In December 2020, Andrea Kleine and Bobby Previte moved into The Chocolate Factory Theater and lived alone in the pandemic-shuttered New York City venue for two weeks. They arrived with an air mattress, a toaster oven, a cooler of frozen Trader Joe’s meals, and an inflatable kiddie pool to bathe in. Every night they performed on stage for no one. Completely unscripted, the result is a hilarious and heart-breaking film about what it means to be a performer without an audience.

“All comedy has a tragic element to it. This is a tragicomic project.”
VARIETY

“a surreal, hilarious film”
CHRONOGRAM

a film by Andrea Kleine

Featuring Andrea Kleine and Bobby Previte as “themselves.”
Music by Bobby Previte.
Lighting Design by Madeline Best. 
World Premiere: Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Opus Bonum. 2022.
U.S. premiere: The Chocolate Factory Theater.
82 minutes.

Commissioned by The Chocolate Factory Theater with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional funds provided by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant Program. An official selection of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.