GALATEA 2.0 is a modern speculation on the Pygmalion myth and a deconstruction of the muse/artist relationship that merges Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and George Bernard Shaw, found text, incel culture, lots of blue Gatorade, puppetry, plinths, and a very old Pekinese. The play chronicles Eliza, a sex worker hired by a disaffected young man to role play as a top of the line "love doll" when his own doll mysteriously breaks.

Violet Savage, Vincent Santvoord, and Izabel Mar in Invulnerable Nothings’ 2023 production of *galatea 2.0*

Production history:

Invulnerable Nothings / Brooklyn Art Haus, July 2023 — World Premiere

Directed by C.C. Kellogg and featuring Meg MacCary as Mrs. Pat, Vincent Santvoord as Henry/ Shaw/ Pygmalion, and Izabel Mar/ Violet Savage sharing the dual roles of Galatea and Eliza— love doll and human woman— for which they flipped a coin on stage before each performance.

The creative team included costume and scenic design by Margot Mayer, lighting design by Jacqueline Scaletta, sound design by Emma Lea Hasselbach, intimacy direction by Nicole Chaffin, dialect consultation by Sigrid Sutter, projections by Anna Beck, key art by Maya Irvine, and press by Andrea Alton.

“Challenging, funny, and, finally, cathartic, galatea 2.0 offers a pedestal-smashing intervention for our isolating age.”
review: Thinking Theatre NYC

development history:

with Invulnerable Nothings:

Mercury Store Workshop: July 2022 featuring Meg MacCary, Vincent Santvoord, Alida Rose Delaney, and Lauren Guglielmello

Barn Lab Residency: May 2022