Set Designer

Egg Discourse is a movement meditation on the machinations of transness. The "egg," an internet-born term for trans people who do not yet realize they are trans, becomes a framework for investigating, questioning and disrupting the "born in the wrong body" narrative and other identity-based narratives of transition. Instead, the performance turns its gaze towards transition by choice, transition by contagion, transition as inescapable process and transition as life itself. 

A large Rube Goldberg machine, built by Austin-based set designer Tori Reynolds, co-exists onstage with the performer. Rube Goldberg machines, by definition, perform a very simple task through a very complicated mechanism. A series of small events, a chain reaction, which leads to a desired result. Here, the machine extends into the body of the performer, whose movements become an indispensable part of the machine's transformative process. 

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Egg Discourse

The University of Texas at Austin

Ever wonder about those strange noises coming from the apartment upstairs? Waltz through the hallways of The Eldert Lofts as a unique cast of characters explores the intimacies and intricacies of community. Take a peek behind closed doors to catch that familiar fight in the kitchen, or hide among the curtains as the woman downstairs dances alone. The original movement-based work is a series of vignettes that follows the stories of five tenants as they investigate their own relationships, exploring themes of connection, isolation, and identity.

Tori Reynolds

Set Designer

Events

Past events

17 - 18 Feb, 2024

Egg Discourse · The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance

4 - 6 May, 2023

The Eldert Lofts · AT&T Performing Arts Center

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