The Mushroom. It is a radial play with spokes pointing outward. Or an explosion of spores in the form of an evening at the theater. It is a pageant that gives a micro view of the forest floor. It has to do with awe and decadence and the question: "What knows it's alive?" The Mushroom shape-shifts from a pageant that gives a micro view of the forest floor, to an incantation, to an inchworm tap-dance and on to many other mushroom tragedies and horrors, which add up to a larger display of our fascination and fear of porousness and fragmentation. It features dancing, successions of lacy meshes, and costumes that are scenic pieces. CW: This show contains audience walking upstairs during performance.
Organizer
THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVALVenue
Brooklyn, NY
Category
Performance ArtStart date
January 8th, 2026
End date
January 11th, 2026
Audience Role
Moving from one space to another during the performance.
Ages: 13 +
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8
Events
2
Years on EI
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.