Dark Space

Written and Directed by Alexis Macnab

Designed and Performed by Kate Brehm 

Dark Space, a collaboration between designer-puppetry artist Kate Brehm and writer-director Alexis Macnab, is the story of one woman’s personal metamorphosis told in puppet spectacle and theatrical installation in chashama’s completely transformed 42nd Street storefront theater. From the confines of her domestic setting, the woman dreams of winged freedom and struggles toward her final release. Dark Space explores the liminal place where everyone must shed his or her old self and sit, bodiless and indistinct, before moving forward to embrace a new identity.

Presented as part of the Performing Arts Residency @ chashama 217 – February 2009.*

CAST:

Kate Brehm – The Girl/Caterpillar

Sarah Engelman, Serra Hirsch, Kirsten Kammermeyer, Miyu Leilani, Mary Notari, Sophia Remolde – Ensemble 

DESIGN:

Kate Brehm - Scenic and Puppet Design

Sxip Shirey - Sound Design

Lee McCall Terry – Lighting Design

Megan Pardo, Caity Grand – Stage Managers

Mike Kerns - Technical Director

*The Performing Arts Residency @ chashama is a program granting four NYC-based contemporary performing arts companies 6 weeks of dedicated performance and rehearsal space in the same location. Made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for Arts.