Solo
Face
..a
journey to self discovery
the Disease Prosopagnosia
Is an neurological disorder that causes people
difficulty recognizing and distinguishing human faces.
This includes family, friends and sometimes themselves.
Very little research has been done up to this point.
the History & Birth of Solo Face
I discovered this
disorder while researching for a potential psychological disorder
linking the habit for humans to compare new people they meet with
people from their past. Upon discovery of Prosopagnosia I was immediately
fascinated. This disorder seemed far too strange to be real, but as
I discovered it is ALL TOO REAL. I was compelled by the stories and
memoirs I read and wanted to share the struggle that faceblind people
experience every day. So I bring you , Sarah a young girl discovering
that she has this rare, unreasearched, incurable disorder.
The
Script(s)
I have written two
versions of Solo Face. One is a Solo Performance piece, the second
a script for an Ensemble of Six (6). The piece was originally commissioned
as a SOLO PERFORMANCE for my acting apprenticeship
at Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It premiered in
May 2003 as a part of their Fresh Voices series of new works
by solo artists.
VIEW: Solo Script.
VIEW: Ensemble Script.
A more expanded version with an ENSEMBLE OF SIX (6)
was produced at the 13th Orlando International Fringe Festival in
May 2004, with the theatrical group, Terpsichore Collective. With
Stage Direction by Nick Bazo and Musical Direction by Kevin G. Becker.
I chose to expand the SOLO version of the script to help further develop
the emotional and psychological affects that a disease like Prosopagnosia
has not only on the person living with it but friends and family members
that have to learn to cope with it as well.
For reviews, pictures and commentary from the Fringe, click Solo
Face Fringe 2004.
Links to
Websites about Prosopagnosia
http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/index.html
http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/
http://www.prosopagnosia.com/
http://www.faceblind.org/