Bad Dog

Bad Dog, a world premier play by Harley Elias and directed by Michel Hausmann, centers around the idea of identity politics in art. Set in a blue chip Miami gallery during Art Basel, we see hierarchy devolve as a performance artist by the name of David decides his newest piece is to live there as a dog for the month. This multimedia dark comedy challenges what it means to climb in the industry, to truly do what you love, and to be labelled by society. I had the chance to be the ASM to PSM Victoria Mejia.​

 

The actress playing the Gallerina, Liba Vaynberg, decided that her buildup needed a physical release, and it settled on her shattering a mug against the wall then sweeping every paper off the desk onto the floor. It was not my first time working with breakaway dishes, having previously done it in La Boheme for Musetta dropping a plate, but it was my first time dealing with fake glass on the floor while an actor crawls around on his hands and knees (Caleb Scott, playing David/Dog). We created a safety movement for him to alert us of anything that may have gone wrong from his kneepad unclipping, to needing more water.