We did it! The June 14 workshop premiere of Octavia of Earth was a huge success. Not only did we perform for a sold-out crowd, but in the Q & A that followed, the most pressing questions were, “How can I see more?” and “How can I listen to the soundtrack?” We are thrilled with the response!
Other favorite comments:
“I liked this more than Alison Bechdel’s musical [Tony award-winner Fun Home].”
“I openly wept multiple times.”
Now we’re back to work, refining our scenes and transitions for our performances in the SafeHouse Arts Summer Performance Festival, July 14 & 15.
A young Octavia (Jazmine Applin) listens to her mother, Margaret (Erica Richardson) sing her a lullaby
10-year-old Octavia (Jazmine Applin) confronts the 2-dimensional scifi of the 1950s in “The Devil Girl from Mars’ (Devil Girl: Vera Hannush)
While writing in the early 1980s, Octavia (Jazmine Applin) is struck by a new source of inspiration when an Earth Goddess (Joslynn Mathis Reed) visits her (“Emergence”).
A teenaged Octavia (Jazmine Applin) attends a hypnosis seminar in hopes of curing her shyness (“Hypnosis”)
A struggling young writer, Octavia (Jazmine Applin) meets a match in her subconscious (Anand J.K. Kalra) in “Patterns”.
After winning a Macarthur “Genius” grant in 1995, Octavia (Jazmine Applin) visits her ailing mother, Margaret (Erica Richardson), to bring her the good news.
