The APEX Festival: In This Moment & Forest Defense

In This Moment is the story of a transwoman named Love, who is polyamorous and trying to navigate the world around her identities by coming to terms with how she deserves and needs to be loved in a world where her existence is an act of protest. “In This Moment” teaches us that love is like the ocean. It is different in every pattern and location it exists.

Cast:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle) as Love
Zandra Paxton (she/her) as Alex
Boubakar Djombana (they/he) as Rickey
Jónel Jones (they/he) as Jay
Elijah Kaidence Alter (he/him) as Kai
Zaq Latino (they/them) as Catalina
Preston Tyreese Johnson (he/him) as Amora
Colin Hirsh Wilson (he/him) as Hook-up

Crew:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martinez (they/them/elle): Creator of Piece/Performer/Writer/Co-Director 
Neka Knowles (she/they): Director/Costumes/Intimacy Coordinator 
Ellie Haines (they/them): 1st AD
Michael Distefano (he/him): Director of Photography (DP)/Editor
Synara Dsouza (she/her): Assitant DP/Producer/ Gaffer
Ni-Chun Shih (she/her): Producer/Production Assitant
Shravya Kulkarni (she/her): Production Designer/Production Sound/Audio Mixer
Madelyn Crawford (she/her): Assistant Sound/Audio Mixer/Assistant Editor/Boom Operator
McKelvey Courtney Collins (she/her): Art Assistant/ Production Assistant
Opal Lynch-Masud (she/her): Script Supervisor
Manel Paret (he/him): Composer
alana amore colvin (she/they): Composer
Charles Kreidler (he/him): Composer 
Latrelle Allen (she/her): BTS Photographer
Jose-Maria Auguila (he/him): Intimacy Coordinator

As our rights to protest disappear along with our forests what will you risk?  How do we convince others to make good trouble alongside us? How would Robin Hood feel about all this? Does the fungus below us care if we live or die? Forest Defense will answer none of these questions for you, but we think you will have a good time anyway. Join us for a walk in the woods.

APEX Festival is a collective, artistic activation of the HERE Arts Center by graduating MFA Contemporary Theatre and Performance students. Ten distinct projects presented over three weeks serve as each student’s capstone offering as well as a public introduction to their work as it exists at this stage in their development. In celebration, the School of Drama invites The New School community, communities surrounding The New School, and communities beyond to experience a collection of performative artworks that push the boundaries of discipline and form.

Updated: March 8, 2023

HERE is now a mask-optional space. All patrons attending HERE performances and events will no longer be required to wear masks.

We ask all audience members to please stay home if they have a sore throat, are feeling sick in any other way, or have been recently exposed to COVID-19, and to please contact the box office for refunds or exchanges.

All of our performers, technicians, and staff members are required to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, they are participating in an active testing regimen to keep everyone as safe as possible.

HERE reserves the right to revise protocols as the rate of transmission changes and in light of new scientific data that may present itself.