November 8th-17th 2018
Shout House
210 SE Madison, Ste 11
Portland, OR 97214
Writer Ben Moorad's grandfather was a psychiatrist in New Britain, Connecticut, who collected 124 stories from 1941 to 1948 of townspeople who tried to end their lives. As his grandfather was dying, Ben discovered these harrowing and deeply human stories in his papers, and Ben spent 11 years researching and writing about them. The Art of Blushing & The Lazarus Complex is a part of this ongoing study of the will to live and the will to die. These two standalone shows were a genre-blending, provocative and immersive experience combining vocal performance, a live score and visual projections.
ABOUT BEN MOORAD
Ben Moorad is the Co-Founder of Write Around Portland, a nonprofit that has helped over 5000 adults and youth use the power of community writing to transform their lives, and the Co-Founder of Pass the Mic, a free music camp for immigrant and refugee youth. Ben is a Fellow of The MacDowell Colony and has received support from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Caldera Arts and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology for his Envelope of Suicides project.
More information about the Envelope of Suicides project and podcast.
REVIEWS
Portland Mercury (November 2018)
Broadway World (November 2018)
Oregon Arts Watch (November 2018)
From the Envelope of Suicides, 2016
Portland Mercury (October 2016)
Willamette Week (October 2016)
WRITER/CREATOR: Ben Moorad
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Walters*
PERFORMERS:
Arlena Barnes
David Bellis-Squires
Ben Moorad
Jennie Spector
MUSICIANS:
Will Hattman
Courtney Sheedy
Wilson Vediner
*H2M Company Member