ACTUA 1 reviewed in new issue of @thewiremagazine
"Object Collection exist to overwhelm"
"revolutionary theatre of the absurd with more ideas than can be easily received"
10 years ago we premiered IT"S ALL TRUE. based on the complete Live Archives of Fugazi (over 850 concerts). To mark the occasion here is a slice of the original show talking about racist wars and what is gained by protesting.
We piled material together, using everything on these tapes except the songs themselves. Chock-a-block with random feedback, lazy drum thwacks, concerts shut down by police and fighting, agitprop speeches by political organizers of the shows. The score was fully notated and conducted, the only way we could keep the chaos somewhat together.
Featuring the unstoppable quartet of Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Avi Glickstein, Daniel Allen Nelson, and Deborah Wallace. And the mighty Dither Guitar Quartet flanked by two savage drummers: Shayna Dunkelman and Clara Warnaar (originally Owen Weaver). Scenic design by Peter Ksander.
We premiered IT'S ALL TRUE in Norway at the Borealis Festival and did a run at La MaMa in 2018. Tours to London, Montreal, Austin, and Washington DC. An album was recorded and released on Slip Imprint/Warp records.
Mark your calendars! And, in fact, please RSVP! Space is not infinite inside The Collapsable Hole!
Shauna Kelly will be in town for a launch of her book I’ve Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman!
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Tuesday April 21 2026
6-10pm (drinks & snacks then book readings and conversation then drinks & snacks)
FREE!
at The Collapsable Hole - 155 Bank Street
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Check out full details at the link in my bio (Theresa’s bio)
Book contributors Christina Campanella, Juliana Francis Kelly, Frank Boudreaux, Theresa Buchheister and Colleen Worthmann will be there!
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Hosted by the most beautiful hosts I can suppose in the world, Collapsable Hole and Object Collection!
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Check the link in the event to order books at a 20% discount directly from the publisher, @bloomsburypublishing ! You can also grab a book (full price) (WORTH IT) at the event.
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