A Minor Relief

A site-specific night of music, dance, and theater, staging a music debut EP of the same title. ayo weaves personal stories and songs together with humor, incisiveness, and grace.

Through this site-specific journey, ayo guides the audience through life experiences in identity and freedom in a rapidly-changing world. Personal and relatable, ayo’s lyrics explore silence and agency, in an effort to find voice. Both playful and contemplative, ayo asks us to reflect and reject where we are today, to find a little relief. 

Performed at Culture Lab LIC

Direction and Performance: ayo ohs
Production: Maddie Leonard-Rose
Stage Management: Bella Thorpe-Woods
Audio Engineering: Paul Wilson
Lighting Consultation: Sunshine DeCastro
Piano, guitar, viola: Treya Lam
Drums: Arei Sekiguchi
Bass: Jamila “Jam” Ravel
Stage, light, video assistance: Sam Quinlan, Stella Oh, janet d clancy
Music Production (for demos and forthcoming EP): Joe Endozo
Music Credits: ayo minor, Tom Waits, Common (voice of Assata Shakur)
Videography: Taylor Hutchinson and Andrew Schneider

Photos by azu rodriguez