Babies on the Street: The Show
Presented in Association with The Brick Theater July 4-13, 2024.
“We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by.”
― Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
Plastic plants. Empty picture frames on an accent wall. One trauma queen.
A light show (wigs & water). Gabbie’s been journaling, writing music, working super hard – and also just learned she’s God’s Messiah. After going public, she’s on the front-page of the Internet. California Police and a rogue fan named Nick invade her house. In the background, a crowd forms, unsure if they should look. Her race is debated, her decades-long history in the public eye is crucified… they’re meme-ing her ass to death, girl. They laugh and pity and bite back, all while Her holy book is written.
Over 300 videos from internet personality @gabbiehanna's TikTok are adapted into a Stein-meets-Spears textual score, performed by an ensemble and live-feed camera.
We enjoyed a highly successful run and a raucous audience response. This marks my third collaboration with Hillary.
Co-created by: Matthew Antoci & Hillary Gao
Featuring: Isabel Ebeid, Zoé Eklund, Gabriella Gonzalez, Miranda Kang, Meaghan Robichaud
Stage Manager: Eulàlia Comas
Sub. Stage Manager: Jordan Schwarz
DRAMATURGY: EMMA SUE HARRIS, LIZZ MANGAN, JAMES LA BELLA
Scenic Designer: Forest B Enstminger
Lighting Designer: Eric Bowers
Media Designer/Co-Sound Designer: Leo Grierson
Co-Sound Designer: Matthew Antoci
Costume Designer: Hannah Bird
Associate Sound Designer/Board Op: Emma Lea Hasselbach
Technical Director: Sassy Moji
Program Designer: Beth Brownrigg
Additional Music: Kitty Richardson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Eva Rubin
electricians: vincent randanazzo, jacqueline scaletta
rigger: eric hedlund
pa help:patrick anker, alex kopnick
untitled gabbie project
A developmental residency August 22-28, 2023 at IRT Theater. An invited showing took place on August 27, 2023. This residency became “Babies on the Street: The Show” a year later with The Brick Theater.
It was a pleasure to work with Matthew Antoci and Hillary Gao (my second collaboration with Hillary) on a new piece titled untitled gabbie project, under IRT Theater’s 3B Residency. Here, we developed the piece on its feet for the first time. At the end of our residency, we held a sold-out invited showing.
Gabbie's been journaling, writing music, working super hard -- and also just learned she's God's Messiah. After going public, she's on the front-page of the Internet. California Police and a rogue fan named Nick invade her house. In the background, a crowd forms, unsure if they should look.
Her race is debated, her decades-long history in the public eye is crucified… they're meme-ing her ass to death, girl. They laugh and pity and bite back, all while Her holy book is written. Over 300 videos from internet personality @gabbiehanna's TikTok are adapted into a verbatim performance piece.
Dramaturgy by Adin Lenahan & Lizz Mangan
Movement Consultant by Mars Garcia
Featuring: Sam Xu, Gabriella Gonzalez, Miranda Kang, James La Bella, April Lichtman