"Good Actors": a Live Performance

Based on the poetry collection of the same name, Good Actors is an irreverent, moving, funny, genre-bending one-woman show about the beauty and impossibility of being human.

About the show:

How do we transition between art and life when life itself is a creative act? Where are the edges? Do we ever know what the hell we’re doing? It's a bit Spaulding Grey and a bit Maria Bamford and a bit Sleater-Kinney. The text is grounded in everyday life and centers subjects such as divorce, motherhood, loss, and sexuality all filtered through popular culture and a wry sense of humor. The performance is directed and produced by Aaron Angello and features bold, vibrant animations created specifically for the text by filmmaker Kelly Sears.

About the creators:

Sommer Browning is a poet, writer, curator, and artist. Her latest book is Good Actors (Birds, LLC; 2022). Aaron Angello is a professor of English and theatre at Hood College, where he directs the theatre program and teaches courses in creative writing, modern and contemporary poetry, film and media, and drama. Kelly Sears is an animator and filmmaker living in Denver, Colorado. She is Assistant Professor of Film at University of Colorado Boulder.

For more information, visit https://www.sommerbrowning.com/good-actors