Whoop Dee Doo AT THE MOVIES: Hausu
The Hudson River Maritime Museum
Kingston, NY | 2021

About the Show

In August of 2021, Whoop Dee Doo artists, Radio Kingston, and local youth from The DRAW Kingston collaborated to produce a multi-media spectacle: WHOOP DEE DOO AT THE MOVIES. The concept for the show’s format was to create a series of props and live effects to be activated and performed throughout an outdoor screening of the Japanese horror-comedy, “HAUSU” (House), 1977. With less than a week to produce the show, our students and artist’s team gathered narrative content and prop inspiration from the film to begin working. 

The outdoor screening took place in the courtyard of the Hudson River Maritime Museum. The outdoor screen was flanked by the museum’s out-of-service tugboat and a large wooden barn which served as the backstage, all of which created a unique viewing environment for the audience. 

Before the film began, the audience was serenaded by Celtic Bagpiper, Richmond Johnston, who led an eerie procession of the show’s crew down the center aisle. Throughout the screening, soft props were tossed at the audience, fake blood oozed from an oversized cat portrait, scenes from the film cued live lighting effects such as spot lights, colored strobes, and ambient lighting changes. Audience members were sprayed with water and performers filled the courtyard with live singing and choreography. The film ended with a dance party which included all audience members. 

This show included approximately 16 performers: Four performances were ongoing throughout the entire film in addition to 10 performance effects. Audience members were encouraged to take small ‘effect’ props home as mementos.

Special thanks to Lara Giordano, Lisa Cline, Liz Feser, Paul Sturtz, Alanna Medlock, AnnChris Warren, Angel Gates, and the amazing staff at Radio Kingston.

Whoop Dee Doo Artists

Josh Pavlick 
Emily Flores
Sofia Dixon
Jaimie Warren 
Priscilla Salser 
Mai Shimura 
Rebecca Damilola Fayemi 
Antonius Bui 

Student Artists

Micah Fornari
Chris Mascilino
Vera Wilde
Kaya Wren Keller
Erin Dougherty
Kylie Williams

Curation

Eureka! House

Performers

Celtic Bagpiper Richmond Johnston 
Students from The D.R.A.W. Kingston

Links

Radio Kingston
The D.R.A.W. Kingston
Hudsy TV
Upstate Films
The Hudson River Maritime Museum

Event Sponsor

Eureka!

Venue Sponsor

The Hudson River Maritime Museum