Mastaba
An Original Devised Work Based on the Poetry of Raven Dawn
American Living Room Festival 2001
HERE Performing Arts Center, NYC

Directed by Rachel Bowditch
Poetic Text by Tracey Raven Dawn

Mastaba is a haunting portrait of two women whose fates are intertwined, inseparable. Like angels, serene and beautiful, they discover one another and a diary full of secrets. Transfixed, they move as one. Working with poetry, dance, masks, photographic landscapes, video and music, our aim is to explore the delicate and fragile balance between life and death. This piece is inspired by Anne Sexton’s poem “Live”.

Mastaba was performed at HERE Performance Art Cafe for the American Living Room Festival 2001. Performed by Tracey Raven Fischette as Sasha, Hannah Cabell* as the Apparition. Photos by Jean Esquivel ©2001. *Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Showcase.