Apartment 2B

Apartment 2B

Physical Comedy-Drama | Wordless | Mask Performance | Magical Realism

In a weathered apartment building on the edge of the city, five tenants live in quiet, self-imposed isolation—side by side, yet worlds apart—each hidden behind their own grief, pain, regret, yearning, and silent struggles.

In the basement lives the building’s superintendent: a socially awkward tinkerer who sees their suffering and longs to connect, but doesn’t know how.

When an incident in the building disrupts their isolation, these strangers are reluctantly drawn into a rescue mission that begins to chip away at the walls between them.

Told entirely without dialogue and performed in expressive full mask, Apartment 2B is a deeply human story of disconnection, discovery, and the fragile beginnings of community.

Through movement, stillness, and touches of magical realism, the story unfolds like a dance—wordless, emotional, and quietly profound.

Katie Kaufmann is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.