Date & Time
7:00pm EDT - 9:00pm EDT
About This Event
As a child in the early 1980s, Gerad Argeros fell victim to the Reverend James Brzyski, the most prolific known abuser in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 2017, the second in a series of tragic deaths of Brzyski’s other victims made it clear the time had come to tell the survivor story of Fox Chase Boy. Drawing on humor and nostalgia, Argeros developed a live performance to confront the collective demons of his community’s past through a one man show. Those early neighborhood performance footage documents serve as the backbone of Fox Chase Boy the short documentary, weaving super 8 footage with live storytelling to construct a cohesive narrative from a fragmented mosaic of trauma and abuse. Raw testimonials and reflections from family and the broader community reveals a neighborhood finding its language to describe and confront their collective trauma. With love for his Northeast Philadelphia hometown, Argeros memorializes those lost as he struggles to regain agency in his personal narrative.
The COVID 19 Pandemic brought an abrupt end to the run of Philadelphia based live shows for Fox Chase Boy. In 2024 Fox Chase Boy premiered as a documentary short film created by Argeros and Kaya Dillon, playing festivals worldwide, and eventually finding a home as a feature on the Guardian Documentary channel. Between 2020-2023 Argeros developed two new short live pieces: Love Letter - an articulation of live performance as theater, artistic practice, and an essential act of community. Bag of Bones is a secular eulogy that uses as its spine a Wawa bag filled with artifacts, memorial objects, remains, and funereal ephemera related to deceased intimates. Fox Chase Boy (Short Documentary 27 min.), Love Letter (Live 27 min.) & Bag of Bones (Live 27 min.) are being presented together as The Great Northeast Trilogy.
About This Event
As a child in the early 1980s, Gerad Argeros fell victim to the Reverend James Brzyski, the most prolific known abuser in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 2017, the second in a series of tragic deaths of Brzyski’s other victims made it clear the time had come to tell the survivor story of Fox Chase Boy. Drawing on humor and nostalgia, Argeros developed a live performance to confront the collective demons of his community’s past through a one man show. Those early neighborhood performance footage documents serve as the backbone of Fox Chase Boy the short documentary, weaving super 8 footage with live storytelling to construct a cohesive narrative from a fragmented mosaic of trauma and abuse. Raw testimonials and reflections from family and the broader community reveals a neighborhood finding its language to describe and confront their collective trauma. With love for his Northeast Philadelphia hometown, Argeros memorializes those lost as he struggles to regain agency in his personal narrative.
The COVID 19 Pandemic brought an abrupt end to the run of Philadelphia based live shows for Fox Chase Boy. In 2024 Fox Chase Boy premiered as a documentary short film created by Argeros and Kaya Dillon, playing festivals worldwide, and eventually finding a home as a feature on the Guardian Documentary channel. Between 2020-2023 Argeros developed two new short live pieces: Love Letter - an articulation of live performance as theater, artistic practice, and an essential act of community. Bag of Bones is a secular eulogy that uses as its spine a Wawa bag filled with artifacts, memorial objects, remains, and funereal ephemera related to deceased intimates. Fox Chase Boy (Short Documentary 27 min.), Love Letter (Live 27 min.) & Bag of Bones (Live 27 min.) are being presented together as The Great Northeast Trilogy.
Date & Time
7:00pm EDT - 9:00pm EDT