Innovators Showcase 2020 – Featuring Poltergeist Theatre Project
Through the Innovator Incubator, PlayGround supports the launch of brand-new artist-driven innovative theatre companies and the development of innovative new works for the stage. This year-long intensive program culminates in an annual new works festival, the Innovators Showcase. This year, we have taken the opportunity of digital theater in a pandemic age and expanded our programming to allow all our second year cohort the chance to produce and present their own projects of whatever scope they pleased. Resultantly, this year’s 2020 Innovator Showcase is a robust three weeks of live-streamed performance, developmental readings, digital web series, and live panels on artistry and activism all free to watch from the comfort of your home!
In this post, we feature Poltergeist Theatre Project and the debut of I Am Dracula: a docudrama experiment!
Poltergeist Theatre Project’s mission is to reclaim Queer narratives through performance processes that dismantle toxic cultural norms, viscerally immerse audiences, and celebrate the innovation and liberation of Queer folx. The company’s vision is to create theatre that follows you home. Honoring San Francisco’s strong tradition of revolutionary art that ignites the flame of cultural and societal progress, Poltergeist creates radically queer, feminist, intrinsically participatory theater. Whether highlighting work by new artists or subverting and re-framing a problematic public domain play to create a brand new adaptation, Poltergeist seeks to normalize and centralize Other narratives. Focusing on the tenets of inclusivity, representation, and accessibility, Poltergeist seeks to remind this city of its deep roots in queer art.
A mysterious sickness is ravaging the city of San Francisco, leaving survivors feeling like a stranger to their own bodies. Abraham, one of these survivors, is sensing a trend amongst their interwoven circle of friends and it might have something to do with a hungry, ancient entity silently stalking among us. Through the lens of an impromptu Zoom Webinar documentary exposee, I Am Dracula explores the effects of living during a pandemic under a patriarchy through the lens of one of the most iconic Queer horror stories ever written. Perhaps when we search fervently enough for the monsters hiding in our midst, we might be faced with the even more horrifying monsters hiding inside ourselves.
Fri, Nov 27th, 7pm PT: Poltergeist Theatre Project presents
I Am Dracula: a Docudrama Experiment, adapted by Chris Steele
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Sun, Nov 29th, 7pm PT: Poltergeist Theatre Project presents
I Am Dracula: a Docudrama Experiment, adapted by Chris Steele
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Mon, Nov 30th, 7pm PT: Poltergeist Theatre Project presents
I Am Dracula: a Docudrama Experiment, adapted by Chris Steele
To reserve free tickets for this performance, click here!