Presented as part of ALIEN AND ORDINARY: A POETS THEATER SYMPOSIUM, curated by Ethan Philbrick
by Amelia Bande
performed with Mana Bugallo, Tess Dworman, and Ned Riseley
REHEARSAL ABYSS / ENSAYO ABISMAL, is an incomplete play. Amelia has broken bones, pneumonia, depression - or so she says. Three strict and clumsy nurses move her around while they audition to be in her band, Disregard. The rehearsals are enmeshed with a choreography of care, made difficult by everyone’s personalities, and perceived bodily limitations. Spanish and English fail to translate into legibility. Pain, songs, gossip, resentment and flirtation are the ingredients of the group’s pretentious artistic desires and unreliable healing practices.
Masks are required to attend this performance.
Tickets to REHEARSAL ABYSS / ENSAYO ABISMAL are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door. Attendees can also purchase a pass to all five events of ALIEN AND ORDINARY: A POETS THEATER SYMPOSIUM for $40.
This event will also be livestreamed for free on The Poetry Project's YouTube channel.
Alien and Ordinary: A Poets Theater Symposium is generously supported and made possible by funding from the Axe-Houghton Foundation.