Indulge your darkest impulse. Sing so loud you crack. Wash down your cake with Cherry Pepsi. Never explain yourself.

In the second installation of PETE Presents, ICP alumni Isabel McTighe and Elsa Dougherty bring you I’m In Control Which Means Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen To Me, an alt-rock expressionist, concert-play featuring Elsa Dougherty performing original music with a roaring four-piece band. I’m In Control revels in trying too hard, making a mess, and fleeting flashes of feeling completely alive. Come for the music, stay for the raucous high-wire act.

December 14-17 at 7:30

Venue: CoHo Productions, 2257 NW Raleigh St.

About the Artists:

Isabel Strongheart McTighe (they/them) is a performance artist, facilitator and teacher specializing in devised and collaborative theatre making. They hold a BA in Theatre with a distinction in Performance from Lewis and Clark College, are a graduate of From the Ground Up’s Young Women’s Residency, PETE’s Institute for Contemporary Performance, and the SITI Company’s Skidmore Summer Intensive. Recent directing credits include Con Serpientes Vengo Yo (Lewis and Clark College), A Muse (Lewis and Clark College), Kite Songs (CoHo Productions, Nightlife), and Big League Chew (PETE’s a/void/fest). Most recently, they directed Certain Death and Other Considerations which debuted this summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and opened for a U.S. premier at Echo Theatre Company in Los Angeles. 

Isabel’s work is rooted in mutual aid, emergent strategy and a daily practice of community care. They are a pleasure activist in training and a hopeful shaper of change. 

Elsa Dougherty (she/her) is a creator-performer with a passion for new work and new music. Recent music/vocal director credits include Cardiac Organ: A Goth Cabaret (PETE) and RENT (Lewis & Clark College). She has a BA in Music with a focus in Vocal Performance from Lewis & Clark College and is an alum of the Institute for Contemporary Performance, the SITI Summer Intensive, and the Russian Opera Workshop. She is on a life-long journey with the voice and its capacity to communicate personal and shared histories.

Credits:

Isabel McTighe - Director

Elsa Dougherty - Creator/Performer 

Guitar/Music Director- Chris Clark Johnson 

Keyboard - Paul Moyer 

Bass - John Wallent 

Drums - Noah Mortola 

Production Manager - Molly Gardner 

Stage Manager - Mia Webster 

Photos by Nina Johnson

Special Thanks 

Nina Johnson, Jenny Ampersand, Kami Gould, Rose Proctor

About PETE Presents:

PETE Presents is an initiative that supports the production and presentation of new work by emerging artists. The program provides resources to emerging artists including space for tech and performance, box office, marketing, artistic mentorship and an artist stipend to support the creation and presentation of performance that aligns with PETE’s mission to propose new ways of being through creative inquiry and performance. Artists are invited to participate on an annual basis and usually have graduated from PETE’s ICP Program in Contemporary Performance.