War Poems: An Immersive Ritual of Resistance in the Dome

Performed: Tuesday, November 26, 2024

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the Dome Theater at Notsuoh became a space for poetic resistance. War Poems, written and performed by Daniel Holiday, was not a protest—it was a ritual. A Molotov cocktail hurled through layers of injustice, the performance delved into the brutal mechanics of war, corruption, and survival in America.

Two intimate showings brought the audience face to face with raw emotion. Holiday’s searing words were accompanied by expressive movement from Rocket, live drums by Eric Castillo, and a haunting score and visual design by Nathan Ray. Surrounded by sound and projection, the audience was immersed in a multi-sensory storm of rage, truth, grief, and beauty.

Curated and facilitated by Julia Claire Wallace as part of the ongoing Notsuoh Dome Series, War Poems continued the mission of the series: to bring transformative, site-specific performance work to Houston artists and audiences.