{"693376":{"#nid":"693376","#data":{"type":"event","title":"DramaTech presents ART IS USELESS WHEN YOU\u0027RE BEING MAULED BY A BEAR","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA haunting and darkly whimsical exploration of grief, guilt, and survival, ART IS USELESS WHEN YOU\u2019RE BEING MAULED BY A BEAR follows one woman\u2019s fantastical descent through memory, madness, and the stories we tell ourselves to endure loss. Along the way, she encounters creatures both real and imagined\u2014some seemingly torn from a Grimms\u2019 fairy tale\u2014as she is forced toward an inescapable truth. Strange, unsettling, and unexpectedly powerful, this surreal journey asks what remains when art, reason, and reality begin to slip away. And yes, there is a bear.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA darkly whimsical and surreal journey through grief, guilt, and survival, \u003Cem\u003EArt Is Useless When You\u0027re Being Mauled by a Bear\u003C\/em\u003E follows a woman\u0027s fantastical descent through memory and folklore as she confronts an inescapable truth.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A darkly whimsical and surreal journey through grief, memory, and survival."}],"uid":"27738","created_gmt":"2026-10-21 22:03:19","changed_gmt":"2026-10-21 22:03:42","author":"Melissa Foulger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-10-31T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-10-31T22:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-10-31T22:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-11-01 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-11-01 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-11-01 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"DramaTech Theater located in the back of the Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"hg_media":{"681508":{"id":"681508","type":"image","title":"Art is Useless When You\u0027re Being Mauled by a Bear Image","body":null,"created":"1792616744","gmt_created":"2026-10-21 21:05:44","changed":"1792619580","gmt_changed":"2026-10-21 21:53:00","alt":"Poster for the play \u0022Art is Useless When You\u0027re Being Mauled by a Bear\u0022 by Alisa Tangredi. Two women in historical dresses hold hands in a dark forest, framed by thorny vines and red roses. The text at the top reads \u0022Art is Useless When You\u0027re Being Mauled by a Bear,\u0022 and show dates from October 30 to November 14 are listed at the bottom along with ticket prices.","file":{"fid":"265919","name":"artIsUselessFinal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/artIsUselessFinal.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/artIsUselessFinal.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5617790,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/21\/artIsUselessFinal.jpg?itok=aDX-8oRF"}}},"media_ids":["681508"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8570","name":"DramaTech Theater"},{"id":"47931","name":"Dull Theater"},{"id":"186122","name":"arts and performance"},{"id":"3952","name":"drama"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"194680","name":"Performance"},{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"194945","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech Theatre\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dramatech.org\u0022\u003Ewww.dramatech.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@dramatech.org\u0022\u003Einfo@dramatech.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-3481\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}