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What does solidarity look like in this moment? What can we learn from those who lived through another moment of great pain and instability about how to care for one another in this time? Slipping between the present and the past the theater is transformed into intimate places-- a disco dance floor, a hospital room, and a kitchen table. One queer family navigates these spaces and their relationships to each other, becoming, interacting with, and learning from a chorus of voices from a critical moment in the queer liberation movement. From lesbians stepping in to deal with the state-sponsored genocide of gay men by AIDS to a celebration of all-night dance partners the dance floor, the hospital room and the kitchen table interrogates what unites and divides us as members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and posits a utopian topography in the spaces between us.
Performed by Miller Kraps, Simone Jones, and Gil Rodriguez
Scenic design by Sanghwa Shin
Clothing by Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye
Music by Josh Brown
Lighting by Andre' Segar
Media by Joseph Amodei
Sound by Hannah Gluvna
Dramaturgy by Kaiti Barta
Assistant Director Moses Garcia
Stage Manager Stephanie Akpapuna
Production Manager Evan Schild
Photos by Louis Stein
developed in New Orleans by Owen Ever, Jen Davis, Pamela D. Roberts, and Rachel Nelson
What does solidarity look like in this moment? What can we learn from those who lived through another moment of great pain and instability about how to care for one another in this time? Slipping between the present and the past the theater is transformed into intimate places-- a disco dance floor, a hospital room, and a kitchen table. One queer family navigates these spaces and their relationships to each other, becoming, interacting with, and learning from a chorus of voices from a critical moment in the queer liberation movement. From lesbians stepping in to deal with the state-sponsored genocide of gay men by AIDS to a celebration of all-night dance partners the dance floor, the hospital room and the kitchen table interrogates what unites and divides us as members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and posits a utopian topography in the spaces between us.
Created with 22 long form oral history interviews and archival research
Workshop Production at Carnegie Mellon University 2019
Performed by Miller Kraps, Simone Jones, and Gil Rodriguez
Scenic design by Sanghwa Shin
Clothing by Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye
Music by Josh Brown
Lighting by Andre' Segar
Media by Joseph Amodei
Sound by Hannah Gluvna
Dramaturgy by Kaiti Barta
Assistant Director Moses Garcia
Stage Manager Stephanie Akpapuna
Production Manager Evan Schild
Photos by Louis Stein
developed in New Orleans by Owen Ever, Frankie Davis, Pamela D. Roberts, and Rachel Nelson, Reading at the Contemporary Arts Center 2019