Derek Delgaudio's In & Of Itself (2020) May 2026

The stage featured six recessed windows, representing the chambers of a gun in a game of Russian roulette, each containing a symbolic object linked to a personal story from DelGaudio's life.

Upon entering the theater, every audience member was required to choose a card from a wall of hundreds of options, each beginning with "I AM," such as "I AM a teacher," "I AM a skeptic," or "I AM a dreamer". Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself (2020)

DelGaudio weaves together vulnerable personal anecdotes—including stories of his upbringing and his time as a professional cardshark—with illusions that serve to illustrate the "super-real". A Collective Epiphany The stage featured six recessed windows, representing the