Performance Memoirs February 28, 2008

In a hotel room, three women chat, paint their nails, drink vodka, take photos, get dressed (or undressed), and run a bath, all while reminiscing on past experiences and creating new ones in the moment. An audience of 10 is drawn into the action through conversation, and invitations to explore the room by snooping into dresser drawers and suitcases, or lounging on the queen-sized bed. No one disappears without first leaving behind a personal memento or imprint, which is then woven into future performances to become a moving record of the individual memoirs of a community. This is "Performance Memoirs."

Laura Curry and Lori Dillon, Seattle-based performing artists, are the co-creators of Performance Memoirs - an interactive dance-theater experience set in a hotel room. The project is based on facts and anecdotes collected from people who have participated in Curry and Dillon’s past interactive work. They – along with collaborating artist Pamela Gregory – guide audience participants on a journey of stories, dances and constant interaction. Downtown Seattle’s swanky, sexy and totally artistic Hotel Max hosts the Seattle premiere of "Performance Memoirs."

Tiffany Lee Brown from Portand’s Willamette Week summed up Curry and Dillon’s work by declaring: “…Disturbing aspects of identity overlap in narrative and movement, seducing spectators into becoming part of the scene. If you like to keep your boundaries nice and tidy, stay the heck away.”

"Performance Memoirs" will be performed in nightly 7:30 and 9:30 cycles from February 28 – March 1 and March 6-8, 2008, with a 4:30 happy hour show on Saturday March 1st and Saturday March 8th. Admission MUST be reserved in advance through Brown Paper Tickets. $18 per person. Because of limited space, advance reservations are recommended. The hotel room number will be revealed to ticket buyers upon purchase. "Performance Memoirs" is generously sponsored by the following: the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 4Culture and ArtPatch.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/performancememoirs