Artifice explores the delayering of the performative facade to reveal the generational and societal trauma that artists internalize. The performers struggle to grapple with the “characters” they have created in a bid to win the attention and approval of their community turned audience. As they begin to strip away the false layers, they both confront and embrace their primal selves in a process and practice of healing.
Kate Harpootlian
Director
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Purple Hearts80%
All About Eve80%
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Mask72%
Great Expectations66%
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Factory Girl59%
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Poetic Justice67%
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Jackass Number Two65%
