WHO is LOUIS
Originally from Salt Lake City, WHO'S LOUIS? was founded at the University of Utah from the desire to create work that deconstructs the constant chaos around us to better make sense of it. We value the roots of story sharing and assembly as a form to pass on history and learn from its mistakes.
Our Mission
WHO’ S LOUIS? devises work that deconstructs and reconstitutes imagined worlds, lived realities, and surface-level assumptions. We seek to open up new artistic avenues and acknowledge the history and importance of “theatre”. We exist to challenge normalcy in spaces of complacency.
Our History
Our first project was devised and co-written as a part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival's 24-Hour Dark Days competition. After collaborating on Numb and Awake, we developed work for the University of Utah, the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and the Grand Opening of the Broadway at the Eccles Theater.
Our devising pulls inspiration from methods and companies such as SITI Company/Viewpoints, bucketing, Frantic Assembly, and the TEAM — techniques with which we fuse into our own unique process. After graduating from college, we moved to New York City where we live in two apartments across the hall from one another, hosting business meetings in our living room and wine nights on the roof.
