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StageQ presents its production of Claire
Chafee’s Why We Have a Body November 1-23, 2002, at The
Gerald Bartell Community Theatre, 113 East Mifflin Street, Madison,
Wisconsin.
Why We Have a Body won many awards
including the San Francisco Dramalogue Award, the Bay Area Critic's Circle
Award for original script, and Newsday's George Oppenheimer Award,
presented annually for the most impressive debut of an American
playwright. The play proceeds poetically and looks into the transportation
of the female psyche. These women are taught few skills with which to
navigate their lives. In each case, the women's chosen fields are a flight
from traditional roles, propelled by a fear of getting stuck in a groove
of routine. Along the journey, there are virtually no female role models
to help guide them to paths of fulfillment. Through contrasts and
contradictions, Chafee presents the struggle and search of these four
women in a kaleidoscopic form, shifting space and time, as each character
finds her own road signs to point the way. Captivated by the lyrical
language and poetic imagery of the piece, director Christina Martin-Wright
felt compelled to share with the community a story that she feels “every
woman can relate to”.
Mickey Crocker (most recently seen in The Vagina Monologues
and Mercury's Stop Kiss) plays Eleanor, a
bilingual-archaeologist-historian of the female brain, who paddles alone
up the Amazon River, acknowledging her regrets and past mistakes, but
managing to evolve beyond the role of 'just being a mother'.
Abbie Hill (founding member of Flaming Dykasaurus; wrote, directed
and starred in Oblivia) plays Renee, a married paleontologist,
blooming with her sexual awakening and suddenly having to redefine herself
both as a woman and a lesbian.
Lisa Konoplisky (StageQ's The Twilight of the Golds)
portrays Lili, a lesbian private investigator, who yearns to find a
romantic connection, to forge a relationship with a woman where she can be
the hidden mystery.
Heather Stickeler (recent stage credits include Madison Repertory
Theatre, Mercury Players, Strollers Theatre, and Millenium Theatre) plays
Mary, a mentally unstable criminal who seeks a way to come in touch with
her shattered family by confronting and accepting her fragmented past.
Why We Have a Body plays Thursdays through Saturdays, November
1–23, 2002 (Thursdays, 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays, 8pm). All performances
are in the Evjue at The Gerald Bartell Community Theatre, 113 East
Mifflin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Tickets are $12 for all shows and may
be purchased or reserved online at www.StageQ.com
or reserved by calling StageQ reservations at 608.204.0306. |