Image by the artists, with work by Gertrude Abercrombie
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Movie Theater in Manhattan, Your Bed, Blue Toyota Corolla, Flying Over Greenland, Booth at Matt’s Bar, The Harbor, The Staircase, Street Market in Istanbul, Amsterdam Centraal Station, Kitchen Table, Boston, Wooden Bridge Between Two Subdivisions in Virginia, After the Parade, Cafe Near the Tower, St. Paul Sidewalk in the Snow, Morning, The Reservoir, Concrete Floor in Vienna, Hotel Bathroom, 26th St. & Stevens Ave., Train Window
A Performance in 21 Readings
By Emily Gastineau and Samantha Johns
March 12-April 11, 2021
Online
Remember standing close to strangers? The heat? Your mouth begins to water. We’re not talking about satisfaction here--that may come after. We’re talking about the bell. We’re talking about your empty hand, your eyes that are searching for something, a catch in your throat, that sharp feeling. It’s the wind slapping your face. It’s the thing that wakes you.
How to attend a Reading:
The artists invite 1 performer and 1 audience member to join them at each Reading.
The artists will generate a Reading that is only for you.
You choose whether you want to be the performer or the audience. If you are the performer, you choose your audience member. If you are the audience, you choose your performer.
Do you want to be the performer?
The performer will answer questions from the artists and share lush and tender moments of their life. The performer will divulge.
Do you want to be the audience?
The audience will listen, observe, and interpret. The audience will indulge.
How do you know who should be your other?
There should be some charge between you, but maybe not in an obvious way. Maybe you’ve never told them before, or maybe you tell them all the time, but you want their eyes on you when the sun hits your face just right. You want to tell them. You want to listen to them tell.
Choose a performance date and time that works for both the audience and the performer. Register for a Reading together.
1 Reading = 2 tickets. Pay as you wish, $5-20 per person.
Instructions will follow. Everything will remain confidential.
Each Reading takes place online, and is designed to be experienced on a computer with a webcam and internet access (not on a phone.)
Performance Dates*
Friday, March 12, 7 pm CST | Reading #9: Movie Theater in Manhattan
Saturday, March 13, 5 pm CST | Reading #10: Your Bed
Saturday, March 13, 6 pm CST | Reading #11: Blue Toyota Corolla
Saturday, March 13, 7 pm CST | Reading #12: Flying Over Greenland
Sunday, March 14, 5 pm CDT | Reading #13: Booth at Matt’s Bar
Sunday, March 14, 6 pm CDT | Reading #14: The Harbor
Sunday, March 14, 7 pm CDT | Reading #15: The Staircase
Friday, March 26, 7 pm CDT | Reading #16: Street Market in Istanbul
Saturday, March 27, 5 pm CDT | Reading #17: Amsterdam Centraal Station
Saturday, March 27, 6 pm CDT | Reading #18: Kitchen Table
Saturday, March 27, 7 pm CDT | Reading #19: Boston
Sunday, March 28, 5 pm CDT | Reading #20: Wooden Bridge Between Two Subdivisions in Virginia
Sunday, March 28, 6 pm CDT | Reading #21: After the Parade
Sunday, March 28, 7 pm CDT | Reading #22: Cafe Near the Tower
Friday, April 9, 7 pm CDT | Reading #23: St. Paul Sidewalk in the Snow
Saturday, April 10, 5 pm CDT | Reading #24: Morning
Saturday, April 10, 6 pm CDT | Reading #25: The Reservoir
Saturday, April 10, 7 pm CDT | Reading #26: Concrete Floor in Vienna
Sunday, April 11, 5 pm CDT | Reading #27: Hotel Bathroom
Sunday, April 11, 6 pm CDT | Reading #28: 26th St. & Stevens Ave.
Sunday, April 11, 7 pm CDT | Reading #29: Train Window
*To request a Reading in a time zone outside of the Americas, please contact us: emily.gastineau@gmail.com and john6385@gmail.com.
To request live captioning, ASL interpretation, audio description, or other accessibility-related accommodations, please contact us at least two weeks prior to the date you want to attend. staff@redeyetheater.com | 612.870.7531
Emily Gastineau is a choreographer, performer, writer, and arts administrator. Her recent work concerns generic objects and affective economies. She is one of seven Co-Artistic Directors of Red Eye Theater. www.emilygastineau.com
Samantha Johns is a Minneapolis-based director and designer working in contemporary performance. She is currently writing a letter to every person she has ever known. samanthajohns.carbonmade.com
Red Eye Theater supports the work of its seven Co-Artistic Directors through process and production. In 2021, Emily Gastineau and Valerie Oliveiro are in the process phase, and will create periodic public sharings of their works in development.