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Piggy is sculpting. His deadline approaches. Mathilde urges him to work faster from the corner where she sits, blindfolded. When Piggy allows her to touch the sculpture, Mathilde insists that it––that she––is warm. Is Piggy sculpting Mathilde? Is she Piggy's muse, or not?
sleepless is a play and figure-drawing class that interrogates creative obsession and objectification. Guests explore Piggy and Mathilde's relationship by witnessing scenes that take place in Piggy's studio, and participating in figure drawing classes where Piggy teaches how to represent Mathilde's body. sleepless asks:
What does it mean to be a muse? And should we ever aspire to be one?
The playwright, director, and dramaturg discuss the play’s development and how to use labs to serve playwright’s goals.
The whole team, including actors, meet to read new pages, improvise around them, and devise new sequences.
The team invites audience members to participate in the show’s interactive activities and share feedback.
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