Frank Barret Performance Maker 

the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table

Three queer researchers slip between the present and the past, becoming, interacting with, and learning from a chorus of voices from a critical moment in the queer liberation movement. the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a performance, immersive media project, and archive of queer care that stitches together stories from COVID-19 and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.


Photographs by Mel Cardona, Beth Barbis, and Ryan Hodgson Rigsbee
Conceived and Directed by Lyam B. Gabel

Media and Additional Research: Joseph Amodei
Clothing Design: jean-luc raimond deladurantaye
Sound Design: Eben Hoffer
Set Design: Sasha Schwartz
Lighting Design: André Segar
Composition: kei slaughter
Performed by and Developed with Hannah Cornish, Frank Barret, and Owen Ever
Stage Management: Leo Liotta
Audio Editing: Travis Wright
Scenic Assistant: Peyton Koehler
Clothing Assistant: Emma Pollett
Dramaturgical Support: Sammie Paul
24–09–2024