MISSING 411: INTO THE VOID
Devised by Slugfest Theater
“...like if David Lynch directed Sesame Street”
About the Show
Missing 411: Into the Void is an evolving interdisciplinary performance piece based in horror-comedy and devised by SlugFest Theater, developed and first presented as part of a creative residency at the Upper Jay Art Center in February 2021. To navigate the limitations of performance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, SlugFest created an interdisciplinary show blending live performance and projected film from within a three-story building. Using windows as visual sightlines and radio transmission to broadcast sound, performers tell the story to audiences in parked cars from across a busy intersection in a global-health-dystopian take on the drive-in movie experience.
Borrowing source material from the CanAm Missing Project and the Missing411 community on Reddit, SlugFest creates a world of disappearance, horror, and physical comedy.
Directed by Bailey Nassetta
Devised and performed by Michael Galligan, Lucy Livingston, Justin Picado, Sam Metzger, and Julio Saenz
Original composition by Robert Fernandez
Produced by Michael Galligan and Lucy Livingston
MISSING 411: THE MUSICAL
Every year, 500 children go missing in national parks around the United States**. This is their story. This is Missing 411: The Musical.
** Or so says an online community of conspiracy theorists.
Directed by Bailey Nassetta
Composed by Robert Fernandez
Produced by Michael Galligan
Performed and created by Lucy Livingston, Justin Picado, Adriana Hillas, and Michael Galligan
Developed as part of Tongue Honey’s annual residency with Upper Jay Art Center in March 2020. Further development has been paused due to the coronavirus pandemic.