Chasen Gaver

Chasen Gaver

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Disappearing Act 1990

A monologue which posits being Black and HIV positive as making one doubly invisible, and losing weight as a prelude to disappearing.
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Jackie Strikes Back 1982

A spoof on Jacqueline Onassis's possible telephone response to First Lady Joan. Second segment of "A Kennedy Trilogy."
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Fresh Out of Ideas 1984

Gaver is an actor rather than a reciter and pulls the "text" out of a gold-leaf skull, folds it into an airplane and then tosses it over and over. Scenes of newspaper production and World War II propaganda footage are intercut with this main action, echoing visually the rhythms of the poem.