A Black woman in profile standing under a white tent and wearing a lacy green dress

WITH WORDS THAT DON’T EXIST

Staged Reading, Vox Lab, 2020

A PRESENCE STANDS ON A HILL BY THE SEA. SHE TRIES TO SING, TRIES TO SPEAK, BUT SHE CAN ONLY HOLD HER STORY LIKE A MEMORY IN HER BODY AND LOOK OUT AT THE OCEAN. BORN FROM A PERFORMATIVE WRITING PROCESS DEVELOPED IN VR, WITH WORDS THAT DON'T EXIST IS A DEVISED THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE EXPLORING HOW WE PERCEIVE OURSELVES IN STORIES AND RELATE TO THE CHARACTERS AND PRESENCES WHO MOVE THROUGH THEM.

  • WRITER/CREATOR OLIVIA POWELL

    DIRECTOR/SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER LIZA COUSER

    PRODUCERS NICOLLE ALLEN, MATTHEW COHN, MYKEL NAIRNE, EMMA ORME

    COSTUME DESIGNER LUCY BIBERMAN

    FEATURING LUCY BIBERMAN, EMMA GINSBERG, SAM LOCKE, ALLISON MCLEOD, STACIA NUGENT, OLIVIA POWELL OLIVIA POWELL

    Photography Robb Strong

Two women in folding chairs look through a children's book
An actress in a puff-sleeved gown and red scarf holds up her right hand
An actress in a gown walks behind an audience in a white tent
A man in an audience discovers a paper inside a yellow children's book
An actor in a vest and pants reads from a binder and stands in front of a large screen
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