Why choose a subject like rape?
Everyone has a story – no one has the gift of living without also experiencing the challenge of loss. Often these losses are considered unspeakable. The ensuing silence robs our world.
While we cannot choose the experiences that define and shape us, we do have the power to choose what comes ‘after.’ This is what I call crafting a ‘magnificent second choice’ life, which is what we are all doing.
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A multi-genre performance that weaves together themes of racism, family, and the triumph of the human spirit, to bring a message of hope for what comes 'after' when the 'before' has been tragic. Combining dance, theatre, an original score, poetry, film, art, and incorporating ASL signing for the deaf, this work in progress invites your participation.
About Me
Artistic Director
Andrea is the producer, writer, and creative force behind 'As If We Live To Bear No Scars.' She has been an artist, writer, and poet for 25 years. She is also a WGA-registered screenwriter. Working in a variety of media, including plaster, copper, epoxy, textiles, audio, video, and text, she has been exhibiting her work nationally since 1985. Additionally, Andrea is a psychotherapist in private practice for 23 years, specializing in dissociative disorders and PTSD. A feminist and solar energy activist and entrepreneur, she has spoken at international forums on women and energy. She lives with her three children in Jamaica Plain (Boston).
Contact Us
We are actively seeking support, collaboration, dialogue, and funding -- to enable us to produce the full performance of 'As If We Live To Bear No Scars.'
If you would like to join our ensemble, help us, write about us, or just learn more, please contact us at: andreaspeak@gmail.com
This web site is powerful and beautiful. Blessings on your work, Andrea, Anya, and all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Thank you! So much. It's been a long time coming. So much material still waiting for me to weave in. I'm at it whenever minutes are available.
ReplyDeleteWill the show be performed again? I know the piece I did see two years ago was so powerful, and I hope it will continue on.
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteHopefully :)
We are at the beginning of the second stage of development. The documentary DVD of stage one is in process.
I have been writing the entire body of work for film and with a solid first draft, am deep in the re-write process.
Thank you for your interest and support.