project
BLISS (Or Emily Post is Dead!)
promethean theatre ensemble
by jami brandli
Understudy for Clementine (the 1960’s version of Clytemnestra)
It’s 1960 in North Orange, NJ. Clytemnestra and Medea are now discontented housewives, and Antigone is the teenage girl next door struggling with the rules of her overbearing uncle. On the surface, they’re seemingly blissful to follow the “rules” of Emily Post, the American author famous for writing on etiquette. But that’s just the surface. Then Cassandra, a working girl, moves into their neighborhood and all routines are interrupted. Cassandra is determined to finally break the curse of Apollo, the gorgeous and egotistical god who gave her this “gift” of prophecy but made it so no one would ever believe her. He makes it clear his curse is practically indestructible: yet all she must do is convince someone to believe her.
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I was excited to have the opportunity to understudy the role of Clementine for this production. It was my first time understudying, as well as my first time working with an intimacy designer. Having an intimacy designer was essential for this project, given the nature of the relationships between Clementine and her love interest (her doctor), as well as the other women in the play. Not only did they choreograph the physical aspects of the relationships between these characters, but they also gave us tools to release ourselves from the world of the play, which is often difficult with emotionally-charged material.
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