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I AM MY OWN MILF

conceived by Matthew Antoci

in collaboration with Meaghan Robichaud & Lizz Mangan

directed by Andrew Mullins
dramaturgy by James La Bella
movement direction by Alexandra Brokowski

--digital program here--

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☆ Winner ☆

Award for Outstanding Devising at Young-Howze Theatre Awards, 2024

 

☆ Winner of Three Festival Awards ☆

Best Adaptation, Little Shakes, Sold Out Show at FRIGID Fringe NYC, 2023

FRIGID Festival NYC

Kraine Theatre

(workshop production)

February 15, 17, 24 & March 4th, 2023

photos by Colin deLeo

An homage and send-up to the Upper East Side lady & the gayz that inhabit her. An interpretatión of the real life of Timon of Athens, casting a middle-aged diva as hostess of Park Avenue’s biggest flop parade. A mixed-media drag+dance spectacular that opens the purse of the self-destructive Diva and the society built to devour her.

 

graphics by Beth Brownrigg

additional garments by Ray Dondero

additional choreography by Carly Jurman

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previously developed at Celebration Barn in South Paris, ME (2022)​

Press for I AM MY OWN MILF

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Let me be blunt: you will exit the theater asking yourself: "What the fuck did I just watch??" But then??... you will explode into laughter, alongside all the other queer folks who just experienced this magical evening with you. [...] 

 

What stands out is not just the fabulously hilarious lip syncs, calling back to pop stars and celebrities of our youth being performed extemporaneously by Matthew Antoci - it's actually the genre of theater, and the characterization of Timon. Calling back to the Theatre of the Ridiculous, Matthew constructs the usually tragic figure of Timon as a... I don't know... it's more than just a satirical figure... it's more queer than that... it's actually a character that you hold great disdain for, continuously laugh at but also root for. [...]

 

Through the opulence, the glitz, and the glamour, the show's message about chosen family and choosing your own joy strikes through. [...] Run, jump, and sprint to see this boots the house down spectacle that can only be described by other audiences as: "they served c*nt, and then died. Slay." - Dylan, Theatr

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I AM MY OWN MILF is a delicious hot mess. But all of that is intentional. [...] The rapping and flamboyance of Antoci's wordplay was a spectacle to behold. The whole performance was beautiful and chaotically entrancing. - Young-Howze Theatre Journal

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Backed by a pair of talented multi-character playing interns named Happy and Ness (Lizz Mangan and Meaghan Robichaud), Antoci is in full diva mode in a production directed by Andrew Mullins that rapidly spins out pop culture references and lip-synced celebrity sound bites. This theatre-centric bubble-inhabitant appreciated the gags involving Into The Woods and Roundabout Theatre Company’s Board of Directors, and even though I didn’t understand at least half of the show, the bulk of the audience was laughing riotously. - Michael Dale, Onstage Blog

Audience Reviews for I AM MY OWN MILF

 

"SLAYYY!!!"

"SLAYAGE"

"wow"

"Such an amazing show. Electric, amazing writing and performance. Something that really made me re-evaluate how to do theatre and make it fun and relevant."

"INCREDIBLE"

"This show is a brilliant spectacle with tremendous heart. The most playfully provocative Shakespearean re-imagination of the modern era. It’s giving and giving and giving and giving and…"

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