A Galère of Poetic Autopsies
Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.
Featured performers: Sean Allison, billy cancel and Genevieve Fernworthy; Sasha Pearl.
Hosted by John K Lawson and Jane Ormerod.
Doors at 6:00 pm, show at 7:00 pm.
$10 suggested donation to be shared among performers.
Sean Allison is the founder of Small Potatoes Playhouse, a community theater company focusing on trauma-based storytelling and live performances. He is the writer, producer and performer of his prize-winning autobiographical one man show If It Bleeds It Leads (United Solo Festival NYC Best Storyteller). Sean lives in Hudson with his dog Gilberto Ignacio de los Pinches Montes.
billy cancel is a Brooklyn-based poet performer and artist. His poetry has appeared in Boston Review, PEN America, and The Rialto amongst many others. His latest collection BUTTERCUP TANTRUM MUTTON ENCORE is out on Broadstone Books. With Genevieve Fernworthy, he makes up the pop / noise band Tidal Channel.
Genevieve Fernworthy is a theologian, a multi-instrumentalist, and an artist based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She established Hidden House Press in 2009, launched Grand:ZERO in 2020, and is the Founding Director of the Lunary Collective. Genevieve performs solo under the moniker Lauds and provides sonic accompaniment to billy cancel in the noise-poetry duo Tidal Channel.
Sasha Pearl is a folk artist from the Hudson Valley using the mediums of poetry, painting, and music. She lives in Dutchess County and works in transportation. Her poems about bus driving have appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern.
