STAY (A) WAKE: A FIELD GUIDE TO STRIP POKER

2012

“A meditation on loss, grief, memory, islands, and games. A gentle, demanding site-specific performance with water, wind, and music. A work-in-progress.”

Performance Text and Direction by Ciara Adams, Stephen O’Connell, Lucy Simic and Richard Windeyer.
Dramaturgy: Bruce Barton
Performed multiple locations in Toronto

Sample of My Publication on Stay (a) Wake: “Moving Thoughts.” CTR 155 (Summer 2013): 41-5.

Stay (a) Wake: A Field Guide to Strip Poker went on to become first Field Guide (2014, with Jordan Tannihil) and It Comes in Waves (2015). Both of these versions were co-created by bluemouth, inc. with Jennifer Tarver (who also directed). It Comes in Waves was a feature performance during the Pan American Games in Vancouver.