The Attendants is part installation and part interactive multimedia performance. The dominant set piece is an eight-foot, transparent plexiglass cube. Two performers dressed in black suits move inside it, and a recording of a conversation about making theatre is heard. People can communicate with the performers by texting to them with their cell phones. The messages appear on two plasma
screens that surround the cube.
Inspired by questions of confinement and virtual connectivity, The Attendants seeks to upend conventions and engage the viewer in a different way. It creates a dynamic space that encourages audiences to watch in their own ways and on their own time. They use technology to effect change, while the performers respond only with their bodies.
Concept: Chance D. Muehleck
Direction: Melanie S. Armer
Stage Design: Solomon Weisbard
Sound Design: Justin Hosek
This project was originally produced in residence at chashama. It featured Karen Grenke
and Victor Villar-Hauser.
Photos by Amanda de Simone
Video by Michael McLaughlin
The Attendants
