Collision Productions

We Might Be Experimenting On You

THIS SHOW IS IN THE FRIGID HANGOVERS!

Bernazky and Jones have turned the conventions of theater on its head to create a space of heightened awareness and utter uncertainty. Who is the audience? Who is the performer? What’s with the lab coats? All that is certain is this: from the moment you walk in, all bets are off.

Every show is different. Every show is an experiment. It’s an exciting fusion of improvisation, participatory theater and social experiment that takes audience members on a roller coaster ride of terror, hilarity and enchantment. We Might Be Experimenting On You isn’t for the faint of heart or the high of heel – it’s for everyone searching for the kind of joy that can’t be found sitting in your seat.

Kym Bernazky (performer) earned her BFA in Drama from New York University studying acting at Circle In The Square Theater School. Kym served as the Artistic Director and Head Writer of Six Characters- an experimental, silent-comedy vaudeville troupe. Six Characters created three unique theatrical shows, several short films, and a television pilot over a ten year period. Their work has been seen/produced at Theatre For the New City, Chernuchin, Todo Con Nada, Collective Unconscious, The Kraine Theatre, The Pure Pop, New York and Orlando Fringe Festivals. Their film work has been screened online, at several film festivals including the New York Independent Film Festival, and in a documentary about pie throwing.
Six Characters Cometh earned the group the "Best Ensemble Of The Year" Award from the Off-Off Broadway Review in 2002. Six Characters: Best Show Ever! earned a glowing review from the New York Times. Most recently, Kym has trained with SITI Company and has been an ensemble company member of Synaesthetic Theater. She is the artistic director of Collision Productions.

Melanie Jones (performer) is a writer, producer and performer. She is the author of three published non-fiction books and four produced plays. Her second one-woman show, ENDURE is about marathon running and will premiere in NYC in Spring 2011. Recently relocated to New York, she creates experimental theater works with Kym Bernazky through their newly formed company Collision Productions. In her native Canada, she wrote, performed and co-produced more than 50 segments for CityTV’s Breakfast Television and Your City. She worked on many theater creation projects for One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo and Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre Collective. Her writing projects have taken her all over the world, including travel to Zambia, India and Haiti for ‘Waves of Change,’ an international photo-story documentary about clean water. She holds an M.A. in Dance from York University and performed as a contemporary dancer throughout Canada. She also trains with SITI Company in New York in Viewpoints and Suzuki Method.

"...I was so engaged throughout, and so happy afterwards that I would recommend this show to anyone who’s got a little spirit of adventure...."

"I was bonding with an audience of strangers, I was riding each new “experiment” pleased to be in the laboratory ushered along by the affable Bernazky and Jones...."

5 Questions for We Might Be Experimenting On You

PREVIEW

"tremendous!"

"Fun-tastic!"

"Great show, surprising show, you walk out with a huge smile and a great feeling. Isn't that what art should be all about??"

"I love it!"

"Very cool!"

"Joyous"