*Please note: This performance contains adult themes and strong language. Audience discretion is advised; this show is intended for ages 16+.

The Elementary Spacetime Show tells the story of a teenager who, after a suicide attempt, finds herself in a cosmic vaudevillian game show that she has to win in order to die. The Elementary Spacetime Show is a musical about why to exist when you no longer want to.

Alameda’s clash with a depressed mosquito asks her to reassess the meaning of violence. Her encounter with another version of herself pulls her into a reckoning with self-hatred. A talking piece of Rhubarb becomes a confidante. Across the unfolding drama, a queer kinship builds between her and the denizens of the in between.

“The Elementary Spacetime Show, (is) a new work that, given a wide enough audience, will become Rent for the social-media generation.” - Jim Rutter for The Philadelphia Inquirer

Music and Lyrics by César Alvarez
Book by César Alvarez and Emily Orling
Directed by Dante Green

Venue
David Rubenstein Atrium
1887 Broadway, New York, NY 10023

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