The Space Between

“What we seek is not always found where we choose to gaze. Might it already be in our hands.”

Written by Tommer Peterson

Directed by Katrin Hilbe

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 6pm EST

Language: English

Hashtag: #Cimientos2022

Location: IATI Theater (64 E. 4th St., NYC 10003)

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Synopsis

This play is a meditation and inquiry into the imaginary space in time between one moment and the next. It explores “negative space,” the shape and nature of the emptiness between bodies on the human canvas. What is the space between an experience and our memory of the same? To what extent is memory a recording of the past events or a reconstruction informed by our own attachments?  What about the space between you and I, the measure of intimacy? How is it shaped by what we hold to be true, and what maps the borders when our beliefs diverge? And how much of our painful human history hinges on our fear of allowing space for two opposing truths in the room at the same time? 

About the Playwright

Tommer Peterson (Métis) is an independent theater artist and playwright. He is currently at work on a new movement play, City of Refuge, to premiere at ReAct Theatre in Seattle in the Spring of 2022. He is the author of the plays Just Wait a Yottasecond, Lightning Sash, and No One On Board Took Notice, and co-author with KJ Sanchez of the documentary plays Night at the Opera and Duck Soup. He has been touring with the 600 Highwaymen production of The Fever since 2018, performing in Sarajevo, Sibiu, Dublin, Abu Dhabi, Hanover, Zurich, Gronigen, New York, Chicago, and Washington DC.

Cast

Delissa Reynolds*

Rachel Halper

Sonnie Brown*

Christian Baskous*

* Members of the Actors Equity Association