A voice reads a poem:
Were I to be different
A life first imagined.
A green field dotted by blooosom trees.
A gift of Mrs. Mable’s Ice-cream in my hand.
I run with my Good Old friends,
Till the rain pour in
As dinner bell ring
But I sit I wait.
The rain like a veil of grey
She slips away.
A long braid, a pink dress
But still I play.
I wasn’t done pretending; a fairy or a princess.
(Rain gets louder)
I wanted the Princess to slay the dark lord.
The dark lord feeds the princess poison
Mad Life Imagined
a stage play presented in 2015
Description
Mad Life Imagined is a play that is experienced in tandem with the book True Life Imagined. The book acts as a diary for Beatty's true story in her journey through estrange discoveries in poetry and art. Without her presence on stage her story is then told by her traditionalist parents, a quack psychiatrist, and her childhood friends. Her appalled parents seek a miracle from the psychiatrist; so he prescribes pills. Little do they know they do more harm than good.
Topics and themes:
Mental Health Awareness, Mad Pride, Poetry and Art
Cast and Creatives:
Writer & Director: Bertha Lee
Cast: Claren Grosz,
Eden Rabi,
Julien Hemmendinger
Lighting Design: David Beisel
Music by: Adam Borohov
Front of House: Chandos Ross
Accompanying text!
True Life Imagined is a book of Poems written by Beatty, the main character not on stage. The two, Mad Life Imagined and true Life imagined, are linked narratives. One told with images and poems, the other performed onstage.