Out-FRONT! Fest 2026

Alexa Grae

Tone Pillar (world premiere)

Tone Pillar is assembled from research and snapshots of a quarantine and uprisings, rooted in blackness, in trans-queer identity, in neurodiversity, and with magic. The veil has only continued to weaken, truths submerged rise to the surface. Tone Pillar accumulates through bent genres, arias of longing serve as musical anchors, movement that conjures meditative states open portals, protagonists building worlds and revolutions, this live work builds an absurd Atlantis and invites the audience in. Grae engages in the thrills of virtuosity through systems of alignment that focus on stories and vehicles of transformation that happen in the steps of a protest and the thump of the dancefloor.

Composer + Libretto: Alexa Grae

Choreogrpahy/Direction/ Video Projection Design: Stephanie Acosta

Costume Design + Construction: Isaac Pool

Performance: Alexa Grae, Nina Guevara, Hilary Brown-Istrefi, and Justin Mun Wong

Photos by Steven Pisano