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SUMMARY:I want to hold onto something beautiful and empty
DESCRIPTION:The Exponential Festival and The Brick present\nI want to hold onto something beautiful and empty\nHillary Gao\nat The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave\nJanuary 30 – February 7\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOne sexy office siren- performed by 4 performers – is trying to answer her daily email. As she hits reply all\, she keeps being whisked away into more and more absurd worlds. \nHillary Gao (writer and director)\nNikkie Samreth (performer)\nIsabel Ebeid (performer)\nMiranda Kang (performer)\nSam Xu (performer)\nRing Yang (performer)\nEmily Lawrence (producer)\nLeigh Honigman (consulting producer)\nCeline Abdallah (movement director)\nHannah Bird (costume designer)\nForest Entsminger (set designer)\nEmma Hasselbach (sound designer/programmer)\nMiguel Lorenzo (composer)\nConnor Sale (lighting designer) Eva Rubin (stage manager)\nJoshua Chiang (image credit) \nFind them: @hillarywgao​ \n[ASMR] Hello. Hellooo\, Hello…… and welcome. To your safe. Space. Tonight I’m going to be helping you fall asleep. So relax\, and decompress. Close your eyes for me. I’m going to play a few sounds\, some things you might enjoy hearing. Some things about an office\, about a tennis court\, about a grandmother. How exciting. To prepare\, think about how it might feel to you. Maybe it’ll feel like a recurring dream. Or a prophetic nightmare. Maybe it’ll feel cold and severe but also cocooned and warm. Maybe it’ll feel like an empty pool. Maybe it’ll feel like a day spent in a Korean spa – losing a sense of time and space. Maybe it’ll feel like right now\, accumulated\, and seeking history. Maybe it’ll feel like 10 hours of pretty girls trying to do a youtube makeup tutorial. Maybe it’ll feel like time is rubber. Take a deep breath. Feel free to fall asleep. Anything is possible\, in this office. (compiled from responses from 24/25 ECWG cohort members\, inspired by the pelagic School Process & Phenomenon Response Guidelines) \nCW: This show contains mentions of death.​ \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI want to hold onto something beautiful and empty was developed as a part of Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers’ Group ’25 and workshopped/developed at The Bechdel Project. With additional support from Clubbed Thumb\, made possible by Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe Brick is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We rely on the generosity of our patrons. Consider giving a tax-deductible donation today to help make The Brick a sustainable hub of experimental performance for many years to come. Donate here or join our Patreon.
URL:https://www.bricktheater.com/event/i-want-to-hold-onto-something-beautiful-and-empty/2026-02-05/
LOCATION:Brick Theater\, 579 Metropolitan Ave\, Brooklyn\, 11211\, United States
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