The Apologetics
May 2025 at the Tank NYCwritten and performed by Eka Savajol, directed by Jack Ventimilia, with Marcellus Louise and Mikey Bogardus, photos by Lillian Jacobs
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Dev used to date Finn, Finn used to date Nico, and now Dev is dating Nico, and they are all very, very sorry. Dev, an anxious-avoidant and self-described ‘Transgender-supremacist,’ is the only person who visits his ex-boyfriend Finn–also a trans man–at his inpatient program. When Finn asks Dev to get a locket back from Finn’s other ex, Nico, a pretty-yet-aloof cisgender gay guy, Dev begrudgingly goes along with it. But as Dev and Nico begin spending more time together, their relationship develops, and Dev must fight his reticence towards cis society. However, as Dev finds refuge in Nico, his teetering relationship with Finn begins to collapse. 'the Apologetics' explores how shame and guilt complicate the dynamics between trans and cis men in sex, love, and friendship.
Beneath Her Feet
January 2025 at the Coburn Gallery, Colorado Collegedirected and conceived by Isa Hussain
lighting design by Eka Savajol
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Overdue Phone Call
presented for FABnyc’s 2025 LES Young Artists of Color Fellowship as part of the group exhibition How Could I Forget?click link here for further information about FABnyc LES YAC 2025
Photos by Elyse Mertz. Special thanks to Minna Brackett.
A landline phone rewired to play an original monologue detailing a fugitive’s confession of love to a partner left behind. As the listener presses the button to listen to the monologue, they are transported to the lover’s world, covered in the traces and lost messages of the fugitive.
Terminally Online
written and performed by Eka Savajol for Poetry Electric at La Mamaclick here to view full performance video
A stream-of-consciousness from the point of view of a T4T couple trying to find community while traveling through a near-future America illuminated only by gas station lights, techno, and data-harvesting media-sharing platforms.