#TXTSHOW Comes to Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

The longest running independent production in D.C. theater history returns - for one night only!

A show made for the times we live in, #txtshow - the only show in the world that asks you to keep your phone "on" - is an interactive performance featuring a mysterious character named txt (pronounced 'text') who recites anonymous real-time tweets written by a live, in-person audience.

All audience members are instructed to bring a smartphone, ideally fully-charged, and actively use it during the show's 45 minute duration. It is not necessary to have a Twitter account in order to participate, as everyone in attendance is randomly assigned a protected and anonymous account for their use.

Based entirely upon what the audience writes in anonymity, this performance may contain mature themes, profane language, and explicit sexual content.

Created and Performed by Brian Feldman (Best Performance Artist, Washington City Paper Best of D.C. 2018), this is one of his six signature projects, the first #txtshow in a year, the first in D.C. in over two and a half years, the first in the U.S. since the election, and the first-ever to feature 280 character tweets (OMG)... so don't miss it!

Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

About Brian Feldman Projects:

Brian Feldman is an award-winning performance artist and actor. The recipient of two Arts and Humanities Fellowships in Theatre from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (2017, 2018), a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship (2011), and three grant awards from United Arts of Central Florida (2008, 2011, 2015), since arriving to D.C. six years ago, he has presented work in 23 D.C. neighborhoods and every Ward except 7 (where he resided from 2012-2016). As DCist noted, "In a city that has an advocacy group exploring how to "make D.C. weird" - and is still struggling - Brian Feldman is a shining beacon of eccentricity." Brian's work has been favorably compared to Marina Abramovi, David Blaine, John Cage, Tehching Hsieh, and Andy Kaufman, and featured online, in print, on radio and television. Since 2003, he has presented 300+ performances of 115+ projects at 175+ venues in 25 cities worldwide through Brian Feldman Projects, one of North America's premiere presenters of experimental time-based art.

Photo Credit: Akshaya ChittyBabu.

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