BABY EYEBALLS to Make World Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Anwar Ali's solo show, directed by Roger Q. Mason, runs at Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Baby Eyeballs, a new solo performance written and performed by Anwar Ali, premieres this June at the Hollywood Fringe Festival for a strictly limited engagement at Hudson Theatre. Directed by acclaimed playwright and director Roger Q. Mason (Lavender Men), Baby Eyeballs is a chaotic, satirical, and deeply moving descent into the mind of a queer cancer survivor navigating chemo-induced dreaming, memory, and survival through the lens of child-like imagination and pop culture fantasy.
The production will run for five shows only Friday, June 5 & 12 at 6:30 PM, Saturday, June 6 & 13 at 5:30 PM, Saturday, June 12 at 7:15 PM.
Featuring original sound design by David Gonzalez, the production is produced by Philicia Saunders and Oscar Gutierrez. At the center of the story is Luce, a fictionalized recent cancer survivor desperately trying to outrun the painful memories of the past. Instead, they find themselves trapped inside a surreal internal world populated by movies, fantasies, and fractured reflections of selfhood. Equal parts raunchy comedy, fever dream, and emotional excavation, Baby Eyeballs invites audiences to confront discomfort, grief, illness, and healing through radical acceptance and outrageous humor.
"Baby Eyeballs was born from a journey through illness, survival, memory, and finding humor in places I never expected," says Ali. "This show is about what happens when your body betrays you, your mind fractures, and imagination becomes the only way forward." Timed for Pride Month, the production arrives amid growing conversations surrounding queer health, chronic illness, mental health, and the transformative power of storytelling. Audiences attending the show will also be encouraged to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through an on-site donation campaign benefiting children and families facing cancer diagnoses.
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