Category Archives: Devised Work

Samantha Blain, Casey Scott Leach, & Mikayla Stanley of “Isla”

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Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP TheaterListen in as story originator & performer Samantha Blain, puppet designer & performer Casey Scott Leach, and co-director Mikayla Stanley of Hit The Lights! Company’s new work ISLA discuss their company’s process, “why?,” making everything by hand, blending fiction and history, adding the audience, keeping so many experimental irons in the fire, allowing time to live, the importance of design, solenodons, and how your family’s story can become a magical piece of theatre.

“…it’s a story about three sisters that leave a war-torn island, and it’s inspired by my mom and my aunts fleeing from Cuba in 1969 on the freedom flights…”

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Carrie Heitman, Kyle Abourizk, Leah McVeigh, Cynthia Babak, & Parnia Ayari of “Plan C”

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Listen in as Hook & Eye Theater ensemble members and collaborating devisers on Plan C—Carrie Heitman (director), Kyle Abourizk (assistant director), Leah McVeigh (production management), Cynthia Babak (performer), & Parnia Ayari (performer)—discuss their devising process, solving problems by hand, modern resonance, getting your people into a room together, lemons worth squeezing, trusting your collaborators, taking risks, politics and somatic experiences, and organizing to defeat a systemic problem.

“…we have collaborated over the years—trust does grow. It’s a real joy to work with people who you know have your back, and the only way you can do that is by doing a bunch of things with them, and failing, and picking it up…it’s unique…”

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