THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST, March ‘23

Director: Ana Cristina Da Silva & Madeline Wall
Music: Ana Cristina Da Silva
Choreography: Mackian Bauman
Performers: Jesse B Koehler, Claudia Ramos-Jordan, Bryant Jager, Francis MacCall, Al Groppi, Valeria Aceves
Triskelion Arts March ‘23

The show, presented in March 2023 with the support of the Brooklyn Arts Council and ART/NY, follows the story of Angie as she confronts the aftermath of her sexual assault. "Chickens..." is a drama told through poetry and puppetry following the inner life of Angie as personified by a chicken puppet, Birdie. After a sexual encounter with a man, one where the participants' actions are questionable and difficult to judge, the relationship between animal and human quickly morphs when Birdie gains the ability to speak. Angie and Birdie are forced to look at the encounter and journey into Angie's past to discover how they can exist in the present. This psychological drama begs the question: what does consent look like?