Our Little Sunbeam is a dance theater collision between Anton Chekhov and the U.S. space program. With original rap and pop music and a wildly varied dance vocabulary, the company draws parallels between the plight of Chekhov’s Ivanov and an astronaut’s orbits around the earth. 33 Fainting Spells co-founders Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson are joined by guest collaborator, NY-based experimental theatre artist Linas Phillips.

Based in Seattle, 33 Fainting Spells was founded in 1994, and has been commissioned and presented nationally and internationally by venues such as Dance Theatre Workshop (NY), The Wexner Center for the Arts (OH), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), and Jacob’s Pillow (MA).

Dayna Hanson studied literature, translation and fiction writing at the University of Washington and was a founding member of the performance group Run/Remain. Gaelen Hanson majored in Dance and Theatre at Oberlin College, and completed her Advanced Diploma in Dance/Performance at the European Dance Development Center in the Netherlands. A graduate of New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing, Linas Phillips has performed his work at LaMama, Dance Theater Workshop, P.S. 122 and other New York venues.