A group of performers with colorful costumes pose in a group formation.
Taylor Mac, the MacArthur Fellow, Kennedy Prize winner, and Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Obie award-winning composer Matt Ray visit with the West Coast premiere of Bark of Millions, a four-hour “parade trance extravaganza.” Bark of Millions is a rock opera meditation on queerness featuring 55 original songs (one song per year since the Stonewall uprising) inspired by queer antecedents throughout world history and performed by a diverse cast of 22 artists. As in his legendary retelling of American history, 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Mac, his cast, and longtime collaborators Matt Ray (music) and Machine Dazzle (costumes) use music, dance, and drag spectacle to subvert and deconstruct conventional narratives, and joyfully, transgressively celebrate queerness in all its forms.
Join us for a post-performance moderated discussion on Fri 2/23 and post-performance community conversations on Sat & Sun, 2/24–25. An Illuminations: “Individual & Community” event.
ADA-accessible venue.
Audio description will be provided for this performance.
Tickets: $42 - $158