"The Wild Party" is a jazz shadow theater piece based on the Beat poem by Joseph Moncure March, with an original score composed by Brice Forman. "The Wild Party" explores the American artistic traditions of jazz, film noir, and poetry.

Written in 1926, it is a witty, risque poem about two vaudeville performers who fight, make up, throw a party and flirt with danger. It is the poem that inspired William Burroughs to become a writer. Set in shadows with a live jazz band, the performance fuses film ideas with modern shadow techniques derived from the ancient Asian art form.