Reflections on Giving Birth to a Squid (2009)
Produced by
Parent Productions and The Steady State Theatre Project
Presented by
Playwright: David Levine
Director: Mitchell Cushman
Venue
Run
July 3rd, 2009 – July 11th, 2009
Synopsis
Know how sometimes you spend a long time looking at something before you can put a name to it? Before you remember what it’s called? It was like that. Oblong, grey head, mess-a-legs. And I sat in the tub for a solid three minutes before the word hit me. Squid.
Unique in both form and content, Reflections on Giving Birth to a Squid tells the oldest of stories – a story of love and faith, of mother and child – in the strangest of contexts: What would you do if you gave birth to a squid? Squid is the tale of a nameless woman who has given birth to the inexplicable. When her husband, her neighbours and her world demand answers she doesn’t have, she is forced to confront motherhood, faith, language, love, and what makes a family.
Told through a series of short scenes and making creative and editorial use of projection in both set design and staging, Squid has been a surprise to most audiences – what begins as a tale of the tawdry evolves into a thoughtful, touching look at a woman betrayed by the unknown, and a reminder of the infinitesimal things that bind us all together. (steadystatetheatre.com)
Cast
| Mikaela Dyke | Performer |
| Sébastien Heins | Performer |
| Jessica Huras | Performer |
Creative Team
| David Levine | Playwright |
| Mitchell Cushman | Director |
| Akiva Romer-Segal | Set Designer |
| Kristina McNamee | Lighting Designer |
| DJ X O Teric | Sound Designer |
Production
| Kristina McNamee | Producer |
| David Levine | Co-Producer |
| Maya Rabinovitch | Co-Producer |
| Gary Levine | Co-Producer |
| Sarah “Pip” Bradford | Tour Manager |
| Jon Greenberg | Set Captain |
| Nate Lyman | Video |
| Dave Chin | Graphic Designer |
| Rob Salerno | Program Design |
