CAPRICORN 29
On the eve of her 29th birthday, a Very Online millennial stumbles upon a curious conspiracy theory: the powers-that-be have initiated a new capitalist plot to eliminate unsuccessful 30 year olds. What sounds at first like the byproduct of someone watching too many dystopian films from the 1970s quickly proves harder to dismiss. And as the countdown to 30 begins, surviving and saving a generation may be the opportunity one young-ish adult needs to finally fulfill her rapidly fading potential.
Unfolding in the form of a hallucinatory YouTube wormhole, CAPRICORN 29 is a micro movie musical that wrestles with the tyranny of age-based milestones.
By Alex Hare and Julia Izumi
Directed by Alex Hare
Co-Produced with Sami Pyne and The Tank
Presented by Post Theatrical
Original Songs by Laura Galindo, Daniel & Patrick Lazour, Stompcat, and Storm Thomas
Cinematography by Chun Fung Kevin Chiu
Editing by Alex Hare and Lowell Thomas
Sound Design by Megumi Katayama
Audio Mixing/Mastering by Robin Buyer
Costume Consultant, April M. Hickman
Digital Graphics by Victoria Ungvarsky
Animation by Aiden Berglund
Birthday Card Design by Lexy Ho-Tai
Promo Artwork by Britannie Bond
Featuring
Kalyne Coleman, Brendan George, and Lindsey Steinert, with Adrianna Aguilar, Amanda Centeno, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Michael Alan Johnson, Jenny Nguyen Nelson, Elyse Steingold, and Adam Weppler
"actually brilliant" – Helen Shaw, Vulture
"a show that transcends the limitations of technology and screens." – West End Best Friend
"infernally catchy"– The New Yorker
Video credit: The Tank
Animation still credit: Aiden Berglund