Our November 2021 mainstage, COMMON THREADS: INTERWOVEN PORTRAITS OF A PANDEMIC, was an interactive hybrid theatre-film-audio production that explored our community’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. It intentionally explored the path between the virtual and live performance worlds. Throughout the 20-21 season, pairs of our ensemble members convened story circles and created digital responses to the experience that was the pandemic up to that point. These pairs then handed their digital work off to a second pair of LFL artists, who devised a live, interactive response to the short films and audio pieces. These 6 hybrid performances premiered in a two-week run at The MeX Theater at The Kentucky Center in early November. Audiences were invited to also creatively respond to the production in a welcoming and safe space.
The 6 performances were:
MCDONALD'S FELLOWSHIP
A story of grief, isolation, community, and healing. Join the ladies for a cup of coffee, and maybe a sausage biscuit, as we share in McDonalds Fellowship.
FILLING IN THE HOLES
An audio play with music that explores the themes of isolation and togetherness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICE CREAM VIGIL
A film following a mother and daughter across three decades as they learn the importance of rituals, and the pain of losing them.
COULD'VE
We all grieve in our own way - Right? In Could've, we explore all the losses the pandemic laid bare--including discovering the impact grief has when it involves someone who hasn't passed and finding the common thread of that grief.
CLEANING CLOSETS AND FINDING MYSELF
When you don’t have to dress for others’ expectations, you can explore who you truly are. In Cleaning Closets and Finding Myself, Spencer discovers that she hasn’t been feeling like herself, and perhaps her usual, traditionally feminine, work clothes were never her at all.
HIGH SCHOOL REUNION: PANDEMIC STYLE
What happens when 4 friends reconnect over Zoom, during a pandemic, after many years apart? In High School Reunion: Pandemic Style, we get to hear how they’re all doing, handling these strange times… but will we see how they’re REALLY doing?