SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS AND ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY

Variation on Repertoire

Directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed by Kate Montgomery (U.S.A) Manuel Ramos (Columbia) and Benjamin Domask (U.S.A). A presentation of different pieces and figures of the repertoire of Corporeal Mime with a twist of invented transitions and newly composed possibilities. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project on June 27, 2019.

Lady in a Box

Created and directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, performed by Catherine Young (USA). Adrift in her thoughts, an “Alice in Wonderland” like character invents a possible life while waiting for an imaginary friend. “If life is but a dream, and if I had a planet of my own, everything would be methodically nonsensical”. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in December 2018.

The Dreams of an Umbrella

Created and directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed by Alexander Correa and Bya Braga. (Brazil). With humor and mystery, this piece portrays the destiny of two souls eternally wandering in an absurd search for each other. Performed at the White Church Theatre Project in August 2018.

Idleness, Sorrow, a Friend and a Foe

Created and directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, Performed by Catherine Young (USA). This play explores the solitude of the woman poet through the intermingling of movement and texts from Sapho, Dickinson, Stein and Parker. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in December 2016, and July 2017, and at The Broom Street Theatre in Madison in September 2017.

Steps in the Hallway

Created and directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed by Ana Lopez Muro (Argentina) Nicolas Olea (Chile) and Catherine Young (U.S.A). This piece is the portrait of 3 bureaucrats from the beyond and their entangled lives. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in May 2017.

Encounter in the Clouds

Created and Directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed by Kazuki Onoue (Japan) and Catherine Young (USA). This short absurdist play presents the hit and miss moments of two newlyweds. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in June 2016.

Another Pataphysical Lesson

Summer School 2016. Created and Directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Every evening the members of the Pataphysical Ladies Society gather, under the guidance of an unusual professor, to reinvent space and time. Absurd demonstrations and endless confrontations shape their purgatorial land of melancholy. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in July 2016.

A Letter or Two

Created and directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, this short play is a portrait of the possible hope and perplexity that arises upon receiving a simple letter. Performed at The White Church Theatre Project in December 2015. Performed by Kazuki Onoue (Japan) and Catherine Young (USA).

The Institute Kaliyuga

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Five professors, hoping to fend off the final days, endlessly debate the gods on the eternal question of who did what to whom, who is at fault for it all and on what clown does the blame ultimately lie! July 2015 at the White Church Theatre Project.

I have dreamed of you so much...

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A tribute to the poet Robert Desnos. August 2014 at the White Church Theatre Project.

Mister K at the Beach

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Haunted by family and friends, and manipulated by a devilish spirit, K only wants a dip in the sea. July 2014 at the White Church Theatre Project.

Deskamorphosis

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. The tormented life of a small town bureaucrat. July 2013 at the White Church Theatre Project.

The Wayfarers

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Inspired by Etienne Decroux’s “Passage of Man on Earth”, the Wayfareres follows mankind’s spiritual struggle for love and survival, the rising and falling of civilization. July 2012 at the White Church Theatre Project.

The Rise and Fall of Mr. Bigodi

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A mediocre man becomes an ordinary director. June 2013 at the Pleasance Theatre, Londo

Wernicke, Herr Doktor’s Dilemm

Mr Wernicke is a man without memory, born from the good Doktor's 'theoretical research'. To dream, to sleep, if only he could, poor Wernicke wanders forever in pursuit of a corner in which to lie down.

Mister Sir

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. At the intersection between the Lyric and the Burlesque lies the absurd world of Jean Tardieu's "Mister Sir", wherein we find two identical gentlemen, one being the shadow of the other. Performed at the White Church Theatre Project, August 2013, and the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2011.

The Trial of Mr. Punch

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. The Kafkaesque journey through the mind of the infamous killer Punch as he clobbers his way through hell seeking the redemptive love of pretty Polly. Performed at the Hoxton Hall Theatre, London June 2010.

Gunty's Unpleasant Illusion

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. The marriage of Gunty and Kika drifts fromdream to nightmare and back again. Performed at the Belgravia Workshops, London, June 2009.

...And The Bride Fell Down

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A fractured souvenir of Kika and Gunty's most memorable day. Performed at the Belgravia Workshop, London, June, 2008.

The Inventor Of The Horse

Written by Achille Campanile. Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Performed at the Belgravia Workshop, London, June, 2007.

The Daily Tale

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Fairyland tabloid tycoon Mr. Humpty searches for his Snow Queen while his mischievous brother and his venomous editor seek his downfall. Performed at the Belgravia Workshop, London, June 2006.

The Grimm Files

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. The strange tale of Francis Mary Cornelius Beedledum Grimm. Performed at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2005.

Bad Day Mr. Grundy?

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum . Reginald Grundy recounts a tale of a very, very, very bad day. Performed at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2004.

Wedding Daze

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A twisted tale of the most beautiful and absurd day in your life. Performed at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2003.

Alice Unbound

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A convoluted adaptation of Lewis Carroll's story. Performed at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells, London, June 2002.

Mr... K ?

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The Trial", performed at the Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2001.

In The Wars

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. A contemporary twist aruond the myth of Faust, IN THE WARS portrays the final combat of a soldier struggling against the demons of memory and the blindness of error, performed at The Pleasance Theatre, London, June 2000.

La Belle Et La Bete

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum Based on the tale of Madame Leprince De Beaumont, The Islington Arts Factory, London, June 1999.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Co-directed by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. Based on Edgar Allen Poe's tale,The Islington Arts Factory, London, June 1998.