About This Show

A night of Gabriel’s words as read by other people. Sarah Pinson will perform poems written for Dorothy Parker on her 116th birthday, including The Biggest Flop and The Boys’ Club , dressed for swinging 20s. Amanda Killian plays an elderly southern lady with a secret in Don’s short monologue I am Your Mother . In Gender , an appropriation collaboration with Justine McCullough combines patriarchal doctrines with women’s rights text to create poetry. John Reed, an American novelist, will read a short excerpt from Don’s, recently published short story, Cesspools and Treasure Chests.  Singaporean poet Christine Chia will read a small excerpt from Somewhere Else, a story about an expatriate Australian family living in Singapore. Two poets, Hala Alyan and D Bird, will co perform a prose poem recently translated into Spanish, echoing each other with each line. Woman Without Umbrella ,  made by Rachel Eliza Griffiths, featuring Gabriel, using excerpts from Victoria Redel’s poems, will be also be screened.