Three friends take a foray into defining the elusive XyxyxNyxyX through a series of vignettes that involve puppetry, homespun art objects, original score, live musical performance, prop comedy, and absurdist theater. XyxyNyxyX is an unfolding bardic exploration of existential nonsense woven with equal measures of storybook whimsy, cosmic foolery, carefully composed nuance, and psychonautical dream theater. Like a dizzying ritual of uncanny intimacy, The THR33 of Playstructure Dreamcast create a kaleidoscope of poignant, idiotic, and surreal vignettes that serve as a romping rumination into how the frame of our belief, and the ways it drives us to foolery, to beauty, to terror, and to tragedy as we attempt to avoid the unyielding perilousness of uncertainty.
Playstructure Dreamcast is a multimedia performance ensemble made up of The THR33: Eli Klausner, Melissa Achten, and Patrick Michael Ballard. Eli Klausner is a composer who works through symbols, fantasy, and surrealism to make solo instrumental, chamber, and electronic works, often for multimedia performance.
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Playstructure Dreamcast is a multimedia performance ensemble made up of The THR33: Eli Klausner, Melissa Achten, and Patrick Michael Ballard. Eli Klausner is a composer who works through symbols, fantasy, and surrealism to make solo instrumental, chamber, and electronic works, often for multimedia performance. Melissa Achten is an experimental harpist and composer who uses performance as a divining tool for channeling work that is diaristic, intimate, and cathartic. Patrick Michael Ballard is an object based storyteller and fool magician who creates sculptural environments where folks can experience uncanny intimacy through abstract interactions in collective space. Together they weave their own practices, and the worlds from which they come, into immersive experiences that question the distinction between the arts, performance worlds and the cultural spaces that control where behaviors belong. XyxyNyxyX marks Playstructure Dreamcast’s first feature length performance as an official ensemble, bringing together 8 years of friendship, collaboration, and playing together.
Doors at 9:30 PM, Show at 10 PM
Seating begins 15 minutes before showtime, there is NO LATE SEATING. Seats are assigned on a first come first served basis, from the front of the theatre to the back. If you want to sit closer, be sure to arrive earlier.
Shows start no later than 10 MINUTES after the scheduled show time.