HOUSECONCERT

(paranormal-domestic actions in no particular order)

A performance at the end of time, the last house concert of them all. Or the first, before everything. Casual, using whatever is at hand. After everything has been done, we do this anyway, just because. Because this is what we do in our house, with our invited guests. Getting amongst it.
Object Collection’s history is intimately connected with house concerts. Several of our first performances were in friends’ living rooms for a small group of attendees. The barest of bare bones, essential DIY. We summon the ghosts of Jack Smith, Sam Rivers, and all those who blended their art with their homes. The most basic form of a community: you there watching me here, us together.

Written and directed by Kara Feely

Composed by Travis Just

Performed by

Catrin Lloyd-Bollard (Paula, guitar, vocals)

Daniel Allen Nelson (Lenny, percussion)

Nicolás Noreña (Fred)

James Oldham (Mirrorface, bass, vocals, piano)

Chloë Roe (Roxy, guitar, piano)

Timothy Scott (Ginger)

 

with

Kara Feely (drums)

Travis Just (guitar)

 

guest performers

Avi Glickstein (Frank, Fred’s cousin, May 5-6, 19-20)

Alessandro Magania (Ginger, May 19-20)

Scenic design by Peiyi Wong

Lighting by Liz Schweitzer

Sound by Robin Margolis

Produced by Shannon Sindelar

Production Manager Daniel Allen Nelson

Assistant Director Kate Purdum

Assistant Lighting Designer Celia Krefter

Design and Production Assistant Talia Hankin

performed at:

Cafe OTO, London, UK – March 2023

Indexical, Santa Cruz, CA – April, 2023

Stanford University – April, 2023

The Brick Theater, NYC – May, 2023

HOUSECONCERT is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council and The Mental Insight Foundation. HOUSECONCERT was also made possible by made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.