January 5, 2020
7:00pm
Presented in conjunction with Wild Project’s Wild Culture program
Written and performed by Kim Katzberg
Directed by Raquel Cion
Lighting Design by Derek Wright
Video Design by Jacqueline Reed
Stage Managed by Tzipora Reman
Accolades continue to mount for acclaimed theater artist Kim Katzberg (Darkling, Strays), as she racked up a 2019 NYIT Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, and earned nominations for Outstanding Original Short Script and Video Design, following a recent presentation of Dad in a Box at HERE Arts Center. Now, Katzberg again rocks and socks audiences with her most revealing—and hilarious—work. A prestigious improv comedy workshop seems like an ideal career boost for Katzberg, until she finds her fervid imagination hamstrung by generic critiques. “…Suicidal girl on a date? I’m not sure it’s a network thing.” But the real improvisation starts when Katzberg’s emotionally distant father dies, paralyzing her psyche and forcing her to confront her California-cool brother and erratic prodigal sister. Katzberg, inhabiting a plethora of characters, struggles to become more real onstage, and both be truthful to her father and express her inexplicable love for him.
“Katzberg is a phenomenal shapeshifter of attitudes and inner lives, and the multimedia barrage and emotional cacophony is orchestrated well by director Raquel Cion.”
– HiLoBrow