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Description

SWEETS of Onan takes “Family values” as a Tempest of nymphomania--thwarted desire--self-annihilation--and the fatal contagion of sexual guilt. The most secret expressions of one’s private sphere revealed in 13 Tableaux reframing the drama of Polish writer Tadeusz Rózewicz’s Mariage Blanc.

Rich with Fantasy, Mockery, and a Fever of vulnerability--all symptomatic of the Family living at its core--this performative installation listens to an adolescent girl's refusal to--as a woman--be defined as a sight of Lack, and tries to find room for her own Desire.  The happenings are represented in thirteen living tableaux in which both the Family and their Reflections are stripped barer and barer until shattered at their feet lies Jacques Lacan’s mirror, confronting its opposites.

About the Ticket Supplier: Highways Performance Space

Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.

Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.