Into the Dollhouse

GARNERS RAVES!

“Into the Dollhouse” is for those with a predilection for theater that wanders out of bounds…You pass through the permeable layer of Wong’s artifice and into her warm imagination. – The Washington Post

[An] intelligent and compelling new performance piece…The revealing peek they offer at some of our most simple, perpetual behaviors is worth the trip through the little front door. - DC Theatre Scene

[T]he best way to truly enjoy this incredible creation is to go to the Flashpoint Mead Theatre Lab and enjoy “Into the Dollhouse” on your own. - Maryland Theatre Guide

Into the Dollhouse is an original devised-movement performance that explores nostalgia and girlhood as it unfolds into the pressuring realities of being female and fully-grown. The piece takes inspiration from Meredith Monk’s Education of the Girl Child, Anna Halprin’s Parades & Changes, selected text from Charles Mee’s Salome, and songs from yesteryear that trigger reminiscing.

Making its world premiere at the Flashpoint Mead Theatre Lab, Into the Dollhouse continues banished? productions‘ signature of using the stage as a canvas on which to immerse audiences in a collaborative hybrid theatre form that uses narrative, movement, text, music and sculpture.

Artistic Collaborators

Carmen C. Wong – Concept & Director
Niell DuVal - Technical Director, Set-Artisan
Levia C. Lew – Lighting & Set Designer
Melanie Clark - Costume Designer
Otis Ramsey-Zöe - Dramaturg
Nicola Daval - Performer
Carrie Monger – Deviser/Dancer/Rehearsal Manager
Stefanie Quinones Bass - Deviser/Dancer
Jennifer Rivers – Deviser/Dancer
Emmett Williams – Musician & Videographer
Travis Flower – Musician & Sound Designer

Production Assistance

Susie Pamudji - Production Manager
Moriah Browning – Production Intern
Michael Kyrioglou – Marketing & Press Contact
Danielle Mages Amato – Graphic Designer

Special Thanks to

Select Printing

Washington Ballet @THEARC
FabLabDC
Samantha Vick-McGill
Karyn Miller
Jenny McConnell-Frederick
Lisa Richards Toney
Katrina Toews
Sonitra Macrall
Amanda Barber
Robert Gandy
Yvonne Reyes
Justin Titley
Our Generous Donors & Supporters
Our Guru Advisors

The Mead Theatre Lab Program at Flashpoint, a Cultural Development Corporation project, is generously sponsored by Jaylee Mead. Additional support is provided by The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts, the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Mary & Daniel Loughran Foundation and The Weissberg Foundation.

Funding for Flashpoint is provided by The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, The Kresge Foundation, the MARPAT Foundation, the Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Prince Charitable Trusts. Marvin is CuDC’s 2011-12 Wine Partner. American Airlines is the official airline of CuDC.

Carmen C. Wong is a Creative Communities Fund grantee. The Creative Communities Fund is supported, in part, by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) as part of its Creative Communities program. Additional support is provided by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region.