a day
new full-length play with music; virtual
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, May 2021
"How we spend our days is, in fact, how we spend our lives."
"Hour by hour, Alfonso, Nico, Harris, and Debs move through a day. The play shuttles, like a microscope, between different ways of experiencing reality as it examines four manifestations of existential crisis: through the characters’ banal daily interactions with the outside world, their inner life as narrated by the other three characters, and a third metaphysical space in which they are aware of their participation, and agency, in something called “a day.” This weird, funny, tender play explores the feeling that life is a strange amalgamation of the movies we watch, the clothes we buy, and the food we consume, while toying with the possibility that each of these fragile characters is just an aspect of one, singular person."
Written by Gabrielle Chapdelaine
Translated from Quebecois by Josephine George
Directed by Anne Cecelia DeMelo
Dramaturgy by Sabrina Zanello Jackson
Scenic Design - Rosie Villano
Costume Design - Julie Scharf
Lighting Design - Willem Hinternhoff
Sound Design/Composition - Kyle Leve
Media/Production Design - Davine Byon
Media Engineer - Matthias Neckermann
Production Management - JuanCarlos Contreras
Stage Management - Annika Evens
Ensemble:
NICO - Emily Chang
DEBS - Cassiel Eatock-Winnick
HARRIS - Jackson Eick
ALFONSO - Anthony Saldaña
Asst. Dramaturg - Liggera Edmonds-Allen
Asst. Scene Designer - Cecilia Shin
Asst. Costume Designer - Mitchell Jacobs
Asst. Media Designer - Qixin Zhang
Asst. Media Engineer - Miranda Kelly
Asst. Production Manager - Madison Gold