PILLOWTALK
WHO
Kyoung's Pacific Beat
WHEN
08/17/2018 – 08/18/2018
WHERE
Victory Gardens Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave
ConFest 2018 | Chicago
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Written and directed by Kyoung H. Park
Kyoung’s Pacific Beat
Friday, August 17 @ 8pm
Saturday, August 18 @ 8pm
Set in Brooklyn 2017, Pillowtalk brings to life one night in the lives of Sam and Buck, a recently married interracial couple. Through a formal exploration of theatrical naturalism and the codified gender norms of ballet’s pas de deux, Pillowtalk queers the intersections of race, gender, and class to illuminate how liberation and oppression co-exist in our most intimate spaces.
Pillowtalk is performed by two queer men of color, JP Moraga and Basit Shittu, and features live music by Helen Yee, choreography by Katy Pyle, set and lighting design by Marie Yokoyama, sound design by Lawrence Schober, and costume design by Andrew Jordan.
Kyoung’s Pacific Beat
Kyoung’s Pacific Beat (KPB) is a peacemaking theater company based in Brooklyn, New York, which promotes a culture of peace through the production of new works of theater written and directed by Kyoung H. Park. The company develops its work over the course of multiple years, in collaboration with artists from different cultures and disciplines. Through research and engagement with local communities, KPB explores experiences of oppression and transforms the collected stories through radical experimentations with form. Its goal is to give voice to marginalized perspectives in society and bring together like-minded individuals that believe peace matters. KPB’s work includes disOriented, Tala, and Pillowtalk. KPB is led by Kyoung H. Park, the first Korean playwright from Latin America to be produced and published in the U.S. and a 2010 UNESCO Aschberg-Laureate.