Marisa Conroy & Olivia Bratko (Portland, OR): Bird, I am
Performance Art, Theatre
PERFORMANCE SYNOPSIS
Marisa is a fucking bird. They came to this realization after leading an unsatisfactory life as a human. Working through an old phone switchboard, they broadcast their call, searching for connection, looking for another song like theirs.
BIO
Marisa Conroy (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, and production manager. They translate inner narratives into tangible visual and auditory expressions through sound and video, merging the digital with the biological. Their performances serve as a platform to embody the plurality of the self, fostering communal self-reflection in the digital age. As a producer, production manager, and sound/video designer, Marisa has collaborated with jaamil olawale kosoko (Voncena’s Spell, chameleon), Sister Sylvester (The Eagle and the Tortoise, Drinking Brecht, Constantinopliad), Big Art Group (The Render, Broke House, Trouble), and Social Sciences Productions (Queer Fantasia).
Olivia Bratko is a live artist whose work explores the fragmented and imperfect nature of our perception of reality and our (in)ability to know. Sometimes she makes comedy-focused work with elements of philosophy and performance art, and sometimes she makes performance art with elements of comedy. It’s all good fun and a bit twisted. She’s currently performing in the Compton Cafeteria Riot show, and premiering a new show “Trey” in San Francisco in July. She currently lives in San Francisco.
Cosette (Ettie) Pin is a multi-disciplinary designer, specializing in lighting, sound, projection, and scenic design for theatre and live performance. Their work has taken them across Canada, the United States, the UK, and over 20 additional countries globally, designing for several companies and venues of varying sizes and theatrical form. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in Production Design and Technical Arts, Cosette is dedicated to producing innovative work by merging the technical and the artistic; the cerebral and the visceral. They are the Technical Director and Production Designer for Sasha Velour.
CREDIT
Marisa Conroy, Creator/Performer/Sound Design
Olivia Bratko, Creator/Performer/Director
Ettie Pin, Scenic/LX Consultant