These shows are presented as a part of Projectorfest 2024, a four-night showcase of ambitious multimedia-driven comedy projects. More at projectorfest.com. This performance includes two 30-minute shows.

GODZILLA: HISTORY, BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF HYPER-EVOLVED THEROPOD KAIJU - Shyaporn Theerakulstit

Tsunami, earthquake, hurricane, typhoon - Godzilla, “King of the Monsters,” has both plagued and benefited humanity for decades. By examining the origins and zoology of this terrifying force of nature, people and nations will be better equipped to deal with the awesome destructive power of our radioactive visitor from the Cretaceous.

EMOJI: THE HIEROGLYPHICS OF OUR TIME, or how I learned to stop worrying and send the risky text🤷🏽‍♀️ - Aarushi Agni

It starts with 🏄🏽‍♀️ and ends with 🎈. Part love letter, part-stand-up set and part iPhone commercial, Aarushi takes us on a roadtrip through space and time as she explores whether emoji are a uniquely universal form of communication or a crutch in a fractured society that has us clinging to digital crumbs of human connection. It will have you like, 🤣🤣🤣 but also like, 🥺🥺🥺!

ABOUT THE CREATORS

Shyaporn Theerakulstit (Performer/Writer, Godzilla: History, Biology and Behavior of Hyper-Evolved Theropod Kaiju) Shyaporn Theerakulstit is an actor, writer, fake scientist, cosplayer, occasional YouTuber and general “nerd about town.” He has lectured at Nerd Nite, TEDx and the Smithsonian and could last be seen off-Broadway playing Admiral Kirk in “Khan!!! The Musical!” as well as such shows as The Flight Attendant and Girls5eva. Yet never once on Law and Order.

Aarushi Agni (Performer/Writer, Emoji: The Hieroglyphs of Our Time) Aarushi Agni (she/they, @aarushifire) is a queer South Asian writer, poet, comedian, musician, artist, educator and person. Her work has appeared in Bitch Media, Nerdist, Apartment Therapy and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Aarushi performs stand-up, sketch, storytelling and improv regularly around the city and world. She has been featured at New York Queer Comedy Festival, Asian Comedy Festival, Seattle Sketchfest and others. She is currently on the Boogiemanja sketch team Attainable Crush and previously was on Wicked Triplet. Her improv team Shoulda Coulda Woulda runs simulations to fix people's love lives. Aarushi got her MFA in Writing & Activism at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She is the Lead Teacher for The Octavia Project, a summer program for girls and non-binary youth that uses sci-fi as a lens to imagine new futures. Aarushi is also an accomplished singer-songwriter; her band Tin Can Diamonds is streaming everywhere. aarushiagni.com

BT Hayes (Director, Emoji: The Hieroglyphs of Our Time) BT Hayes (she/they) has a degree in Comparative Literature and a whole lotta books she compares to each other. She looks forward to doing this one day to her children. Directing credits include The Revolutionists (Wellfleet Harbor), Ghost Quartet (PST), First Daughter Suite, and Mary Stuart (Princeton), the last of which was Hayes’ original, rave-influenced translation from German. In NYC, Hayes has staged readings of her work, including a queer rom-com called 500 Rats: A Love Story and a sequel to Twelfth Night, titled 13th Morning. Her debut chapbook of short stories -- DIONYSUS AND I SIP CABERNET AND TALK SH*T -- is available now through Wrong Publishing. www.bthayes.com IG: @bth.eresa

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