How To Build A Fire travels queer landscapes to create legacies while telling tales of desire and survival. Through freak church services for magical creatures, fragmented memory, movement and costuming, and unravelling narratives, the escape artists trespass loopholes in the American dream. The mysterious figure of Mr. Hollywood looms and a Manifestation of Trisha calls, while feminine hero/ines, renegade chickens, and tranny jazzmen traverse the multiple dimensions of this non-linear world.
How to Build a Fire pairs multi-media performances and workshops to spark questions like how do we get what we deserve, what is the price of letting go, and how do we rewrite the script?
