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The next Women Playwrights International Conference will be held in Cape Town South Africa, hosted by the University of Cape Town. The theme this year is "Without Words" and Food for the Gods was selected and invited as one of the plays to be presented.
Inspired by the killings of Black men at
the hands of police and other institutions of authority, this work utilizes
mixed-media and mask-puppetry to explore the process of dehumanization,
positive and negative space, invisibility and well…the MAGICAL-less-ness of it
all. A three-part expression of rage, indifference, and celestial
knowings. Food for the Gods is an experiential triptych of
sort, an audience immersive performance installation that takes
place in three unique settings. It juxtaposes harsh reality with
piercing beauty.
"Yes, there are subjects that are
beyond words. While studying this issue of dehumanization in America, without
knowing it, I found myself “beyond words.” There was only raw
emotion. Within Food for the Gods, I attempted to captured
that emotion through images, movement, transformative space, and sound.
The characters do speak, however, this is not a play of dialog. Rather, it is a
sensory experience of visceral expression documented in words.
