Slabber

October 2020, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts

An open-air, interactive, socially-distanced performance brings the audience directly into the research and experiments of a group of people who are trying to identify a mysterious condition, known only as “Slabber.” A slabber is the machine in soapmaking factories that cuts soap into slabs. This performance asks the Wesleyan community to consider notions of social and physical contamination, and whether it's possible to come close to someone else without ever leaving your chair. Originally created by the interdisciplinary theater duo PearlDamour, the work will be re-devised by a Wesleyan ensemble for the current socio-political moment.

Director: Katie Pearl
Assistant Director: Eulàlia Comas
Assistant Director: Avery Rose Pedell
Assistant Director: Izzy Koff
Assistant Director: Annabella Machnizh
Dramaturgs: Nathan Baron Silvern, Will Blumberg
Choreographer: Spenser Stroud
Costume Designer: Andrew Holland
Assistant Costume Designer: Hannah Carroll
Lighting Designer: Courtney Gaston
Assistant Lighting Designer: Elam Grekin
Set Designer: Andrew Holland
Assistant Scenic Designer: Matt Cross
Projection Designer: Courtney Gaston
Assistant Projection Designer: Kai Magee
Sound Designer and Composer: Dylan Shumway
Assistant Sound Designer: Audrey Mills
Propmasters: Charlie Rau, Elizabeth Nefferdorf
Stage Manager: Lea Moore
Assistant Stage Managers: Miranda Simon, Zoe Paglia, Jamie Steinman
Graphic design: Karen Xu

Featuring:

Akash Bhide
Gabby Baba-Conn
Julia Chung
Keith Jones
Maria Noto
Mosab Hamid
Annie Kidwell
Drew Weiss
Grey Simon
Iain McLaren
Maya Gordon-Guterman
Sophie Hood
Jamie Steinman
Abby Glassman
Alex Short
Amanda Morris
Charlotte George
Kyra Kushner
Nina Pemberton