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Where do brain anatomy, dollmaking, depression and healing overlap? In this performance, video, tactile object manipulation, sound and text interplay for a curious exploration of mental health, family and the transformative power of creation.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"ttfmake-hr\" \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cMost people begin life as a mother\u2019s doll. We fight hard to become our own creations, but the image of ourselves we see reflected in infancy lingers. In an extraordinary new one woman show, which is, by turns funny, surprising, and wrenching, the mirrored relationship between mother and daughter becomes a space of time travel. Carolyn Caruso, mired in a severe depression continued to be a doll maker even as her children grew. In a vast pile of lost socks \u2013 the materials of her mother\u2019s craft \u2013 performer Marisa Caruso sorts through the past to seek out the forces that delivered her mother into electroshock treatment. Scientific films, projected shadows, and an accordion are among her tools for conjuring a fragile journey into identity. The two Carusos, daughter and mother, one present, one absent, collaborate on this work of play and grief, confusion and insight. As audience members, we are drawn into the play\u2019s transformative space, catching sight of our own mismatched memories among the sock pile.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 Nancy Barton, NYU Professor &amp; Director, Prattsville Art Center<\/p>\n<hr class=\"ttfmake-hr\" \/>\n<p><b>Dramaturgy\/Direction<\/b>: Gerry Trentham, Glo McDonald, Kristin McCalley, Adrian Shirk, Rod Sauquillo<\/p>\n<p><b>Lighting \/ Technical Design:<\/b>\u00a0Gabriel Faure-Brac \/ Moonstar Lighting<\/p>\n<p><b>Scenic Design Consultant\/Embroidery &amp; Sewing:<\/b>\u00a0Bee Murphy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Sound Design:\u00a0<\/b>Eric Burlingame<\/p>\n<p><b>Production Technician:<\/b>\u00a0Dan Toner<\/p>\n<p><b>Projection Mapping:<\/b>\u00a0Brian Milbrand<\/p>\n<p><b>Rigging:<\/b>\u00a0Greg Robertson<\/p>\n<p><b>Video Documentation<\/b>: Zak Noweihed<\/p>\n<p><b>This project was made possible\u00a0<\/b>with support from Sugar City and the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0Jenn Carter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make a Doll\u00a0 by Marisa Caruso September 19-20, 2025 | 7:30pm About How to Make a Doll\u00a0 An interdisciplinary development performance about mental health, the brain, and a mother-daughter-artist relationship blending research, memoir and absurdity by Marisa Caruso. 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