The Brick presents
?!: New Works 2023 – Night 14
featuring lumberob, Charlie Chauca, Marissa Joyce Stamps and Russell Nichols, Lee Harrison Daniel
April 21, 2023
8pm

Hosted by Peter Mills Weiss

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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CHARACTER BUILDER
by lumberob

THERE IS NOTHING AND THEN THERE IS SOMETHING. A LITTLE NOISE GROWS TO BIG NOISE. A NON-PLAYER CHARACTER BECOMES A PLAYER WHO BOUNCES BAD.

written and performed by rob erickson with Finnegan Mankins

Find them: @lumberob + linktr.ee/lumberob

¿CÓMO PUEDO AMARME?
Created by Anabel Lugones De León and Charlie Chauca

A desperate escape for calmer waters in an ocean filled with sharks, ¿Cómo Puedo Amarme? dives inside the mind of a Non-Binary Cuban-Dominican, ELLE , amidst their ongoing fight with clinical depression. Through dance, spiritual encounters and scar-filled memories, ELLE, attempts to outswim a storm of sharks to find peace within themselves or drown in familial waters.

Performed by Anabel Lugones De León
Directed by Charlie Chauca
Costume Design by Izzy McClelland

Follow them: Anabel Lugones IG: @Happyfeministhippie . Charlie Chauca IG: @Charliechauca . Izzy McClelland IG: @Izzymcclelland

The Switch
by Russell Nichols

Today is Reckoning Day, which means the Three Fates must select one random person to die by flipping a switch. The women—Clo, La-La and Morta—have performed this sacred duty for centuries. But today, when one of them questions the validity of the law, the Fates have to make the hardest decision of their lives.

Find them: russellnichols.com // marissajoycestamps.com, IG: @marissajoycestamps Twitter: @marissa_stamps

cw: fog

To Be A Monarch Butterfly, To Return To A Home That Never Was
by Lee Harrison Daniel

“You said I couldn’t fly, and I can. You said I couldn’t fly, and I can. You said I couldn’t fly, and I can.”

Written and directed by Lee Harrison Daniel
performed by Adriana Sorrentini, Julia Crowley, and Max Berry

Lineups are subject to change.

Art by Mark Toneff

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In consideration for the health and safety or our staff members, artists, and audiences, The Brick remains committed to maintaining vaccination requirements and mask mandates for our in-person presentations for the foreseeable future. We ask that all audience members remain masked. All staff and performers will be vaccinated; performers may not be masked. Audience can provide proof of vaccination with a government issued I.D. along with a physical copy or picture of your COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card, the NYC COVID Safe App or the New York State Excelsior Pass. Please be patient with staff.