When: May 16–28
Where: The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, 290 Conover St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Price: $25
Tags: #sitespecific, #interactive, #immersivetheatre, #immigration, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
Presented at Red Hook’s Waterfront Museum on New York’s Harbor, within sight of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the play will use storytelling, music, and imagery to challenge current, and sometimes hostile, views regarding immigration and immigrants. By demonstrating our collective status as descendants of “migrants” of one form or other, this production implores us to examine our own place in the fabric of America. The play’s theme was selected in response to the onslaught of political rhetoric and policies, which in the past several years, has characterized immigrants narrowly as undesirables, without value, and even as criminals. Like all of Falconworks’ productions, the performance will implicate the audience in the action, dissolving the boundary between spectator and actor.
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Contact Level: Moderate (Familial), optional. Audience members who choose to participate can expect to be instructed by company members to speak lines, perform simple actions, wear accessories (hats, glasses), hold props and otherwise become part of the performance.
Content Advisories: Mistreatment of immigrants, stylized violence, simulated crime, use of detention cells, sirens, thunder and lightning effects, simulated gunfire.
The entrance to the barge is via a gangway. It is wheelchair accessible, but may present some difficulty and individuals may require assistance.
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