Leonie Bell

2025 HAPPENINGS

October 2025

The Brick presents
Vivian Oblivion
by Cameron Stuart
October 9-12, 2025 at 8PM
at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave
Tickets $25-50
Running time: 1 hour

Three women gather in darkness to tell the story of the end of the Many Mothers — an event caused by the unexpected arrival of Vivian Oblivion, a strange entity from Outer Space.

Vivian Oblivion is a performable book, a text designed for traditional book reading AND generating performance art. This presentation is written and produced by Cameron Stuart and will feature performances devised by Matthew Antoci, Leonie Bell, and Rawya El Chab, each one using portions of the text. The book will also be available to the audience to view and purchase.

Find them: @cameroncstuart @antociantoci @rawyaelchab @leonbellstein

RECENT HAPPENINGS

July 2025

The Gambler

on Tour @ Le Mondo in Baltimore, MD

July 25th - 27th, 2025

Created + performed by Rawya El Chab + Kelly Lamanna / Directed by Leonie Bell / Stage Manager Lianne Elsouki / Projection & Set Design by Ettie Pin / Light design by Jacqueline Scaletta / Sound design by Omar Dewachi / Illusion Design by Jesse Freedman / Nic Adams (Co-Producer) / Carly Bales (Co-Producer) / The Exponential Festival (Co-presenter + Funder) / Le Mondo (Co-presenter)

The Gambler is a tale of debauchery, inspired loosely by Dostoevsky’s novel of the same name. It follows two old women, Doris and Gertie, who bust out of the nursing home, only to spiral into a world of gambling and sin at the end of their lives. Creator-performers Rawya El Chab and Kelly Lamanna dance the line between absurdity and sincerity, posing questions about agency, addiction, and society’s relationship with the elderly. In a moment when the weight of mortality feels particularly heavy, these two clowns attempt to make sense of being alive.

Photography: Carly Bales

March 2025

The Stinking Nose: A Knofi-Mahlzeit (Collaboration with Brandon Woolf + Matt Korahais) //

March 5 + 6: A 2-night work-in-progress show in in Brooklyn, NY / Lenapehoking

Photography: Lee Rayment
January 2025