Sapien Non Sapien
​2015

Duane Elgin reminds us in The Living Universe that we are "homo sapien sapien" - double knowing, we know that we know. We also know that we don't know. So as we fill ourselves with ridiculous substances in strange postures in parallel worlds that shift without warning , we'll wait for the dream sequence (there's always a dream sequence), and we'll play out this reality, even if it is a dream, and we'll do it together. Or we can stop and think , and tell each other what we thought. After a while there's a song (there's always a song). And the birds fly south, they fly home, somewhere that's more hospitable. Because these migrations are always going on in the background, reminding us just how very lost we are. 

​CHOREOGRAPHY:  Jennifer Kayle
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PERFORMERS:  Duet: Emily Climer & Tori Lawrence, and Ensemble: Maddi Andree, Kenya Baker, Abbey Carlos, Erin Corcoran,  Courtney Fleming, Justin Gorgone, Benton Happel, Bridget Heddens, Margo Korn, Celina LaBat, Venezia Mauel, Flannery McAdam, Emily Medd, Frances Miller, Tessa Ritchey, Brooke Robinson, Delia Smith, Amy Simonson, Danielle Snook
ORIGINAL SOUND SCORE:  Joshua Marquez, with additional ingredients by Annie Gosfield, and Jennifer Kayle
MUSIC PERFORMANCE:  Kenya Baker (clarinet), Emily Medd (french horn), Brooke Robinson and Maddie Andree (piano), and Delia Smith (ukelele)
TEXT:  live and recorded monologues by Jennifer Kayle, and ensemble text in collaboration with the cast, including "colored pencils" by Venezia Manuel
COSTUME DESIGN:  Margaret Went-Kuchlbauer
LIGHTING DESIGN:  Laurel Shoemaker
PROPS: origami by Aneese Buckler
VIDEO EDITING:  Tori Lawrence
LENGTH:  25 min
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2015  |  December
University of Iowa  |  Space Place Theater
​Iowa City, IA