The Brick presents
?!: New Works 2023 – Night 31 
featuring Scout Davis, Lianne Elsouki, Patrick Vermillion, and Rachel Weekley
August 26, 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.

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

Closing track by Jad Abou Akar

cw: loud noise

Find them: @liannesouki

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

Results May Vary
by Rachel Weekley

How do you reconcile the risk, the fear, the joy and the potatoes?
Crumples the Clown attempts, but results may vary.

Performed/Created by Rachel Weekley
Voiceover by Lauren Elizabeth
Video recorded by Robert Malbrough
Photo by Stephanie Hawkins

cw: mention of healthcare and medical facilities

Find them: @rachelweekley @crumplestheclown @smhawkins_photography @streetcirque

Ice Cold: Crossroads of America
by Patrick Vermillion and Teddy Dinner

Great news! Patrick and Teddy have written a 10-hour, five-act play. The problem? They only have 20 minutes. Tonight they’ll do their best to condense their epic work, Ice Cold: Crossroads of America, into a delicious bite-sized piece. Can a play that was written to feature car chases, knife fights, actual helicopters and a functioning hot tub be performed with a budget of 100 dollars? Of course, why not?

Written and directed by: Teddy Diner and Patrick Vermillion
Performances by: Jesse Koehler, Ethan Graham-Horowitz, Isabella Carter, Mckenzie Anderson, Austen Halpern-Graser, Melody Cao and Ethan Beach

Image Created by Teddy Diner

cw: There will be some cursing!

Find them: patrick-vermillion.com,  teddydinner2017.com

Lineups are subject to change.

art by Mark Toneff

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