Close Your Legs, Honey (a work in process)
Late summer in the South. A young girl backstage at a beauty pageant. Everything is normal. She is a winner. She is joyful. Blood begins to trickle from her bathing suit. FLASH BULB The world melts away in the sweltering heat of the American South. Her aesthetic application has a specific pattern and unbreakable rhythm. It is both methodical and joyful as we watch a young woman hide her budding maturity and become a porcelain doll. FLASH BULB
Talking hamburgers, prissy walks and glitter come together as we examine the micro-aggressions we utilize to talk to children to dictate their future behavior and how young girls fall into eating disorders in order to keep up with society's over-sexualized expectations.
Created by Hannah Parke & Shamus Hunter McCarty
Starring Hannah Parke
Development showings with SUPERobject, FringeArts & Mascher Co-Operative
FringeArts workshop cast: Hannah Parke, Ned Pryce, Katherine Perry & Jenna Kuerzi
Mascher Development Reading cast: Hannah Parke, Ned Pryce, Katherine Perry, Jenna Kuerzi, Matt McWilliams, Rachel O'Hanlon Rodriguez & Grayce Hoffman
Talking hamburgers, prissy walks and glitter come together as we examine the micro-aggressions we utilize to talk to children to dictate their future behavior and how young girls fall into eating disorders in order to keep up with society's over-sexualized expectations.
Created by Hannah Parke & Shamus Hunter McCarty
Starring Hannah Parke
Development showings with SUPERobject, FringeArts & Mascher Co-Operative
FringeArts workshop cast: Hannah Parke, Ned Pryce, Katherine Perry & Jenna Kuerzi
Mascher Development Reading cast: Hannah Parke, Ned Pryce, Katherine Perry, Jenna Kuerzi, Matt McWilliams, Rachel O'Hanlon Rodriguez & Grayce Hoffman
