What Feeds You?

Denver

Nourishment :: What Feeds You? is an immersive performance meets interactive dining experience that premiered in May 2025 created and performed in partnership with Stowaway Kitchen.

Nourishment :: What Feeds You? weaves together a multi-course tasting menu and beverages with HT’s unique blend of participation, dance, theater, live music, and storytelling to explore what feeds each of us, literally and figuratively. Inspired by HOLDTIGHT’s Nourishment series (circa 2016-2019) and Stowaway Kitchen’s commitment to highlighting local ingredients and bringing healthy, multicultural (Japanese meets Australian/NZ) food to the Denver community, Nourishment :: What Feeds You? is an inclusive, multi-sensory, and site specific food/art experience.

With connection and community-building at the forefront, the food and performing arts serve as the connective tissue and inspiration for the evening. HT and Stowaway built an integrated, coursed menu + beverages interwoven with a participatory art experience, sparking curiosity about the ways that we learn to be fed, feed one another, and feed ourselves.

Nourishment :: What Feeds You? is experiential and intimate, inviting guests to tap into their own feelings and memories through their five-senses.
This project was supported in part by RiNo Art District.

Premiere dates: May 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 2025.
Premiere location: Stowaway Kitchen, 2528 Walnut Street #104, Denver, CO 80205

Collaborators/cast credits:
Concept, Director, & Performer, Gwendolyn Gussman
Composer, Sound Design & Musician, Nicholas Caputo
Composer & Musician, Ana Luna Uribe
Collaborator & Performer, Bailey Harper
Collaborator & Performer, Xochitl Portillo
Project Manager, Lighting Designer, & Collaborator, Alex Taylor
Art Installation, Maki Teshima

Restaurant: Stowaway Kitchen; Chef/Concept/Co-Producer: Amy Cohen; Co-Producer/House Manager/Drinks: Hayden Barnie; + Stowaway Kitchen & Front of House Staff!