UNBECOMING

A Story Told in Form & Fashion

March 19–21, 2026

East Side Performing Arts - 979 Springdale Rd, Austin TX

Red Nightfall Dance Theatre presents Unbecoming: an intimate, interdisciplinary work that merges dance, narrative fashion design, live music, and spoken word into a form all its own. The story is told through the body, through the garment, and through the word — and the audience plays a role in how it unfolds.

Staged in the round. Audience surrounds the performance on all sides — every seat is a front-row seat. Dancers, models, and musicians move through and among the audience as the world transforms around you.

Concept, Story & Direction by Dorothy O'Shea Overbey

Live music by pianist Finn Dickens and cellist SoJo Gonzales weaves classical and electronic textures throughout the evening.

Fashion and Costume Design by Robby Durand of EmmaSis Designs. Inspired by the theatrical runway productions of Alexander McQueen, each costume transformation reveals the cost of belonging, certainty, and unchecked power.

Choreography by Overbey in collaboration with the dancers

Guest Choreography by Alexa Capareda

Lighting Design by Trent Brown, Doghouse Productions

Projection Design by Matthew Smith

Unbecoming is the third chapter in The Chronicles of Crone, an interdisciplinary performance series building the universe of CRONE — Red Nightfall's upcoming film and immersive production exploring resilience, transformation, and the archetypal feminine.

 Special and heartfelt thanks to the Production Design Underwriter of Unbecoming, Nancy Scanlan.

…and to our supporters, the Creative Family of Red Nightfall Dance Theatre:

Andrew Schwartz & Sylvia Arabian • Marvin Brittman • Karin Richmond & Associates

Jaelene Fayhee · Laura Galt · Joel Hobbs · Blair Johnson · Richard Kahn · Brad King · Nancy Lesch · Leath Nunn · Peter Rock · José Velazquez