July 15, 16, 17 & 22, 23, 24 | $25-$40
U.S. Premiere – Exclusive, Limited Engagement
This July, CCA presents the U.S. premiere the latest performance from award-winning artist, Laura Stokes, with CALL ME A PUSSY. For two weekends in July, CCA’s gallery will be transformed into a stage where Stokes will enact an unforgettable performance that is a timely spectacle to behold. CALL ME A PUSSY subverts expectations and untangles stereotypes as Laura Stokes embodies and satirizes eight archetypal characters to challenge sexism, individualism, and nationalism.
Hilarious, poignant, and impactful, CALL ME A PUSSY draws influence from early Burlesque movements with its female-lead political satire in an accessible, entertaining format. With hair suspension, brave characters, acrobatics, and otherworldy body puppetry, this one-woman circus will transport Santa Fe audiences into a world of make-believe and heart-wrenching honesty.
“Stokes moves through transmutations so intricate, so far removed from what the everyday body can do, providing a whole new language and potential for emotion.”
– CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LAURA MOLZAHN
Accompanying her performance will be an exhibition of visual works created in collaboration with artist Kate Russell. The series, SUBVERT, operates as an extension of the themes, characters, and issues explored in the staged show. The collaboration between performer and photographer allows both artists to utilize each other’s skill and artistic mediums to further illustrate the absurdity of capitalism, power structures, and the simple act of being a woman in today’s world.
HoneyMoon Brewery will host a cash bar, and doors open at 7pm, showtime begins at 8pm.
Tickets
First Weekend – *SOLD OUT*
- Saturday, July 16 |
Second Weekend – *SOLD OUT*
About the Artists
Laura Stokes was raised by hippies in the western U.S. and is widely recognized for her circus and performance innovation. Stokes has been based in Berlin for five years where this show was developed and premiered at Theater im Delphi in December of 2021. Prior, Stokes co-founded the Ricochet Project with Cohdi Harrell in 2004. Their show, Smoke and Mirrors, won the Total Theater Award for Best Circus at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015. She played a leading role in Matthew Barney’s 2019 film Redoubt, and has appeared as a guest artist in the 2019 German tour of Le Grand Ordinaire. In 2020 with Francesca Hyde, she was the recipient of the Cirque du Demain Médaille d’Argent, the Dragone Award, and Cirque du Soleil Award for Innovation. She was on the stage in Florentina Holzinger’s 2020 production, TANZ.
Kate Russell is a photographer and director based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She shows her subjects with simplicity, respect and curiosity while elevating the unexpected. Kate has worked with New Mexico’s Meow Wolf as an artist, collaborator, photographer and Director of Photography. Her work has been featured in Artforum, High Fructose Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and many others.
This program has been made possible by the generous support of the Gale Family Foundation.
