MUSICAL THEATER / SOLO PERFORMANCE
Tova Katz & Diana Wyenn
See You at the Funeral!
Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8pm
FRANKIE / 300 S. MISSION RD
With original songs, a little tap dancing, and a lot of danger — a sweet-talking queer Southern musician, the world’s oldest dominatrix, and Medusa (yes, that diva!) converge at one theatre for a queer raucous musical healing ritual unfolding in non-linear time. Increasingly fantastical and intimate, our heroines grapple with intersectional traumas of war, parent-child relationships, romantic partnerships, and patriarchy. Across generations and within a lifetime, See You at the Funeral! challenges the limits of forgiveness and asks what becomes possible when you question everything. In this solo genre-bending dark musical comedy, award-winning theatre makers Tova Katz (writer/performer) and Diana Wyenn (director/choreographer) take the audience on a twisting, howling, unforgettable ride. You only die once—don’t miss it!
written, composed, and performed by Tova Katz
directed and choreographed by Diana Wyenn
sound design by John Zalewski
costume design by J. Theo Kuhns
lighting design by Avery Reagan
dramaturgy by Diana Wyenn
musical arrangements by Brenda Varda & Richard Tuttobene
Tova Katz (she/they – writer, composer, and performer) is an award-winning genre-bending, queer, writer, lyricist-composer and performer. Her original work has been featured at La Mama, Ars Nova, 54 Below and Joe’s Pub in NYC. In 2020 she composed and music directed a reading of Menstruation: A Period Piece by Miranda Rose Hall, directed by Katie Lindsay (Center Theatre Group, We the Women Collective) with a full production set for 2023 (Big Little Theater Company). Tova is currently developing the new drag king musical Beneath the Bowtie with collaborators Alexandra Kalinowski and Katie Lindsay as part of the Geffen Writers’ Room. She is also working on Jack & Aiden, a new trans musical commission about grief, addiction and sex with Lane Michael Stanley, premiering in 2023 at Ground Floor Theatre in Austin, TX. Her irreverent, queer contemporary Western musical short film Spit Me Out (The Barn, Jer Adrianne Lelliott) is gearing up to film early next year. Imagination saves her life every day. tovakatzartist.com | @_tovakatz_
Diana Wyenn (she/her – choreographer, director, dramaturg) is a Los Angeles-based artist who creates theater, opera, and film that rigorously explore trauma and healing, and advocating for equity and environmental and disability justice. Recent work includes Blood/Sugar, an award-winning autobiographical performance that illuminates, embodies, and challenges the global diabetes crisis, and Kristina Wong for Public Office, a critically acclaimed, raucous performance-art campaign/rally co-devised with performance artist Kristina Wong that calls for sustained civic engagement. She has directed and choreographed projects for the LA Phil, National Sawdust, Beth Morrison Projects, The Walt Disney Company, Skirball Cultural Center, SummerStage, Grand Performances, Pomona College, Occidental College, and many more; and received new work commissions from The Women’s Building, American Jewish University, and T1International. Wyenn’s work has been presented at performing arts centers and universities across the United States and is supported by the National Arts and Disability Center, Center for Cultural Innovation, and California Arts Council. She earned a BFA in Drama from New York University, is an associate member of SDC, and co-founded Plain Wood Productions.
