Pat Oleszko: The Future is For/Boating
JUNE 30, 2024
With Alex Tatarsky and Abby Lloyd
On the Staten Island Ferry
David Peter Francis and ACOMPI are pleased to present The Future is For/Boating, a newly commissioned processional performance by Pat Oleszko on the Staten Island Ferry on June 30, 2024. Debuting new costumes, Oleszko and several performers will promenade through various levels of the ferry as they pass various New York City landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty— the absurd voyage drawing attention toward rising sea levels, a recurring interest across her five-decade career.
A younger generation of the city’s premiere experimental performers will present new works in dialogue with Oleszko: Abby Lloyd, who leads a parade of characters steeped in Americana; Alex Tatarsky, who will cameo as the Statue of Liberty, a recurring motif in their and Oleszko’s practice; and Amando Houser, who will perform as Delia Delia the flat-chested witch on a journey towards self- actualization, ahead of their premiere at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024.