In Front of Your Eyes 2026
A Festival of New Performance Presents
Catherine Debon’s
Lullaby of a Partisan
The Marsh Berkeley Theater
August 22 at 7:00 pm & August 23 at 5:30 pm
Written & Performed by Catherine Debon
Directed by Christina Lewis
Opener: Ipeleng Kgositsile
Ticket Information
Tickets: $15 – $35 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating
60 minutes | No Intermission
(Please do not bring infants to the show)
Livestream on 8/22 @7pm
Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance.
Additional tickets may be available for purchase at the door.
Show Description
Courage and resilience saw her mother through the Nazi occupation of France and the struggles of raising a child alone—singing resistance songs as lullabies. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, her daughter searches for her own path to resilience—and less fraught expressions of love.
Artist Biography
Catherine Debon, Writer & Performer
Catherine Debon is a writer, performer and director who has been involved with the performance art scene since she immigrated from France in the mid 80’s. She won the best of the Fringe in 2011. Originally a dancer, she weaves movement, narrative, and musicality when creating solos from personal stories. More shows info are on website: https://www.catherinedebon.com
Opener
Ipeleng Kgositsile
Ipeleng Kgositsile is a multidisciplinary storyteller and solo performer. She is the daughter of the late South African poet laureate Keorapetse “Bra Willie” Kgositsile and the late American cultural worker and anti-apartheid activist Melba Johnson-Kgositsile. She is an alumna of the ARTogether Mentorship Hub and the ARTogether Artist Residency. How Not to Kill Your Dad When Your Mom Dies, currently in development, is Ipeleng’s first full-length play.
Piece Description – How Not to Kill Your Dad When Your Mom Dies
How Not to Kill Your Dad When Your Mom Dies by Ipeleng Kgositsile is a coming-of-rage play about family. In April 1994, a South African activist father comes to NYC to say goodbye to his dying American ex-wife. He also wants to show up for their 24-year-old daughter. The timing sucks. It’s Easter weekend. It’s three weeks before South Africa’s first multiracial democratic elections. It’s weird and confusing. It’s a LOT. Still, life must go on. How Not to Kill Your Dad When Your Mom Dies follows the family through the weekend, exploring what it’s like for a city kid from Manhattan to grow up alongside a liberation movement, experience a parent’s noble calling as a rival sibling, and figure out how she and her father can reunite as a family the weekend her mother dies.
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