Shaker Museum, Suzanne Bocanegra, and Lili Taylor will present a one-night-only performance of Bocanegra’s Farmhouse/Whorehouse: AN ARTIST LECTURE BY SUZANNE BOCANEGRA STARRING Lili Taylor.
The performance is scheduled for Sunday, October 6, at 7:30 pm at the Crandell Theatre, 48 Main Street, Chatham, NY. Tickets ranging from $25-$35 are available on Eventbrite.
Part artist lecture, part memoir, part cultural essay, Farmhouse/Whorehouse was created by Suzanne Bocanegra and stars Lili Taylor. The performance considers the lives of Bocanegra’s grandparents on their small farm in La Grange, Texas, which was located across the road from the Chicken Ranch, the inspiration for the Broadway musical and film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Using text, song, film, and projections, Bocanegra and Taylor tell a rambling story that examines the idyllic place the rural world occupies in our urban imagination, with occasional detours to explore the pastoral in art, homesteading, French painting in the 19th century, Star Trek, and various utopian communities throughout history, including the Shakers…