the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a theatrical ritual of memory, a queer séance, and a reckoning with history that refuses to stay in the past. Blending live performance with archival audio, this intimate and electrifying work follows three queer researchers as they wade through the voices of those lost to—and those who survived—the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As they listen, dance, and debate, the archive begins to pulse around them, refusing to be forgotten. Part ghost story, part love letter, and part urgent call to remember, this performance asks: How do we honor our ghosts while also fighting for the living?

Written by AJ Clauss

Salty is a play about penguins and people. It is set in one of the last remaining conservation zoos in a future gripped by catastrophes created by climate change. Animals have stopped procreating, humans suffer debilitating headaches, predators run rampant, and amidst it all, two male Adelie penguins decide to parent an egg in their small Antarctic exhibit.

A ‘garden’ is grown in the Voxel! Part installation, part performance, FALLOPIA is an immersive garden experience where Plants are actors and the Garden a chorus. Questioning the human campaigns for and against particular vegetal species, FALLOPIA uses The Theater to deepen our understanding of, relationship with and empathy for Plants commonly dismissed as ‘weeds’, and asks, what is a garden?

#T4T4T, or #Trans4Trans4Theater is Baltimore’s first-ever theater festival by and for trans artists. The weekend will include a wide range of programming and resources aimed to uplift trans and gender non-confirming creatives, including: three public new play readings by local trans playwrights, a drag show featuring a cast of all trans drag performers, a trans theater community roundtable, interactive creative workshops on writing and performing, and an art & care fair featuring local queer craftspeople as well as healthcare & legal resources – plus plenty of community-building and networking opportunities.

Step into an immersive world of flavor and sensation with THE CHARMERY FULL SENSORY EXPERIENCE, a groundbreaking fusion of film, physical effects, and delicious treats. This multi-sensory event promises to engage all of your senses in an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind experience.

The Arm (Jason Charney, Sarah Manley, and Patrick McMinn) present SUMMONED INTO FORM, a new multimedia performance developed specifically for The Voxel. This evening-length work weaves music, movement, and projections into a shifting labyrinth of sound and light. A hybrid concert experience and immersive installation, the piece explores themes of cyclical histories, wandering souls, and digital simulacra, supplemented by The Arm’s cinematic blend of brass, guitars, and synthesizers.

CALL ME BY ANY OTHER NAME…JUST AS SWEET is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, exploring the complexities of queer love, grief, and mortality while interrogating the nature and purpose of love itself.

VESPER is an experimental, non-linear, devised theatrical performance installation with movement, text, music, multimedia, and object work/puppetry produced through collaborative incubation, experimentation, and refinement. Step into a realm of darkness and starlight, hope and fear, music and dreams. Join a cast of ethereal characters as they search for meaning amid wishes and nightmares in a dazzling and poetic dreamscape of morphing circumstances. VESPER is a surrealistic exploration of humanity’s relationship to the night and the rituals we invoke to heal, find peace, and ward off danger.

Jeff Carey and the DIFFUSION FESTIVAL bring together electronic music installations and multichannel concerts, offering a sensory-rich exploration of sound in space and push the boundaries of audio technology and music with immersive experiences that will excite electronic music fans and experimental art lovers alike.