August 3, 2026

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes

Scout Davis

January 14-17, 2027

[Program tbd]

Runtime: 75 minutes

As Part of
Under the radar Festival

What happens when a showgirl reaches the point where she has to ask: Is it still worth pushing the rock up the hill?

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes is a long-form lip-sync performance about a performer at a crossroads. Drawing from television interviews, trashy pop, obscure musical theatre scores, and film, Daisy channels a chorus of voices as she reckons with her choices, feelings of abandonment, and an uncertain future.

Part theatrical collage, part endurance performance, and part existential crisis, Daisy Forbes uses the art of lip-sync to explore the labor, absurdity, vulnerability, and stubborn persistence of being a performer.

Credits

Creator and Lead Performer – Scout Davis
Director – Nic Cory
Lighting Designer – Ari Kim
Sound Designer and Composer – Arya Grace Gaston
Stage Manager – Liz Dion
Make-Up Designer – Samy Figaredo

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes Associate Producers – Boundless Theater Company

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes Line Producers – Tommaso Cartia and David James Parr

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes Line Producer – Alexander Farrell

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes Line Producer – Roger Pavey Jr.

Creative Mentor – Melanie Joseph

The artist

Scout Davis

bio

Scout Davis (they/them) is a queer non-binary performance artist who generates long-form lip-syncs as live and unpredictable communal experiences. They are a current resident artist at La MaMa. Their performances have been seen at HERE Arts Center, The Chelsea Factory, The Invisible Dog Center, The Chocolate Factory, The Brick, The Tank, The Wild Project, The Gym at Judson Church, The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and The Sibiu International Theater Festival. They are a graduate of The John Wells MFA program at Carnegie Mellon and The International Performance Ensemble at Pace University.