CANNONBALL 2023 MAINSTAGE SHOWS
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Shows by Vibe
Memories of the moon
Yuki Ishiguro
September 3 + September 10
Icebox Project Space
Yuki's newest work is inspired by the diary of a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
mike baby please
A willing reckoning of consequentials, shifting through wrestling, yelling, nestling, grunting, + fucking.
MOMMA i RODE THE BEAST
Through a series of horrific metamorphoses and ruptured happenings as a gothic queer existential necromantic wrestling inquisition with the BULL OF CHAOS, Jordan Deal questions the fugitivity to come thereafter~after it's rode good.
non-binary pussy
Part music, part dance, part propaganda, the work delivers explicit political and sexual language that is rooted in Marxist rhetoric and black female rap history.
Privy Privy
A voyeuristic homage to public restrooms as sites of underground cruising, an oblique absurdist take on consumption and pleasure, and a pointed retort to current legislative agendas.
ReFlection
A story of self-acceptance through the lens of a transmasculine experience and the milestones that shape how he views himself and the world around him.
Sad Boys in Harpyland
Alexandra Tatarsky collages narratives of artmaking and despair into a semi-autobiographical tour-de-farce, as told by a young Jewish woman who thinks she is a small German boy who thinks he is a tree.
Side C Presents Queen’s “A Night at the Opera”
The open mic variety show that intertwines the power of music with the creativity of performers. From rock epics to avant-garde masterpieces, the albums serve as inspiration and backdrop for the performers' acts, creating a seamless fusion of music and artistry.
Split Bill: Aura & Glitter Baby
Aura by Britt Fishel examines the electromagnetic energy fields that surround living beings, including humans, animals, and plants, known as an aura.
Glitter Baby by Tammy Carrasco is a microcosm in which meandering dreamscapes, queer motherhood, and subtle spectacle collide and collapse into one another.
Split Bill: 2023 & something soft
2023 by Christina Gesualdi is a dream for a world in which housing is not violently monetized and transactional.
something soft by Mawu Ama Ma’at G. Oyesii is an improvisational performance ritual utilizing installation art, movement and technology to investigate how we soften.
SUGAR HOUSES
Inspired by the story of Hansel and Gretel, the fairy tale's historical underpinnings, coded antisemitism, and violent imagery.
the Function
A genre-bending,femme-powered dance work that asks and imagines what is possible when empowered to rebuild our environments, atmospheres, futures, and realities.
The Making Of Self: A contemporary circus show
This show illuminates the universal aches of the world, and draws attention to the power when one's soul intertwines with another.
The Other Gardeners
What happens to (y)our gardens when we can no longer tend to them? What to do when our cup runneth over, and what to do when she's dryyyyyy ... we don't know, will you help us find out?