CARBURETOR: A GHOST SONATA, by Jessica López-Barkl, directed by Nick López
MAY 9 and 10 at 7 PM, Pay What You Can at the Door ($20 Suggested)

Written by Jessica López-Barkl, this original theatre performance with music explores how a neurodiverse person experiences grief, how they see the world, and how they experience love. Exploring the theme of connection between 3 generations of neurodiverse people, the company (many neuro-diverse themselves) have created an award-winning production that was recently seen at the Kennedy Center Festival of American College Theatres.

Jessica López-Barkl has written a dream-like musical play that is an allegory of the neurodiverse person, and the sonata musical form has inspired the structure of the play. Her sensitive and creative presentation of how non-verbal and non-speaking autistics experience the world gives audiences an opportunity to experience this point of view with a unique use of language and non-linear kaleidoscopic storytelling.

Cast: Joe Cólon, Kyra Lee Zanatta, Ayana Banks, and James Faraci

Playwright: Jessica López-Barkl
Jessica is an AEA actor and SDC director, in addition to being a founding member of In Strange Company. She is currently the Professor of Theater and Speech at SUNY Sullivan. She is also a dramaturg, playwright, and designer. Recently featured as Watson in THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES and Clown 1 in 39 STEPS at Shadowland Stages, Mrs. P. with Catskill Public Theater’s TERROR, Savage in SAVAGE IN LIMBO at Samba Café, NEXT TO NORMAL as Diana, ROSEMARY WITH GINGER as Ginger at SUNY Sullivan and in DREAM ON THE FARM as Dolly "DD" Dandelion with Farm Arts Collective. Her acting, directing, dramaturgy, design, and playwriting have been seen in theaters in NYC, Seattle, WA; Rowayton, CT; Albuquerque, NM; Boulder, CO; Coeur d'Alene, ID; Damascus, PA; Highland Lake, NY; and Sarah Lawrence College.