hanging joe biden (on the wall) (in the hall)

2024

Director Jordan Walsh and I co-wrote this adaptation of Kafka’s short story for performances in Cleveland and Chicago.

Photos: Anna Gelman.

We set the main plot against the introduction of radio broadcasting and the tawdry reality of professional wrestling. I also played the title character.

During this process we used the frameworks of “Dialectical Bidenism” and “Bidenist Dialectics” to address questions like: What were the Biden years? What does Biden have to do with Shrek? And is this political art, or just pictures of politicians?

Interviewing portrait artist Em Cruz.