nostalgia hole

a nonfiction solo show exploring private memories

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Nostalgia Hole is a mixed-media solo performance that blends original music, home videos, and personal storytelling into a warm and vulnerable reflection on my life. The show assembles formative moments—both dumb and tender—into a live experience that explores how small memories quietly shape us. With over fifteen years of original songs and more than thirty years of home-video footage filmed by my mom, the piece moves fluidly between music, childhood recordings, and stories that highlight the universal within the personal.

Songs are performed with guitar and vocals while a projection becomes a visual companion—cycling through video art, family footage, and simple animations tied to the tone of the music. After each musical section, the projection fades into a short, related anecdote. From embarrassing childhood moments to a summer spent living in Finland to family camping trips, these stories don’t claim to solve anything or offer a grand thesis. Instead, they act as small windows into a life, giving the audience space to consider their own.

What sets Nostalgia Hole apart from many solo shows is its refusal to moralize or arrive at a single thesis statement. The piece embraces the idea that the personal is universal—that audiences connect not because they’re told to feel something, but because they recognize something true or fleeting in someone else’s memories. Rather than presenting a tidy narrative arc, Nostalgia Hole invites the audience into an environment that feels vulnerable and lived-in, encouraging them to reflect on their own nostalgia hole.

Ultimately, Nostalgia Hole is a collage of songs, stories, and home videos designed to wash over the room like a shared memory.

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ran at The Lyric Hyperion September 2025 / November 2025