ESCAPED ALONE (not not not not not enough oxygen)

from two works by CARYL CHURCHILL

TORN PAGE | New York, NY | April 2025

 

ESCAPED ALONE [not not not not not not enough oxygen] is a double feature of two new pieces inspired by Caryl Churchill’s unnerving imaginings of the post-apocalypse.

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PART I

An experimental pandemic-era documentary film following a dramatic troupe of ladybugs as they fail to perform Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone.

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Conceived by CHLOE CLAUDEL, CLAUDIA CREED, LYNDON HENLEY HANRAHAN AND MITCHELL POLONSKY

Edited by CHLOE CLAUDEL and MITCHELL POLONSKY

 

PART II

Churchill's rarely-staged 1971 dystopian radio play Not Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen featuring JESS BARBAGALLO, PAUL LAZAR, and CHLOE CLAUDEL.

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Directed by CHLOE CLAUDEL and MITCHELL POLONSKY

Performed by JESS BARBAGALLO, PAUL LAZAR, and CHLOE CLAUDEL

Scenic design by FOREST ENTSMINGER

Lighting design by ABBIE SAGE

Choreography by CHLOE CLAUDEL

Sound and video by MITCHELL POLONSKY

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