The Performance Laboratory Presents The FEAR Show

A&D graduate alumni Emilia Javanica & Carrie Morris have nearly reached their 3‑year anniversary as co-curators of the ongoing performance series in Detroit, The Performance Laboratory. The December episode, themed ​“Fear” will feature performers from across the Detroit vicinity, including A&D alumni Reed Esslinger and Emilia Javanica. 

The FEAR Show 
Friday, December 20, 8pm 
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201 

Featuring performances by: 
‑Thomas Bell 
‑Shoshanna Utchenik, Richard Newman & Liza Bielby 
‑Adrianne Finelli 
‑Dan Tower 
‑Emilia Javanica 
‑Kathy Liesen & Bridget Michael 
‑Reed Esslinger 

FEAR: a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, anxiety, phobia, apprehension, unease, insecurity, chaos, death, humiliation…. Whether the threat is real or imagined, the feeling or condition of being afraid. 

“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.” ‑Taylor Swift 
​“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ‑Franklin D. Roosevelt 
​“There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don’t.” ‑Lemony Snicket 

The Performance Laboratory is an interdisciplinary performance series established in March 2011. Encouraging original works and the exploration of new ideas, The Performance Laboratory aims to facilitate impassioned dialogue around the possibilities that lie within performance. Our goal is to offer a consistent forum for ideas to be shared and developed, new artistic partnerships to be made, and a supportive and diverse community to gather. For more information, please visit: http://​thep​er​for​mance​lab​o​ra​tory​.word​press​.com/