Let’s Exorcise!
A Community Catharty Party
An interactive performance ritual for letting go of the things holding us back. Our Jane Fonda-esque Catharty Captains guide the community through an exorcism of objects from audience members’ lives.
Most recent performances while in residence at the Movement Lab at Barnard College:
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
Photo by Olga Rabetskaya
ABOVE: Let’s Exorcise! A Community Catharty Party (April 2023 performance at Caveat) Reel / videography and editing by Jonathan Rodrigues
production credits
Produced by the after-image
Conceived by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG
Co-Written by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, KATE ST. JOHN, and ZAHYDÉ PIETRI
with additional writing and characters generated by NICK ALSELMO, BRYANNA BRADLEY, CAROLINE BURKHART, COURTNEY BRYAN DEVON, and CIERA MILLER
Direction by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG
Creative Direction, Lighting Design, and Project Design by KATE ST. JOHN
Sound Design by NICK ALSELMO (AKA DJ SCENICK ROOTS)
Performed by (throughout production history) : NICK ALSELMO, AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, BRYANNA BRADLEY, CAROLINE BURKHART, COURTNEY BRYAN DEVON, CIERA MILLER, ZAHYDÉ PIETRI, DIANA POU, JERRY SOTO, and KATE ST. JOHN
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Movement Lab at Barnard College Artists-in Residence // March 21 - 22, 2024
Caveat NYC (world premiere) // April 16, 2023
Caveat NYC (workshop performance) // February 19, 2023