A piece that blends concert, theater and memoir, weaving a family story, live music and storytelling around a father's ALS diagnosis.
Ain Gordon and Josh Quillen bring Relics and Their Humans to Kingsbury Hall for three nights, October 28, 29, and 30, with each performance starting at 7:30 PM. It's part of UtahPresents' Stage Door Series, and it sits somewhere between a concert, a play and a memoir.
Gordon is a theater artist and Quillen is a percussionist, and the whole thing is built around Quillen's own family history. It takes you back to his hometown of Dover, Ohio, and looks at the years following his father's ALS diagnosis. The story comes together through a recorded interview, a personal journal and an unexpected playlist, and at its center is a tribute to Quillen's mother, whose humor, strength and devotion carry through the piece. The Arizona Daily Star called it a "wonderfully paced, colorful story" that doesn't feel devastating or superficial.
On stage, it's live music, storytelling and inventive theatrical design working together. Gordon and Quillen are the two on the bill, with dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. It's a small cast for a big subject, and the way it's put together—mixing recorded voice, written words and live percussion—is a good part of the draw.
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Tickets are $47 including fees, and the show runs at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights at Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle.
