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