The Brick presents
?!: New Works 2025 – Night 3
Featuring: Yehuda Hyman | Radical Evolution | A.A. Brenner & Rani O’Brien | Jing Dong & Xiao Liu
April 10, 2025 at 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.

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The Rose Project (Working Title) by Yehuda L. Hyman/Mystical Feet Company
A memoir, cabaret, ausdrucktanz, and disco. Four tales of roses brought to life.
By Yehuda L. Hyman | Direction by Al Blackstone, Jr. Choreography by Yehuda L. Hyman & Al Blackstone, Jr. Performed by Yehuda and Michelle G. Lemon

Hunger (working title) by Radical Evolution
An experience-in-process that explores humans’ relationship to literal and spiritual/metaphorical hunger. It is a reminder to (re)connect with each other and the natural world as a means of healing ourselves and the planet. Through fable-style storytelling, we follow Red as they seek satisfaction, contentment, belonging, and connection with the world around them. In this excerpt, we will be sharing selections of text, music, and choreography, and inviting audience to co-create a participatory song and movement experience that will include everyone in the room.
By Anooj Bhandari, Janelle/jei Lawrence, Meropi Peponides, and Joya Powell

The Able Body Myth
An immersive, comedic, accessibility-focused theatrical experience that blends audience interaction, vivid vignettes, raw honesty, and ritual to reveal the multifaceted realities of Disabled life.
Created by A.A. Brenner and Rani O’Brien
Ensemble: Charlie Hano, Miranda Holliday, Danielle Koenig
Director and Writer: Rani O’Brien and A.A. Brenner

what a shame I became verbal by Jing Dong & Xiao Liu
Does meaning emerge in presence? Does the energy of calligraphic ritual flow only in absence? When we position ourselves with language, where does the overload of meaning or emotions lead us?
Created and performed by Jing Dong & Xiao Liu

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A Note on Health and Safety: The Brick is a mask optional space while remaining committed to the health of all our patrons, artists, and staff. If you need a mask, we have some available at the box office free of charge. If you are feeling ill or have recently been exposed to a virus or other contagion such as COVID-19, please stay at home out of respect for the performers and the other patrons. In the event you cannot make it due to illness or exposure, contact the box office for a refund at boxoffice@bricktheater.com.

A Note on Accessibility: The Brick Theater is conveniently located off the Lorimer stop on the L train. That stop has an elevator from the street to the platform. Our theater has a driveway leading up to the door, which means you can access it directly from the street without having to go over a curb. Our front door is ADA compliant. There is a small ramp with an ADA compliant grade that leads up to the box office window and further on to the house. We are happy to reserve accessible seats for folks who need them. If you’d like to do so, or if you would like to ask further questions in advance of being in the space, or if you would like to enter in advance of our house opening (due to our seating not being assigned), please email: cameron@bricktheater.com.

Questions about Content? Posted just to the right of the box office at the Brick box, we have a detailed content warning sheet for each production. You can check this list if you so choose. We also will have clearly posted signs where you check in for any productions that use loud sounds, flashing lights, fog, or similar.