Bonnie Marranca: “The divisiveness of contemporary American society impacts all aspects of theatre”
Of course, we desperately need new forms of performance and new forms of spectatorship. But they must go further than moving out of the theatre and becoming site-specific works, or relying on technology to compete with social media, video games, and streaming services.
Belgian premiere of Molly Bloom in Ghent
While writing this radical monologue one hundred years ago Joyce must have thought that ‘behind every famous man there’s a woman watching in astonishment’. Today, the aftermath of #metoo movement shows the burning necessity to create a space to talk openly about emancipation, equality and sexual freedom of women. That perspective sets a landscape for a new embodiment of Molly Bloom’s statement.
”Seven women in search of Mia” or ”Breast cancer trilogy” (A postproduction reflection)
I came to realize that Mia was not about breast cancer so much as it was fundamentally about thinking about our bodies, making time to discover them, while raising our concerns as educated citizens.