The Sleepover is a work of devised theatre (currently in development) inspired by the feminist theologies and social history of American prophetesses featured in the book, And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy by Adrian Shirk.
The Sleepover asks: “How did our most harmful beliefs form, and how can we change those beliefs now?” by inviting audiences into a meta-narrative 7th grade sleepover at the end of the 20th century.
Cary Hooper shared an exploration of traditional Japanese Rakugo storytelling adapted to a Western ghost story idiom, an improvisational monologue blending an array of characters and creatures in the waning light of the woods.
Each guest arrives at the sleepover with a distinct foundational belief of some kind–whether theological, cultural, political, familial–that she no longer wants to have, and which throughout the night, she struggles to reinterpret.
Thanks to Kindling Arts Festival in Nashville, TN for hosting our first workshop performance of The Sleepover!
The Sleepover is a work of devised theatre (currently in development) inspired by the feminist theologies and social history of American prophetesses featured in the book, And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy by Adrian Shirk.
The Sleepover asks: “How did our most harmful beliefs form, and how can we change those beliefs now?” by inviting audiences into a meta-narrative 7th grade sleepover at the end of the 20th century.
Each guest arrives at the sleepover with a distinct foundational belief of some kind–whether theological, cultural, political, familial–that she no longer wants to have, and which throughout the night, she struggles to reinterpret.
Thanks to Kindling Arts Festival in Nashville, TN for hosting our first workshop performance of The Sleepover!