No Safety Net 3.0
UMS’s Renegade Festival returns for its third installment in January and February 2023.
This three-week festival in Ann Arbor uses theater performance and installation art — in unexpected ways — to address issues that are relevant to our time, including the environment and climate change, capitalism, forced migration, and our unspoken private lives.
Ranging from playful and archly funny to sobering and at times disorienting, the events in No Safety Net allow us the opportunity to critically examine the world we live in while simultaneously looking toward our role in creating a more hopeful future.
No Safety Net 3.0 is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Explore all performances and events below.
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Purchase a Festival Pass and experience all five ticketed No Safety Net events for just $99 — more than 25% off individual event pricing.
Upcoming Events
No Safety Net
Fight Night
Ontroerend Goed
On the brink of a presidential election that people on both sides have called the most consequential in history, Belgium’s extraordinary Ontroerend Goed offers a fun and thought-provoking examination of free will and politics that puts electronic voting devices — and the candidates’ fates — directly into the hands of audience members.
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Nate — A One Man Show
Written by and starring Natalie Palamides
Natalie Palamides premiered her show Nate to wide acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, before Amy Poehler produced it as a Netflix special. Nate careens between making the audience laugh and making them uncomfortable, and its clever and provocative deconstruction of toxic masculinity sticks with you long after the performance ends!
On the Blog
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Top Moments from No Safety Net 3.0
More than 5,000 audience members of all ages participated in UMS's No Safety Net 3.0 festival across January and February! Dive into our blog and enjoy a look back on our favorite moments.
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Dear Most Valued Customers…
Read a message from Robin Frohardt, the artist and creative mind behind The Plastic Bag Store.
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Robin Frohardt: The Magic of the Mundane
The Plastic Bag Store creator Robin Frohardt joins U-M’s Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series.
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UMS Connect: Rachel Mars
UMS programming manager Mary Roeder interviews writer and performer Rachel Mars, in advance of her two shows coming to UMS's No Safety Net 3.0 Festival:
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Growing a Long-Lasting Tomato 🍅
Robin Frohardt shares how a tomato is made for The Plastic Bag Store.