EVENTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Only Williams yellow and purple ID holders can purchase tickets.


WRITTEN AND CREATED BY
ABIGAIL BROWDE AND MICHAEL SILVERSTONE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: THOMAS O. KRIEGSMANN / ARKTYPE
DRAMATURG & PROJECT DESIGN: ANDREW KIRCHER
LINE PRODUCER: SAMI PYNE

Nested at the center of an empty space is a small table bisected by glass. You sit at the table, opposite a stranger, with a stack of notecards and a set of instructions to guide you. What will come from this private piece of theater? It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up.

Since 2009, 600 HIGHWAYMEN (Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone) have been making live art that, through a variety of radical approaches, illuminates the inherent poignancy of people coming together. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Browde & Silverstone developed A Thousand Ways, a triptych of encounters between strangers. Guided by a score of instructions, questions, prompts, and physical directives, people who have never met build a series of performances for one another. Each installment of A Thousand Ways explores the line between strangeness and kinship, distance and proximity, and how the most intimate assembly can become profoundly radical.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PART 2: THE ENCOUNTER

Because this experience is for you and one other audience member, it cannot take place without your presence.

What COVID-19 safety protocols are in place for this event?
Face coverings are required throughout the duration of the event. The two audience members will be seated across from one another and separated by a clear partition. Hand-sanitizer units are placed throughout the building. There will be no physical contact between audience members or with staff. We will be sanitizing chairs and surfaces within the venues after every performance.

Can I participate in this performance with another member of my household?
The experience is for two people who do not know each other.

What if I did not attend Part One?
Each part is a self-contained, complete artistic experience. Feel free to attend Part Two if you didn’t have a chance to attend Part One.

What will I be doing?
You’ll be sitting across from someone, reading (sometimes aloud and sometimes in silence) from a stack of notecards. Sometimes you’ll be given things to say or small tasks to do. You and the person across from you will stay seated at the table the entire time.

What else do I need to know?
Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

Total runtime: 45–60 minutes. Recommended for ages 16 and up.


ACCESSIBILITY

This experience is enacted by you and another audience member, seated across from one another the entire performance. You will need to be able to lean and reach from a seated position to a stack of cards approximately 3 feet in front of you. You will draw cards individually from a stack of 3.5" x 4.5" notecards and read what is written on them both out loud and to yourself, as directed. The cards are written in English in a 15-point typeface in black on a white background. Please call us at x2783 or email CLB3@williams.edu if you have any questions or would like more information. We are happy to provide accommodations with at least one days’ notice and will do our best to meet any accommodation requests.