Location
San Francisco, CA
Project Title
The Queue
Fiscal Year Awarded
2014
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$5,000

The Queue, featuring seven performers and The Claudettes, a neo-vaudevillian drum and piano duo, is set in a fictional airport. Influenced by early 20th century slapstick, Busby Berkeley style choreography, and creaky 1-act plays, the central narrative is adapted from a 1746 farcical play A Will and No Will, in which the imminent death of an old man propels an assortment of seemingly unrelated characters into a chaotic negotiation of his life and their potential inheritances; addressing private dramas in public spaces in a three performance run

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