“Twee? Anything but. Helma has a lovely voice and a quiet demeanor, but she vamps, crawls and thrashes her way through the one-hour show with terrifying intensity, whipping her hair about and abusing the furniture.”

– Willamette Week

Faith Helma and Hand2Mouth present a song cycle inspired by the fairy tale anti-heroine, Undine. The one-woman wall of sound features original songs, live electronic looping, diaphanous dresses, black boots, and wicked beats. A lonely water creature finds a microphone, and an enchanted girl lost between night and the dawn of day sings her heart out.

Undine is created and performed by Faith Helma, directed by Jonathan Walters and stage managed by Liam Kaas-Lentz, with music direction by Peter Musselman, John Berendzen, Bill Ibsen and David Chandler, scenic design by Drew Foster, lighting design by Christopher Kuhl and costumes by Lacey Cassidy and Harmony Arnold.

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“Electro-sorceress of sound” Faith Helma is a founding member of Hand2Mouth Theatre who has performed throughout the U.S., trained with singers and theater artists in Poland and Mexico and opened for Justin Bond and Holcombe Waller. Undine was first performed at On the Boards in Seattle (Northwest New Works Festival, May 2008), has received support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and was developed in residency at Milepost 5 in Portland, Oregon.   

 “Things got off to a spooky start with ‘Undine’ by Faith Helma, who proved to be an electro-sorceress of sound as she told the tale of a water-nymph having a rough time on land.”

– Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

“Helma’s work brought me into her fairy tale world with both beauty and anguish.”

– Sabine Foster, ontheboards.org/blog

“Helma is a riveting performer.”- Alison Hallett, Portland Mercury

“We … stumbled on the real highlight of the evening in the form of a one woman show by Faith Helma of Hand2Mouth Theatre, a performance that is utterly hard to describe. 1/2 play, 1/2 music, based loosely on a fairy tale…. It was awesome.” – tensecondbuzz.com

“An irresistible seduction of flesh, electronica, song, and violence. Faith Helma, as character and performer, cannot be trusted - the line between reality and fantasy is inextricable. Her transformation from an ethereal, introspective cave nymph to a violent, pulsating water demon is beyond thrilling; truly a remarkable, viscerally nightmarish journey.” – followspot.blogspot.com