Fake Confessions conceived & directed by Matt Kohn
Plot: Partygoers are detained and interrogated.
Process: Each actor creates a character that returns to several times throughout the six hour performance. They all perform the same monologue written by Matt Kohn, which is about freedom of political speech. The set is designed to resemble a police interrogation room and 7 real cameras are used to film the performances.
Results: Fake Confessions 1.0 was performed and filmed at the Chashama Gala 2024
Fake Confessions 1.2: Evidence Room used the footage to present a video archive at Chashama Gala 2025
Fake Confessions 1.2 Evidence Room was projected at the group show “Spectrum” at the Lorello Gallery in August 2025
Written, produced and directed by Matt Kohn.
Starring: Charles Everett, Michael Wiener, Robert McKeon, Sasha Odesa, Kristin Macke, Will Warren, Keith Kornajack, Aurora Heimbach as the partygoers and Ben Becher, Josefina Scaro, Ring Yuqi Yang as the interrogators.
Stills by George Day
