Tess Dworman
A Child Retires

DATE/TIME/TICKETS

December 4-7, 2019 at 8pm

“A Child Retires emboldens artifact and artifice to reference the collapse of my own maturation as an artist. The work includes my mom’s old t-shirt (costume), a tote bag (prop), and a soundtrack of the Beach Boys rehearsing Good Vibrations. Stand-up comedy, memoir, performance art and Irish Step dancing  abide by lines of faulty reasoning as the piece accumulates a world of fiction that becomes indistinguishable from reality. Real and imagined figures blend together upending thought patterns and expectations.The spontaneous yet determinant nature of the piece reflects the process of thinking something through, changing your mind and grappling with the consequences.”

Performances will take place at The Chocolate Factory Theater.

Created by Tess Dworman. Performed by Tess Dworman, Doug LeCours, Tingying Ma and Alex Rodabaugh. Lighting Design by LD DeArmon.

Download the show program here.