The place is windowless.
Devising it all for Company is an intimate solo performance of Samuel Beckett’s 1979 novella Company, conceived and performed by Valerie McCann at Typewriters Anonymous' space at The Brewery Art Lofts. This immersive installation invites the audience into a shared mind, where a decentered, refracted self pushes up against an unreliable reality. McCann engages ritualistic physical practices with precise choreographic scoring to attempt an improvised performance of word perfect text.
You were once. You were never. Were you ever? Oh never to have been! Be again.
Audiences will be limited to 13 participants for each performance. There will be a variety of seating and reclining options, including chairs, cushions, and a soft padded floor. Audiences are invited to remove shoes, get comfortable, and change positions when your body asks you to. The piece runs about 2 hours. You may exit and re-enter as needed.
Which of all imaginable positions has the most to offer in the way of company.
Developed over several years with rehearsal space support from London Performance Studios and New Theater Hollywood, and through a residency at CultureHub LA in collaboration with Raquel Bell and Jared Marshall of Galecstasy. Additional dramaturgical research and development support from Jeanine Durning. Presented through special arrangement with Georges Borchardt, Inc. on behalf of the Estate of Samuel Beckett.
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