a woman meets a man in a motel room. power shifts and boundaries are pushed as the play asks: can we ever be released from the prisons of our shame?
production history:
Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, December 2023 - Workshop Production
An intimate theatrical experiment directed by Sophie Dushko featuring Lauren Guglielmello as woman in lab coat/her/amy and Charlie Munn as him with Nicole Chaffin and Izabel Mar as the chorus. Intimacy direction by Nicole Chaffin, sound design consultation by Charles Danner. Special thanks to George Olesky, Gabrielle Carrubba, Matthew Gasda, and Anastasia Wolfe.
note: this play contains descriptions of sexual assault.
content and dramaturgical statement
this workshop ran from 12/3-12/10/2023
movement sample from BKCTR 2023 workshop
Lauren Guglielmello, photographed by Gabrielle Carrubba
development history:
at the brooklyn center for theatre research — May, 2023
public staged reading featuring Lauren guglielmello, george olesky, and izabel mar
at the national theatre school of canada — january-april, 2022
two 4-hour readings, facilitated by andrea romaldi
Izabel Mar, George Olesky, and Lauren Guglielmello in the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research reading of how would you like me to atone?