Last Weekend! theUnbound Collective presents the world premiere of IN SECURITY written and performed by Anna Gutto, through Sunday May 10 in New York.
Norwegians Anna Gutto, Oda Radoor, Dagny Drage Kleiva and Andrea Sundt – some based in New York, others in Norway – have created this project together with an interdisciplinary international group of artists who have worked in Berlin, Tokyo, Iran, Israel, Spain, London, France, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Prague, Norway, Los Angeles and New York.
IN SECURITY is a capriciously funny glimpse into the brain of Dr. Lona Waverton, successful surgeon and endearing control freak. It´s the night before her wedding, and everything is in check, until she makes one mistake – and suddenly her personal and professional lives are thrown into conflict. Drawn into Lona’s chaotic fight against insecurity, the audience is entering a world where fantasy and reality collide.
Creating the playful world of Lona Waverton with use of video and a set tailored from rear projection screens alongside found materials inspired by a hospital setting, prop details are projected onto the set and as the people in Lona’s life come in and out of her mind, the projected props morph into “puppets” of those characters, using video with a combination of live action and animation. The set is a vessel to Lona’s mind – the more chaotic her mind gets, the more intrusive the characters become – ultimately blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
IN SECURITY has received financial support from the Jerome Foundation, the Norwegian Arts Council, the Women’s Medical Association of New York City and the Norwegian Foundation for Sound and Image (Fond for lyd og bilde), as well as space grants from The Field’s FARspace Program.
IN SECURITY brings Unbound Collective (previously the Unbound Theatre) into its sixth year of critically acclaimed productions. The New York Times has described previous work as “uniformly excellent”, and New York Press added: “Quality and talent are not dead… productions like this – full of professionalism and creativity – need to be emulated.”
When: April 17 – May 10 (opening night April 22) 8pm every night (except April 23, 26 & 28, May 3 & 5)
Where: 3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St, NYC.
Info: Tickets $27. Special ticket offer: For $15 tickets, log onto www.unboundcollective.org and enter discount code: INSECFRIEND
Student/senior discount: $14.