The Brick presents
?!: New Works 2023 – Night 30
featuring Genevieve Simon, Kelsey Sullivan, Scout Davis, Lianne Elsouki
August 25, 2023
8pm

The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you.

This Bug Is Gay
by Genevieve Simon and Katherine Wilkinson

THIS BUG IS GAY: a solo queer cabaret, performed entirely in German, using Kafka’s The Metamorphosis to explore how language both liberates and limits us. A work-in-progress excerpt!

Written and performed by Genevieve Simon
Directed by Katherine Wilkinson
Dramaturgical support from Elizagrace Madrone

genevieve-simon.com, katherinewilkinson.com, @genzebeeb @kw.wilks

Worm Teeth
by Kelsey Sullivan

Worm is quite happy being a just that: a worm. However, there is one thing missing – this worm wants teeth. And you, yes you, are going to help it get them! Follow along on Worm’s journey as it meets old friends, sings some songs, and discovers how far it’s willing to go for some pearly whites.

In the end, it is up to you – will you help Worm get the teeth it wants? Or will you take things a step further and help it get what it really needs?

Director – Alex Moon
Worm – Alexandra Hess
Dentist – Abrah Katzman
Frog/Fox/Bug – Caroline Younglove

Design by Gabriella Macomber

cw:blood, gore, dentists

Find them: @kelsey_sullivan__,  NPX; @alex_moon312 alexmoondrama.com; @alexrosehess alexandrahessactor.com; @abrah_ok; @cgyounglove carolineyounglove.com

Witch & The…
by Scout Davis

Witch & the…dramatizes a singular scene on repeat from a middle school production of Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe in 2008 where I played Edmund and Tiffany Trump played the White Witch in Calabasas, California. This public meditation examines and exorcizes my relationship with Tiffany and our estrangement these past years.

created and performed by Scout Davis
lighting and video design by Zack Lobel
sound design by Liam Bellman-Sharpe

Find them: scoutfdavis.com

PANICMOM
by Lianne Elsouki

An unexpecting mother in a fever dream incited by the greek god Pan, dislodges an inert mass and releases chaotic self destructive energies to facilitate a rebirth, a return to the body.

Written and performed by Lianne Elsouki
featuring Rawya El Chab

cw: loud noise

Find them: @liannesouki

Lineups are subject to change.

art by Mark Toneff

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