CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Do you remember your last great Christmas - the tidings and good cheer? Do you remember when the Yuletide brought with it genuine joy? Do you remember it slipping through your fingers more and more each year?
Hot Kitchen Collective presents CHRISTMAS PAGEANT, a brand new devised performance celebrating the overindulgence and mass-produced joy of the biggest holiday of the year, and the sadness that lies underneath. CHRISTMAS PAGEANT will bring you a slice of home - like a delayed layover at the airport, a cold casserole, or a gifted sweater that's a little too snug and a little too itchy.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT was made for:
Anyone who has felt alone on Christmas in a room full of family members
Anyone who exhausts themselves keeping the spirit of the season alive, and somehow never reaches it
Anyone who has ever longed for someone or something from holidays past
Hot Kitchen invites you to join us in this cathartic celebration.
Creative Team
Directed by Audrey Polinski
Assistant Directed by Sierra Kruse
Choreographed by Andy Slavin
Performed and devised by Patrick Alvarez, Katie Carpenter, Claudia Castillo, Maddie Daviss, Katelyn Douglass, Jiana Estes, Alex Hovi, Wade Howard, Thomas Kelly, Edward Miller, Elliot Schiff, Kevin Michael Wesson, Kori Whitby, and Emma Younger
Costume Design by Carol Crosby
Lighting Design by Katelyn Le-Thompson
Sound Design by Andrew Tham
Special Thanks to the Neo-Futurists Theater, KR Riiber, Anna Gelman, Justin Lynk, and Jasmine Henri Jordan.
This project was partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.