Task is a day-long improvisational performance that brings together a diverse company of participants who join together to create a unique original work. New York-based artist Oliver Herring leads the performance by participants written tasks to perform on stage using the provided props.

After the tasks assigned by Herring are completed, the participants create a task pool by writing down their own invented tasks which are then carried out by any audience member/participant who wants to do them. This is the fifth time Herring has performed Task but because of the unique relationships that develop at each performance, the work is different every time. This is also the first time the work has been performed in a public building during normal business hours.

Task takes place at the Central branch of the Seattle Public Library from 10 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday, June 28. It’s worth planning ahead to be there.