OVERVIEW
Through toy theater, crankie, and shadow puppetry, a personal landscape of queer evolution is revealed. Where aging is celebrated and families are chosen. Where the future is built by us and for us. Come for the community, stay for the catharsis.
Price category
Ticketed
RUN TIME
30 minutes
SHOW TIMES
7/9 @ 9:30PM
7/10 @ 5:30PM
7/11 @ 3:30PM
7/11 @ 8:30PM
TICKETS ON SALE 5/6
VENUE & STAGE
Idea Center @ Playhouse Square
Miller Classroom
VENUE FEATURES
ADA Accessible, Restrooms
Mask Requirements
Masks are required for ALL performances.
Late Seating Policy
Late seating is NOT PERMITTED.
AUDIENCE GUIDE
TYPE OF SHOW
National
LANGUAGE
English
Age recommendation
Ages 18+
GENRE(S)
Performance Art, Puppetry, Solo Performance, Storytelling
SPOTLIGHT ON...
LGBTQIA+ Voices, Pride in Full Color
CONTENT ADVISORY
Homophobia/Heterosexism, Mental Illness, Suicide/Self-Harm, Transphobia/Trans Misogyny
Double Bill Details
New, But Familiar followed by Sheel Sheel
One ticket includes both performances. These two short works are presented back-to-back with a brief pause between them, offering audiences the chance to experience two distinct pieces in one program. We encourage you to stay for the full program.
SHOW SYNOPSIS & details
as submitted by the artist(s)
New But Familiar is a piece about what it means to suddenly have the realization, and to carry the resulting responsibility, of being a queer elder, and what it means to choose to stay. A piece about grappling with identity, it begins as a traditional toy theatre piece as a memory is reenacted with Kamishibai-style backdrops & small paper puppets. As this memory moves into the present moment, the cardboard box stage transforms into a crankie. As we imagine the future, it is told through light and shadow. The ending is one of hope and promise. If we can rewrite our past, we can also reinvent our future. What a gift to be an aging queer.
Created by Lindsey Ball
Lindsey Ball I Creator, Performer
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