EDEN TRILOGY

The Eden Trilogy consists of Beginner at Life, a solo­performance, (60 min); Fear and Desire, two females, multi­character, (75 min); and Black Fire/White Fire, two females and two males, multi­character, (90+ min). Each exploring continued to mature as I matured. I knew from the outset that I wanted the main character to find her own inner Eden, expressed as an empowered woman at peace within herself. The process weaves through time, beginning in the middle and spiraling through the important crises that led to further individuation. Eden is a character always operating on all levels: emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Beginner at Life hones in on her relationship to food and sex, Fear and Desire, her struggle as both a daughter and a young mother, and Black Fire/White Fire explores Eden as a single mother trying to reconcile her relationship to God, men and her artistic soul.

The first seeds of the Eden Trilogy were planted in the spring of 2003 at the Cutting Room in New York City where I performed Virgin Mom and Still Waiting. Ode to Eve followed in 2004, and [with relative ease] that summer came the birth of Beginner at Life, a full length solo performance dealing with a woman’s relationship to her body and soul through the prism of anorexia. I was invited to perform at the C­note. I brought the required ten friends and persevered. Three weeks later my spiritual twin and best friend died suddenly at 35, pregnant with her third child. I performed in October in her memory. A British man in the audience wrote a thank you note that made me weep, and I decided to do the show again in December.