Loom Press Release
Press Release
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2021
Loom
On March 26th at 7:00PM, The Shattered Glass Project will launch its third and final online reading in its Zoom series with Loom by Seattle-based actor and playwright Carolynne Wilcox. Directed by Rebecca O’Neil, this modern take on a Greek classic will feature Aimee Decker, Cara Thomas, Marcenus "MC" Earl , and Cristin Fenzel, as well as writer Carolynne Wilcox.
Loom follows the story of The Three Fates of Greek mythology: the immortal sisters Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos as they journey through dreams, human lives, and the land of the dead to recover a stolen item and solve the disappearance of the Queen of the Dead. Can they bring the Queen back to her quarreling mom and spouse before the dead overwhelm the world of the living? Can Atropos prove her worth? Can Clotho live her dreams? Can Lachesis get everyone to just calm down and follow the rules?
Playwright Carolynne Wilcox is beyond excited to finally be unveiling Loom after originally creating it as her graduate thesis project at Towson University in 2008. Her work has been produced both locally and regionally, most recently a virtual production of Clytemnestra with Mythodical Ensemble , as well as virtual (with TSGP) and in person productions of A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson). Aside from a slew of virtual performances over the past year, some of Wilcox’s favorite recent roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri , and La Muerte in Blood Wedding . According to Wilcox, “A huge reason I began writing plays was in answer to the long tradition of male writers creating interesting roles predominantly for men…women actually lead fairly interesting lives in and of ourselves, far past our 20’s and 30’s (shocker!), thus my desire for art to mirror that life and include some of that vast range into the universal canon."
Rebecca O’Neil is a Seattle-based actor and founding Artistic Director of The Shattered Glass Project directing Loom this March. With a passion for equity in the theatre and a profound interest in using it to tell stories about all kinds of people, O’Neil seeks to uplift voices at all intersections in peoples’ lives. O’Neil is a 2019 graduate of the MFA Arts Leadership program at Seattle University, and applied her classroom work to the development of The Shattered Glass Project. From O’Neil, “ I knew I wanted to work with Carolynne and I asked her if there were any plays she wanted to work on. I knew she enjoyed working with Greek mythology and anything that gives these classic female characters agency is fantastic. So often the chorus is made up of these women that are all dressed to look exactly the same and there is no personality there. This show takes a classic and turns it upside down. I believe this is an important part of what The Shattered Glass Project should be taking part in.”
The Shattered Glass Project is a theatre company working to amplify the unique voices of women, nonbinary, and trans theatre artists by offering unique opportunities to create and to grow professionally. Loom will be the last of three in an online series amplifying these voices. All Shattered Glass Project performances are pay-what-you-can to ensure that these readings are accessible to all interested parties with more information available at https://www.shatteredglassproject.org/loom
For any questions please contact theshatteredglassproject@gmail.com
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