Just because it was around this time two years ago that we embarked on rehearsals for Photo Play at Dixon Place, here are a few exuberant images of the show, snapped by Steve Baird. Truly one of the most wonderful, intense creative processes I’ve ever been a part of.
A very belated post of some images from the maiden voyage of ‘Photo Play’, an original performance piece I wrote and developed in September of 2015 with a stellar cast of theater artists. ‘Photo Play’ asks questions about our human preoccupation with photographs – how the experience of being photographed and seeing images of ourselves shapes our identities, and – especially since the advent of digital photography and social media – how we use images to shape our identities in the eyes of others. In 2016 I’m hoping to develop the piece further, whether into an evening-length performance, an immersive performance/ exhibit, an interactive installation, or some combination of the three. Stay tuned!
“Chin down, eyes up, hips at an angle.”
“Top five answers on the board…”
“I wanted to surprise him.”
“The photographer said ‘Kiss!’ so we did.”
“This is one of my favorite photos of all time.”
In the photo booth
Playing a superhero in The Astonishing Adventures of All-American Girl and the Scarlet Skunk has been…a trip, and for the most part a good one. Lots of lessons, many of them personal and therefore too tedious to disclose here. But the most surprising discovery so far is that superheroism, at its essence, means:
