DarkFest/TrashFest 2023

July 31st - August 6th, 2023

Curated by Christian Ávila

 For ten years, The Tank has hosted DarkFest - a week of shows that do not use conventional theatrical lighting in an effort to reexamine how we can make theater more sustainable. DarkFest celebrates innovative performance that utilizes self-sufficient and alternative energy sources.

In 2020, with the onset of the pandemic that forced our physical theater to close, we challenged that idea further with TrashFest. 

It is often difficult to wrestle with the environmental impact that our daily lives and our work  have - especially in theater, where so many resources are needed to develop sets, props, and costumes that are only used for a short amount of time. TrashFest centers work that not only produces no waste, by reusing materials discarded as garbage.

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