She Interviews Directors

I Interview Directors Part III: Alice Cash  Alice Cash Hometown:  San Diego, CA Current Town:  NYC Tell me about 8000M 8000M by David Greig, in its broadest sense, is about climbing Mount Lhotse, the Mountain right next to Everest.  But I think what’s really exciting about the piece, is that even though it’s specifically talking about mountaineering, the play can essentially morph into anything the viewer feels passionately about.  When I first read the play, it was about my experience in the theatre and my love of directing.  Tell me about your process and the concept for the show. (the ropes!!) It’s a play about climbing in the Himalayas, so I knew it was necessary to capture the danger of ice climbing in the Death Zone, over eight thousand meters, which Greig describes as “ Sleep is almost impossible. Time passes with aching slowness. The cold penetrates to your core. There is not enough oxygen for your metabolism to function

I Interview Directors Part II: Mason Beggs Mason Beggs Hometown: Corry, PA Current Town: Jersey City, NJ Tell me about The Handless Maiden : The Handless Maiden is a dark immersive fairy tale that composer Shayfer James and I devised for Art House Productions in Jersey City along with an amazing cast and creative team. It is based on a Grimms’ Fairy Tale called The Maiden Without Hands which we then placed within a world reminiscent to the 1930’s Dust Bowl. Over the course of a month, we devised an immersive theatre piece accompanied by  an Appalachian inspired vocal score and live prepared piano. It was a wonderful experience. Our main goal in the adaptation was to give the Maiden more agency over her life as she, in the original tale, was more or less constructed as a damsel in distress. I loved creating in this world and hope to revisit it at some point. What else are you currently busy with? I just lead a Visual Thinking module at The New School