2023 · Dance – stage work
Friendly Host
Melecio Estrella, Andrew Ward and Damara Ganley (Fog Beast)
A Fog Beast performance event with food that used playful interventions to expose and disrupt the spoken and unspoken social rules of gathering and hosting.
- Premiere
- 2023-12-10
- Venue
- BANDALOOP studio, West Oakland
- Where
- Oakland, CA
- Performances
- Excerpt 'Flowers and Food' (written and performed by Melecio Estrella, Damara Vita Ganley and Ben Juodvalkis) performed at Joe Goode Performance Group's Gathering Room series, Joe Goode Annex, SF, 2025-04-26.
- Credits
- Direction: Melecio Estrella, Andrew Ward, with Damara Ganley. Music: Ben Juodvalkis; Ryan Huber also played (underscore). Performers/invited cast: Jessica Swanson, Melissa Lewis, Damara Ganley, Patricia West, Ben Juodvalkis, and others (script references Ande, Damara, Patricia, Melissa). Producer/production: Krystal Harfert.
Elsewhere
- Friendly Host — Fog Beast — Fog Beast (company site), 2023