COMING TO LA THIS SUMMER
Rising Sun Performance Company
Presents
ÉLÉPHANT
“Are you ready for escaping?”
by Eva MeiLing Pollitt
Directed By Akia Squitieri
Rising Sun Performance Company
Presents
ÉLÉPHANT
“Are you ready for escaping?”
by Eva MeiLing Pollitt
Directed By Akia Squitieri
ÉLÉPHANT follows the Story of Clérèse. The only world she has ever known is the 19th century Parisian brothel where her mother, Magdith works as a prostitute. Magdith desperately struggles to protect Clérèse from growing up too fast and out of the clutches of her volatile father. Everything is shaken when a young man arrives at the brothel with his master and Clérèse’s belly begins to grow. What is the fantastical thing that grows within her?
ÉLÉPHANT is inspired by an amalgamation of fever dreams, works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the fascinating documentaries “Born in a Brothel” and Netflix’s “Whore’s Glory”, and the playwright’s travels to France
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Categories/Themes: Women’s Stories, Survivor Stories, Crime, 1800s Paris
Advisories: Partial Nudity, Violence, Some Sexual Content
ÉLÉPHANT is inspired by an amalgamation of fever dreams, works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the fascinating documentaries “Born in a Brothel” and Netflix’s “Whore’s Glory”, and the playwright’s travels to France
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Categories/Themes: Women’s Stories, Survivor Stories, Crime, 1800s Paris
Advisories: Partial Nudity, Violence, Some Sexual Content
PAST PRODUCTION INFORMATION
ÉLÉPHANT
Production History:
Workshop & Reading, Governors Island, Summer 2017
Official Selection, Main Stage Production
Planet Connections Theatre Festival
July-August 2018
The Kraine Theater, 2 Extended Performances from PCTF
September 2018
Invited Closed Readings
March 2019
Alliance of Resident Theatres
Production History:
Workshop & Reading, Governors Island, Summer 2017
Official Selection, Main Stage Production
Planet Connections Theatre Festival
July-August 2018
The Kraine Theater, 2 Extended Performances from PCTF
September 2018
Invited Closed Readings
March 2019
Alliance of Resident Theatres
Rising Sun Performance Company in association with
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
Presents
The World Premiere of
ÉLÉPHANT
“Are you ready for escaping?”
by Eva MeiLing Pollitt
Co-Directed By Akia Squitieri & Anna Hogan
Assistant Producer: Andrew Gonzales
at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
July 11th through August 5th 2018
@The Flamboyan Theatre
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
The Creative Team of ÉLÉPHANT includes
Co-Direction by Anna Hogan
Sound Design by Ian Werhle,
Dramaturgy by Andrew Gonzales,
Fight Direction & Dialect by Monica Blaze Leavitt,
Costume Design by Allison Crutchfield
and Assistant Producer Andrew Gonzales
ÉLÉPHANT Played the following Performance Schedule
as a part of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity :
Wednesday July 11th @5:45PM ,
Saturday July 14th @ 7PM,
Monday July 16th @9PM,
Thursday July 19th @ 7:45PM,
Tuesday July 31st @ 7:30PM,
Friday August 3rd @ 9:30PM
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
Presents
The World Premiere of
ÉLÉPHANT
“Are you ready for escaping?”
by Eva MeiLing Pollitt
Co-Directed By Akia Squitieri & Anna Hogan
Assistant Producer: Andrew Gonzales
at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
July 11th through August 5th 2018
@The Flamboyan Theatre
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
The Creative Team of ÉLÉPHANT includes
Co-Direction by Anna Hogan
Sound Design by Ian Werhle,
Dramaturgy by Andrew Gonzales,
Fight Direction & Dialect by Monica Blaze Leavitt,
Costume Design by Allison Crutchfield
and Assistant Producer Andrew Gonzales
ÉLÉPHANT Played the following Performance Schedule
as a part of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity :
Wednesday July 11th @5:45PM ,
Saturday July 14th @ 7PM,
Monday July 16th @9PM,
Thursday July 19th @ 7:45PM,
Tuesday July 31st @ 7:30PM,
Friday August 3rd @ 9:30PM
