Féminaal
by Nina Morrison
Gallery Production, University of Iowa
Oct 22-25, 2015
Féminaal presents a world that satirizes the misogyny in French New Wave Cinema and the culture at large: set in 1960’s Paris and the present day, this work imagines a setting where women are celebrated for their excess and debauchery and never held to a bizarrely high standard of “historical accuracy.” A genre-defying new play with music inspired by the Yé-Yé Girls of French Pop, Morrison’s work combines progressive feminist ideals with raucous comedic antics to create a theatrical landscape at once familiar and utterly original.
director: sam collier
assistant director: matt schutz
stage manager: brigidta de souza
original music: zoe woodworth
dramaturg: alison ruth
video: mario el caponi mendoza
costume: hiram alexander orozco
assistant costume: madison otis
lighting: hoejeong yoo
scenic design: sam collier
sound: nina morrison
choreography: crystal gurroles, tim mizones, ensemble
violence: lukas brasherfons
legal contract author: barton morrison, esq.
CAST
Klara: Taylor Claman
Madeleine: Emma Genesen
Lotte: Chelsea Wing
Deena: Alyssa Hitchcock
Helgar: Sambit Misra
Lorne: Matt Schutz
ExPat: Tim Mizones
Otto: Will Asmus
Paul: Ash Pierce
Noemie: JaMaya Austin
Hiyee: Hannah Adamson
Windy: Crystal Gurrola
Sylvie: Tempestt Farrar
Betty: Emelia Asiedu
Jane: Miriam Randolph
Hildie: Aurora Green
Boletta: Shunhua Xing
photos by Hiram Alexander Orozco
link to article in the Daily Iowan