TMT Presents
FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD
Written and Composed byDavid Commander and Robert Ramirez
Directed and Choreographed byDavid Commander
Co-produced byImmediate Medium and the Exponential Festival 2019
The Doxsee Theater | January 2-19, 2020
232 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220
FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD is a digital puppetry performance (for adults) examining the apparatus of fear and how both the repulsion and compulsion towards guns play into their power to control and oppress. The piece weaves Horror Film tropes like 1979’s Amityville Horror with Greek mythology to tell the story of a young couple whose daughter is attacked and kidnapped by spirits in the catacombs of a haunted house. By exposing the mechanics behind the performance’s puppetry, FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD offers the audience a sense of observational interactiveness that takes uncomfortable detours through violence, race, and the tool of fear.
With Nikki Calonge, Maria Camia, and David Commander
Additional performances from Mikéah Ernest Jennings and Robert Ramirez
Scenic/Prop Designer David Commander
Lighting Designer Takaaki Ando
Sound Design Eamon Goodman, Avi Amon
Video/Projection Design Robert Ramirez
FEAR PROGRAM
PRESS
Opplaud New York
Photo by Maria Baranova