YOKE

February 26th - March 8th

Sterling Stage Austin

6134 E HWY 290

YOKE is a dark comedy about five strangers who gather for a weekend wellness retreat that promises transformation without explaining how. Through a series of increasingly unsettling tasks, the group is pushed toward confession, conflict, and moments of unexpected self-reflection and mutual understanding.

This production was created through a fully devised process, with the ensemble building the play collaboratively from the ground up. Guided by the theme of sonder (the awareness that everyone carries a rich inner life) the company generated material through discussion, movement, improvisation, and reflection, shaping it together into a one-hour performance. As with all Dirty Gold Theatre projects, the process was mindfulness-based, incorporating meditations, physical warm-ups, and regular check-ins to support both artistic risk-taking and collective care.

Directed by Rebecca Greaves

Written by Roy Lazorwitz & Meret Slover

Devised & performed by Julius Alums, Kahla Brown, Joe Kelley, Chrissy Pace, Stephanie Salama

Yoke (noun): from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning “to join” or “to unite,” which is also the origin of the word yoga—referring to the act of binding, joining, or bringing together, whether bodies, minds, or beings.