Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep
Through text messaging, audiences participate in word-games and other question-and-answer improvisations with Tanya and with their ‘sleep persona’ named X. Stretching over fourteen nights, the show is an intimate exploration of dreams and nightmares. And friendship.
Production Credits
Written and performed by: Tanya Marquardt Directed by: Fay Nass Composed by: Omar Zubair Coding dramaturgy and design by: John Titus Dramaturgy by: Heidi Taylor Contributions and beta-testing by: Jess Barbagallo, Ethan Brown, Sabrina Fonseca, Diana Garcia, Chris Harder, Evan Medd, Bobbi Sue McCollum, David B Smith, Elliott Reed, Anais West, Adrienne Wong, Michael Wheeler, and Alice Yorke Additional artwork by: David B Smith |
Production History
Festival of Live Digital Arts / Kingston, ON. / May 30-June 13, 2021.
Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program / Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, NY. / June 3, 2016 (Workshop version).
Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program / Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, NY. / June 3, 2016 (Workshop version).
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation TEXT MESSAGES, INTIMACY, PHONES
Articles
Tanya Marquardt and Jenn Stephenson, “Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep: An Impromptu Text Thread,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 56-59.