Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. One Night Only.
April 24, 2018 at 7pm.
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Directed by Jamie M. Rea and Choreographed by Emily Bufferd.
A fusion of poetry, theatre, and violent and visceral contemporary dance which poses the question: how do we heal from trauma?
It's about Ava, a young black woman, who is raped by her boyfriend's friends while he watches; she develops PTSD as a result. Metaphorically, she fractures into five different women who each represent a different facet of her personality (Romance, Despair, Madness, Perseverance, and Missing You). Poetically, these women narrate her journey through PTSD while she, her first love, and her abusers explore through dance the trauma and the events leading up to it.
For the play, Anya is the inaugural winner of the $10,000 Voice is a Muscle Grant from the Corporeal Voices Foundation which is run by best-selling author Lidia Yuknavitch. The grant recognizes a writer of color from Oregon who demonstrates exemplary merit and a passion for social justice.
The play will receive its World Premiere at Shaking the Tree Theatre in Portland, OR in Winter 2019.
Anya Pearson and Samantha Van Der Merwe, Artistic Director of Shaking the Tree Theatre.
Anya Pearson (middle), Michael Galen (left), Julana Torres (right), and Tyharra Cozier (back) at the Workshop Production.
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