About This Performance

Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang had the inspiration for crowd out during a soccer match in London, where he heard the thousands of untrained voices swell, crest, and recede – at times in unison, and at times in total contrast with one another. He composed this major vocal work for one thousand voices as a way of framing how we understand the excitement, fear, and loneliness we feel in crowds; the text itself was crowdsourced with the help of various Internet search engines.

Choreographer Dimitri Chamblas will direct and Lesley Leighton will conduct a performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall, as part of Noon to Midnight, where performers will intermingle with the audience, slowly transforming the swirling babble and chatter into a stunningly orchestrated whirlwind of voices.

Tickets for this performance can be obtained by purchasing tickets for the daylong festival, Noon to Midnight. There are 2 options to attend. See details.

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In partnership with the Getty Research Institute

D.I.Y. received the incredible "Oh Shit" Grant from the Duplass Brothers!  This money goes to support our independent production. We can't thank Mark & Jay Duplass enough - as well as our huge vibrant community of supporters through Seed & Spark THANK YOU!

“…a high-minded variety hour/art party for the ages…” – 5 Every Day

SORORITY is a performance k-hole evoking the New York City art scene of the 80s and 90s. Curated and hosted by Gina Young and centering the work of women, trans and queer performers, SORORITY is a space for experimental works-in-progress, script-in-hand readings, theatrical situations and vulnerable solo work. It’s a wild, intellectual party that attracts lines out the door.

The theme for this round is OUT. 

performances by
CALEB JH MILLER
ASHLEY OBINWANNE
ARNE GJELTEN
W/ MELISSA SCHADE + DANNY AXLEY
PHRANC
JYNARRA BRINSON
AMANDA-FAYE JIMENEZ
AUDREY DUNDEE HANNAH
M.A.R.
SARAH MCCARRON
K BRADFORD
SHAAN DASANI
TALES BETWEEN OUR LEGS

music by
DJ SHAI

LAX Festival // http://performancepractice.la/festival/

Live Arts Exchange (LAX) creates space for and draws attention to contemporary performance emerging out of Los Angeles.  This home-grown performance series showcases some of the most innovative artists and independent companies in LA, creates social events that encourage cross-genre hangouts, and provides opportunity for peer to peer critique.

Produced by Los Angeles Performance Practice, LAX pulls contemporary theater and dance, film/video, animation, punk opera, and party into one space.  Past festivals have featured work from Early Morning Opera, Phil Soltanoff, Holcombe Waller, Grand Lady Dance House, Meg Wolfe, Poor Dog Group, Zoe Aja Moore, and Miwa Matreyek.

Badass evening of plays written and directed by women.

So excited to perform in this badass performance series curated by Gina Young.

A late-night salon evoking the New York City performance scene of the 80s and 90s, SORORITY brings together women, trans and queer artists from the community to share experimental works-in-progress. Performances range from script-in-hand readings to vulnerable solo work, experimental movement and music. It's a wild, intellectual party that attracts lines out the door. 

SORORITY has been presented by the Hammer Museum.

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An evening of revelry and super-short new plays inspired by this mad election season. Let the magic of political zeitgeist theater soothe our frantic souls.

Plays commissioned by:

Bekah Brunsetter, Jihan Crowther, Olivia Dufault, Annah Feinberg, Mary Laws, Sarah McCarron, Meg Miroshnik, Matthew Paul Olmos, Daria Polatin, Matt Schatz, Aurin Squire, and Steve Yockey

Director: Jennifer Chambers      Producers: Kelly Miller, Samara Bay

*All proceeds will be donated to the Hillary Victory Fund.

Sarah's one hour drama series, Bunkered, was invited to be a finalist for the 2016 Sundance Episodic Storytelling Lab.