Creating Shadows 4KEPK

Creating Shadows features interviews with Amanda Whitworth, Robin Marcotte, Elizabeth Daily & Vivian Beer.

Shadows is a strikingly beautiful portrayal of a poor couple, working opposite shifts in the same factory, as they struggle through addiction and family crisis to find hope. They see that every decision is a choice, but finding the strength to break the cycle is the hardest choice of all. With its visceral, acrobatic movement and compelling story of strength, desire and loss, this one-act straddles the worlds of dance and theatre to leave you with a new definition of art and an evening of theatre you won’t forget.

Inspired by Neil Bousfield's wordless novel of woodcut images, Walking Shadows: A Novel without Words, Shadows does not contain spoken text. Instead, the creators sought ways to engage their bodies precariously, accompanied by original music, in hopes to elicit a powerful response from the audience.

The set is similarly minimal and focused on movement. A table is the only set piece. It was purpose-built for use in the show by renowned sculptor and metal worker, Vivian Beer. Beer’s other works can be seen at the Smithsonian and Boston’s own Museum of Fine Arts, as well as The Currier Museum in Manchester, NH.