Content Warning: Reference to sexual assault as metaphor
Program Note
This play personifies the “Elemental Voice” much in the same way that Gods and Goddesses of mythology have personified powerful forces such as weather. There are many different manifestations of “Mother Earth” from different cultures. Which ones speak to you? What are the ways you listen to or access her presence?
Pachamama by Pablo Amaringo 
Mother Jord by Stephan Sinding 
Kobayashi Eitaku, Izanagi and Izanami 
Beyance (inspired by Orisha Oshun) 
Gaia by Anselm Feurerbach
About the Playwright
Lana I. Nasser tells stories on the page and the stage. Born and raised in Jordan, she studied and lived for many years across the U.S. In 2013, she planted her roots in Limburg, Netherlands. She is an ecofeminist with a background in Psychology and Consciousness Studies, specialing in dreams; a performing and voice artist and a workshop facilitator; a writer with publications in Arabic, English and Dutch; a mythology buff in love with language and nature…. a fellaha and beekeeper. She is the founder of Maskan: Aat Theater in the Netherlands.
Cast
Elemental Voice: Bethany Brown
Human Voice: Sydney Cain
Artistic Team
- Ann Elizabeth Armstrong – Director
- Claire Fischer – Stage Manager
- Meggan Peters – Costume Designer
- Jason Sebastian – Sound Designer
- Kevin Woeste – Music Composition and Sound Design
- Worley Stidham – Assistant Director
- Jenna Wrona – Lighting Designer
Special Thanks
Ann Taulbee and the Miami University Department of Art