SOPHIA

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This piece is performed by one vocalist (singer/actor) accompanied by live and recorded music. It tells the story of a woman who has experienced mystic visions her entire life. These visions leave her disoriented and unable to connect with other people. She finds someone who she thinks connects with her, a spiritual guru who seems to understand her, only to be devastated when she finds out he is a fraud who was only using her. As he sleeps beside her in bed, she experiences an ecstatic vision of the oneness of the universe, a vision wherein she can right all the mistakes and flaws of the cosmos in a moment of purifying fire.

My intention with this piece is to create more of an installation than a performance divided between spectator and actor, a space that invites the audience into a shared experience, an experience that can help us, as a community, process our complex feelings of isolation and longing and fear, and the need for connection in the difficult times we face.

I am also looking for a performance venue that is conducive to softening this division between audience and performer. My work tends to be site-specific, so the final staging will be dependent on the particular design of the performance space.

Music and words by Bob DeNatale

Vocals and Vocal Interpretations by Louisa Bradshaw