STIVALE is an environment sustained through the act of creating desire.
Focusing on two figures devoid of history and language, we witness the formation of their identity through the marketability of desire, emotion, and lust; continually displayed within consumer culture. The language of William Shakespeare's sonnets is filtered through advertising slogans, the sounds of Phil Spector and high school romance to bring out themes concerning the desire to preserve beauty against time and decay.
Torn Space will be presenting their original production STIVALE at the Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle April 18th through May 4th on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm. Please note that there will be an additional performance given on Sunday, May 4th at 8:00pm. Ticket prices are $20 general and $12 for students and may be purchased in cash at the door prior to the performance.
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September 10, 11,12, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 8:00 p.m.
As part of Torn Space's Original Production Series our artistic exploration and development has continued for this new version of last seasons fascinating AREA. This show attempts to illustrate the nuances of a world lost to simulation.
In AREA we follow a young girl as she enters an environment of images that are at times alluring and sometimes shocking. Although she experiences moments of terror she does not turn back, but remains in search of some unattainable end. As her journey continues, we watch as her past begins to fade obscured by the lens of this new world.
Then a crime is committed. There are questions that need answering.
Her response could reconnect her with her ever-distant past or condemn her to a constant state of unfulfilled desire - in a region of indefinite boundary.