I. MONSTER.

CONCEPT

I. MONSTERS. is a solo, nonlinear, autobiographical performance built upon the increasing awareness of my own mortality.
I. MONSTER. deals with the silent struggle that touches many others: fantasising and battling with suicide.
I. MONSTER. is a cry for life and a reflection upon death.

In I. MONSTER. I speak from my OTHERNESS, from the feeling of dancing in the fringes of today's existence: as a gay/aging/latino man, as a non-pakeha, non-Māori artist in NZ, as an expatriate living in a chosen exile, trying to figure out and claim my own place and perhaps trying to find meaning to life.

SYNOPSIS

The project has 2 stages:

1. Developing season. 30th June 2023 Hannah Playhouse, Wellington NZ.
2. Full production. Early December 2023 Hannah Playhouse, Wellington NZ. Exact dates to be confirmed.

The first stage of this project is a work on development which takes as a starting point a poem I wrote in 2020, during covid, called 'Dust to Dust' and which deals with the idea of dying.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Your contribution will support the covering of the venue and rehearsals costs for the developing season, which will take place at the Hannah Playhouse on the 30th of June. Anyone who contribute, no matter how much, will be invited to the developing season in June, which is invite only and not ticketed.

COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPING SEASON

Venue Hire: $600

Rehearsal Space Hire: $500

Set: $1,500

I have fantastic friends who will donate their time and talent for: the music composition, lighting design and operation.

For more of my work please visit www.jaimedorner.com