PAY UP is sort of the stuff of legend. In 2005, a cast of 30 performers in white jumpsuits meandered alongside 100 audience people in a beautifully sterile white warehouse full small rooms with no doors or windows. Audiences were given five 1 dollar bills upon entering, told to wear booties over their street shoes, and entered a totally surreal environment that bordered human-sociological-experiment. This is the time and place that I met Ben Camp; three years later we remounted the piece at Montclair University where Alex Torra was the Creative Producer. The three of us became buds over late night hangouts at La Quinta Inn where we were all staying. That was the beginning of Team Sunshine.

The piece was remounted again in 2013 in collaboration with UArts (RIP). Every single time was a blast. PAY UP was created and produced by Pig Iron, and directed by Dan Rothenberg. Rest in power Dito van Reigersberg — long live the telenovela blackmarket scene.