3/13/2020: A RESPONSE TO COVID-19: Phase Eight’s original one-act play STRIKING UP has been postponed for performance at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens until further notice. We wish you good health and human connection across distances in this unique time of precautionary isolation!
What do we choose to protect, and what do we choose to destroy? Using the Cummer Museum of Art and Garden's exhibit Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt as inspiration, Phase Eight creators dive into the nature of religious artifacts and our historical obsession with their preservation--and their destruction. This devised theatrical response challenges audiences to think of the objects that hold power in their own lives as well as examine how destruction can be used as a tool of both oppression and liberation. Join us for curious, wise, deep, and humorous encounters with icons past and present.
What do we choose to protect, and what do we choose to destroy? Using the Cummer Museum of Art and Garden's exhibit Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt as inspiration, Phase Eight creators dive into the nature of religious artifacts and our historical obsession with their preservation--and their destruction. This devised theatrical response challenges audiences to think of the objects that hold power in their own lives as well as examine how destruction can be used as a tool of both oppression and liberation. Join us for curious, wise, deep, and humorous encounters with icons past and present.
Cast includes Andres Bravo, Grace Bryan, Theo Canty, Casey Deming, Ebony Payne English, Ryan Sinclair, and Samantha Watson Corbitt.
Tickets are $10 for members Cummer Museum members and $15 for non-members.