Cruelty Party - Tanner Mayes Info
Cruelty Party is an upcoming independent horror film project featuring Tanner Mayes
- Venue: black-box theater or adaptable performance space seating up to 150. Intimate sightlines preferred.
- Stage footprint: roughly 8m x 6m (26' x 20'). Flexible configuration (thrust, in-the-round, or end-stage).
- Set: modular, multi-purpose pieces (desks, podium, movable partitions). Quick reconfiguration between scenes.
- Props/Costumes: everyday corporate attire mixed with exaggerated costume elements (sashes, novelty trophies, ostentatious hats).
- Lighting: dynamic cues—sharp, high-contrast washes for “game-show” moments; colder, clinical tones for “office” scenes; spot and practical lighting for direct address.
- Sound: live or pre-recorded soundscape with abrupt motifs; microphone for performers who address the room.
- Tech support: 1 stage manager familiar with intimate, immersive cues; 1 lighting operator; 1 sound operator (or combined tech where personnel limited).
Key Tracks and Releases
About TANNER MAYES: Tanner Mayes is an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for their introspective and emotionally charged indie-pop music. With a distinctive voice and genre-bending style, Mayes' songs often explore themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Cruelty Party - TANNER MAYES
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This line is the emotional climax. It reveals the core dynamic: your pain is the entertainment. The song challenges listeners to recognize when they’ve been at a "cruelty party" themselves—or worse, when they’ve been the host. Cruelty Party is an upcoming independent horror film
The Core Tenets of the Cruelty Party