A Note from Theresa Buchheister, Guest Curator:
The vitality of genre-expansive artists within a cultural landscape, the impact of rigorous thought and artistic process within the constraints of every day survival and the joy of collaborative experimentation (with oneself, with a partner or with a queer(ed) gaggle) are represented profoundly over the course of these two days in June onstage at Domino Park and are exquisite examples of my curatorial lens as a long-form rumination on these notions, whatever the vessel or opportunity.
In an effort to express the period during which I served as Artistic Director of The Brick Theater (January 2020-September 2024), I wanted to bring artists to the Sugar Sugar team that continuously tap into the thrill and terror of live performance. It is the feeling that has ceaselessly guided me, in theory and practice, and felt painfully at risk over the past 5 years. Lena and Lisa were the very first artists to present in The Brick under my leadership and the dirt from that show is still blessing every crevice of the space. Tiresias was part of ?!:New Works in 2021, the first moment we could open our doors to audiences and live performance since March of 2020 and they provided a mystical glimpse into a beautiful queer future. And Nile Harris was the first artist I saw since the start of the pandemic that really cracked open my brain and heart, creating new pathways for those organs to travel. These 2 nights at Domino Park are a summoning, a celebration, an excavation. I am honored to be included.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
EVAN SILVER aka TIRESIAS is a hybrid writer, director, composer, performer, puppeteer, curator, producer, mythmaker, shapeshifter, drag-thing, songbird, ritualist and oracle based in Brooklyn. Recently called “a rara avis of experimental theatre” by The New Yorker and “one of the most enchanting performers in New York City” by The Brooklyn Rail, their work explores queer ecologies, weird mythologies, and speculative futures.
Tiresias has received residencies, grants, and fellowships from the Museum für Naturkunde (2025), MaHalla Berlin (2025), Monson Arts (2025), The Jim Henson Foundation (2025), The Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (2025, 2023), The Princess Grace Foundation (2025, 2024), The Mercury Store (2025, 2024, 2023), The Sitka Center for Art & Ecology (2024), Teravana (2024), MacDowell (2023), the cell theatre (2023), The Puffin Foundation (2023), and Awesome NYC (2022), as well as Luce, Marshall, and Fulbright fellowships. They have developed and directed 21 original, full-length theatrical productions on 3 continents.
THERESA BUCHHEISTER is a theater artist from Manhattan, Kansas, known for their work as a director, writer, producer, performer, and curator. They founded Title:Point, an experimental theater company, and The Exponential Festival, a January performance festival showcasing avant-garde artists. Buchheister also co-founded Vital Joint, a venue celebrated for hosting alternative comedy, experimental dance, and unconventional film screenings. They served as the Artistic Director of The Brick Theater in Brooklyn, New York, leading the venue to receive an Obie Award during their tenure. After two decades in New York, Buchheister returned to Kansas in 2024 and currently lectures at the University of Kansas.
