Title
the ineffable fixation on the melodramatic experience

Choreographer
Emma DeCaprio

Performers
Aislinn Travis, Catherine Bright, Joy Echols, Rachel Osucha, Lucy Willcott, Emma DeCaprio, and Maria DeFeo

Music Credits for Situation B
All By Myself Céline Dion, Hopelessly Devoted To You Olivia Newton-John, 1+1 Beyoncé, I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston, It's All Coming Back to Me Now Céline Dion, I Have Nothing Whitney Houston, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin, Someone Like You Adele, Crickets& Frogs Alam, Text from Why Don't You Love Me? Beyoncé, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going Jennifer Hudson, and My Heart Will Go On Céline Dion

Description
The “extra-dramatic” pulls us in closer to the TV, the stage, the sidewalks–even in a time when our attention spans are fleeting. Does our fixation on the melodramatic experiences we are drawn to explain the realities we find ourselves in? 

Four Installations happening concurrently
Situation A
Aislinn Travis grapples with the concept of body as art and how repetition uncovers a new understanding. Our daily repetitions can teach us something new about ourselves, or, they can perpetuate a static position unbreakable by routine.
Situation B
Catherine Bright, Joy Echols, and Rachel Osucha explore the connection between melodrama and music. In an attempt to make sense of a random string of songs, this scene brings into question the true meaning behind the songs, and how often this meaning is forgotten during the absentminded singing we partake in.
Situation C
Lucy Willcott performs the undoable: a multi-character play turned one-woman show. When we take the multiplicity, the staging, the proscenium theater out of the play, we might be able to see clearer. The melodramatic plus absurdity makes the melodramatic grow exponentially, or maybe it makes it lose its charm all together.
Situation D
Emma DeCaprio and Maria DeFeo partake in potentially the most enthralling act of human experience: a heated argument in a public space. In pushing the bounds of reality, the argument might become more, or less, believable. Maybe believability is not required when it comes to the melodramatic.

Moderated discussion will follow the show.