Back Float: A Very Hard of Hearing, Deaf-ish, Bluegrass-Forward Solo Show at TADA/Emerging Artists Theatre

Created and performed by Jo Brook, Back Float is a daring and deeply human solo show about an actor and musician navigating hearing loss and ultimately reclaiming her music and her voice. Blending folk and bluegrass music, auditory soundscape, and storytelling in both English and ASL, the piece lives in the charged in-between: between sound and silence, labels and lived experience, isolation and belonging. Intimate, inventive, and laugh-out-loud funny, Back Float charts one woman’s unapologetic reclamation of sound, memory, and identity. 

Created & Performed by: Jo Brook
Directed by: Lauren Jeanne Thomas
Dramaturgy by: Megan Loomis
Sound Design: Melanie Chen Cole
Director of Artistic Sign Language: Erin Rosenfeld 

Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC (formerly the New Work Series) began in 2006 and focuses on new works, diverse talents, and emerging voices.

*This performance will be captioned.