down&out vol. 2: crisis!
down&out is a new performance series about feeling bad at the club.
down&out is a new performance series about feeling bad at the club. How do we hold despair, conflict, disconnection, disappointment, panic, and ennui actively in a space where we’re meant to be dissociative and euphoric? If the dancefloor can't be an escape from our personal, social, and political realities, can it still be a release? Written by Ife Olujobi, directed by Garrett Allen, performed by a rotating cast of actors and club kids alike, and live-scored by a professional DJ, down&out aims to bridge the gap between nightlife and the capital-T Theatre by exploring the kaleidoscopic and spontaneous ways we perform for and with each other on a night out, and to examine what the hedonism of the club can offer us in these trying times. Writer: Ife Olujobi Director: Garrett Allen Cast: Lindsay Rico, Kai Heath, Candice Saint Williams, more TBA DJ/sound artist: Doula Image Credits: Photography: Barron Bazemore Poster Design: Ife Olujobi Title font: Be Oakley (GenderFail) Featured performers: Candice Saint Williams Find them: @ifeolujobi / @garrettallenn. CW: Strobe, fog, references to violence, suicide, and drug use
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THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVALVenue
Brooklyn, NY
Category
Immersive TheatreStart date
January 28th, 2026
End date
January 29th, 2026
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down&out aims to bridge the gap between nightlife and the capital-T Theatre by exploring the kaleidoscopic and spontaneous ways we perform for and with each other on a night out, and to examine what the hedonism of the club can offer us in these trying times.
Ages: All ages
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About THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL
THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL JANUARY’S BROOKLYN-BASED THEATRE FESTIVAL ~ A pleasure, a mess, a thrill, and a dream. ~ Exponential is a month-long January festival dedicated to New York City-based emerging artists working in experimental performance. The participants in this multi-artist, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists, forms, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing, mentoring and the championing of risky, rigorous work in eclectic fields.