Well-balanced dads 

Well-Balanced Dads is a family-friendly, acrobatic comedy about Dick and Dale, two suburban dads and best friends, who are adjusting to life after their kids have left for college. To cope with their newfound freedom, they take the audience on a camping adventure chockfull of dad jokes, dance parties, partner acrobatics, macho movie references, and unthreatening audience participation. This hilarious duo balances levity with deeper themes like finding your inner child, hypermasculinity, and navigating fatherhood from the backseat.

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These characters started as a 3-minute cabaret act in

Broken Planet Show was developed into a full-length show through residencies with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and Chicago Physical Theater Festival in 2025. In 2026, the show toured to fringe festivals across the US and UK, including Rochester, Philadephia, a critically-acclaimed run at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, and the 2026 Borderlight Fringe in Cleveland, where it won the Comedy Award.

Well-Balanced Dads is presented by Whisper Theatre Collective and is currently seeking booking opportunities.

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