poolboy
| Date start | 04.16.26 |
| Date end | 04.18.26 |
| Doors | 8:30pm |
| Start Time | 9pm |
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| Admission | $25 |
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3 Shows: Thursday, April 16 // Friday, April 17 // Saturday, April 18
Doors at 8:30pm. Shows from 9pm-10:30pm.
3600 Lyons Rd, Austin, TX
poolboy is online. Watch him. He is telling you a secret. He is taking his shirt off. Your computer is whitehot in your lap. What happens next is entirely in your control.
poolboy is an immersive party and performance about submissiveness, friendship, and surveillance. Since 2020, Sam Mayer has documented his life on the streaming platform Twitch and at popup, IRL installations. The result is equal parts reality show, party, and live memoir. poolboy translates the chaos and performance of the online into an expansive IRL encounter. Mayer surrenders his agency to the room, transforming his life into the raw material for a dangerous experiment in endurance and vulnerability.
About the Artist
Sam Mayer is a playwright from Houston. Full-length works include poolboy00 (Museum of Human Achievement; Beaubourg Theater; Co-Lab Projects; UT Austin), The Cuck (Intramural Theater), and Chet’s Summer Vacation (Kennedy Center; Intramural Theater; Rec Room). With Andie Flores he created 3 Scenes from Queer Utopia (OUTsider Festival, Cage Match Projects). His work has been supported by The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Orchard Project, The Mastheads, and SPACE on Ryder Farm, among others. He is the recipient of the Chesley/Bumbalo Foundation Prize. MFA: Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin.
About the Presenters
Fusebox is a non-profit arts organization based in Austin, TX. We were founded by a group of artists in 2005 who wanted to create a robust exchange of ideas across different art forms and geography, with a particular interest in the live experience. We were also especially interested in how festivals could live in a more meaningful relationship with place. Today Fusebox partners with organizations all over the world ranging from small grassroots organizations to major art centers and festivals, and we produce The Fusebox Festival biennially, along with year-round programming of events. https://fuseboxlive.com/
The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future. We run a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.
