LIZARDLY

⸻⸻Lizardly is a live, mixed reality play created by Kat Mustatea and Heidi Boisvert that explores AI, environmental collapse, and interspeciality.

Vincent and Rebecca’s marriage is falling apart as they brace for an oncoming hurricane—and if that’s not bad enough, they are also turning into lizards. Set in post-anthropocene Miami, the drama unfolds in the aftermath of various ecological cataclysms: rising oceans, aggressive mold, bio-engineered flora that conduct electrical current. Humans have not been wiped out, so much as they have adapted to rapid environmental shifts by mutating into lizards. Vincent and Rebecca have no choice but to weather the storm inside their smart-home, a technological remnant named June whose functions (and malfunctions) they weaponize in an escalating domestic turf war.⸻⸻

DURATION: 25 minutes | CAST: 2 main performers, 1 supporting

⸻● CREDITS

Concept: Kat Mustatea, Heidi Boisvert | Script: Kat Mustatea | Creative Technology: Heidi Boisvert | Performers: Joshua Echebiri, Rina Dutta, Kira Davies | Sound Design: Cecilia Lopez | Production Design: Andrea Lauer | Lighting Design: Allen Hahn | Choreography: Pauline Jennings, Joshua Lacourse | 3D Modeling Intern: Shequana Garnett | Unity Programming Intern : Patrick Rufino | Co-produced: New York Live Arts and Media Art Xploration

⸻● AWARDS

Digital Dozen Breakthroughs in Storytelling, Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab 2022

⸻● PERFORMANCES

2021⎞PremiereMAXlive 2021: The Neuroverse Festival, New York Live Arts, New York (US)

2022⎞ShowcaseLive Artery/ Performing Tech, New York Live Arts, New York (US)

⸻● PRESS

Filmmaker Magazine | Off Center Podcast

⸻● SUPPORT

Artist-In-Residence, GALLIM Moving Women | Artist-In-Residence, Barnard Movement Lab | CAVE - Leimay | University of Florida College of the Arts—Banks Family Preeminence Chair and UF Research | New York City College of Technology—Entertainment Technology Department