Today I’m in tech rehearsal alllllll day for Dracula! We open tomorrow evening, and this show is a ginormous production with a million moving parts. I’m really proud of the producers and creators for building this wonderful monster of a production. I play a tiny role: the ship Demeter whose crew is murdered by Dracula as I sail my way, tempest tossed, to shore.
The act is about relationship, power, control, and spirit.
I’ve realized I’m at the point in my (many) career(s) where the manipulation of energy itself—between myself and my audience, a room, an individual, or a small group of people—is a medium I’m well versed enough in to feel as though I’m sculpting as I play. My choreography for Dracula is simple storytelling, acting as much as dancing or moving around the room. It’s rewarding to create this way and to have the opportunity to focus on costume and vision as much as story.
Speaking of theatrics, I’ve spent the week completely rearranging my house. My living room is becoming a dungeon-cum-performance space. I need room to teach and scene, and for performance choreography. My workbench, tools, and art supplies have been put into a room of their own, and that room can double as my guest bed… perhaps at some point in the near future I’ll build a cage in the closet for anyone needing a cur’s resting place.
I have yet to figure out how to afford it all myself—an undertaking I haven’t been so ambitious to chase before. [Insert shameless plug to join my Patreon and/or come take classes from me to help me maintain this undertaking!] The ultimate intent is a place to create, little by little, a microcosm of the art I’ve been dreaming of and working toward for the past few years.
“Listen. No Speaking. Touch” is a part of that vision. My work with The Scarlet Tongue Project is a part of that vision. The option to explore sensation, art, relational dynamics, energetic conversations, and share with my small audiences environmentally based opportunities in nontraditional ways is the rest of it. The world of my environment shall be a cultivated museum for play; a world constructed by yours truly for the discovery of my ticket holders; immersive theater meets honest connection rolled into the time it takes to have a proper tea…
“What does that mean”, you ask? You’ll have to sign up to find out. In my space the world is your oyster, however the limitations of my offerings are consent-based and dependent on our dynamic. Perhaps, imagine a museum of curiosities where you may ask about and potentially experience the artifacts in action…
Why? I grew up playing outdoors and creating games for all the kids to pass our time until dinner. I’m still that kid. I notice who likes what, I still carry with me a big imagination, and love instigation. With adult skills, better command of communication, a more detailed comprehension of consent, and a healthy knowledge of the limits and safety within my control, I aim to remind those around me how important it is to play. Let me be your instigator friend, and we’ll pass time as curious playful grown-ups can, before being called in for dinner.
Play On My Friends,
~ Creature
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