Work
Who Told You You Were Naked?
Writer/Creator/Performer: E. Swift Shuker
1fiftyone gallery + art space - 3312 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia
August 12, 13, 19, 20 @ 7:00pm - 10:00, every 45 minutes
August 13, 14, 20, 21 @ 3:00pm - 6:00, every 45 minutes
Email redacted@redactedtheater.org for tickets (PWYC $25)
In a delicate urban garden of Eden, a transwoman born of the flesh of a man leads a single person through a tailored, individual experience of learning what it means to be human.
A choose-your-own-adventure solo performance for one audience member.
The Art of Wasting Time
Creator/Performers: Joshua McLucas, Vanessa Ogbuehi, Naia Poyer, Swift Shuker
Collaborators: Madeline Charne, Paloma Irizarry
We presented an extreme final cutting of the piece for (RE)FOCUS Fest. Here's all the writing that almost made the cut.
Presented as part of (RE)FOCUS Fest
Venue: The Rotunda.
Wake up. Go to school. Wait for Dad to get home. Do homework. Have dinner. Watch TV. Go to sleep. Repeat, ad nauseum. Until one afternoon, a young girl leaves home to meet a nomadic stranger she met on the Internet who promises to show her the meaning of life.
This Damned Body
Directors: Swift Shuker, Madeline Charne, & Joshua McLucas
Performers: Swift Shuker, Naia Poyer, Alec MacLaughlin
An Epic Performance Series
Part 1: THIS DAMNED BODY: A Living Archive of Transformation (December 1 2014 - January 1 2017)
Part 2: This Damned Body is Carved Out of Meat (August 28 - 30 2015)
Part 3: This Damned Body is Going to Hell (August 2016)
Part 4: This Damned Body Is Coming Home (January 1 2017)
Juniper Street
Director: Swift Shuker
Performers: Amelia Dornbush, Paloma Irizarry, Paul LaFreniere, Alec MacLaughlin, Joshua McLucas, Naia Poyer, Meryl Sands
Collaborators: Felix Boadu, Tyler Elliott, Michaela Shuchman, Madeline Charne
Composer: Alec MacLaughlin
Presented as part of the 2014 fringe/fringe Festival
Sponsored by GreenStreet Coffee Co.
Venue: An Apartment in West Philly, the location will be revealed by reserving tickets via email redacted@redactedtheater.org.
August 22, 23, 29, 30
Part 1: The Wake - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Part 2: Alive - 9:30pm - 11:00pm
Part 3: A Sleep - 11:00pm - 9:00am
Tickets: PWYC ($20 recommended), email redacted@redactedtheater.org
Juniper Street. You are chosen. You will live forever. A Play/Feast/Sleepover/Party in three parts.
Earnestness #2
Performed and Created by Joshua McLucas
Presented as part of the 2014 SoLow Fest
Headlong Studios - 1170 S. Broad Street Philadelphia
June 20-21, 2014
Email redacted@redactedtheater.org for tickets (PWYC $5)
You will judge. You will be judged. You will trust. You will be honest.You will induce violence. You will be honest. You will be complicit. You will make each other uncomfortable. You will make me uncomfortable. You will be honest.