I'm Very Into You
by Kathy Acker and McKenzie Wark / adapted and directed by Sara Lyons
Sex, Power, Portishead, Send: I'm Very Into You invokes late great feminist author Kathy Acker and Australian media theorist McKenzie (Ken) Wark in a stage adaptation of their 1995 email correspondence following a steamy love affair. Their queer desire hovers in the air between San Francisco and Sydney at the dawn of the digital age.
I'm Very Into You uses social engagement, multimedia, and a stripped-down design to place Kathy and Ken's rich digital epistolary in conversation with our contemporary lives. Director Sara Lyons invites a diverse cast of local queer, feminist, and non-binary performers who embody Kathy and Ken as points across a wide gender spectrum, and respond with their own true personal stories of gender slippage, online intimacy, and queer desire. This living archive grows with every performance as I'm Very Into You conjures the legacy of Kathy Acker and examines how intimacy has evolved through the internet and expanding queer expression over the last two decades.
photos by Rolando Sepulveda II / OUTsider
Available for booking
Production History:
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY), 2019
Featuring: a cast of queer and feminist Sarah Lawrence students:
KASEY BRITT / SARAH STERLING / BRIDGET ANNE CASHMAN / BENNETT ATKINS / MARIA SCHREINER / ZAB TESLER
Media Design: Adam J. Thompson
Sound Design: Aaron Landgraf
The Wattis Institute (San Francisco), 2018
Featuring: a cast of local San Fransisco underground queer and feminist artists:
LYNN BREEDLOVE / IVY MCCLELLAND / SILK WORM / LUNA IZISPUA RODRIGUEZ / SAIR GOEZT / JAVIER FRESQUEZ
Media Design: Adam J. Thompson
Sound Design: Aaron Landgraf
November 30th - 6:30pm - FREE - The Wattis Institute (SF)
LAX Festival (Los Angeles), 2018
Featuring: a cast of local Los Angeles underground queer and feminist artists:
GINA YOUNG / PAUL OUTLAW / JENNIFER JONASSEN / JER ADRIANNE LELLIOTT / PROVVIDENZA CATALANO / ROBIN PODOLSKY / YVES AGUSTIN ARMANDO / ELSPETH WEINGARTEN
Media Design: Adam J. Thompson
Sound Design: Aaron Landgraf
Stage Manager: Aaron Saldaña
Assistant Director: Shen Heckel
October 13, 14, 16, 18, & 21 @ Think Tank Gallery (Los Angeles)
OUTsider Fest (Austin, TX), 2018
Featuring Ashley Clark, kt shorb, Mal Zook, Zachary G. Henry, Sally Strecker, Donnesh Amrollah, Kimmothy Cole, and Electra Mourning
Media Design: Adam J. Thompson and Joseph Amodei
Sound Design: Aaron Landgraf
Production Manager: Laura J. Khalil
Special Effects / Wild Project (NYC), 2017
Featuring Nic Grelli* and Emily Davis*
Media Design: Adam J. Thompson
Sound Design: Aaron Landgraf
CMU School of Drama, November 2016
Featuring Carson McCalley and Sarah Pidgeon
Scenic Design: Emily Bordelon
Media Design: Jessica Medenbach
Lighting Design: K. Jenna Ferree
Sound Design: Hong Ji
Costume Design: Yixuan Duan
Dramaturgy: Stephanie Kane