ASYLUM
Scenic Design
An Immersive Site-Specific Performance
About the Women, Writing, and Madness.This devised work transforms the Ice House into a labyrinth of ‘micro-environments’for the audience to journey through at their own pace. Asylum is loosely based on 10 Days in a Madhouse (1887) by Nellie Bly, The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and other historical texts about women and madness explored through movement, multimedia imagery, and text.
Directors: Rachel Bowditch and Eileen Standley
Devising Team: Julie Rada, Chelsea Pace, Jenny Strickland, Shay Webster, Lauren Breunig, Ashley Baker, Corinne Bocchino, Julie Akerly, Shelby Keefe and Martha Hernandez
Collaborators:
Adam Vachon - Lighting
Anastasia Schneider - Costume
Matt Ragan & Daniel Fine - Media
Stephen Christensen - Sound
Photos by Matthew Ragn
ICE HOUSE
Phoenix, Arizona
November 2013