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Son of Semele Ensemble announces its upcoming production of 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, to be produced on the twentieth anniversary of the playwright’s suicide. Directed by  directed by Founding Artistic Director Matthew McCray, this production will feature the harrowing journey of a small ensemble cast through one woman’s troubled mind.

Kane is known for her poetic and intense plays which challenge traditional forms. 4.48 Psychosis was written in the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane herself battled one of her recurrent bouts of depression. It is the last play she wrote before her suicide in 1999.

4.48 Psychosis appears on the page as a poem, with no prescribed characters, actions or settings. Deeply layered, this stream-of-consciousness view into a psychotic mind is both mysterious and crystalline, and explores with raw authenticity the complexities of mental illness. Son of Semele Ensemble’s production of this beautiful and haunting play is a powerful celebration of Kane’s contribution to contemporary, boundary-pushing theater, and an exploration of an often-misunderstood subject.

Son of Semele Ensemble’s production will feature performances by Melina Bielefelt, Ron Bottitta, Taylor Hawthorne, Dylan Jones, Jinny Ryann and Betsy Zajko. The production team includes David Offner (set), Matt Richter (lighting), Daniel Gower (sound) and Corwin Evans (video).

Sarah Kane was a British playwright who studied drama at Bristol University and University of Birmingham. With ferocious poetry and loving abandon, her plays starkly confront death, sex, violence and mental illness. Although she struggled with intense manic depression for many years, she continued to work, serving as writer-in-residence for both Paines Plough and the Royal Court Theatre.

Performances Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm, Sundays @ 5pm and Tuesdays @ 7pm

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