In Honest Process, Thea Little and collaborators excavate and reinvent ideas of ego, commercialism, and narcissism toward collective ambition, vulnerability, and the wise self. Within a culture that carries the pressure of being constantly happy, productive, and successful largely according to western capitalistic values, Honest Process explores the opposing ideas of self-assured wisdom, internal success, and healing the self with embodied intuitive wisdom. By utilizing a wash of abstract gestures, vocals, and facial expressions that form a communicative internal language, Honest Process exposes a sometimes serious, sometimes playful relation to healing and all that healing can look and feel like. Within Honest Process, there is a strong sense of listening to one another, gently acknowledging and seeing the audience, being present in the moment, being patient with time and space, as well as a healthy dose of humor, competition, and over-the-top improvisation. Honest Process acknowledges that healing is not always neat or linear and is an active and engaging journey.
Honest Process and all of its traces, memories and efforts is forever dedicated to my/our dear and enchanting friend Dave Koenig, and our loved ones.
Honest Process Conceived, Composed and Directed by Thea Little
Performers and Collaborators: Thea Little, Katie Norton-Bliss, Lea Torelli
Costume and Set Design: Nicole Lane Fulmer
Sound Design: Brian McCorkle
Dramaturg and Choreographer’s Assistant: Emily Aiken
Understudy: Sayoko Kojima
Artistic Consultants: Peter Sciscioli, Stephanie Tack
Hair and Makeup: Marisa Mircovich
photo by JILL STEINBERG
Q&A Moderator: Peter Sciscioli
Honest Process is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Contributors Include: Brooklyn Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.