Photo Credi: Mythos Lens

'...class act in mime and clowning' ***** (BingeFringe.com).

'...you feel a collective goosebumps' ***** (Fringesider.com).

'Exceptionally entertaining clowning' **** (BroadwayBaby.com).

Always, Sometimes, Maybe is a solo clown show about a janitor so lonely she makes her friends out of trash. Lou unexpectedly finds herself with an audience; with nothing but her rubbish and lot of imagination, she tries to find connection. Using physical comedy and puppetry, this show is a funny and wild journey into what it means to be alone, and how we find our way back to each other.

Michele Stine

Creator and Performer

Michele Stine is an actor, clown, puppeteer, and director. (phew, that's a lot...they're tired) They spend their time digging through trash and alleys for materials, much to her mother's dismay. Michele has performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Rough House Theatre, Filament Theatre, Chicago Puppet Studio, Lifeline Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, Theatre SUMM, and some other companies too. They were a part of the 2024/2025 Puppet Lab Cohort through the International Puppet Theatre Festival, and awarded the DCASE Individual Artist Program Grant in 2025 for Always, Sometimes, Maybe to tour to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They like cheese-its and ice cream and talking about theatre audience experiences.  Michele thinks that “bios” are strange because it’s short for biography but we were given a word count of 150 words or less. Seems like not enough, but here we are.  Are we at 150 words, yet? Oh, and Michele has spent over fifteen years working as a theatre educator in Chicago, Illinois; working with young people to develop strong storytelling skills and creating dreams out of cardboard and glue. Exciting!  Word count: 183 (oops)

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Puppet, Set, and Costume Design: Michele Stine​

Additional Collaborators: Richie Whitehead, Scott Dare