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Birding for Beginners (A Eulogy for Pilgrims)
October 16 - October 19
$15 – $35
The Brick presents
Birding for Beginners (A Eulogy for Pilgrims)
by Jessica Almasy
at Brick Aux Studio — 628 Metropolitan Ave
October 16-19, 2025
Tickets $15-35
A preview of a deliciously slow-burning 12 hour American voyage, fashioned after the sea-bound pelagic birding tour. A sequel to Hamlet meets Colonial Williamsburg, shot in the desert.
written / directed by Jessica Almasy
+ built by the company
Kate Benson
Chloe Claudel
Sheldon Donenberg
Hannah Mitchell
Mitchell Polonsky
Tom Ruth
Evelyn Spahr
Han Van Sciver
sound design by Mitchell Polonsky
w Ben Williams
spatial design by Andreea Mincic
w lighting by Jay Maury
object + wardrobe contributions by Admiral Gray
+ Kristen Sieh
VO by Scott Shepherd
previous performance + creative co conspirators currently in absentia:
Frank Boudreaux, performer
Mike Pride, percussion
Ema Zivkovic, performer
+ the rest .. [IYKYK / u kno who u r / and thank you] .. is silence
this work has been lovingly nested at
THE TANK / MOONLIGHT SERIES October 2024
NACL DEEP SPACE RESIDENCY July 2025
NACL DEEP SPACE RESIDENCY July 2025
BRICK AUX October 2025
w rhsls at THE WOODS in Bushwick
+ THE ROOM at New Georges
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