Francesca D'Uva
This Is My Favorite Song
November 3–5, 2022
7pm
Francesca D’Uva (Performance AIRspace 2022–23 Resident) presents This Is My Favorite Song, a one-person show exploring grief and the transformation that accompanies it. Through stand-up comedy and music, D’Uva reflects on the memories that were stirred by the jarring experience of losing her father to COVID-19. This Is My Favorite Song serves as a meditation on belonging and alienation.
Image by Maria Baranova
About
Francesca D’Uva is a comedian and composer living in Brooklyn. She performs regularly in New York and her work has been showcased at MoMA PS1, MOCA and Ars Nova. In 2019, Francesca staged her one-person musical, I Love You Forever at multiple venues, including Dixon Place and Union Hall. Francesca graduated in 2016 from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins with a degree in Computer Music Composition. She was born and grew up in New Jersey.
Funding
This Is My Favorite Song is commissioned by Abrons Arts Center through the Performance AIRspace Residency, which is supported by the Jerome Foundation.