Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: Her Name Is (Talie Rau)

Her Name Is is an artistic response to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. With nothing more than a suitcase, Unnamed finds herself in the void, unsure of herself, her past, or her surroundings. She doesn’t know how she died but she knows one thing…she desperately needs a cigarette. Her Name Is gives a name to a woman who is so much more than what Steinbeck wrote her to be. This piece explores AFAB identify, violence against women, and the import...