4.48 Psychosis - a play by Sarah Kane
Apr 21-22, 27-29, May 4-6 @ 8:00 pm, Apr 23 & 30 @ 3:00 pm By Sarah Kane Directed by Robyne Parrish Movement specialist : Moriah Ella Mason With: Siovhan Christensen* Erika Cuenca* Tammy Tsai* In one last act of love to the theater before her untimely death in 1999, playwright Sarah Kane wrote what many consider her greatest play, 4.48 Psychosis. A subjective story of clinical depression, the audience is given insight into one particular case – a young woman who stands in the place between life and death. Certain issues are clearly dealt with: whether or not to take medication, the effects and effectiveness of such medication, self-harm, suicide and possible causes of depression. Combined with themes of isolation, dependency, relationships, and love, the result is not just a painfully funny play about one person’s struggle with mental illness, but also one that scratches at the scabs of inadequacy, failure and despair that we all bear at times. I...