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WHY THIS HISTORY PLAY IS
URGENTLY RELEVANT TO TODAY
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" HOW MUCH OF OUR PERSONAL
& POLITICAL IDENTITY
IS SHAPED BY FORCES BEYOND OUR OWN FREE WILL "
" IDEOLOGICAL HIJACKING
BRAINWASHING
INDOCTRINATION & MIND CONTROL "
ILLUMINATING
THE HEARTBREAKING COMPROMISES
TRAUMA SURVIVORS MAKE WHEN THEY'RE COERCED
INTO BETRAYING THEIR OWN MORAL LIMITS
HONORING
THOSE HARMED
BY
CHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MILITARY COMBAT
EXTREMIST RELIGIOUS + POLITICAL CULTS
HUMAN / SEX TRAFFICKING
TO INSPIRE HOPE & HEALING
PUTTING THE ART BACK INTO THE HEALING ARTS
" THE DISINTEGRATION
OF
OUR SHARED REALITY "
" HOW ALL CONFLICTS
– INTERNAL, INTERPERSONAL & POLITICAL –
ARE ALL BATTLES OF COMPETING VERSIONS OF REALITY "
" WE ALL HAVE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE US
AND
ONE OF THEM IS A FUCKING LIAR "
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ENTANGLED REALITIES
LIKE THE “IMPOSSIBLE” DUAL-REALITIES OF
MC ESCHER & SALVADOR DALÍ
BEAUTIFULLY MIND-BENDING • YET EFFORTLESSLY ACCESSIBLE
" Somebody tell me what is real "
THE PLAY'S 1974 STORYWORLD REALITY
IS ARTFULLY ENTANGLED WITH
THE 21st c. THEATER-HOUSE REALITY
BUILT FOR TODAY'S "REWIRED AUDIENCES"
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That is… today's restlessly-scrolling, dopamine-seeking, easily distracted – yet engagement-starved – ticket buyers.
IMAGINARY GIRL's multi-leveled storytelling is strategically engineered to engage & reward our current unprecedented appetite for continual investigation and payoffs.
While the surface experience is enthralling, every self-directed dip into its deeper layers offers something new!
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LASTING EMOTIONAL IMPACT
ITS ARCHETYPAL STORY ENGINE
DRIVES TO AN UNFORGETTABLE FINALE
WITH
STRATEGICALLY INTEGRATED
MAGICAL REALISM + COMEDIC FANTASY
BRINGS
RARE TONAL BALANCE
+ EMOTIONAL DEPTH TO THE DRAMA
ULTIMATELY IMAGINARY GIRL IS AN INSPIRING
UPLIFTING TRUE STORY OF SELF-LIBERATION
AS PATTY OVERCOMES SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL OBSTACLES
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WHY THIS PLAY EXISTS
ORIGIN + INSPIRATION :
Imaginary Girl was conceived while its team leader was working as the principal editor of The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep * by Dr. H. L. Schwartz.
This book makes a significant contribution to the psychological trauma literature.
It coined the term COERCED PERPETRATION and its linkage to BRAINWASHING and IDEOLOGICAL HIJACKING – illuminating the dynamics of how trauma victims are manipulated into betraying their own moral limits.
Dr. Schwartz is an internationally acknowledged expert on PTSD, with a career dedicated to the treatment of survivors of complex trauma and dissociative identity. He continues to serve as the play's psychological consultant.
( * Winner of the prestigious 2017 INTERNATIONAL SANDOR FERENCZI PRIZE, from ISST&D:
The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation )
5DMEDIALAB’s founder's lifelong commitment to advocacy for those struggling with the psychological dilemmas at the center of Imaginary Girl – including “identification with the aggressor” – grew out of an unusual childhood in rural Vermont, shaped by a family system where members were coerced into inflicting abuses on others, and moral ambiguity defined daily life.
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POWERFUL
COMMERCIAL + CULTURAL POTENTIAL
ROBUST LICENSING POTENTIAL
PERFECT FOR COLLEGES / UNIVERSITIES
INTER-DISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM
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Its ensemble-driven structure EASILY SCALES TO 25 OR MORE
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The 5-piece rock band expands with modular orchestration
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An exceptionally strong & meaningful curricular fit:
GEN-Z IS HUNGRY for
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
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Theater + Musical Theater
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Journalism / Media Studies
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Political Science
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Psychology / Sociology
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Law History + Law Ethics
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Social Justice / Criminal Justice
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Women’s Studies
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American Political History
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Media Arts / Interactive Design
SYNTHESIZING : INSTINCT VISION VOICE EMOTION + MEANING