A theater performer draped in layered translucent plastic sheeting and metallic materials, wearing a large cylindrical hat, illuminated by dramatic blue and amber stage lighting against a dark background, standing on a glitter-strewn floor — Asher Hartman in sculpture by Olivia Mole. Photograph by Danielle Neu.

The Mommy Leaks the Floor (2025)

Featuring José Luis Blondet, Michael Bonnabel, Arne Gjelten and Philip Littell
Asher Hartman, Writer and Director

Luna Izpisua Rodriguez, Assistant Director with Pablo, infant and scene stealer

Oliva Mole, Set Design, Opening sculptural costume and Mommy Mummy puppet

Jasmine Orpilla, Sound Design, live music and voice consultant

Chu-Hsuan Chang; Lighting Design

Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Costume Design

Dramaturg and special thanks: Naima Lowe

Stage Manager, Dylan Fitzgibbons

Photography, Priyanka Ram, Danielle Neu (featured photo)

Videography and edits by Anna Wittenberg and David Louis Zuckerman

Cast:

Philip Littell, José Luis Blondet, Michael Bonnabel, Arne Gjelten, Asher Hartman

Creatives:

Jasmine Orpilla, Asher Hartman, Luna Izpisua Rodriguez, Olivia Mole, Chu-Hsuan Chang, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Naima Lowe, Dylan Fitzgibbons, Anna Wittenberg, Priyanka Ram

“Even in this disorienting space, where subjectivity imploded, it was not anxiety or confusion that prevailed but a strange sense of comfort.”

— Pablo José Ramírez, Artforum 🔗

“By refusing to flatten psychic struggle into a mere aesthetic gesture, Hartman brazenly attempts to stage the unstageable. […] Life, as Hartman stages it, is an endless loop of affective drama — hysterical, libidinous, ecstatic, and undetermined”

— Hannah Tishkoff, Artillery 🔗

→ Asher Hartman

“This cannot be a play, only a stuttering ceremonial joke.”

— Nancy Popp 🔗

“Jasmine Orpilla is an aural alchemist, enlisting a junk drawer of sonic devices to expand the sparse black box theater into a wormhole.”

— Dorothy Dubrule 🔗

→ Jasmine Orpilla

Actor in dark blue shirt and loose yellow tie, wearing horned black hat, standing on dimly lit stage

Actor in dark theatrical costume with tall black hat and gold cravat, dramatically lit against a dark stage background

Actors in dramatic stage scene, one man arms outstretched overhead while others surround him in tense theatrical moment

Four actors in dramatic scene: one standing, one kneeling and looking up, two others crouching nearby in dark stage lighting

An older white masculine performer with a white mustache in white tank tops and jeans embraces or grapples with his reflection in a mirror on a dimly lit stage, bathed in blue light, with dark draped fabric visible in the background. — Photo by Danielle Neu