What is said cannot be unsaid. What is unspoken is alluded to, wrapped in metaphor, layered in allegory, gestured at. What is gestured at, is not silence.
The Mutables weaves cutting edge technology for speech production with mythographies of the feminine monstrous to expand and reorient our intuitions for what can be put into words. Using a unique sensor-based instrument for embodied speech called BodyMouth, this eerie performance intertwines bodies and vocals as dancers sound out words phoneme-by-phoneme by enacting specific gestures in sequence, turning the body quite literally into a mouth. Situated at the edge of experimental opera and dance, the piece is inspired by female forest creatures in Balkan folklore called ielele whose voices were said to lead men astray and who could render listeners instantly mute. The project is a meditation on the question: What does it mean to have a voice?—a provocation to the bleak histories of totalitarian rule where alternate modes of speech became an urgent form of survival and resistance.
Show Finder
The Mutables
Opening Date: Oct 8, 2025
Closing Date: Oct 11, 2025
Playing @
HERE
145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013Performance Schedule
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY @ 8:30 PM
Cast
- Rocky Duval
- Marie Lloyd Paspe
- Felix Bryan
- Vinícius Silva
- Emily Pope
Written By
- Kat Mustatea
Music
- Kamala Sankaram
Director
- Kat Mustatea
TDF Tickets Offers:
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Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$10.00 - $120.00
Accessibility
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Wheelchair Info
Removable seating. -
Seating
Mainstage seats 99 / Dorothy B. Williams Theatre Seats 74. -
Elevator\Escalator
There is an elevator that takes you to the lower level thatre. -
Curb Ramps
Yes -
Entrance
Houses two performance spaces - the 99-seat Mainstage and the 74-seat Dorothy B. Williams Theatre (down one flight of stairs); art galleries, and a café. The building entrance is street level -
Restroom
Located on both levels -
Water Fountain
There is a cafe -
Telephone
None -
Assisted Listening System
Some hearing aids. -
Visual Assistance
None -
Folding Armrests
None
