THE COMPLAINT SOCIETY

The Brick, New York City

Contextualized by our era of infinite emergency, The Complaint Society documents and synthesizes a pixelated present of ruined meaning, anxious forces, neurotic tendencies, and looping violence. A range of urgencies–climate grief, state-sanctioned force, reparative justice, reproductive rights, systems of surveillance, the growing fascist theocracy in the US, and the memeification of political mood–appear and reappear in the performance as sirens, propositions for time travel, and calls to action.

Created by Barnett Cohen 

with performances by Briana Archer, Deja Bowen, Lena Engelstein & Rachel Rivera

 Movement Direction: Lena Engelstein

Sound by Barnett Cohen & Cliff Hoitt-Lange

Styling by JenniLee

Lighting Design by Sarai Frazier

Looks by A.Potts & Doc Martens 

Stage Management by Cliff Hoitt-Lange

Documentation & Image credits by Suz Murray Sadler & jb.