PROTEC/ATTAC

The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival at Chelsea Factory

Protec/Attac

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at 8:30PM
Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 at 9:30PM

50 minutes

Recommended for ages 16+

Please note: The January 21 and 22 performances have been cancelled due to a non-COVID-19 related illness within the company.

This is a show that deals directly with feelings of isolation, dread, and political despair. It is an interview with a woman who has given herself fully to misery. For her, misery is both a state of grace and a new form of perverse political action. The interview gradually morphs into a series of strange games that require audience participation and are meant to prime the audience into accepting her agenda: the end of human history. Protec/Attac is a performance about misery, hopelessness, and following directions.


Creative Team
Creators - Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey
Video Design - Matt Romein
Stage Design - Kate McGee
Producer - Aaron Profumo


About Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey
We collaborate together. Our work wrestles with questions of cruelty, authenticity, deception, entertainment, and power. We value simple language, functional design, autobiography, and vulnerability. Our last show, While You Were Partying, was one of Time Out NY’s top ten shows of 2021. Recent work has been presented at Soho Rep, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, and the Brick Theater. We were both members of the 2017-2019 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the 2017-2018 Devised Theater Working Group at the Public Theater, and were Baryshnikov Arts Center Resident Artists in 2019.

Protec/Attac Sponsors and Additional Support
Developed at the Brick Theater in 2019. World Premiere at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany in 2022.

Health and Safety Protocols

• Masks are optional for this event.

• While Chelsea Factory strongly recommends vaccination against COVID-19, proof of vaccination is not currently required for audience entrance to performances and public programs.

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