makemake presents: Wholly Unwinding (A New Musical) - NYC Premiere — live event on Nov 17, 2026

makemake presents: Wholly Unwinding (A New Musical) - NYC Premiere

makemake presents: Wholly Unwinding (A New Musical) - NYC Premiere at National Sawdust, Brooklyn on Tue, Nov 17, 7:30 PM. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

We all have scars. Some seen, others hidden. Each tells a story, a marker of an experience that, though painful, became part of us. What happens when we don't just look at our scars, but try to learn and grow through them, honoring how they shaped who we are today? The immersive experience opens with an art gallery curated from disabled artists in New York City and an offering of hands-on Alexander Technique somatic work, the modality that Hailey credits with launching her healing experience. The audience crosses into the space through a sculpture portal built from the casts and medical devices Hailey wore in childhood. Led by Hogfish co-founder and Alexander Technique teacher Matt Cahill, the experience of receiving hands-on Alexander Technique guidance continues throughout the piece for the cast and audience. At the end of Wholly Unwinding, an inclusive dance party further breaks down barriers between cast and audience, inviting people with and without disabilities to celebrate the joy of moving the bodies we have as one. ABOUT MAKEMAKE ‍‍makemake debuts this year as National Sawdust’s annual festival inviting artists to imagine futures - making, remixing, rethinking.‍‍‍ Named after the dwarf planet that reshaped how we define a world, and the Rapa Nui creator deity of fertility - makemake is about generating new forms: of art, of access, of community.This is a festival that celebrates imagination, and the radical invitation to ratify accessibility by design, not as an afterthought. This is a festival that centers the belief that care is crucial, and that equity is essential. This is a festival for everyone, but especially for those who want to shape what comes next. Expect immersive performances, evolving technologies, ecstatic raves, late night conversations, and unexpected collisions between artists, technologists, activists, and communities. Rooted in disability-led design and imagination, this is a space where access is a creative engine reshaping how we gather, sense, and move together. Through a lens of tech optimism, we explore how emerging tools can expand agency, deepen connection, and unlock new forms of expression. Expect spaces designed for care, curiosity, and connection. Expect to move, to question, to co-create.

Starts: Tue, Nov 17, 7:30 PM

Ends: Tue, Nov 17, 9:30 PM

Where: 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11249, United States

Venue: National Sawdust

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