Not Gone Yet: On Stage With My People

In her new solo show, multidisciplinary performance artist Benjie Lasseau (daughter of legendary clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman) explores death, aging and the artist’s journey. Benjie grew up in a family of powerful personalities whom she recreates as life sized two-dimensional dolls on wheels. She manipulates these scene partners to reconstruct her past and emerge from the shadows of her family’s constellation. It is a story about the solace of ART and blooming late just before the frost.

Through her unique and whimsical performance art, Benjie Lasseau opens doors to the world of dreams and symbols. With her roots in the visual arts, costumes and sets are an integral part of her vision. Over the past 26 years Benjie has created nine autobiographical solo performances combining movement, text and installations. Her idiosyncratic “sewn paintings” of still lives and portraits were featured alongside Judy Chicago on Bill Moyers' National Television programWomen…