This. This right here. This darkling spectacle of kinetic disruption from Austin's world-class Performa/Dance company is what we've been waiting for. Jennifer Hart's The Mad Scene is a 90-minute absurdist dance-drama that dives into the human longing for fame. It's pop fiction crossed with black comedy, exploring themes of celebrity, desire, power, fantasy, and the mercurial strands of the human psyche. You know those strands, citizen? They look damned good onstage, and wow do they move. Especially as embodied by Ian J. Bethany, Alexa Capareda, Edward Carr, Katherine Deuitch, Paul Martin, Grace Morton, Kevin Murdock-Waters, Kelsey Oliver, Preston Andrew Patterson, and Elise Pekarek.
Fri.-Sat., June 10-11, 8pm. $25-40.