Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress Fall 2024

Our Fall 2024 Co-MISSION Residents offer a split bill Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress showing featuring Amanda Maraist, Dani Oblitas, and Kevin Michael Wesson (Theatre Nobody).

Maraist, Oblitas, and Wesson present to audiences what they have been investigating and exploring while incubating in the white box studio since September.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Kevin Michael Wesson (he/they) is a proudly unrepresented puppeteer/playwright based in Chicago. Originally from Tampa, FL, he received a B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of South Florida. His recent credits include: Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play (Theatre Nobody), Dog or Cats; Augmented Body (Steppenwolf LOOKOUT), House of the Exquisite Corpse (Rough House Theater), All is Blue & Yellow (Collective Summ), CHRISTMAS PAGEANT (Hot Kitchen Collective), Elements of Style (The Neo-Futurists), and The Dr. Seuss Experience (Kilburn Live). His works have received mention in American Theatre Magazine, NPR, No Proscenium, & nomination for the National Puppet Slam. Currently, he is an artistic associate of the Chicago-based puppet theatre company, Rough House Theater, a founding ensemble member of the performance art company, Stop Motion Plant, and an ensemble member of the physical theatre company, Theater Unspeakable, and the voice of the experimental free theatre company, Theatre Nobody.

Amanda Maraist is a movement deviser + improviser from the Texas Gulf Coast and co-directs bim bom studios. Her movement work exists as both dance-making and physicalized space-making towards supporting a holistic performance and movement community. Through authentic movement practices and meticulously rendered improvisational scores, she engages in playful, process-forward work with a do-it-together demeanor.

Dani Oblitas, originally from Houston, Texas, is a dance artist and educator currently based in Chicago, IL. Dani is passionate about the intersections between movement, sovereignty, environment, and justice, as well as making movement accessible to all. Since graduating from St. Olaf College, Dani has collaborated on a dance film for the UW Madison P.O.W.E.R. Collective CYPHER performance for restorative justice and they have additionally worked with Liz Sexe Dance, KLJ Movement, We Are Collective, and 773 Dance Project.

Due to unforeseen health circumstances, Co-MISSION Fall Resident Selena Lasley will share her performance in Spring 2025.

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