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Sing is a short play written by playwright Nick Stokes in response to Psalm 22, verses 14-18. This work was premiered by Spark and Echo Arts on July 15, 2011, in New York City as part of evening sponsored by the Center for Faith and Work entitled “Artist and Beauty: Illuminating the Word.”
Psalms 22:1-18
Sing
By
Nick Stokes
Credits:
Playwright by Nick Stokes
Actors: Michael Markham, Emily Clare Zempel
Director: Ryan Whinnem
Movement by Deborah Wolfson
Composer: Jonathon Roberts
Musicians: Jonathon Roberts, piano/voice; Chris Nolte, bass; Anthony Taddeo, drums
Artist Location: Tacoma, Washington
Curated by:
Emily
2011
Short play
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This passage tapped into my surreal vein, or what I call surreal, which is more what people mean by surreal than what the art world classifies as Surreal. So, surreal. My first impressions of the passage were paranoia, claustrophobia, persecution, despair, exhibition, voyeurism, display.
On display, surrounded, people staring, casting lots…this performing or feeling like you’re performing…this personal stage fright and existential stage fright…this being crucified led to the quasi-metatheatrical twist.
Who has forsaken she? Is She forsaken? Is He? Where’s the power? What do we demand of that power? What are the audience’s expectations? Who are we performing for, and what for? What does She need to sing? Why sing?
The play plays with notions of freedom, perpetuity, entrapment, progress, and (old school) how to live right – how to sing? And…is the world what you encounter or create or fake? Put on a happy face. Sing.
Spark Notes
The Artist's Reflection
Nick Stokes is a playwright and author living outside Seattle who sometimes packs mules in the wilderness of Montana.
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