Let’s Exorcise!

A Community Catharty Party

An interactive performance ritual for letting go of the things holding us back. Our Jane Fonda-esque Catharty Captains guide the community through an exorcism of objects from audience members’ lives.

Most recent performances while in residence at the Movement Lab at Barnard College:

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

Photo by Olga Rabetskaya

ABOVE: Let’s Exorcise! A Community Catharty Party (April 2023 performance at Caveat) Reel / videography and editing by Jonathan Rodrigues

production credits

Produced by the after-image

Conceived by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG

Co-Written by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, KATE ST. JOHN, and ZAHYDÉ PIETRI

with additional writing and material generated by NICK ALSELMO, BRYANNA BRADLEY, CAROLINE BURKHART, COURTNEY BRYAN DEVON, and CIERA MILLER

Direction by AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG

Creative Direction, Lighting Design, and Project Design by KATE ST. JOHN

Sound Design by NICK ALSELMO (AKA DJ SCENICK ROOTS)

PRODUCTION HISTORY //

March 21 - 22, 2024 performances at the Movement Lab at Barnard College (Artists-in-Residence) //performed by NICK ALSELMO (AKA DJ SCENICK ROOTS), AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, CAROLINE BURKHART, ZAHYDÉ PIETRI, DIANA POU, and JERRY SOTO

April 16, 2023 world premiere at Caveat NYC // performed by NICK ALSELMO (AKA DJ SCENICK ROOTS), AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, BRYANNA BRADLEY, CAROLINE BURKHART, KATE ST. JOHN, and ZAHYDÉ PIETRI

February 19, 2023 workshop performance at Caveat NYC // performed by NICK ALSELMO (AKA DJ SCENICK ROOTS), AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG, BRYANNA BRADLEY, CAROLINE BURKHART, CIERA MILLER, KATE ST. JOHN, and ZAHYDÉ PIETRI