thewaves-or-untitled (2020)
a virtual devised dance theater project
conceived, choreographed & directed by evan ray suzuki
A deconstruction of Virginia Woolf's experimental 1931 novel, "The Waves," through writing, dance, and experimental performance. Engaging with these forms, we superimposed our own content and crafted new stories from personal narratives and interests, highlighting fascinations with internet culture, digital sexuality, cinematic memory, and popular media. Initially conceived as a live performance, the project was adapted for a digital presentation in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, becoming a literal embodiment of the interest in the relationship between selfhood and a postinternet landscape.
What People That Are Like People Are Like (2019)
by Elliot Nye
choreographed and directed by evan ray suzuki
Everything is everything is rules and systems and buried under the self-actualizing forces there is everything that is happening, and lots does happen. We do not know if the sun is going to rise tomorrow but it probably will and that is awesome. A play about weed and birds.
Circle Mirror Transformation (2019)
by Annie Baker
directed by evan ray suzuki
A play centered on drama classes at a community center in Vermont.
Sweeney Todd (2018)
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
directed by evan ray suzuki
a glam rock conceptual interpretation
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (2018)
by Young Jean Lee
directed by evan ray suzuki
A loose adaptation of the film The Mask of Fu Manchu. “An absurd, provocative take on the yellow peril stereotype and Asian American identity politics.”