Streaming online March 23-27, 2022.
Conceived by Stephanie Graham and Kevin Wong
Directed by Stephanie Graham
Created by The Monster Collective
Story Supervisor and Dramaturgy by Ellen Denny
Music and Arrangements by Kevin Wong
Lighting Design by Renée Brode
Sound Design by Kaitlyn Mackinnon
Cast: LYNDSEY BRITTEN
ALEXANDRA HERZOG
AISHA JARVIS
KELSEY LACOMBE
KRISTA LEIS
HAILEY LEWIS
KYLA MUSSELMAN
SARAH O’BRECHT
GENNY SERMONIA (as the woman)
MICHELE SHUSTER
NATASHA STRILCHUK
This is a 10 minute taste of terrific things to come when the full production of MONSTER is up and running……
From the production information: “The MONSTER in the piece is the embodiment of our subconscious mind who does not disagree with each one of us. It accepts whatever we say to ourselves and seeks to make it fact. Blocking us from our truth.”
This wonderful 10-minute piece captures the angst, unsettled world or a woman (Genny Sermonia) who is slowly losing it. At one point she rubs her hands as if trying to get something off them, (shades of Lady Macbeth). Later she holds her head with her hands as if bedeviled by pain or a sound. She is surrounded by other women, often with their own agenda, often in a swirl. It’s an effective piece of choreography and performance that gets the message across.
Looking forward to the finished production.
Streaming until March 27, 2022