The Brick presents
?!: New Works 2024 – Night 4
featuring Leonie Bell, Alex Beige, Sarah Doh, Isabella Oliva, & Karen Xia, Hillary Gao, PEPTALK (Marin Day + Maddie Hopfield), Colin Heininger
April 12, 2024
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.

Morgen bin ich wieder da by Leonie Bell – April 12 & 13

Early mornings Belated mournings

Surprise house guests Little jigs Big drama

A series of theatrical vignettes

featuring looper songs

pocket projector play +

cassette tape sound

Created + performed by Leonie Bell 

A LOCAL GRANDMA project

Find them: leoniebell.org, @leonbellstein

Fully-Automated Luxury ADHD Simulation by Alex Beige, Sarah Doh, Isabella Oliva, & Karen Xia – April 12 & 13

This fully-automated, immersive neurodiversity simulation is meant to replicate some of the the interpersonal and intrapersonal experiences of ADHD. Sit back, become unable to relax, and enjoy the moment—you won’t be able to remember it thirty minutes from now anyway 😎

Written by Alex Beige, Sarah Doh, Isabella Oliva, Karen Xia

Performed by Alex Beige, Sarah Doh, Isabella Oliva, Karen Xia

cw: strobes, loud noises

Find them: @virtually.alex.beige, @darahsoh, @khali_sykes, @karenxia8

9 Pigeons by Hillary Gao – April 12 & 25

On the stage, in a line stands 9 pigeons. From left to right their names are: 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8. They think they are flying south to Cancun for vacation.

Performers: Sharon Sakai, Celine Abdallah, Gus Mahoney, Miranda Kang, Allison Brooks, Rita Liu, Nicholas Bethencourt, Lizzy Liu, Mary Ann Odete

Movement Consultant: Celine Abdallah

Poster designed by Lucy Chi (@fruitpasta_)

Cw: mentions of violence

Find them: @hillarywgao

so long, so long by PEPTALK (Marin Day + Maddie Hopfield) – April 12 & 14

so long, so long is an excerpt of PEPTALK‘s first evening length dance work that will premiere at Kestrels in June 2024.

Created and performed by Marin Day & Maddie Hopfield
Costumes by Kate Williams
Music by Annie Hart
Voice Consultant: Sadie Levy
Image Credit: Izzy Leung

Find them: marinrday.com, @marinday maddiehopfield.com, @wibmd

Non Sequitur by Colin Heininger with Joslin Vezeau – April 10 & 12

It isn’t what it is, and it most certainly is what it isn’t.

Performers: Colin Heininger, Joslin Vezeau

Photo by Anjola Toro and Performers: Colin Heininger, Hannah Newman Pan

Find them: colinheininger.com, @colin_it_a_day

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