Have you heard the joke about the she-wolf that is bitten by a werewolf and turns into a woman? No? This production presents the punch line of this strange and dark farce of domestication. Feral invites audiences on a woman’s journey as she experiences the tension between her intuitive knowledge and learned societal behavior, captured by an allegorical transformation into a werewolf. As the woman tries to reintegrate this wild voice, she wrestles with her sanity while being diagnosed with a growing feral condition. Within the protection of her domelike dress, domestic acts are disrupted by ancestral visitations and dreams of wolves.
Creator/Project Director: Shoshana Bass
Performance Ensemble: Shoshana Bass, Dey Hernández, Sarah Nolen
Devising Ensemble: includes Stoph Scheer
Technical Director, Designer, and Musician: Maria Pugnetti
Musician and Composer: Molly Steinmark
Stage Director: Sarah Nolen
Outside Eye: Eric Bass
Writing Collaborator: GennaRose Nethercott
Social Dramaturg and Research Collaborator: Paulina Mendez
Thank you to the women that offered their voices and stories to our research and development period: Yuchen, Jelena, Anna, Shari, Mary Allen, Alice, Leyna, Claudia, and Mariam
Funder Acknowledgement: This project is funded in part by grants from the Jim Henson Foundation, the Network of Ensemble Theaters NET/TEN Virtual Exploration grant and by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. Feral is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project grant with co-commissioners The Yard (MA), Next Stage Arts Project (VT), Bunnell Street Arts Center (AK), Dancers Workshop (Wyoming) and NPN. More information: www.npnweb.org.
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