Created and Performed by Mocrep + Kurt Chiang
Directed by Kurt Chiang

About this Event:

Hi my name is Kurt Chiang – with me today are four members of Mocrep – and this is Sip Sip Sips – say it over and over – Sip Sip Sips – Sip Sip Sips – feel that? – Sip Sip Sips is a quick, devised collaboration between me and Mocrep, sparked by mutual appreciation, respect and curiosity – it is inspired by and freely adapted from the text of the short story “The Everlasting Sippers” by Diane Williams – a goal of this collaboration is to juice the multiple interpretations one gets from reading the sparse, efficient, and evocative text – we filter it into a concentrated, eventful piece of one-night-only performance – dialogue, dance, movement, looping recitations, sound, noise and jokes all have a crack at your senses – the lives of a few characters play out before us – this leads to rest.

// Special guest Diana Slickman (Theatre Oobleck, The Neo-Futurists) opens with a reading of the original story. Sip Sip Sips is the beginning phase of an ongoing collaboration between Kurt Chiang and Mocrep; future works may or may not include sipping. //

Note on Accessibility: The Neo-Futurist Theater is located on the second floor of a large building on the corner of Foster & Ashland. The main entrance is through a pair of double doors on the first floor at 5153 N Ashland, where patrons walk up a flight of stairs to the second floor and through a series of hallways, into the main theater space. The building does have elevator access, but there is an additional hallway to navigate with a short landing of 4 stairs. Patrons who are wheelchair users or require other mobility considerations can email chiangkurt@gmail.com. We are happy to discuss providing access to anyone that wants to see the performance.

COVID Protocols: Masks are required indoors for all guests. Proof of vaccination - with booster shot - is required for all guests to be considered fully vaccinated and eligible to enter The Neo-Futurist Theater.

Performers:
Deidre Huckabay*
Lia Kohl*
Andrew Tham*
Ryan Zerna*
Kurt Chiang**

*Mocrep
**Kurt Chiang is a theatre artist, writer and performer. He is Artistic Director Emeritus & Ensemble of The Neo-Futurist Theater. Upcoming work includes: Chicka-Dee-Dee-Dee! (a short film on prairie nature and everything against it), and Unfinished Business (a two-person show with choreographer Melinda Jean Myers).