Paradiz'd
at The Cubiculo in Carlisle, PA
co-created devised piece by
Kent Barrett, Mary Olin Geiger, and the following contributors:
Sarah Blocher
Noah Fusco
Nina Spoelker
Matt Steiman
Thomas A. Downs
Anthony Brau
David Crowtherd
Karen Kirkham
Ted Kirkham
Walter Kirkham
Felonica Kirkham
Christabelle Kirkham
Kenya Bullock
Jason Nedrow
Sam Nedrow
Addie Nedrow
Kristen Kim
Sherry Harper-McCombs
Kevin Harper-McCombs
Demma Harper-McCombs
Juli Bounds
Sarah Skaggs
Mike Beevers
Chase Perabo
Solomon Zisser
Jonah Reynolds
Conor Leary
Sara Markowitz
Dennis Ealy
Kelsey Horowitz
Jeff Adams
Daniel Jackson
Erin Crawley-Woods
Monica Lopez Soler
Clarissa Messer
In this co-devised performance, Kent Barrett and I created a space that was originally inspired by the feeling of Milton’s Paradise Lost and musician Grant Hart’s musical retelling of the epic in an album called The Argument. After transforming the Cubiculo Black Box Theater, we invited members of our Carlisle, PA community to perform in what felt like a familiar but unsettling kaleidoscope apartment+church in sensory overload. Experience with performance as well as age and professional background varied among the group, and we asked them to explore a sequence of tasks related to their individual experiences. The structure of the performance was based on an Anglican church service, and we tried to evoke rituals through repetitive, improvisational live music, readings, and procession.