A spokesperson says---
"...Close friends enjoy a magic night out. Fun and freedom suddenly take a dark turn when an unforeseen and insurmountable circumstance invokes a mystic force, bringing everyone face to face with the true work of healing. Water runs through the story as a source of danger and restoration, carrying memory and transformation with it...
Moving between the charged environments of a nightclub and a sacred river, Realm of the River explores female friendship, collective healing, women’s freedom, joy, self-determination, romantic love, and our relationship to the divine...
...the production moves audiences through a series of environments, including a nightclub, the venue’s elevator, a sacred river, and a gold convertible Impala. The staging blends light, sound, music, projections, and atmospheric elements...
...the story touches on circumstances that can unexpectedly alter women’s lives and bring them into contact with the criminal legal system, including domestic violence and self-defense...
Throughout the play, water becomes both a physical and mystical presence. The nightclub and the river become parallel spaces of release, ritual, and reckoning, as the story examines the wounds of patriarchy while imagining ways women might exist beyond the restrictions and expectations placed upon them..."
CAST:
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Morgan Danielle Day as Auggie
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Krystle Tugadi as Dessa
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Sawyer Shine as Otto
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Sarah Ann Sulewski as Oshun
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Corina Vela as Esme
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Brandon Ramon Williams as Emir
CREATIVE TEAM:
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Jesse Bliss - Playwright / Director
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Sherry Younge - DJ
