THE DEW COLLECTORS
CAST: 7 + Chorus // 90 minutes
The young dancers of a 19th century ballet company, burdened by an obsessed directress to carry the fading glory of a once-famous dance, are seemingly possessed, provoked and liberated by the queer, vengeful spirit of their mysteriously deceased choreographer. A gay ghost story adorned with high camp artifice, Adams-Cohen’s text lays a lyrical groundwork for a sensational multimedia dance theatre piece.
“. . . a bawdy spectacle of extravagance and deeply reflective eroticism [with] a particular kind of aesthetic sexuality that imbues familiar forms with a new spirit of queer celebration.”
Development History:
Shortlist: Ilfeld Prize 2025
Staged Reading: Soho Warehouse, LA, US (2022) (dir. Zoe Aja Moore)
Choreography Workshop: Navel Space, LA, US (2021) (dir. Ethan Colangelo)