THIS BUG IS GAY
gender is dead. long live bug. 
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How do you translate your body? Do you secretly know you’re the least favorite child? Why do some words taste so good? How horny was Franz Kafka? What joy can we find by releasing the need to be understood? And how many blueberries can you fit in your mouth at once? All this and more at THIS BUG IS GAY, an hour-long cabaret performed in German, starring Gregor Samsa from Kakfa’s The Metamorphosis reimagined as a queer clown. 

keywords: queerness, German, body horror, absurdity, blueberries, clowning, cabaret, dream-nightmare, experiments, translation, high-achieving sisters
Development: 
Ars Nova ANT Fest (2025)
New Georges Audrey Residency (2023-24)
The Bushwick Starr Reading Series (2024)
The Brick ?!New Works Fest, (2023)
NYSCA Commission Winner (2025)
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developed with and directed by Katherine Wilkinson
dramaturgy by Elizagrace Madrone
​music arrangement by Lila Blue 
Picture
image: Masha Breeze