Performance Archives - Apricity Magazine

The Last Hellos

Cecil cares for his father in his last days and reflects on aging, faith, and humor that characterized his father’s rugged life. Based on a poem by Les Murray.

What Am I Supposed To Do, Knowing You’re In The World?

Caitlyn Waltermire is a playwright/songwriter from Kentucky and 2nd year Playwriting MFA student at UT Austin. She makes pain-filled funny things with lots of women and 1960s references. Since 2017, her plays have been developed + produced across the country.

Ghostgirl

Ashlyn Frank is a writer and director specializing in theatre, film, and casting. A graduate from the Fordham University Lincoln Center Theatre Program, Ashlyn has mounted stage productions ranging from classical to contemporary. She currently serves as the Creative Director of Chamber Theatre Productions where she produces and directs various live action films and animated projects as well as national staged tours. No matter the medium, Ashlyn always strives to make work that is philosophical and civic while still spiritually and aesthetically engaging.

Sandia

Pretty Idiot is an Alternative Folk Band based in Austin, Texas. They just released their first song “Sandia” on streaming, after years of preparation and build up.

The Light We Lost

Leaning into the beauty and quality of movement, finding the balance of emotional vulnerability along with strength and control of not only the movements but the command of the physical world in which we occupy. The stage as a tangible limiting force that the dance pushes back back against but also must embrace as a shared existence.

Prayer Wheel

Over the past three years I have been creating long ambient works, spectral treatments of various recordings. Prayer Wheel is the third such completed work, based on an indie folk album with Tibetan lyrics. The original artist is New York’s Kesang Marstrand. The Tibetan Buddhist mantra wheels are sometime spun in both directions, for a more powerful effect.

Dimensional Cable

These photographs are of worlds built with my own hands. The concept of how space affects internal life is central to my process. Fabricated spaces or events have a theatricality that thrills me. This work connects us, reminds us we are never alone in the intensity of our emotions.

Waltz: An Essay in Terza Rima

This video essay experiments with the idea of three in by overlapping three different mediums: 1) the 3/4 timing of waltz music, 2) the three beat choreography of waltz dancing, and 3) the form of terza rima poetry in three line stanzas.

Cowboy Cry, Virginia, Giving Up the Ghost

These songs are the result of about a week and a half of writing original songs in an attempt to write one a day. I have been writing music for about three years now and often find myself looking for new avenues to challenge myself to write more. Cowboy Cry was my first attempt at a song inspired by the Old West with a small, queer twist on it. Virginia, a love song, was written about a friend of mine I met while living in LA, and Giving up the Ghost is inspired by the wreckage of that relationship. I hope you enjoy!