Author: Sophie Frizzell
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They’re Total Strangers
Contributor Sophie Frizzell in conversation with Sophie Dushko on her one woman show VERITÉ performed this past March at Grapefruit Studio.
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This is Not a Drill!!!
Contributor Sophie Frizzell on “The Wish,” a collaborative play by Justice Hehir’s, Dena Igusti, Phanésia Pharel, Nia Akilah Robinson, and Julia Specht, about the state of abortion access in America post-roe. Part play, part living document, The Wish was performed at Pluto’s Loft in Tribeca this past November.
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Becoming an American Choreographer
Contributor Sophie Frizzell on the The Gerald Arpino Festival at The Joyce.
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La MaMA MOVES MFA Evening and The Gift of Time
For the 20th incarnation of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival programming director Nicky Paraiso reminded us of the importance of experimental theater in times of political turmoil. Something tells me if he could, Paraiso would remind everyone of this. Having had to defend my belief in dance’s value, in the value of movement as not…
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The Devastation of A Frustrated Dream: Micaela Fariña and Gonzalo Quintana’s La consagración de nadie (Unsuccessful)
A few weeks ago I got a gig working the book table at BODY/SHADOW, a Douglas Dunn + Dancers performance at Judson Church. In preparation I perused the books– all penned by Dunn– for sale. One in particular caught my eye; a small black book titled Aidos. I flipped to a random page: “Shame at…
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And When We Say “Expecting Immensity,” What Do We Mean?: Confronting Expectant Motherhood in Sophie McIntosh’s “Cunnicularii”
Playwright Sophie McIntosh’s latest play, Cunnicularii, which ran for two weeks in July at Chelsea’s Alchemical Studios, centers on the seldom discussed ‘fourth trimester’– the time between birth and 12 weeks postpartum. The play takes its name from a sketch by William Hogarth entitled, “Cunicularii or the wise men of Godliman in consultation.” The…