Links Hall's multidisciplinary Fall 2024 Co-MISSION Residents, Amanda Maraist, Dani Oblitas, Selena Lasley, and Kevin Michael Wesson (Theatre Nobody), perform in an exciting evening of risk-taking Works-In-Progress.
In mediums ranging among dance, performance art, and puppetry, Maraist, Oblitas, Lasley, and Wesson present to audiences what they have been investigating and exploring while incubating in the Links Hall white box studio since September.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Theatre Nobody is a radical free theatre outfit based in Chicago.
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.
Selena Lasley (She/They) is a Chicago based artist originally from D.C and Temple Hills, Maryland. They are a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Acting (2019). Selena also studied Modern, West African, Vogue Aesthetics, and Improvisation. This will be their first residency at Links Hall.
