Conversation
"As a playwright, Alexis Clements walks a jagged line between theatre, performance art and installation art."
– Dyana Kimball in Out of Time & Place.
Tickets Available Now for World Premiere at Philly Fringe:
directed by Rosalie Purvis, performed by me (Alexis Clements)
9, 11, 12 Sept 2010 at 8.00pm
10 September 2010 at 6.30pm
Ethical Society (basement)
1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $15, $10 for students and those under 25
Get your tickets and learn more at
www.theconversationbegins.org
(there you can also purchase Conversation-related paraphernalia)
cast: 1 woman and an audience
run time: 80 mins
available for performance and/or touring
Publication
• Conversation has now been published in Out of Time & Place: An Anthology of Plays by Members of the Women's Project Playwrights Lab, Volume 2, edited by me (Alexis Clements) with Christine Evans. The script is preceded by an introductory essay by director Dyana Kimball. Buy your copy today!
Development History
• Workshop production, directed by Dyana Kimball, performed by Alexis Macnab, presented by The Performance Project @ University Settlement, 18 April 2008
• Excerpt presented at the April 7 People - 7 Minutes show at Dixon Place, directed by Dyana Kimball, performed by Alexis Macnab, New York, NY, April 2008
• Excerpt presented at the One Woman Standing Festival at the Emerging Artists Theatre, directed by Dyana Kimball, performed by Alexis Clements, New York, NY, April 2007
More about the show:
A cross between a performance, a lecture and a dialogue with the audience, Conversation takes you on a very personal journey through the harried world of communication. The main charaacter, Katharine has posted flyers throughout her neighborhood, inviting people to attend a lecture on effective communication. When the audience arrives, the encounter becomes something different than what she intended and in order to keep herself on track and find the answers she's looking for, she begins to solicit information from the audience. A dialogue ensues that reveals not only Katharine's conversational hang-ups, but also those of the audience.
