We are still seeking brave and dynamic Performers, Improvisers, Clowns and Actors for World Premiere of What is the Butt Game? produced as part of the Borderlight Festival (July 26 - 28) To be considered, please fill out the form below and submit a recording of yourself retelling a childhood memory. Make it as detailed and as vivid as possible. No more than two minutes. https://forms.gle/fX3gJ29sbwfBSQi4A Actors will be compensated $100 per performance (potentially up to four performances). Minimal rehearsal required! About What is the Butt Game? In 1989, when Savannah was three years old, her daycare was shut down by the Child Protection Agency under suspicion of child abuse. The primary investigator was particularly interested in something a child called “the butt game”, and interviewed many of the kids and parents to try to find out how it was played. This investigation was part of the Satanic Panic; a fear sweeping the nation over the idea of Satan-worshipping sex cults that loved to abuse and ritually murder toddlers. All these accusations later proved false, but in the late 1980s, police and social workers were sure that Satanic cults were operating right under their noses. After Savannah’s daycare was shut down, the parents stayed in touch; trading kids back and forth for sleepovers, hosting barbecues in the summer, and camping together on the shores of Lake Michigan. The accusation of Satanic abuse was the very thing that brought the group closer and made them into a chosen family. With the help of collaborator Connor Hogan and an ensemble of local actors, Savannah attempts to answer the question: why did CPS see danger where Savannah saw love and community? How much of truth is objective? And what actually was the butt game? -- Connor J. Hogan (he/they) Theatre - www.connordinary.com Creative Strategy - www.hogancreates.com C: 540 892 9534