DANCEFLOOR goes to the Voxel!
Baltimore, Maryland | Theatre
LGBTQ, Transmedia
The Dance Floor, The Hospital Room, and the Kitchen Table (DANCEFLOOR) is a multimedia performance and VR archive exploring queer care across generations. Rooted in real stories from queer elders and survivors, it uplifts forgotten histories and builds a living, breathing archive for the future.
DANCEFLOOR goes to the Voxel!
Baltimore, Maryland | Theatre
LGBTQ, Transmedia
1 Campaigns | Pennsylvania, United States
184 supporters | followers
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$8,356
Goal: $12,000 for production
The Dance Floor, The Hospital Room, and the Kitchen Table (DANCEFLOOR) is a multimedia performance and VR archive exploring queer care across generations. Rooted in real stories from queer elders and survivors, it uplifts forgotten histories and builds a living, breathing archive for the future.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Welcome to DANCEFLOOR
Queer and trans people have always found ways to care for each other—through the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis, through COVID-19, and today, as our rights and lives remain under attack. DANCEFLOOR is a multimedia performance that brings these histories to life, blending live theatre, recorded voices of LGBTQ+ elders and activists, and VR technology to create a living archive of queer care.
We’ve produced a wildly successful run of this project in New Orleans, LA & Pittsburgh, PA. With each production, we’re developing this work and we’re now at our most ambitious goal: to create the most tourable iteration of this project. If we raise more than our goal, those funds will go to helping us bring DANCEFLOOR all across the country.
Where we are going:
At The Voxel in Baltimore, audiences will witness three researchers navigate past and present, engaging with the stories of long-term survivors, caregivers, and organizers. Through movement, sound, and immersive technology, we explore how queer and trans communities have survived, resisted, and cared for one another across generations.
But we need your help to make it happen.
Your support ensures fair wages for artists, immersive production elements, and the creation of a VR Archive of Queer Care—so these stories live on beyond the stage.
Join us in preserving queer history, honoring those who came before us, and fighting for those still here.
Live at The Voxel, Baltimore | May 2025
We are calling on our community to join us in creating theatre that provides radical care for queer communities, in Baltimore and beyond. Please consider making a $25 contribution, sharing our custom graphics, texting your friends, and tagging us in your posts.
@lyambgabel, @MxSkreejee, and @futureghost.art ! RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE!
SHARE OUR CAMPAIGN WITH THIS LINK: http://bit.ly/dancefloorvox
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Travel for Artists + Design Team
Costs $1,500
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country.
Fair Wages for the Artistic and Design Team
Costs $2,500
To pay our performers & designers fair wages for their time, labor, & artistry. People are what makes all of this possible! (10% of cost)
VR Equipment & Software
Costs $500
To create the VR Archive of Queer Care, central to the show’s multimedia design.
Lighting Equipment
Costs $750
For dynamic lighting that shapes mood, memory, and movement onstage.
Community Partner Tickets
Costs $150
(4) tickets donated so community partners, especially those most impacted by this work, can attend.
Housing for Performers + Run Crew
Costs $1,000
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country. (20% of the costs!)
Housing for the Designers + Production Team
Costs $1,000
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country. (20% of the costs!)
A Celebratory Meal for the Whole Team
Costs $500
To build community and celebrate everything we will have accomplished!
Marketing & Promo Materials
Costs $750
To spread the word and get people to the show—posters, social media, ads, and more.
Clothing Designed for the Performers
Costs $1,500
So everyone can look amazing across generations of queer fashion
Paint + Set Design Supplies!
Costs $1,500
For BUilding the archive we come to listen, watch, and experience onstage!
Share this update!
About This Team
Meet the Team Behind DANCEFLOOR
Our team is a collective of queer and trans artists, designers, and performers dedicated to storytelling, community, and creating space for intergenerational queer care.
Co-Leads & Creators
Lyam Gabel (they/he) – Director, Co-Lead
A theatre-maker and scholar exploring queer histories, memory, and futures through immersive performance.
Joseph Amodei (they/them) – Media Designer, Co-Lead
An artist and designer using multimedia and technology to craft interactive, archival experiences.
Core Design Team
Sasha Jin Schwartz (she/her) – Scenic Designer
Eben Hoffer (he/him) – Sound Designer
Andre Segar (he/him) – Lighting Designer
Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye (they/them) – Costume Designer
Kei Slaughter (they/them) – Composer
Each member of our creative team brings expertise in immersive storytelling, crafting a world where past and present collide through live performance, archival soundscapes, multimedia, and VR.
Our Performers
Owen Ever (he/they)
Frank Barret (they/he)
Hannah Cornish (she/her)
These talented performers bring DANCEFLOOR to life, embodying the struggles, resilience, and care woven throughout queer history.
Our Audience: Who Is This For?
DANCEFLOOR is for those who believe in the power of storytelling to preserve history and imagine new futures. It’s for:
- LGBTQ+ communities seeking affirmation, remembrance, and resistance.
- Allies, scholars, and activists invested in intergenerational queer care.
- Theatre and immersive media enthusiasts excited by the fusion of live performance and emerging media.
- Anyone who has ever fought for or found community in spaces of care, survival, and love.
Your support brings this multimedia archive of queer resilience to life. Join us in making DANCEFLOOR a reality at The Voxel in Baltimore! ??✨
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Welcome to DANCEFLOOR
Queer and trans people have always found ways to care for each other—through the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis, through COVID-19, and today, as our rights and lives remain under attack. DANCEFLOOR is a multimedia performance that brings these histories to life, blending live theatre, recorded voices of LGBTQ+ elders and activists, and VR technology to create a living archive of queer care.
We’ve produced a wildly successful run of this project in New Orleans, LA & Pittsburgh, PA. With each production, we’re developing this work and we’re now at our most ambitious goal: to create the most tourable iteration of this project. If we raise more than our goal, those funds will go to helping us bring DANCEFLOOR all across the country.
Where we are going:
At The Voxel in Baltimore, audiences will witness three researchers navigate past and present, engaging with the stories of long-term survivors, caregivers, and organizers. Through movement, sound, and immersive technology, we explore how queer and trans communities have survived, resisted, and cared for one another across generations.
But we need your help to make it happen.
Your support ensures fair wages for artists, immersive production elements, and the creation of a VR Archive of Queer Care—so these stories live on beyond the stage.
Join us in preserving queer history, honoring those who came before us, and fighting for those still here.
Live at The Voxel, Baltimore | May 2025
We are calling on our community to join us in creating theatre that provides radical care for queer communities, in Baltimore and beyond. Please consider making a $25 contribution, sharing our custom graphics, texting your friends, and tagging us in your posts.
@lyambgabel, @MxSkreejee, and @futureghost.art ! RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE!
SHARE OUR CAMPAIGN WITH THIS LINK: http://bit.ly/dancefloorvox
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Travel for Artists + Design Team
Costs $1,500
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country.
Fair Wages for the Artistic and Design Team
Costs $2,500
To pay our performers & designers fair wages for their time, labor, & artistry. People are what makes all of this possible! (10% of cost)
VR Equipment & Software
Costs $500
To create the VR Archive of Queer Care, central to the show’s multimedia design.
Lighting Equipment
Costs $750
For dynamic lighting that shapes mood, memory, and movement onstage.
Community Partner Tickets
Costs $150
(4) tickets donated so community partners, especially those most impacted by this work, can attend.
Housing for Performers + Run Crew
Costs $1,000
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country. (20% of the costs!)
Housing for the Designers + Production Team
Costs $1,000
To bring our team together in Baltimore from across the country. (20% of the costs!)
A Celebratory Meal for the Whole Team
Costs $500
To build community and celebrate everything we will have accomplished!
Marketing & Promo Materials
Costs $750
To spread the word and get people to the show—posters, social media, ads, and more.
Clothing Designed for the Performers
Costs $1,500
So everyone can look amazing across generations of queer fashion
Paint + Set Design Supplies!
Costs $1,500
For BUilding the archive we come to listen, watch, and experience onstage!
Share this update!
About This Team
Meet the Team Behind DANCEFLOOR
Our team is a collective of queer and trans artists, designers, and performers dedicated to storytelling, community, and creating space for intergenerational queer care.
Co-Leads & Creators
Lyam Gabel (they/he) – Director, Co-Lead
A theatre-maker and scholar exploring queer histories, memory, and futures through immersive performance.
Joseph Amodei (they/them) – Media Designer, Co-Lead
An artist and designer using multimedia and technology to craft interactive, archival experiences.
Core Design Team
Sasha Jin Schwartz (she/her) – Scenic Designer
Eben Hoffer (he/him) – Sound Designer
Andre Segar (he/him) – Lighting Designer
Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye (they/them) – Costume Designer
Kei Slaughter (they/them) – Composer
Each member of our creative team brings expertise in immersive storytelling, crafting a world where past and present collide through live performance, archival soundscapes, multimedia, and VR.
Our Performers
Owen Ever (he/they)
Frank Barret (they/he)
Hannah Cornish (she/her)
These talented performers bring DANCEFLOOR to life, embodying the struggles, resilience, and care woven throughout queer history.
Our Audience: Who Is This For?
DANCEFLOOR is for those who believe in the power of storytelling to preserve history and imagine new futures. It’s for:
- LGBTQ+ communities seeking affirmation, remembrance, and resistance.
- Allies, scholars, and activists invested in intergenerational queer care.
- Theatre and immersive media enthusiasts excited by the fusion of live performance and emerging media.
- Anyone who has ever fought for or found community in spaces of care, survival, and love.
Your support brings this multimedia archive of queer resilience to life. Join us in making DANCEFLOOR a reality at The Voxel in Baltimore! ??✨