In Cartoon Kitchen, Cori Olinghouse experiments with the following visual techniques used in animation (squash and stretch, in-betweening, silhouette, postures/attitudes, exaggeration and rhythmic timing). Looking for absurd, unusual ways of translating these principles into a choreographic lens for a live audience, Olinghouse invites long-time collaborators Neal Beasley, Lauren Berke, Andrew Jordan, Kai Kleinbard, Mina Nishimura, and Eva Schmidt to join her in inventing an assemblage of hybrid, enigmatic characters. As part of the project, Lauren Simkin Berke created a 10 ft. wide by 7 ft. high crank mechanized scrolling panorama, with a 150 ft. drawing on Tyvek.

A post-showing artist and audience dialogue will be moderated by Philadelphia-based artist Steven Dufala.