Step 1 Theatre Project takes on the eternal question... WHO AM I. Enlisting four unique intertwining stories of a creator and his/her creation, playwright Rodney Reyes and director Janelle Zapata explore our origins and who was there when it all happened. This veritable "Twilight Zone" begins with Marv, a comic book artist of a somewhat familiar superhero. Marv's own reality becomes "amazing" when he engages in conversation with his cartoon creation. Issues of self-confidence, loneliness, and self-abuse become his super-villains. The second entry finds a bitter young woman, orphaned at three, alone with a woman she never met before. During their tense exchange, the woman finds a connection to the stranger... one she can't explain... until a most unexpected detail of her past is revealed. And all of this on her birthday! "Guy/Girl" - the third piece - takes place in front of a mirror. A man looks into that mirror but sees a woman looking back at him. Issues of sexual orientation, gender identification, and basically, who we really are, come into play in this haunting vignette having nothing to do with the news and everything to do with the soul. Human, the final story, finds a guy tripping out on acid. He meets God ... who is a woman ... and switches places... THEN it really gets weird. In the end, the stories collide to reveal how we fit into the great cosmic puzzle and who we meet is as important as who we are?
FEATURED EVENT @ Planet Connections Festivity
Step1 Theatre Project presents
WHO AM I by Rodney Reyes, directed by Janelle Zapata. Performing at The Paradise Factory, 64 East 4th Street, NYC:
FRIDAY JUNE 17th @ 6:30pm, SUNDAY JUNE 19th @ 6pm, THURSDAY JUNE 23rd @ 9:15pm, SATURDAY JUNE 25th @ 4:15pm, WEDNESDAY JUNE 29th @ 7:45pm, and FRIDAY JULY 8th @ 5:35pm. Tickets: $18; visit www.planetconnections.org.
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