no one comes to see it! I’m starting to recognize and appreciate the satisfaction when a post does really well instead of feeling bad when something doesn’t perform.
Tell us about your show.
Lil’ Miss Kate is a radio play in the style of 1930’s and 40’s radio serials. Each exciting episode features Lil’ Miss Kate, her guardian Deputy Mayor Solomon Russell, and Former Heavyweight Champion of the World Lucinda Sheraton in all manner of old-timey adventures.
You might have recently seen the form in the final scene of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (Spoilers!). Our performers read their scripts at music stands, while live foley sound effects whisk you away to the theater of the mind!
The show started as a podcast during the pandemic as a way to keep doing comedy with our friends without having to be in the same room together. We’re inspired by the work of Firesign Theater, Comedy Bang Bang, and absurdist comedies like The Naked Gun or even early Jackie Chan comedies. The audio form is so fun because anything can happen! If you confidently say Lil’ Miss Kate’s beloved horse companion Fiorello slides across the hood of a car and hops behind the wheel, it can happen! Unlike in real life where the horse we were training couldn’t operate a stick-shift.
We’ve written a brand-new show for the Fringe featuring Mole People, forbidden love, a very intriguing orb, and Sal Loon and his Second Avenue Saloon. Who knows, Martin Scorsese may even show up to deliver the final devastating line that leaves the audience questioning the nature of humanity (Spoilers!).
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
SIf you love objects being manipulated to create sounds on stage, you should absolutely check out Fly, You Fools and Hold Onto Your Butts.
For select performances, we have special guests joining us from Bad Magicians, & taxes, Zero F*cks, Outlaugh, and more. Make sure to check them out for some truly deranged comedy.
Finally, you’ll find me in line early for A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves. This is my most anticipated show at the Fringe. I’m not kidding. I need to see the Gorilla.
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