Baby Eyeballs is a solo performance - written and performed by Anwar Ali and directed by acclaimed playwright and director Roger Q. Mason - that blends theater, comedy, and cinematic storytelling to explore how we see ourselves and each other. Through rapid character transformation and direct audience engagement, one performer embodies multiple lives—moving through stories shaped by illness, queerness, immigration, family, and desire—to examine what it means to confront reality without looking away.
Developed from improvisational video work created during Ali's experience with cancer, the piece uses humor, rawness, and unapologetic honesty to transform personal and collective experiences into a shared, live encounter. Rather than centering illness alone, Baby Eyeballs uses it as an entry point into a larger exploration of visibility, survival, and the human need to be seen.
The project intends to create an immersive theatrical experience that invites audiences to engage deeply, laugh freely, and reflect on how they navigate fear, vulnerability, and connection. By merging digital storytelling roots with live performance, the work seeks to bridge audiences across backgrounds and offer a space where difficult truths can be faced with both humor and humanity.
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