DIRT will be a Tank Core Production in January 2026
“We watched as apple slices became residential space, cookies turned into commercial zoning, and vegetables represented manufacturing. Public housing was erected with graham crackers. Streetlights were cheese balls on toothpicks. Despite this whimsical landscape, the show asks some big questions about the city and the decisions that make it what it is, for better and worse.”
- Nicole Serratore, American Theatre
DIRT
Created By SOUR MILK
Directed by Carsen Joenk
Text by Anna Jastrzembski
Game Design by Christina Tang
Produced by Most Unwanted Productions and Dani Turner
What if one day you woke up and the East River was... gone? In its place: a brand new plot of land, ripe for development. Performed with three actors, one printer, and fifteen pounds of pudding, DIRT is an interactive theatre piece by SOUR MILK that invites audiences to reimagine the landscape of NYC. Participants take on characters, campaign to become mayor, and decide how to develop their new neighborhood. Construction is completed in real time using food products as building materials in this collaborative act of urban planning, electioneering, and play.
Workshop History:
Jan 2024 at Loading Dock (Exponential Festival)
July 2024 (The Tank)
Photos by Lee Rayment
