New York, NY

Before it hurts.

Name: Before it hurts.
Start: 2025-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Before it hurts.

Seven slices of life. A dance. A fight. A tattoo session. Before it hurts dissects the intimacy formed around the messiness of grieving.

Hosted by in-version ensemble

4 events

Before It hurts is a physical theater performance, a relational duet consisting of seven scenes, each dissecting an intricate, intimate relationship formed around the death of another. Devised around a scripted text and structured like a concept album, it presents a visceral navigation of the push and pull in various forms of intimacy and the messiness of grieving.

Audience Role

Observer

Ages: All ages

Content Advisories

• Death

• No sexual content

• Simulated violence

Interaction Advisories

• No physical contact with performers

Mobility Advisories

• Event is wheelchair accessible

• Potential stairs

• Wheelchair accessible

in-version ensemble

4

Events

1

Years on EI

About in-version ensemble

in-version ensemble was founded by a group of theater makers / visual artists / creative writers. They develop theatrical works that redefine center and periphery. in-version ensemble members investigate identity and relationships while embracing the tensions between languages–written, spoken, improvised, digital, and movements. Their recent productions include Fish in the Tank (LA and NYC, 2025) and Vanishing (Edinburgh, 2024). Their summer 2025 season, featuring the theme “memory and entanglement”, is going on at the Tank NYC, including Fish in the Tank, Vanishing 2.0, and Two for One.