Work
Baby Jessica's Well-Made Play
Maker Pipeline Theatre Company · Work date 2023-01-29 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
BABY JESSICA’S WELL-MADE PLAY is a five-act phone adventure to the bottom of a well and back again. Loosely inspired by the 1987 true story of Baby Jessica, this highly interactive, intimate performance-for-one ushers audience members into conversations about fear, hope, self-care, imagination, culture, and memory. Over the course of two nights, audience members will discover what pulls them up and out of the dark.
Source. No published description found.
Anatomy
Thirteen criteria after Lauren R. Beck. Each carries a source grade: M maker-confirmed, P published, F first-hand, I inferred by the compiler, ? not yet established. Definitions are on the anatomy page.
- Participants listen through headphonesnoI
A phone performance with no headphone instruction.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
No relocation is instructed; the descent 'to the bottom of a well' is figurative.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
The listing calls it a five-act phone adventure.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No location, circumstance or language is named as required.
- Engages with the history of a siteunknown?
The work is 'loosely inspired by' the documented 1987 Baby Jessica rescue, but the listing does not establish that it references the history of that identifiable place.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created for an urban environmentnoI
A phone performance presupposes a telephone, not city surroundings.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
Framed by a theater company as a play and performance, with no non-theatrical discipline named.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
The listing uses 'Play', 'five-act', 'performance-for-one', 'audience members' and a theater company name.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
The listing does not address the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesP
It is called highly interactive and ushers audience members into conversations.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
A highly interactive performance-for-one built on conversation over two nights indicates a performer present in real time.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules, objective or resolution state are described.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
No physical objects are mentioned either way.
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