September 17/18 & 24/25 (Fri/Sat)
Doors open: 7:30pm | Starts 8pm
Armory Center for the Arts: 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM
$15 online | $20 door
Have you ever secretly wondered whether you were crazy? Now, Oakland-based performance artist and writer Gray de Young has the answer: You are.
(And thank God.)
Back by popular demand, “BURST” tells the story of de Young’s life in San Francisco, being diagnosed Bipolar 2, the loss of a family member, living in Vietnam, and the clarity that can follow confusion.
Watch the video promo:
Directed by Tanya Taylor Rubinstein and presented by Santa Fe Performing Arts, “BURST” is a high-energy, explosively-honest look the unexpected sanity that comes from “being crazy.” It explores how our losses and shortcomings in life can act as catalysts to embark upon the oldest journey of all – the journey to True Self.
Sparkling with wit and insight, de Young embodies characters and stories from her life to present us with humor & tragedy, desperation & salvation, madness & modern life—and asks us whether or not they are different.
Hold on tight for psychiatrists, meds, espresso machines, cartwheels, Zen, death, sex, drugs, Vietnam and enlightenment—all in an 80-minute, one-woman show.
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“BRILLIANT – beautifully acted, directed, and the script is amazing… everyone in the audience was awed.” – Rosemary Zibart, Journalist & Playwright
“…poetry and pure artistry” –Michelle Vest, Writer/Performer of “Sole Survivors”
“This show is so important and delves more viscerally and deeply into the moment to moment experience of being bi-polar than anything I have ever seen presented onstage.” – Tanya Taylor Rubinstein, Creative Director of Project Life Stories
“…a beautiful rendering of her struggle… In the end we are left with the sense of a courageous, resilient and very sane young woman. –Diane Kaufman, Psychotherapist
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For more information, contact:
Lyric Kali
850-294-0079
LyricKaliJi[a t]Gmail
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Previous BURST shows:
SEPTEMBER 25 & 26, 2009 > MADCAP Theaters > Phoenix, AZ
AUGUST 28 & 29, 2009 > Railyard Performance Space > Santa Fe, NM