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BIRTH RITE, DESCENT, AT/ONE: A SOLO TRILOGY

Transforming autobiography into arresting myth, this work is physical and poetic; hard-hitting and lyrical. All three plays explore the worlds of inner desire and outer destiny.

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NOMADS OF THE HEART
 
NOMADS OF THE HEART tracks the lives of three New Yorkers whose paths become intertwined symbiotically and sexually, leading to a deadly suffocation, both physically and metaphorically. But, like a phoenix, this strange trinity - made up of a woman, her lover and their surrogate child - rise up out of the ashes reconfigured and curiously alive.
   
  NO EVIL: A TRILOGY OF FABLES
  SEE NO EVIL: PERFECT CURIOSITY
PERFECT CURIOSITY traces the intertwining fates of two sisters as they navigate the slippery terrain of a cold yet incestuous household. The father disguises his neediness by cross-dressing and the absent mother shape-shifts into a witch, a godmother and a crone. A childhood puppet becomes the conduit for one sister’s release but the stranglehold for the other imprisonment. It is only on his deathbed that the patriarch sees the error of his ways.

HEAR NO EVIL: MELTDOWN
MELTDOWN plunges into the fantasy life of a bride-to-be who is jilted soon after her mother’s suicide. She retreats into a world where she ‘births’ a son made of wax that comes to life and accompanies her inner longing. However she is ultimately undermined by a reincarnation of her mother whose cries she never heard and so deadly silence reigns once again.

SPEAK NO EVIL: SALVAGED
SALVAGED investigates the lasting imprint of cold, cruel words on a woman who is starved for love and inclusion. She learns to subvert her needs by trying to save the world instead, using empty patter and platitudes to mask her own profound alienation. It is only in surrendering to her humanity that she develops compassion for her self and others and, in doing so, discovers a much-needed sense of belonging.

 
 
   
   
   
   
   

 

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