STRANGE LOOPS
Presented at California State University, Los Angeles, 2018
Conceived by: Sylke Rene Meyer
Collaborators: Todd Moellenberg and Matt Savitsky
Featuring Benjamin Boatright.
Strange Loops is an improv-based theatre production performance concerning the relationship with our mothers. Performed over two days, the piece included live music and 24 Undergraduate and Graduate students in theatre creating original material.
Directed by Sylke Rene Meyer
Music by Gabriel Almazan
Photography by Shixin Liang
Video documentation: Kimberli Meyer
Light: DaTrice Hamilton
Sound: Jessie Reynolds
Players: Jocelyn Acosta, Paola Angarita, Brian Arechiga, Dennis Bautista, Cassandra Britton, Joseph Caldera, Jaylene Cesena, Angelica Contreras, Casey Cuellar, Adam Ferguson, Paul Flores, Dane Gbrayes, Bryan Ha, Jess Jones, Anthony Karambelas, Luciana Di Laura, Jeremy Leochner, Maritza Leon, Emmanuelle Love, Dan Myroradov, Kevin Perez, Giselle Rios, Brenda Robles, Axel Star, Matt Stepan
Supported by the Puffin Foundation, and the RSCA grant of California State University Los Angeles.
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The Family Room Collective is Todd Moellenberg, Sylke Rene Meyer, and Matt Savitsky. TFRC is a Los Angeles based queer performing artist group formed in 2018. The group utilizes interpersonal investigations and group dynamics to expand the idea of participatory performance art into the realm of everyday life. TFRC practices include language games, spatial story design, model/doll making, and improv theatre to ground the indeterminate nature of responding to the output of its participants.